Super Bomberman 2 (SNES) Playthrough - NintendoComplete

A playthrough of Hudson Soft's 1994 action-puzzle game for the Super NES, Super Bomberman 2.
This video shows a full playthrough of the normal (story) game mode.
For as excellent as Super Bomberman was, this sequel improved upon it in just about every way imaginable. It further improves on the details and polish of the first's. The soundtrack sounds far less like a jazz club this time, being much more electronic in nature - though both styles are great, I have to say I love how this game blasts the orchestra hits!
The biggest change this time around, however, is in the level design. The game finally moves beyond square arenas with far more intricate and organically flowing layouts. It sounds like a fairly minor change, but it really does feel like a renewal of the classic formula. The base gameplay is the same, but it's quite nicely refined here.
Of course, battle mode is back for loads of 4-player multitap goodness, and it's just as good as ever.
If you like Bomberman or party games, this really is a must-own for SNES gamers - especially since, at least in North America, this was the final release of the Super Bomberman series. The third was released in Europe, and the fourth and fifth never left Japan.
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[@angeld7849]

*I loved it because the levels in this game aren't a flat stages like others games!*

[@inceptional]

Yeah, the first two games had lovely rendered sprites, and then every game after than went kinda crappy with them.

[@boostingpad]

@@inceptional I only agree with you on SB5, 3 and 4 were nice.

[@inceptional]

@@boostingpad Well, you might not agree, but it's patently obvious to see that the sprites for the characters after 2 don't have any shading on them (no highlights or shadows), which is what gives them the more curved and rendered and 3D look, so they are objectively and factually more flat compared to the first two games. The big black outlines that they started using from 3 onward also make the characters look less sophisticated and more amateur and even kiddie too imo, and I think they look more phoned in, cheaper, rushed and worse as a result. The background tiles and block similarly look way flatter and bland after 2, and imo actually just looks bad in the multiplayer mode. All round, the games got uglier after 2, which is disappointing--but at least 2 exists.

[@retrokonami9042]

@@inceptional Apparently Hudson changed the graphics as a callback to their older titles. Personally I don't think they look that awful, but I can see why you think otherwise.

[@DoktrDub]

This was a big part of my childhood, recently completed it (possibly for the first time) recently in classic mini snes, kinda cheated with save states though, I need to do it OG style

[@bessa06]

Pura nostalgia, basicamente marcou minha infância, 6 anos atrás eu era feliz e nem sabia

[@Evocaker]

Eu também.

[@MrMagoo-rg8er]

Is it just me or did the last boss try to shake your hand at the end before his own machine shot him in the back?

[@33LB]

i don't understand why this is the only bomberman game with this style. it's a massive step up over the original bomberman, and bomberman games after this felt like they took a step back.

[@dalemau5]

I agree. Super Bomberman 2 was a childhood game of mine. Later on when I hacked a PSP, I added an SNES emulator and wanted to download Super Bomberman 2. On the rom website, it showed they made 3 games after 2 so I downloaded them. I legit thought the same thing after playing each respective version’s story mode. None of them had the approach, charm and style that 2 had 😕

[@Bloodreign1]

That's because it's nostalgia, and the fact the last 3 never came to the US, and 4 and 5 never left Japan. If you had been able to play the last 3 in childhood, your outlook would be very different as you'd also have nostalgia for them as well. I have zero nostalgia for the entire Super series, as I only rented them, didn't own copies of them in my childhood. Instead I tried them all as an adult, and was able to actually go into them with an open mind, and liked them all. I mean SB 3 and 4 for sure let you ride animals with abilities (first introduced in Bomberman 94), and 5 had a branching path system, and was also pretty much a "best of" Bomberman game.

[@33LB]

@@Bloodreign1 we got bomberman 3 here in the EU, though i didn't play it until many years after release. anyway, i don't think it's a problem of nostalgia goggles. bomberman 2 seems like a step up for the bomberman series... improved sprites, creative level design, an original soundtrack. i'm not seeing how the other games match it.

