Bomberman

*This article is about Bomberman's appearance in Super Smash Bros. For Nintendo Switch. For other uses, see Bomberman.*

## Character Statistics

### Has a Tether

No

**Bomberman** (ボンバーマン, *Bonbāman*) is a playable starter newcomer in Super Smash Bros. For Nintendo Switch. He was one of the first characters to be announced for the game, and being one of the first third party newcomers, sharing this distinction with Bandai Namco's Lloyd and Square Enix's Sora and Black Mage. He is considered as a "retro" character in the game.

## Attributes

Bomberman has very good stage control due to his ability to plant and move around up to five bombs on the stage which, when detonated, produce very large, high-damaging explosions that have to potential to cover the entire stage. He also has very good maneuverability due to his good aerial mobility and a ludicrously fast initial dash that gives him a long dash-dance and can be repeatedly crouch-canceled to zip around the stage. This is further compounded by his solid air game due to his fast, powerful, disjointed aerials that enable him to combo opponents off-stage, as well as his wealth of good kill moves, including his smash attacks, power bombs, back/forward aerials and forward throw.

However, Bomberman suffers from high accelerated falling speed , the third highest, and a large hurtbox, his head, that makes him susceptible to combos and chain grabs. His recovery, while covering a great vertical distance, is very linear and covers very little horizontal distance, making him easy to gimp. Outside of the moves that use his head, Bomberman's attack range is lackluster, giving him a disadvantage against characters with disjointed hitboxes, such as Lloyd and Marth. In addition to this, Bomberman becomes considerably weaker onstage if his opponent overwhelms him before he has a chance to set up his bombs.

## Special Ability - Power-Ups

Bomberman has a unique core feature/passive ability which allows him to collect power-ups that opponents will sometimes drop when struck by Bomberman's bombs. Only Bomberman can collect those.

* **Fire Up:** Increases the power and blast radius of bombs.
* **Bomb Up:** Increases the number of bombs Bomberman can place.
* **Speed Up:** Increases Bomberman's movement speed.

Bomberman can collect up to 3 power-ups on each category in a limit. If he is KO'ed, all of the power-ups he collected will be lost.

With this ability, Bomberman's initial power at the beginning of a match would be constrained, but in exchange, he would have the potential to gain momentum when performing well.

## Moveset

### Air Attacks

 Forward Air
 Back Air
 Up Air
 Down Air

### Other Attacks

 100% Ledge Attack
 Floor Attack

### On-Screen Appearance

A small bomb appears, exploding as Bomberman jumps out of it.

### Taunts

Side - Puts his arms up in a ready-to-fight manner.

Up - Materializes a small unfused bomb, tossing it up and down a couple of times.

Down - Spins once and makes a peace sign with his non-existent fingers.

### Idle Poses

* Puts his hands on his hips and looks behind him.
* Crosses his arms.

## Victory

### Theme

A remix of the flourish (Battle Victory) that plays at the end of battle mode for the victorious player in *Super Bomberman*.

### Poses

* Performs a back-flip and smiles as he fist-pumps and shouts "I did it!" Based on his end-stage pose from *Bomberman Hero*.
* Does a victory twirl from *Bomberman 64*.
* Juggles three bombs until he messes up, making one of them accidentally hit his head and blow up, leaving him covered in ashes with this expression.

## Alternative Costumes

1. White - Default appearance.
2. Black - Resembles Black Bomber, White Bomber's best friend and rival throughout the series.
3. Blue - Resembles Blue Bomber.
4. Red - Resembles Red Bomber.
5. Yellow - Resembles Yellow Bomber.
6. Green - Resembles Green Bomber.
7. Pink - Resembles Pink Bomber from *Super Bomberman R*, plus heart antenna/ball and belt.
8. Aqua - Resembles Aqua Bomber from *Super Bomberman R*, plus white bow and heart belt.
9. Purple - Resembles Purple Bomber.
10. Orange - Resembles Orange Bomber.
11. Brown - Resembles Brown Bomber from *Hi-Ten Bomberman* and *Super Bomberman 2*.
12. Gold - Resembles Golden Bomberman from *Super Bomberman 2*.

Some alternative costumes change the voice of Bomberman, expect four final ones.

## Trophies

### Bomberman

In progress...

* Bomberman (12/1985)
* Super Bomberman (04/1993)

### Bomberman (Alt.)

In progress...

* Bomberman 64 (09/1997)
* Bomberman Hero (04/1998)

### Revenge Cart (Final Smash)

In progress...

* Super Bomberman 3 (04/1995)
* Super Bomberman R (03/2017)