Pontan (also known as Kopeika) is a coin-like enemy who first appeared in Bomberman(MSX).
Background
Pontan is a dangerous enemy; he's fast and can pass through soft blocks. He can kill a novice player in a second but if you use skillful items like invincibility and remote bombs you can kill him easilly.
Appearances (How I can find a Pontan?)
A Bomb In Exit: In some Bomberman games when you drop a bomb in the exit a Pontan will appear. It hasn't always been Pontan that will appear though. For example, in the original Bomberman game on NES, barom would appear when the exit was hit.
Time Out: When you let the time counter run to "0", approximately 20 pontans will appear. This is the game's way of trying to finish you off for not completing the stage within the time limit. However if you are a skilled enough player, you can kill each pontan and continue playing with an infinite time limit. Note: In some Bomberman games Pontans will continue to pour out of the exit the longer you remain there. This happens in Bomberman DS.
Appearance (Pontan's Appereance)
Pontan is a coin enemy with a happy face and he has two colors; one side is red and the other side is orange. When he rotates he looks like his color is changing.
Invincibility Killing strategy
If you have a Invincibillity (Safety vest in some games) and a remote bomb (Heart-Bomb), Push repeatedly A>B while you are walking, while you got fire ups, you can kill more pontans in a row, but warning!, you can hit accidentally the door.
In future games like Bomberman generation, This is actually a strategy to kill Strong CPUS or humans, And can be done with common bombs by pushing repeatedly A, Make sure, you dont have a power glove, because if you have one, bomberman just start throwing the bombs.
This works for all the enemies.