[@CodyBrough-w4l]

I agree. This game was so good. I gave fond memories of me and my father beating it when i was like 11... Good times

[@JayFFAFAlesanaES]

​@@Bloodreign1 3 and 4 also look good to me, too. However, 5 seemed to have no map during the story and the arenas looked ugly IMO.

[@graffiti9145]

Definitely the weirdest game of the snes franchise, and the one that dared to change the most, and it paid off!

[@Bloodreign1]

3 evolved past this, adapting the look of the classic from the PC Engine, Bomberman 94.

[@Wolverage]

My father learned to play this game just to connect with me on video games. It was kind of annoying as a kid, playing the same 9 battle stages dozens and dozens of times over the course of 4-6 years. But now that he’s gone and I’m much older, I’m incredibly appreciative of his effort and this game holds a special place in my heart.

[@ekonomixx]

Such an amazing step up from the first one. The sound effects, the soundtrack, the slight design improvement and upgraded mechanics definitely made this game feel much more immersive.

[@cakenoniabaker9210]

Oh man, someone is bringing back good memories. Great playthrough. This series was so much fun. Can't wait to see you play through the rest of the games.

[@NintendoComplete]

CakeNonia Baker No worries, I've got quite a few bomberman game recordings sitting on my hard drive. Figured it was about time to upload some of them :)

[@jeanhenrique4665]

@@NintendoComplete when you need 6 extra lives to complete this game.

[@NintendoComplete]

For as excellent as Super Bomberman was, this is a better game in just about every regard - and how can you not love that soundtrack?

[@sheilajjp]

NintendoComplete h

[@kainaaansilvasilveira9261]

Joaovifol

[@deboracoelho7866]

I like bombermam 2

[@z3n1th77]

Are u alive?

[@NintendoComplete]

@@z3n1th77 I believe so? :0 Is there a reason I wouldn't be?

[@Momo-bh8jn]

best bomberman ever. love the music. played it when i was 6 years old. and it was brutal

[@LittleMissGrosser]

His little face when he wins! So cute!

[@whipmanx3]

Pretty bomber's machine (The Sun) always creeped me anytime he got angry for literally "breaking his hearts". Lol

[@KLEDEFOX]

No (Sound Wins) for Pretty Bomber... Sad :'(

[@Bloodreign1]

Isn't Pretty Bomber a female? Because they hired a female to play her for promotional appearances, what she would look like without her helmet. And in the process the little girl with the hat on is modeled after the young lady who went around as Pretty Bomber for the promotional tours.

[@msmoonie]

This was my favorite game of Bomberman!!! Wooow so many good memories

[@kainaaansilvasilveira9261]

Hanako Tsuki- chan ugzuhfjxkhgdt

[@ericamelo945]

Tip : You can Turn the bomberman color at battle and normal place : purple bomberman on search bar

[@iDeathDev]

The sountrack is god tier ❤️

[@THEREDHOTWRECK]

SNES soundtracks are some of the best ever made in the industry

[@doymon]

@@THEREDHOTWRECKSuper Mario Bros 3 and Street Fighter 2 in particular

[@TurboPikachu]

Super 2 really was the black sheep of the Super Bomberman series, but I mean that in the best way possible, especially in terms of how its multiplayer worked out. It (with the Super Multi-tap) literally defined my early childhood of gaming with my sister and two best friends before the days of the Nintendo 64 and Mario Party

[@Indecency562]

I love how you bomb the bombers again one last time after their mech explodes, just to make sure they're dead!

[@TBrizzle01]

For a kid's game, I always thought it was kind of crazy how the bosses straight up die in front of you.

[@pkrent3461]

Yeah that was pretty scary as a kid

[@JadenYukiSliferVermelho]

I never beat this game in my childhood, it's so hard. But I want to try.

[@AndresPozosComposer]

Los mejores recuerdos de mi infacia!!

