RoboWarrior
1990 was a big year for Bomberman, but it’s worth taking time to acknowledge 1987’s Robo Warrior (or Bomber King in Japan), seeing as how it’s the first of many spin-offs the series would give birth to. Sort of, that is – the credits of Robo Warrior contain several staff members from EXA Planning (Aicom’s predecessor) alongside members of Hudson Soft, as well as some visual and mechanical similarities to Sunsoft’s 1988 hit Blaster Master (something that the marketing for its sequel in 1991 would lean into), giving this game a serious identity crisis.
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