The Bottom Line
Bringing an old, arcade-style title to a next-gen system is challenging for sure, and one that pretty much insists that only the intellectual property gets carried over. This is not the case with
Bomberman Act: Zero. Instead of going the
Metroid Prime route of completely changing the way the
game plays while still retaining the IP,
Bomberman Act: Zero has pretty much given us the same game as twenty years ago with slightly more flair.
Had it been released as a slimmed-down Xbox Live Arcade title,
Bomberman Act: Zero would be a surefire hit, right up there with
Zuma in terms of addictive, stage-based gameplay. But instead,
Bomberman Act: Zero is a $49.99 standalone title that you simply shouldn’t buy. Only those with Bomberman tattoos would save up for this one, and even said fanatics may want to think twice. There’s simply not enough here to warrant the fifty bill price-tag.