[@XrandomX]

Un excelente soundtrack, una jugabilidad simple pero entretenida, una variedad de niveles interesantes, mostró por primera vez a los Dastardly Bombers, personajes que hasta el día de hoy siguen apareciendo en los juegos de Bomberman. No me gustara Super Bonberman 2, pero reconozco el excelente juego que es. *Poyo*

[@yihangivanto-torres913]

Tienes razón crack ,

[@happilyisolated]

Holy crap my childhood. I played the crap out of this game. Never beat the story mode but got pretty far. Thanks for posting!

[@rcblazer]

I wish this game had the two player Adventure Mode like the first Super Bomberman, but other than that this is a fantastic game that I played tons of as a kid!

[@trevors.5922]

When I was growing up I had the SNES, I mustve been 6 years old when one night I decided that I was going to keep playing bomberman 2 bc I had gotten farther and farther. Far pass my bedtime I played with the volume off. 42:41 This opening screen is stained into my memory forever. I was too tired to keep playing and was scared of getting caught amd heard noises. I turned the tv screen off and told myself that I'd beat the game tomorrow. 15 years its been now. I will never beat this game, and to think of how close i was too

[@Gabelite]

one of my favorites on the Super NES still can't beat it though

[@mekagunner5786]

This is easily the best Snes Bomberman

[@onjikun]

Definitely played a lot of both this and the first one as a kid; shame the US never got any of the other three Super Bomberman games…

[@stinemaarii]

OMG SO MANY CHILDHOOD MEMORIES IN ONE VIDEO🥺

[@ps-lover8380]

We never played this game but this game and the soundtrack is awesome

[@luanaoliveira6621]

Joguei muito na minha infancia ,NOSTALGIA PURA .

[@archdukebigdogkoopa3821]

Ahhhhhh, the good old days! Like before I played Kirby Squeak Squad, Naruto Ultimate Ninja, Star Fox Zero, Star Fox Command, and the Original Star Fox, I played *_THIS!_* I believe.

[@abonne3154]

A near-perfect Bomberman game. Plays as a Bomberman game should, with fun, new power ups, gorgeous visuals, a unique soundfont that sounds great, a lengthy and entertaining single player campaign, and of course, multiplayer! A 2-player story mode (and maybe some Louies) are the only improvements this game would need. Even then, it's brilliant as is! 💣

[@Andre-cd3zh]

58:20 siempre he querido saber la explicación de esta escena

[@carloscc3641]

Nunca he encontrado nada al respecto bro pero según lo que yo entiendo que el cerebro detrás de todo es el monstruo final con un ojo y tentáculos y tenía de alguna manera control mental sobre los demás y me imagino que cuando lo destruyes en su primera fase logras liberar del control al personaje amarillo y trata de hacerse tu amigo y por eso lo mata

[@joascsantos3839]

Eu não lembro o nome dele, mas ele surgiu dos destroços do robô do Plasmabomber e quando o plasma desiste da luta, ele o mata

[@kokichioma1901]

Phantom Bomber is different than Brain Bomber, His Special ability is using fake bombs to trick opponents, I think using phantom is a good idea

[@SeriousGranade]

Actually, they're sort of the same, with that said, Brain Bomber was so underwhelming compared to other bosses. Of all the bosses I had to fight in this game, he's arguably the worst one of the bunch.

[@fandenovelas777]

@@SeriousGranade i think he's one of the most effective, sice he don't often die by his own bomb also is a remote one so he'll pursue u to make its little bomb explode into u(that low fire also helps him to block ur bombs), but i feel that u needed to had 2 level bomb istead of one to be scarier, the fire power level1 is fine btw

[@elpibeprob7184]

The final boss is hard as hell, I spend one hour trying to beat him :(

[@jhonaraya8704]

25:25 a todos nos paso 😂, a todos nos encabrono perder si o si en ese nivel

[@mr.starscream]

un juego atemporal, nunca pasará de moda

[@Madvillainy91]

I really need this game on Switch

[@tylerbaker556]

Wait! Are those... THE 5 DASTARDLY BOMBERS?!

