Super Bomberman

Super Bomberman is the very first generation of the B-Daman franchise, beginning in 1993 with the release of the first B-Daman toy as spin-off merchandise for the Super Bomberman video game. B-Daman would continue as a branch of Bomberman merchandise for several years, later developing its own fictional continuity with the second generation, Bomberman B-Daman Bakugaiden, still under the Bomberman umbrella. It would not be until the third generation, Super B-Daman, that B-Daman would split off from Bomberman and stand on its own with an independent IP and a setting and cast of characters unrelated to Bomberman.
==Toy Line Overview==
The Super Bomberman generation focused almost entirely on representations of various Bomber characters from the Bomberman IP, starting with generic Bomberman figures in a variety of colourways and later introducing slight mold and deco variations of those figures to represent specific named characters from the Bomberman games. By the end of the generation, B-Daman would begin introducing some of the gimmicks which would continue to be franchise mainstays throughout B-Daman history, such as interchangeable aesthetic armour and toys with spring-loaded reactive targets which could "battle" by shooting marbles at each other's targets.
Three toy series were released during Super Bomberman, with the second, Super Bomberman 2, being the largest and most varied of the generation.
==Media Overview==
As B-Daman was originally a spin-off of Bomberman with early B-Daman figures representing various characters from the Bomberman games, most characters represented in the Super Bomberman era are found in various Bomberman media. Very little media specific to B-Daman was created in this era, with the notable exception being a video game for the Super Famicom simply titled "Bomberman B-Daman", which came packaged with a unique B-Daman figure.
Category:Generations
Category:Super Bomberman