07.02.06
Project Sylph
Bomberman’s making a comeback on two platforms. One’s the DS, released on 20th July for approx. £25.20, and titled Touch! Bombermanland. Playable by up to 8 players (4 players, if using Wi-Fi connection) with one cartridge, it has three modes: Land mode (1 player story mode), Attraction mode (max. 4 players per one cartridge), and Bomberman Battle Pack. The other one’s on the PSP, coming out at exactly the same date and with the same pricing, titled Bomberman Portable. This one has three modes: Normal game, Classic game and Battle game. The difference? With this PSP game, without clearing the Normal game, you won’t even get to try the Classic game…. by the way that’s over 100 stages in the Normal :) Oh, and the Classic game, well, that features stages from the ‘85 original, redone in 3D format – nostalgia galore for the fan.
Now then, Project Sylph. Not much in the way of details as of yet. Just that Square Enix has announced it’ll be working on this with Xbox360 (its first such collaboration). Apparently, based on a ‘93 shooting game Silpheed, it promises to be full of scenes reminiscent of fantastic sci-fi movies (large starships, multitudes of enemy ships, storms of missiles and beams…). Other than it’ll be coming out sometime this year, no other details are available – the link above will take you to its current site, open from 7th July (Tanabata – traditional festival day in Japan, for making wishes, and for wishing for the Cowherd and his beloved to meet in the heavens via a bridge made of stars).