Mode(s) Multiplayer Series Bomberman Publisher Hudson Soft | Initial release date 21 May 2008 Developer Hudson Soft Platform Microsoft Windows | |
Release date(s) 2008-5-21 - 2008-05-27 (closed beta)
2008-09-10 (public service open) Genres Massively multiplayer online game, Party Similar Bomberman games, Other games | ||
Bomberman Online Japan (ボンバーマンオンライン Japan) is the successor of Online Bomberman. The software uses Shockwave Entertainment, Inc's 55Shock! online service. It was released on the PC in Japanese markets only.
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Game play
Player obtains experience points during battle.
Each player has a bomb waza bar. When the bar is full, it refills bomb waza gauge. When the gauge is full, player can use a bomb technique.
Items collected in a course can be saved for later use.
End of line
In 2008-12-26, BOJ's paid service was temporarily interrupted. In 2009-01-31, Shockwave Entertainment had terminated its online service, which also affected Bomberman Online Japan. As a result, the paid subscribers were refunded.
In 2009-05-27, Hudson Soft's official site post an announcement that the service would end in 2009-06-03. 2009-06-03, the remaining Bomberman Online Japan online service had ended.
Marketing
As part of the service launch, between 2008-09-10 and 2008-10-14, player gains pippocon hammer, lightning blade, dekadeka milk bomb weapons by creating save data.