Trivia / Super Bomberman

• As Himself: Xavier Woods in R. As the only member of the roster based on an actual person, Woods' dialogue is kept intact in the Japanese version.
• B-Team Sequel: An unusual instance where this applies to the early entries; the first two games were outsourced to Produce!, before Hudson Soft brought development of the next three games in-house again. In turn Super Bomberman R was overseen by Konami (who had since bought the franchise) and HexaDrive.
• Invisible Advertising: The entire extent of R 2's promotion has been the early announcement trailer, and the launch trailer, with little to no marketing in between.
• Marth Debuted in "Smash Bros.": Bagular/Buggler, easily the closest thing the entire series has to a Big Bad, barely averts this by appearing in Mega Bomberman. However, his later appearance in Bomberman Hero is based off his appearance in Super Bomberman 3 and Super Bomberman 4, neither of which was released in North America. In fact, nearly all of the games with him never came out in the USA; pretty much no-one recognized him in Bomberman Hero.
• Milestone Celebration: Super Bomberman R is a rather awkward 33rd anniversary title, though 33 is relevant since it releases on March 3rd.
• No Export for You: Super Bomberman 3 through 5 were never released in the US. In a reversal of usual fortunes, the UK got an official export of Super Bomberman 3.
• Recycled Script: Super Bomberman 3 has almost the same story of Bomberman 93. Travel through planets (the same setting in both games) and after this, the Big Bad shows up with his huge space fortress, forcing the player to proceed into the final dungeon to battle with him (the only major difference is the villain). Also, the Louies (the "kangaroos") from this game are the same ones from Bomberman 94, with the difference of the pink one using the ability of the purple one from 94 and the brown one having an unique ability.
• Role Reprise: Many of the Guest Fighters in R are reprised by their original voices in both English (in a case of Cross-Regional Voice Acting, as the core English cast is based out of Tokyo, while the guests are recorded out of Los Angeles) and Japanese:
  • Both Solid Snake and Naked Snake are voiced by Akio Ōtsuka in Japanese and David Hayter in English; this also marks the first time Hayter has reprised his role as either Snake in nearly a decade.
  • Steve Dowes and Rikiya Koyama reprise their roles as the English and Japanese voices of Master Chief. Similarly, James Arnold Taylor and David Kaye return as Ratchet and Clank in English, while Makoto Tsumura voices the former in Japanese.
  • Mami Kingetsu reprised her role as Shiori Fujisaki from Tokimeki Memorial.

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