[@Tailstraw_xD]

This was the first Bomberman game I played! Man that intro theme is nostalgic

[@O.G.Ashtre]

Damn I Remember This Takes Me Back To 3rd Grade

[@NoticieroHonorablesProductores]

Cuando estas leyendo todos los comentarios en inglés y te sale este en español :v

[@NintendoComplete]

I do the same on videos with Spanish comments. I read the comments in Spanish and answer them in English hahaha :D #SomosSameSame #LikeInTheInterview

[@NoticieroHonorablesProductores]

@@NintendoComplete sabes, deberiamos hacer una colaboracion

[@NintendoComplete]

@@NoticieroHonorablesProductores What type of collaboration are you thinking?

[@NoticieroHonorablesProductores]

@@NintendoComplete jajaja no es de las de jordi enp, algo asi como una competencia a nivel de videojuegos

[@sofiameneses7222]

Jajaj si QUE VIVA EL ESPAÑOL

[@MrMagoo-rg8er]

This game brings back memories lol

[@usurname-ge9lr]

Recién lo terminé. Juegazo:)))

[@TriniGamerGirl7]

Beautiful game!

[@bryanjimenez75]

58:22😢

[@davinicolasdavinick1566]

stage 1 Magnet Bomber stage 2 Golem Bomber stage 3 Petty Bomber stage 4 Brain Bomber stage 5 Plasma Bomber white bomberman -> Shirobon black bomberman -> Kurobon

[@menartd2618]

*Pretty Bomber.

[@davinicolasdavinick1566]

@@menartd2618 :v

[@drez0352]

I will never forget the infamous 1111 passcode. Bomberman you are legendary!!!

[@bretonquentin9549]

good job but many times you forget you have the glove, it can save you tons of time ;) best item ever

[@MrMagoo-rg8er]

The vs mode was fun to. I was never able to beat this game

[@WaqarAhmed441]

0:32 soo nostalgic music

[@aaronpryan]

The best out of the 'Super Bomberman' series.

[@Bloodreign1]

Everyone's opinion is different, for me it's #3 that is my favorite (and one I find the best due to the rideable animals), and overall Bomberman 94, SB 3, and Saturn Bomberman as my top 3.

[@ViperousVT]

Everytime I see a Super Bomberman 2 playthrough I'm always reminded of Musclebomber2020 with his triple fudge packers.

[@maverickhunter8755]

And the "Rock Amys"

[@ViperousVT]

@Maverick Hunter 8 and duh heart icon ♥️

[@badbattleaxe5832]

I remember playing this in 95 when i was 4 years old i could never beat the last boss!!

[@mdcplay2854]

Que nostalgia!!

[@VictorGabrielrr]

Sim mano!!! bateu aqui agr estou ainda jogando todos esses Bomberman pra matar a saudade

[@M3LN3K]

3:03 🗿

[@renecitoreyes3983]

Mis tiempos libres cuando jugaba en el Bomberman 2 y Bomberman 3 o sluk raider

[@raulhedgebomber420]

One of the creepy final bosses in bomberman

[@AliciaRodriguez-ip3yn]

And that sun boss LOL

[@betzabenaranja5165]

Santo cielo, a moai in Bomberman

[@GamingWolf_Plays]

Are you planning on completing all five Super Bomberman games?

[@NintendoComplete]

GamingWolf Plays Yup!

[@knuclear200x]

cant wait to see you play 3 and up, those were where it got much better

[@haroldant8537]

47:00 death!!

[@DezPez93]

My 1st Bomberman game! :D

[@ulisesmontes4393]

In this game if you die you start the level from the beginning, in bomberman 1 was diferrent, easier. I have this game but gave up too soon.

[@timothyroehm4307]

Pretty Bomber is so damn cute!!!

