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Friday, July 11, 2008

WiiWare: USK Update - WiiWare Bomberman Named, No Retail Release For Europe

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Cub3d have just had a great interview with Hudson Entertainment about their huge line of upcoming WiiWare titles. One small tidbit of information did pop up during it:

"Please note only Bomberman for WiiWare version will be released in EU, not Wii version."

So Europe will not be getting the Wii release version of Bomberman for Wii - instead purely getting the Multiplayer only version on WiiWare. Fair enough. Strange, considering this is the opposite tactic used for the 'World Of Goo' game, which is only getting a retail release in Europe.

The German rating board also updated today with the final name for the game - 'Bomberman Blast'! Two other games have used a similar subtitle - Wario Blast back on the Gameboy, which was a strange collaboration between Bomberman and Nintendo, and Bomberman: Blast Squadron on PSP - a completely weird game that doesn't make a lick of sense. It was made near the same time where they thought Bomberman: Act Zero was a good idea too.

Source: USK - German Rating Board

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