Pocky & Rocky with Becky
For the franchise’s foray onto the then-new Game Boy Advance, Taito once again loaned the franchise out to another developer, …
Pocky & Rocky 2
At a glance, Pocky & Rocky 2 is exactly what you’d expect from a sequel – it has more stages, …
Pocky & Rocky
After a year off, the series would make its return in 1992 on the Super Famicom as Kiki Kaikai: Nazo …
Kiki KaiKai: Dotou-hen
Often mistaken for a port, Kiki Kaikai: Dotou-hen is instead the franchise’s black sheep, an ambitious but curious mixture of …
Kiki Kaikai
Kiki Kaikai (“Mysterious Ghost World”) certainly wasn’t Taito’s first foray into run-and-guns or shoot-em-ups, but it stands out as their …
Bomberman (1990)
Aside from being the year of the first portable entry in the series, 1990 would also be the first time …
Atomic Punk
Atomic Punk marks the Bomberman franchise’s first portable entry and it’s a strong return to form after five years. By …
RoboWarrior
1990 was a big year for Bomberman, but it’s worth taking time to acknowledge 1987’s Robo Warrior (or Bomber King …
Bomberman (1985)
In the year 1985, all it took was one grueling 72-hour programming session to change the fate of Hudson Soft …
3-D Bomberman
It wasn’t unusual for sequels in gaming’s early years to try something completely different instead of iterating on established ideas. …
