I think this is your best retro review yet. Good work! Definitely sounds like a great game. I wish I had finished it. A lot of the changes (like the cross explosions and the power ups) seem to bring it more in line with most other Bomberman games I've played. As an interesting side note, I became curious about the names of the Astral Knights when I saw you mention Molok, which sounds like one of the Canaanite gods in the Bible, and Belzeeb, a possible variation Beelzebub, one of the names for the devil. Sure enough, a quick internet search revealed that they all have possible origins in pagan mythology. Check it out here. An interesting naming convention, to be sure.
Anyway, you didn't include any of the music! Cool that Mitsuda contrbuted though. He really gets around! I'm looking forward to hearing about Bomberman Hero next week. I never played that one.


But at least it's portal.
