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Plasma Bomber · #197 Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2014 10:56 pm

Yeah, Flags seem to have been a one-off experiment that only appeared in that one stage of that one Bomberman game. I personally studied the stage back when I was translating the guidebook and I have to say that it really seemed messy. With that being said, a few tweaks could possibly improve it:

1) Make players invincible, such that they can only be killed if their flags are destroyed. It's kind of ridiculous to have two targets for each player, and this places more focus on the flags.

2) Make it so that flags are lifted the same way that bombs are lifted with the Power Glove - the player cannot take any action, not even placing bombs, while carrying a flag. This way, carrying your own flag or carrying someone else's flag has some serious hinderances. In Super Bomberman 4, it was possible to just always carry your own flag and keep dropping bombs, which completely negated the gimmick of the stage.