BirdDogGaming | 218 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 (edited) I'm doing some research on variants for any and all North American Bomberman games. Anything from NES to Switch, I want it all. Bomberman titles that aren't Bomberman titles are also welcome (i.e. Panic Bomber and Atomic Punk). Cover variants, sticker on the seal, USA-1 revision, UPC changed, I don't care how minor it is, just let me know what you have. What I currently have: Title Console Variance Bomberman NES Oval SOQ Super Bomberman SNES Party Pack Super Bomberman 2 SNES USA-1 cart and manual Wario Blast Game Boy French Canadian Bomberman GB Game Boy USA-1 manual Mega Bomberman Genesis Mega Hit Series Bomberman: Party Edition PlayStation UPC Correction Sticker Bomberman (2005) DS French Canadian Bomberman Land Touch 2 DS USA-1 cartridge. Manual and case are not revised. Bomberman Land Wii French Canadian Super Bomberman R Switch 33rd anniversary emblem removed Thanks! Edited October 8, 2022 by BirdDogGaming even more variants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdDogGaming | 218 Posted June 13, 2022 Author Share Posted June 13, 2022 (edited) There's definitely a USA-1 cartridge and manual for Wario Blast, but I didn't see a single non-USA-1 cartridge on eBay. I did find a Canadian cartridge, though: If you have boxes for either of these, please share some images. Please check the inside tab on your Bomberman GB box as well, there may be a USA-1 out there. Other than that, I've found: Bomberman (Nintendo DS) has a French Canadian release Bomberman Land Touch 2 has a USA-1 cartridge with an unrevised box and manual Bomberman Land (Wii) has a French Canadian release Edited June 13, 2022 by BirdDogGaming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkTone | 984 Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 North American only? OK. No worries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdDogGaming | 218 Posted June 18, 2022 Author Share Posted June 18, 2022 (edited) Mega Bomberman has a Mega Hits release. Edited June 19, 2022 by BirdDogGaming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nintendopower4ever | 88 Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 There's 3 versions of Super Bomberman for SNES. As far as I know, the Party Pack was the first print and the 2 small box versions are the variants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdDogGaming | 218 Posted June 20, 2022 Author Share Posted June 20, 2022 I appreciate that. What’s the variance between the two small boxes? @Nintendopower4ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdDogGaming | 218 Posted June 22, 2022 Author Share Posted June 22, 2022 This must be what you were referencing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nintendopower4ever | 88 Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 On 6/22/2022 at 11:31 AM, BirdDogGaming said: This must be what you were referencing. Yeah that's one of the small box variants. This is the other one, but it has a mismatched manual pictured and other inserts that didn't really come with it. Hudson edited the manual down for the small box reprint without the multitap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore | 3,690 Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 I don't believe I have any significant variants for NES Bomberman or Bomberman 2 on my list. I'm sure there are multiple print runs for the first game and probably some (R) and TM variants. @Braveheart69, @Code Monkey, and @ThePhleo would probably know for sure though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code Monkey | 2,006 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 For Bomberman II there aren't any but for Bomberman there is an oval seal and round seal release. The oval seal is way less common. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhleo | 2,184 Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 @DoctorEncore Thanks for the shoutout. @Code Monkey is correct. There are no known variants for Bomberman II, and Bomberman comes in Circle and Oval™ variants. It's possible that there is an Oval® out there printed along side Bomberman II (somewhat common practice to reprint older versions of a game when a new one comes out) but I've yet to see one in the past two years it's been on my radar. So in summary: Bomberman Circle Seal (R3 - Common) Oval™ Seal (R5 - Uncommon) Oval® Seal (RX - Theoretical) Bomberman II Oval® Seal (R7 - Rare) Before I get any hate for posting it as an R7, let me just say that any R6, R7, and R8 in my eyes are all basically the same thing with just the "hype" factor taking over elevating some of them higher, with only R9 and R10 becoming actual rare and unique things again....though even R9 can tap into the hype factor. Little Samson for example has such a high hype factor that it pushes it into R9 territory. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdDogGaming | 218 Posted July 5, 2022 Author Share Posted July 5, 2022 Thanks, everyone! Not strictly looking for NES variants, so if anyone else knows of any, let me know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdDogGaming | 218 Posted July 8, 2022 Author Share Posted July 8, 2022 Bomberman Land: Touch! 2 has a USA-1 cartridge revision, but box and manual are USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdDogGaming | 218 Posted July 8, 2022 Author Share Posted July 8, 2022 (edited) Found a Super Bomberman 2 USA-1 cartridge and manual. Unsure about box. Edit: The USA-1 revision adds the ESRB rating to both the box and cartridge. Edited October 8, 2022 by BirdDogGaming Learned new information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nes1981 | 1 Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 I actually own the only wata graded sealed oval copy of Bomberman for the NES 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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