Dr. Mechadoc (renamed Dr. Mechard), while initially appearing to be working under Bagura, is actually far more sinister. Bitter at Bagura for stealing his work, even when Bagura told him it didn't work, he had been plotting behind the scenes to overthrow him, and ultimately, he planned to use his work to cause two planets to collide, which would kill an unimaginable amount of people. Despite seemingly being The Dragon, he usurps the role from Bagura of Big Bad and is one of the few characters in Jetters with no redeeming qualities to speak of.
MAX, Mechard's final creation and also known as MA-10, manages to be nearly as bad as his creator. Willingly going along with his plan of colliding two planets, killing millions of people, he develops a strong hatred and rivalry to one of Mechard's old prototypes, MA-0. This comes to a head at the end of the series, where he abandons his creator to kill Zero. At the end of this fight, MAX performs his worst deed of his own accord: once he and Zero are dying, he writes his own data into Zero so he can hijack Zero's body, forcing Shirobon to kill Zero, one of his friends, to permanently eliminate MAX. Despite not coming close to Mechard in his resources, he makes a name for himself in the series and manages to be nearly as vile.
Birdy has a LOT of fans for his cool design and combining a stern nature with being a warm surrogate big brother to Bomberman.
On the villain side, Dolphin Bomber is the most well-liked of the Combined Bombers for her fun personality, being just plain ridiculous, and for... two other reasons.
Annoying Video Game Helper: Your team never stops. Shout is the worst offender of the group as she calls you multiple times in all the levels, her 'advice' is usually either pointing out the obvious or making random comments about the surroundings.
Audience-Alienating Era: While the anime is a decisive affair, the video game is generally agreed to be one of the worst parts of the series slump in the 2000s.
Character Rerailment: The game puts MAX back on the heroes' side and acts as if he were never a villain to begin with. Bomberman himself is also more competent and less of a brat.
Narm: The English version of the game has terrible voice acting and localization.
Sequelitis: The game is considered worse than Generation by both fans and critics, being a Mission-Pack Sequel to Generation released more than a year later that downgrades nearly every aspect of its predecessor.
So Bad, It's Good: The voice acting can be this at times, especially with "Superhero Birdy", Japanese-stereotype Gangu, the extremely bored-sounding Max, and Thunder Bomber. Some say however, that Momo in Bomber Mansion mode is voiced surprisingly well in comparison.
That One Attack: The only practical way to avoid getting hit by Kirin/War Horse'sShockwave Stomp attack is to use Ceedrun's barrier to block it. If you didn't level up Ceedrun to Level 3, you're going to be taking several cheap hits over the course of the battle, and even if you did, it'll be a pain to switch to Ceedrun every time you notice the boss winding up for it.
They Changed It, Now It Sucks!: Very few fans like the changes that Jetters makes to Generation's single-player formula. The cap for each power-up is lower, making the game feel more sluggish and limited. Character swapping would be cool if not for how cumbersome MAX's Hyper Plasma Bomb is. Also, Charabom battling is completely eliminated. Multiplayer fares slightly better, as Jetters characters are made playable with each one having a unique ability.
is basically just the theme song