Black Bomberman

Black Bomberman (also shortened Black Bomber) is a major character in the Bomberman series. A member of the Bombermen, who are usually inhabitants of Planet Bomber, he has the ability to generate bombs. He was the leader of his own gang of Bombermen, leading Red, Blue, Green and Yellow Bombers. He proclaims himself to be White Bomberman's best friend and most cunning rival.
He is also nicknamed Kuro Bom in Japanese, which has been translated as "Black Bomb" in Bomberman Hero and localized as "Cool Black" in the English releases of the Bomberman Land series. Occasionally, this is further shortened to simply "Kuro" in the Japanese versions.
==Biography==
Black Bomberman first appeared in Bomber Boy, both in the Vs. Mode as the second player and as evil copies in the main game. He had a more significant role in the TurboGrafx-16 Bomberman, in which he was the second robot by Dr. Mitsumori after White Bomberman. However, unlike his predecessor, a programming error made him veer from a righteous path. He kidnapped Dr. Mitsumori's daughter, Lisa, with the help of his dragon, and escaped to the Mechanical Castle, but was defeated by White Bomberman. The two quickly became rivals. In Bomberman II, Black Bomberman framed White Bomberman for a bank robbery, and in Bomberman '93, he shuts down a mother computer by stealing power circuits.
In Super Bomberman, the evil Carat Diamond and his cohort, the scientist Dr. Mook, were holding a Robot Tournament with robots specially designed with combat and offensive capabilities. Hoping to steal Bomberman's advanced combat capabilities, Diamond created a fake Bomberman to go to Peace Town and kidnap the real Bomberman. Aware of Diamond's plot, Black Bomberman headed out alone to face the fake Bomberman, but was defeated. Black Bomberman somehow escaped and sought refuge with White Bomberman, warning him of Diamond's evil plan. This was the first time the two heroes had to join forces to overthrow a greater evil. Since then, he became a reluctant friend of White Bomberman, even receiving training from him. He then started acting as the second player in the two-player story modes of the rest of the Super games (excluding 2) and Saturn Bomberman.
In the PC Engine version of Bomberman: Panic Bomber, Black Bomberman was one of the last opponents. He was the second of the four guarding the Floating Castle.
In Bomberman Hero, Black Bomberman assists White Bomberman in a few levels such as using his Bomber Craft to destroy walls. Black Bomberman is also seen at the end after White Bomberman defeats Evil Bomber where he lets everyone know that everything is fine.
===Saturn Bomberman Fight!!===
====Story Mode====
==Personality==
He is usually portrayed with a gung-ho personality, rather serious in battle (although he likes to make fun of his opponents). He is a little more forceful, mildly frustrated at living in White's shadow, because he is unable to catch up with White Bomber's level of skill. He has a cool and collected personality in the later games, such as in Super Bomberman R where he's more of a narcissist (although he loses his cool around women (even though it's confirmed that he is not a misogynist and that he actually does not hate women as he's shy towards them, despite being with Pink, Pretty and Aqua), though it did get better after Pretty Bomber and the other Dastardly Bombers reformed at the end of the 6th world (Black Hole). In addition, in the 7th world (Planet Bomber), he said to Pink Bomber that she doesn't need to get a pet Ballom, and instead, he raises his arms and sympathetically says that "all she needs is her brother's love", showing that Black cares for Pink because he is her older brother). The instruction manual for Bomberman Land Wii states that he is surprisingly good at foreign languages.
==Boss Battles==
Black Bomberman has appeared as a major boss in earlier games.
===Bomberman (TG-16)===
Black Bomber is fought in the last stage. It appears first along with his gang of Bombermen: Blue, Yellow, Red and Green. Although he is present during the battle against the four Bombermens, he doesn't participate actively, and just move randomly in the area. The four Bombermens will walk around the room randomly and after several seconds, all the Bombermen except Black will transform into flames and shoot fireballs at the player. During this form, they are invincible and will detonate any bombs they touch. After a few seconds, they will transform back into Bombermen and become vulnerable again. During this battle, Black is protected by a shield and cannot be damaged until his minions are destroyed.
