Super Bomberman - Panic Bomber W is one of the offsprings of the Panic Bomber Series. It was released for the Super Famicom and was only released in Japan. It features a single player mode and a multiplayer one that supports up to four players.
This game also implements a Dokuro mode which involves status effects. These can do everything from reduce blast radius to igniting bombs on screen.
Single Player
The player must defeat their opponent to move onto the next one. There is a password system to move to different rounds. There are five difficulty modes for the main game: easiest, easy, normal, hard, and hardest.
Round 1 - Jamaica
Round 2 - England
Round 3 - USA
Round 4 - Kenya
Round 5 - Japan
Round 6 - Space
Other Opponents
- Pretty Bomber - Will interrupt a match sometime in Rounds 2 or 3 (Vurolu, Pass, Peggi or funya)
- Shadow Bomber - Will interrupt a match sometime in Rounds 4 or 5 (Asshii, Mr. Maoi, Onil or bakebake)
Endings
Depending on the difficulty, the player will see different endings. If the player is playing on any difficulty less than Hard, they will face Baguro in Round 6 and then see the bad ending. If the player is playing on Hard or Hardest difficulties, they will face Baguro and Space Bomber in Round 6 followed by the true ending.
Secret Passwords
Some passwords will activate easter eggs in the game. Here's a list of the known secrets:
- 5656 - Changes the blocks into Ballom/Pass
- 1993 - Changes the blocks into Funya
- 8111 - Changes the blocks into Takahashi Meijin
- 4622 - Changes the blocks into Baby Bombermen
- 2200 - Bombs will instantly explode when you hold L and R buttons
- 4404 - Requires 4 Bomberman blocks to remove a line when you hold L and R buttons
- 3445 - Sound Test when you hold L and R buttons
- 0901 - Level Select when you hold L and R buttons
Trivia
- Some sprites within the game are used in Panic Bomber(VB).
- The menu theme can also be heard in Panic Bomber(VB).
- Most of the music in this game are remixed versions of Panic Bomber for Neo-Geo.
- After their appearance in this game, the World Bombers appeared in the Battle Mode of Super Bomberman 3. They all underwent design changes, with some of the characters being replaced entirely.
- The combo rocket (from Bomberman: Panic Bomber. Can be seen when you get a 6x combo.) is in this game's data, but was unused.