PrinceWatercress plays Super Bomberman - Part 5 of 7

You have no idea how many times I had to play through this world to get a run of it that satisfied me.

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World 5

Unlike the other stages, this one is a boss rush...sort of.

You'll be in a small boss arena where you will have to face evil Bomberman who more or less want you dead. The colors of the evil Bombermen are as follows: White, Black, Red, Blue, Green, Pink, Purple. At first, they take one hit each to defeat, but after the evil Blue Bomberman, they will take two hits to defeat...and yes, they have invincibility periods after the first hit once you reach that point. All the while, the evil Bombermen have some pretty good AI, and they get smarter and smarter the further into this you get.

Power-ups will show up in the arena as you go through this battle. Getting a clock when one pops up at random is an absolute must, as you'll need as much time as you can get with some of the tougher Bombermen. You definitely do not want to lose a ton of lives here. Also, the skulls show up here for the first time. The skulls do not do anything good, and touching one will cause you to suffer one of several status ailments, such as super-weak bombs, super-slow speed, not being able to lay bombs at all, among others.

Your best bet to defeat these enemies is to plant bombs everywhere so that the evil Bomberman that you are fighting has a tough time escaping...and hope that the explosions take them out and that the evil Bomberman does not hide where the bombs can get them. You can kick Remote Bombs at them, then detonate when the explosions are able to reach them, but even then, that can be a touchy strategy to employ, as they will still move a little bit and still have a slight chance of getting away.

There is a strategy that you can use, but you'll need Remote Bombs and the fastest speed obtainable with the roller skate power-ups in order to use it. Whenever an evil Bomberman shows up, they walk to the same spot every time, and if you are fast enough, you can surround that area with bombs. The evil Bomberman will walk through the bombs, stand on that tile, and then get stuck every single time. All you need to do is just stay away from the explosions, yet at the same time, you need to be able to get back to that tile and plant the bombs so that you can surround the next evil Bomberman. Also, you need to keep track of when you dropped the bombs that surround the evil Bomberman, as the ones that were dropped earliest are the ones that are going to explode when you detonate the Remote Bombs. This takes time and practice to do with every single evil Bomberman that you'll face here, but if you can do it with at least the first few of them, it makes this part easier. You can see this strategy in action here. The strategy is used after the evil White Bomberman (thanks, invincibility trick).

After you beat the evil Purple Bomberman, the lights will go out. When they come back on, you'll be placed near the lower-left corner and the audience will be gone, and you'll meet Dr. Mook, the evil scientist from before. You'll also meet a caped guy in a top hat named Carat Diamond, and they will unleash the evil Gold Bomberman.

The evil Gold Bomberman takes five hits to defeat, and he can also move into bombs and kick them. While it is possible to beat him with regular bombs, Remote Bombs are much, much easier to use against this guy. Once you beat him, a few more power-ups will show up. Grab as many power-ups as you can before chasing the bad guys to World 6.