After all four are defeated, the battle with Black will really begin. He will start laying bombs and occasionally stopping to release green fire around himself. While he is walking around, his shield will occasionally wear off and make him vulnerable for a few seconds. He will sometimes teleport around the room as well.
He takes 5 hits to defeat and yields a score of 50000 points.
===Bomberman '93===
Black Bomber is fought on Planet Techo. First, Black's Cycle Gang will enter the room in race cars and drive about the room randomly. They lay landmine bombs which can make it difficult to dodge all of them and the bombs at the same time.
After they are defeated, Black will appear in a large robot and the room will close in to a 9x11 grid. Black Bomberman will move around the room, firing the robot's fists and releasing fire from its open slots.
After this form is defeated, the robot's body explodes and Black will be left inside of the head of the machine, hovering above the ground. He will move around the room and lay chains of bombs, occasionally lowering his vehicle within blasting range. This is the only time he can be damaged.
=== Bomberman: Panic Bomber ===
He is fought as the third-to-last opponent, second opponent in Mad Scientist's Floating Castle, and the 14th opponent overall. 
In the Neo Geo version, he is mentioned as "Kurobon" and his characteristic is "Black", being the penultimate and eighth opponent. Unlike the PC Engine version, he is not fought at the castle.
He is "Shadow Bomber" in Super Bomberman - Panic Bomber W (see next section below).
===Super Bomberman - Panic Bomber W===
He fights disguised as "Shadow Bomber" in this game, and would interrupt a match in either the USA, Kenya, or Japan. When defeated, his outfit is removed and his true identity is revealed.
===3D Bomberman Atomic===
In this game, he acts as an enemy in the 1P Mode and first appears in Stage 05. He takes 1 hit to defeat and yields a score of 800 points. In Battle Mode, He is available as an opponent to be fought against.
===Star Parodier===
Black Bomber appears as the boss of Level 6 in this vertically scrolling shooter developed by Kaneko. He walks around a typical Bomberman grid arena and drops bombs in different patterns. The player must shoot Black Bomber while navigating the arena and dodging the explosions with a completely different type of movement. After the end of the stage, Black Bomber is shown crying over his loss, with White Bomber comforting him.
==B-Daman==
In Bomberman B-Daman Bakugaiden and Bomberman B-Daman Bakugaiden Victory, Black Bomber appears as one of the protagonists.
==Land==
In the Bomberman Land series and related games, Black Bomber makes an appearance. His personality and design did not deviate much from the main series, with some games giving him a red scarf as in Bomberman Generation. While his name is unchanged in Japanese versions, English localizations refer to him as Cool Black.
==Trivia==
*Initially, in "versus" games, alternate colors was just a measure of making the players different.
*Black Bomberman starts each round in the bottom right corner in most stages.
*He was first voiced by Naoki Tatsuta in Panic Bomber (Neo Geo), sharing the same voice as Buroru.
*Black Bomberman appears in DoReMi Fantasy: Milon no DokiDoki Daibouken also produced by Hudson.
*Black Bomberman appears in Tetris: Axis, also developed by Hudson, along with White Bomberman and some other Bombers.
*In Saturn Bomberman, Black Bomberman can also be seen behind in the background, during the Bomber Catcher minigame.
*In Super Bomberman Panic Bomber W, Black Bomber is called Shadow-Bomber, and his appearance is a ninja. But when defeated, his true Bomberman appearance is revealed, making Shadow-Bomber a disguise.
*Black Bomberman makes a cameo appearance along with Ballom in the chapter 10 of the Famicom 4koma Manga Kingdom Volume 3.
