The grossest part is how the big enemies with the big jackpot payouts take tons of bombs to destroy. The best demonstration I've found is in the video below, which I had to dig deep (and I mean deep) into YouTube to find. Instead, your little Bomberman character literally starts telling you to "swipe the card." With no tokens to earn, you can't get additional playtime by playing. You pump money in, drop your limited amount of bombs, and get your payout in prize redemption tickets. Yes, the localized Bomberman arcade machine is basically a glorified skeeball setup, just with far more pernicious hooks to keep you playing. Most pertinently, this version is not a medal game - it's a ticket game. The English version appears to be exclusive to Round1, a Japan-based amusement chain with numerous locations in the US. Information about it online is pretty limited, but I've seen various spottings of the machine in America dating back to 2020. I'd certainly rather play traditional Bomberman, but if I've got an afternoon to waste at an arcade? Sure, I'll see how long I can make my medals last.īut that's not how this localized version works. You put some money in, and the better you play, the longer you get to keep playing. With that in mind, Bomberman: The Medal doesn't sound so bad. In modern terms, these are typically absurdly difficult games that ask you to make a microtransaction every time you run out of lives. This is the point where I have to stop and acknowledge the fact that arcade games have always been exploitative.
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