Hey all,

A couple days ago I saw a video on Youtube by Shaolin Turtle about Konami's handling of Bomberman, and it motivated me to dig up an old Bomberman idea I'd written a long time ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1xMwFb_jGg

I decided to turn it into a sort of message to send Konami about the franchise and how fans see it. I put it on an editable Google Doc so all of us can see and write our thoughts in it. When it's ready, I might try and submit it to Konami.

Everyone feel free to look, add, make suggestions, etc. https://docs.google.com/document/d/19qgbh6egDVWpKzctJ_tHgnCkfMQhXmWFhDS7AyENR_Q/edit?usp=sharing

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Bomberman for Smash!

Very thorough! Nice work and some good ideas. I added a little memo at the bottom. I tried to draw a signature but it didn't seem to work right.

[GASP] A living Bomberman legend!   Thanks so much and glad you enjoyed the read. Just realized I didn't sign it myself yet lol  

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Bomberman for Smash!

Haha thank you friend. I just realized when I went back and looked, the signature I did is on the next page and is ginormous!!   Please feel free to edit that down. I didn't know it would pop up that big, jeez.

Lol will do next time I go through it. Thanks again.

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Bomberman for Smash!

I would play Max in this game. ('w')

Anything to fix this tragic spiral the franchise is going down. I'll take the Monkils on.

And moar Bomberman Hero's kinda gameplay would be fun.

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The heavens cry out my name!
The omnipotence; malevolent being of destruction!
Lend me your power!

I'd absolutely be Max as well. But since you got him first, guess I'll take Agent V lol.  

Thanks for posting and signing! It really means the world.  

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Bomberman for Smash!

Brief update:

I added a couple paragraphs to the identity section contrasting the storytelling style of classic vs. modern (Konami) games, with a highlight on the tonal shift that I feel was one of the biggest reasons the SBR games underwhelmed.

Also gave another credit to the youtuber ShaolinTurtle who brought up the subject of the franchise's identity in a video essay. That whole section is in the document thanks to him and I didn't want anyone thinking it was solely my own idea.  

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Bomberman for Smash!

Another update:

Based on opinions from the Power Bomberman discord, I decided to remove the game concept from the doc and make it solely an analysis/comparison project highlighting the tonal and structural differences between Hudson and Konami Bomberman games and the good and bad of each.

The game concept is on a separate doc. If there's interest I might keep developing that and share it as well.

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Bomberman for Smash!