Was this confirmed somewhere along the way today? What a boner killer.
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Super Bomberman R uses in-game currency to continue
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Was this confirmed somewhere along the way today? What a boner killer.
I'm still skeptical that it's actually $60. Ridiculous if true.
Rabid Dwarf 76
Member
It's a Konomi game and Konomi is the worst. They've earned our cynicism.
jasminlovesyoux
Banned
I love bomberman. Saturn bomberman is one of my favorite games of all time. But holy crap, if this bomberman is $60 and has micro transactions I will NOT purchase it. This is entirely Konamis fault. So sad Hudson was eaten up by them. Konami used to be one of the greats, but now they've resorted to this shit.
Because, in 2017, microtransactions are much more common than the scenario you described?
Hopefully you're right, though.
SaintGalgo
Member
This is NOT a stamina system/used to unlock things. It's just a continue on game over, which uses in-game currency, just like billions of games. Watch the stream. Don't spread misinformation.
https://youtu.be/qadzCB3CLlI?t=8667
https://youtu.be/qadzCB3CLlI?t=8667
IrishNinja
Member
this needs to be $40 or less and have minimal konami fuckery
bomberman's return deserves to be done right
bomberman's return deserves to be done right
Indeed, it's just a nod back to it's history as an old school game.
Really bizarre for a non-F2P game but it seems in order to continue in Super Bomberman R on Switch you need to spend some kind of ingame currency. They stressed that you can earn it though normal gameplay but I wonder what the possibility of running out and it becoming frustrating without buying more via real money would be?
It really shouldn't surprise anyone if Konami is trying to monetise this though..
Image stolen from Wario64's twitter.
Konami can go fuck itself.
Movalpolos
Banned
It deserves a thread.
IrishNinja
Member
oh yeah, okay see this is just a regular continue system that costs from your earned points you could've used for cowboy outfits or whatever
this isn't konami fuckery at all, this thread is pointless! crisis averted~
SaintGalgo
Member
I'm not saying the thread is pointless, but it seems some people are thinking it's a F2P-like "continue to progress" system, which it isn't.
They mentioned it was for the demo.
People should really just watch the video, threads like this are what happen when people are taking information without context.
BBWCongaLine
Member
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
This is the new Konami code
aygomyownroad
Member
Trying to not over react...
This is the worst kind of free to play elements in a game ever.
On the one hand if they are earned in the game and there is no micro transactions then its like earning a continue and OK I would be fine with that.
If it is micro transactions, like that in a fully paid game then fuck it. I am canceling that Switch preorder.
This is the worst kind of free to play elements in a game ever.
On the one hand if they are earned in the game and there is no micro transactions then its like earning a continue and OK I would be fine with that.
If it is micro transactions, like that in a fully paid game then fuck it. I am canceling that Switch preorder.
OP should really just post the video in the OP if he doesn't want people to take things out of context.
And my interest dropped completely, reaching absolute zero.
Well, we need more info, obviously, but considering it is Konami we are talking about, it isn't that far-fetched to guess that they included micro-transactions. If the game includes micro-transactions (including for things as basic as continuing), I won't buy this game, period.
Well, we need more info, obviously, but considering it is Konami we are talking about, it isn't that far-fetched to guess that they included micro-transactions. If the game includes micro-transactions (including for things as basic as continuing), I won't buy this game, period.
IrishNinja
Member
right, but i am - OP's set up from the jump to imply the door's open to microtransactions, when nothing here indicates that. threads are being locked right now for much less.
Have you watched the stream for the full information or just gone on OPs moan?
Possumowner
Member
I'd be amazed no gobsmacked if this is sold at 60,where are people getting this from,I saw no price for it
i think that's the entire point of the thread.
who needs truth & facts, when we can have trump-level idiocy and false narrative?
hashtag #fakenews-gaming.
The optimist in me looks at this as a celebration if it's 33 game anniversary and they're making a game with sensibilities of those bygone days.
It's a glorified continue system where if you pay with your gems, you start in level 3-3 (which you died in), if you don't, you start again at 3-1.
edit - meant 33rd game not 33 years :facepalm:
rochellepaws
Member
That was the moment that killed my interest, I just assume the worst of games with these kind of structures now and Konami definitely don't deserve the benefit of the doubt. Cosmetics were the alternative for using gems, they highlighted how your gems would be in high demand and you'd have to think carefully how to spend them. It's very hard to believe this will be an innocent in game only currency system.
BBWCongaLine
Member
Think of it like having a set of continues that you can also use to buy clothes for your character.
IrishNinja
Member
it's an old school series, video even says there' sa (semi) old school penalty, as it were, for continuing
would some of ya'll be thrown off if there was a point score too?
that's literally what it is, based on the video OP's screencap comes from...yet here we are
Some people refuse to acknowledge what we're saying unfortunately :/
But there's nothing old school about Konami's current management. Did you not play MGS5?
I did, and it's awesome. My favorite game of that year. This will be awesome too. Are you trying to say Konami makes awesome games?
It seems like this system, except with the 'bonus' that if you don't waste your coins on lives you can save them up and spend them on new skins in the game's shop.
I'm highly borderline here between, 'Fuck Konami', and supporting them in releasing a game I want. What's keeping me on team 'Buy' at the moment is that this surely can't interfere with the local multi-player Battle mode, which will be where I spend 95% of my time.
IrishNinja
Member
*sigh*
agreed, but there's nothing here to indicate that's not what we're getting
and i personally dug MGS 5 >>>>> 4, but didn't care for an offline game connecting to servers, so i take your point...just no indication how it'd apply here
Well, if it is a simple nod to old school mecanics, and if this currency can be gained in-game (without any in-game shop to trade real money for this currency), then there is nothing wrong with that. The pessimist in me, though, is rather wary, because Konami.
In any case, we will see if there are microtransactions in the game once it is released. Nothing we can really say or do now that will make a difference.
In any case, we will see if there are microtransactions in the game once it is released. Nothing we can really say or do now that will make a difference.
What do you mean?
They were bought by Konami a number of years ago.
Thank you, I was legit worried i'd have to cancel my preorder for the first game since dead series Bomberman Jetters
Starbuck2907
Member
You will probably have to grind for coins or cough up real world money. I mean, it's Konami.
Dead_Pixel
Banned
Don't worry, there won't be any micro-transactions.
Until the reviews are out and then they'll be patched in!
It was great, but it had obviously shoehorned microtransactions in it.