[@AliciaRodriguez-ip3yn]

But that sun :/

[@DaftPunkSkittle]

@@AliciaRodriguez-ip3yn thats what makes her even more interesting, her levels were so special too and fun with the extra toys you could use

[@xkaihuntergauto5455]

Teen Wolf (SNES)

[@Bloodreign1]

Out of the 5 SB games, I rate this one as the second to lowest. For me it's 3, 4, 5, 2, then 1. Thanks to Bomberman 94, the look of Bomberman was finally settled on, and SB3-5 carried on that look, and Saturn Bomberman did not change his look either. Before Bomberman 94, Hudson always seemed to make subtle changes to White Bomber's look.

[@Imirui]

me watching him avoid every speed up in the game:

[@rTr0n]

It's been 30 years since I played this game as a young boy. You can fn throw the bombs?!?!!?

[@oliviafebriana]

04:52

[@daniellemartins9764]

world five is the hardest of the super bombermem game

[@isaacpalaciosramirez1137]

Why you dont take the speed? This make anxiety lol

[@seicondf]

Oh my good i Love Bomberman❤

[@davidmorrison2135]

What got me trippin, is how come Super Bomberman 2 hasn’t been re-release in current consoles along with 1,3,4, and 5?

[@Bloodreign1]

Konami has the IP these days, they really haven't done much with the old Hudson Soft licenses that they own, other than Super Bomberman R.

[@davidmorrison2135]

@@Bloodreign1 next year, it’s supposed to be Bomberman’s 40th anniversary. Hopefully they announce anything like a new game or at least a old school game collection to revisit Bomberman’s past games

[@Bloodreign1]

@@davidmorrison2135 The only thing to come out of the 40 years, Super Bomberman R2. Personally I'd lover to see the 2 NES Bomberman games, all 5 Super games, Bomberman PC Engine, Bomber 93 and 94 PC Engine, Saturn Bomberman, and of course the Game Boy Bomberman games on one giant collection. Likely will never happen though.

[@TJZOfficial]

I love how the Enemies look alot like Road Runners

[@Nãofalameunome-h1d]

8:52 Big boss 1

[@aleximm7796]

man the nostalgia....

[@NetScourge]

this was my favorite game as a kid. I played it with my mom every sunday before church

[@CristianAriasCJPA]

Vale descargar para pc?

[@sendylie1774]

Kinda sad 4 and 5 doesn't have expanded levels and puzzle elements like in this game.

[@YoselynArizuVargas]

The BEST BOMBERMAN GAME ❤

[@edhtea1437]

Este bomberman y el 3 son los más difíciles de los de snes, aunque personalmente creo que este es más difícil. En el 3 al menos están los canguros que cuentan como un corazón extra.

[@thedarkprince7379]

Bueno te olvidas que los jefes del 3 son más jodido de vencer que los de 2 y ni hablar del último mundo es casi imposible de pasarlo si no tienes bonificaciones

[@edhtea1437]

No lo sé este bomberman tiene subjefe y jefe. Personalmente considero el mundo de fuego y sobretodo el último mundo un verdadero reto desde el bomberman 3 último nivel jamás había perdido tantas vidas en ese último mundo. La cereza del pastel es que aparte de hacer coincidir todas las luces en amarillo, en la mayoría de niveles, tienes que matar necesariamente a todos los monstruos y también te salen monstruos cada vez que haces explotar las puertas para salir del nivel.

