This made it a double surprise when Konami, who seemed like they were abandoning mainstream console/PC game development altogether as of a couple of years ago, announced that not only would they be making a Nintendo Switch launch title, but it would also be a Bomberman game! Super Bomberman R is a follow-up and revival of Hudson’s former Super Bomberman line of games from the 90’s, most of which were not localized for North America (though we did get the first two at least), one that aims to return Hudson’s beloved former mascot to glory for fans both new and old, while also riding on the coattails of that outrageous Nintendo Switch hype train! To this end, Super Bomberman R bears the distinction of being the Switch’s only third-party exclusive launch title that’s sold at retail, with only one other third-party launch exclusive, Shin’en Multimedia’s Fast RMX, being offered digitally on the Switch eShop from day one to boot! Considering that Konami also hadn’t touched the Bomberman IP since acquiring it, it seemed like 2010’s enjoyable Bomberman Live: Battlefest for Xbox Live Arcade, one of Hudson’s final efforts, would end up being the franchise’s swan song, as Hudson’s explosive hero went on ice for the indefinite future. The now-defunct Hudson Soft’s once-celebrated arcade mascot has been absorbed with the rest of Hudson’s assets and IP’s into Konami as of 2012, a publisher that’s become rather infamously despised by gamers in recent years, due to their burning of bridges and aggressive behaviour against the mainstream console gaming industry. Among the many gaming icons that gamers speculated may come to Nintendo’s brand new Nintendo Switch hybrid platform, Bomberman was likely not many people’s first thought.
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