==Gallery==
Black Bomber.png|PCE game art
B (PCE) - Black Bomberman Artwork.png|PCE Artwork
Boss 8 (1).png|Final Boss Fight in Bomberman (TG-16)
Boss 8 (4).jpg|Final Boss with Transformed Bombermen
Boss 8 (5).jpg|True Final Boss
Story 3 BII.png|Bomberman II intro
End 3.png|Bomberman II ending
6.jpg|Final Boss in Bomberman '93
11.jpg|Second Form
Victory.jpg|Victory over the Final Boss
PBW - Shadow Bomber (Black Bomberman) Art.png|Shadow Bomber (Panic Bomber W)
SB1 - Intro (JP) 2.png|Super Bomberman intro (JP)
SB1 - Intro (JP) 3.png|Super Bomberman intro (JP)
SB1 - Intro (JP) 4.png|Super Bomberman intro (JP)
SB3 - White & Black Artwork.png|White & Black Super Bomberman 3
SB4 - White and Black Bomberman Art 01.png|Art from Super Bomberman 4
SB4 - White and Black Bomberman Art 02.png|Art from Super Bomberman 4
SB4 - White and Black Bomberman Art 03.png|Art from Super Bomberman 4
Kurobon.png|Panic Bomber (Neo Geo) Round Info
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0044.jpg|Black Bomber and Lady Bomber
Bazooka bomber.png|Bazooka Bomber attacking Black
61.png|Saturn Bomberman story sequence
30.png|Saturn Bomberman opening
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102.png
Kuro.png|SBF!! art
8.jpg|SBF!! Intro
9.jpg|SBF!! Continued
SBF - Black Bomberman Story Ending.jpg|SBF!! Story Mode Ending
Black Bomber SBF!!.jpg|SBF!! 3D Model
SB Fight - Black Bomberman (small).png|SBF!! (small)
56.jpg|SBF!! All characters (small form)
NB - Black Bomberman Win.png|Win Pose Neo Bomberman
B64 - Black Bomberman.png|Bomberman 64
Black.jpg|Black Bomb art
Black Art.jpg|Bomberman Land Wii art
Black 2.jpg
Black 3.jpg
BL Wii - Cool Black.png|Bomberman Land Wii
Black Art 2.jpg|Bomberman Land Touch! 2 art
Black 5.jpg
ShiroKuro.jpg|Bomberman Blitz art
Kurobom.PNG|Kurobom
B PSP - Black Bomberman Art.png|Bomberman Portable Art
BP - Black Bomberman.png|Bomberman Portable
Blast - Black Bomberman.png|Bomberman Blast
Ultra - Black Bomberman.png|Bomberman Ultra
Tetris Axis - CPU 04.png|Tetris: Axis
Black Bomberman R.png|Black Bomber artwork in Super Bomberman R
Captura de pantalla 2017-01-19 21.24.29 (3).png|Black Bomber in Super Bomberman R
Captura de pantalla 2017-01-23 22.32.48.png|Selecting Black Bomber in Super Bomberman R
IMG 0448.JPG|Black Bomber's Super Bomberman R profile card
BlackBomber Vector02.png
SBR 2 - Black Bomberman Ladder.png
Black Bomberman Mad.png
Black Bomberman Trouble.png
Black Bomberman Neutral.png
Black Bomberman Happy.png
BlackBomberSmashMii.png|in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as one of the colors for the Bomberman Mii Brawler costume.
Amazing Bomberman - Black Bomber Artwork.png|Amazing Bomberman
Bandicam 2023-08-06 07-51-18-085.jpg|Black's Armor in Bakugaiden
Bandicam 2023-08-06 07-54-16-566.jpg
Bakugaiden - Black Bomber Sunset.gif|Sunset in Bakugaiden
Bakugaiden - Black Bomber Glare.gif
Bakugaiden - black bomber 1.gif
Black Bomber Fight with Tiger.gif|Fighting with Tiger in Bakugaiden
Bakugaiden - black bomber 3.gif
Dolphin 2017-10-06 10-28-28-011.jpg|Land Wii
B-Daman Card - Black Bomber.png|B-Daman Card
==Theme==
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Title 	Description 	Composer 	Game
BGM3 	The theme is used on Inside of the Castle, Part I, Part II and Part III.	Atsushi Chikuma	Bomberman (TurboGrafx-16)
Dr. Mook's Robot Remodeling Factory	The theme is used on Dr. Mook's Robot Remodeling Factory. 	Atsushi Chikuma	Super Bomberman
Deep Sea 	The theme is used on Deep Sea. 	Jun Chikuma 	Super Bomberman 3
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