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 #2 Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 8:30 pm |
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I was wondering if there are other old games that Hudson Soft made that isn't Bomberman, Bonk or Star Soldier.   |
I haven't played these (yet!), but here's something interesting that you might not know about, which actually relates to Bomberman. My apologies if you have; I've talked about this with various people many times.
There were two games made by Hudson Soft back in the late 80's/early 90's called Neutopia and Neutopia II, released on the PC Engine. They're very Zelda-like games with a greater emphasis on magic. They also had more detailed graphics and tighter controls, basically like A Link to the Past before ALttP even came out. I've personally played through them both and they're actually pretty good.
Why is this particularly interesting? Well, a lot of the monsters from the Neutopia games showed up in Super Bomberman 3 - in fact, most of the monsters in SB3 are Neutopia monsters - and many of them continued to appear throughout the franchise. Additionally, Bomberman Tournament (Bomberman Story, GBA) takes place in a world that greatly resembles the world map of Neutopia II, with many of the game's monsters, powers and gimmicks. For example, one of the Charaboms gives Bomberman the ability to create a rainbow bridge across gaps. This is identical to a power the player has in Neutopia II. Also, the old men encountered in the dungeons originally appeared in Neutopia II, and looked pretty much the same, chained up and everything.
There are seriously so many connections, it would be hard to list them all without playing through the games again.
It has been theorized that Bomberman Story was originally intended to be Neutopia III, but given how similar it is to Neutopia II, thinking about it over the years, I feel like it's more of an homage, Bomberman-style.
Here are some relevant links:
Post listing the SB3 enemies taken from Neutopia (note: image no longer exists)
Map of Neutopia II (note in particular the ice fortress and the layout of the undersea area) |
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