[@sergiodavidpillohuamanaqui9870]

Todos los Niveles del Mundo 5 en este Bomberman 2 son realmente desafiantes y complicados ... Son muchos puzzles por resolver, trampas ocultas además de tener la luz apagada (salvó al interruptor) opino también lo mismo este Bomberman es el más difícil de Hudson Soft, el 3 es Sencillo y algunos enemigos molestan mucho a partir del mundo 2 en adelante, una pena que no se pueda jugar con 2 jugadores así sería más divertido el Bomberman 2

[@yihangivanto-torres913]

Muy aparte , la música y el diseño de bomberman es mejor apartir del bomberman 1 y 2

[@timoteomiramiraquilla8567]

​@@thedarkprince7379de la 4 es mas dificil pero la final era facil y una decepsion

[@xkaihuntergauto5455]

Buenos días América

[@johnrowen4604]

I can't tell you how many times I accidentally blew myself . To Oblivion because I accidentally trapped myself in the game .

[@qmchale5130]

😩I can relate.

[@TJZOfficial]

8:51 The Explosions look like Rigel Fire

[@KhanBhai-rj8bj]

Fantastic game

[@fernandochuy4657]

Cómo se llama la del corazón en la frente?

[@lordazazel7419]

Pretty Bomber

[@liamontoya2366]

0:19 POWER RANGERS

[@kingblasty6426]

LIA MONTOYA more explosion, tons more action

[@paulinahuarcayapurca4422]

LIA MONTOYA

[@paulinahuarcayapurca4422]

Lalalalalal

[@phoenixaz5145]

._.XD

[@YTSirBlack]

Wait, so Super Bomberman R is an entire remake of this game?

[@inceptional]

First two games had lovely almost "rendered"-looking sprites, and then every game after than went kinda crappy with them.

[@M4th3u54ndr4d3]

3 and 4 are the best ones. The 5z the Tournament and the Saturn ate also good. But after those, it was just terrible

[@inceptional]

@@M4th3u54ndr4d3 I perfer 2 because the sprite art is just superior all round, on both the characters and stages. The only things I wish someone would patch in 2 are to remove the slowdown in multiplayer, as well as remove the long delay before we're allowed to select any of the play modes on the title screen. With those two fixes it would basically be a perfect game imo. The rest of the stuff they added in later games is just fluff as far as I'm concerned.

[@zzap6478]

I believe the removal of rendered sprites was done to eliminate slowdown.

[@inceptional]

@@zzap6478 God knows how that would have any effect whatsoever as they're all just standard sprites at the end of the day.

[@zzap6478]

@@inceptional I would have thought the same, but the rendered looking sprites are in Neo Bomberman, also released by Hudson around the same time, running on the much more powerful Neo Geo hardware, so I do believe it was a hardware limitation. Super Bomberman 2 suffered from slowdowns, which would have been exacerbated in the subsequent games if not for the lowering of sprite detail.

[@kinglyoko6683]

Gah, a little water ruined your perfect run!

[@hsiangyuyen5256]

how to download it PLZ qq

[@mr.peanutqc7485]

the best of the best. the only one to be good

[@Bloodreign1]

I have yet to play a bad Bomberman game, I don't count Act Zero because I've never played it, and likely never will. Even the portable handhelds had some great Bomberman games on them.

[@8-bitduck516]

Hope there will be a Super Bomberman R 2 MAKE IT HAPPEN KONAMI!!!😠😠😠😠😠

[@elpibeprob7184]

LOL you predicted the game

[@dominik--]

my fucking childhood

[@leonidaspizarroesparta9996]

YO YA ME PASE LOS JUEGOS SUPER BOMBERMAN 1,2,3,4,5.

[@timoteomiramiraquilla8567]

No era complicado jugarlo pero si buen ost o el pvp

[@dennysbarreno6690]

Hola

[@InkoPeako]

8:00 this hurts to watch

[@アルティメットカイザー]

２のボスで１番強かったんはゴーレムBかな〰️💣️💥ステージ的に楽しめたんは３かな〰️💣️💥

[@ultraplayer7436]

Play the new game of this series on Nintendo Switch

[@novostranger]

Classic

[@luis_twentify]

what da heck was that sun boss?

[@flippy2ahahhhahahahhahahah380]

This is not a clown give me a clown

[@menartd2618]

@@flippy2ahahhhahahahhahahah380 🤡