>>712861854
>Louies are just a translation error
>"Louie" supposed to be "Rooey" because they're basically kangaroos
>name sticks forever and would probably get people mad if they changed it
Same goes for the "Varia" suit in Metroid, it's supposed to be "Barrier" suit.
Still funny though.

>>712854490
As someone that's replayed a few classic Bomberman games recently, I'd honestly say the baseline combat's just too old, and I hate to say it, but it needs to be modernized.
The only people left who play Bomberman games are the people who played them originally, the series only "survives" on nostalgia alone.
Not modernized in a bad way, I just mean shit like converting the game into a more action-based platformer, maybe in the style of a slower Sonic. IIRC the N64 game played like this?
Put emphasis on explosions, have every boss get nuked after they're beaten or something.

I dunno, I'm not even sure if Bomberman CAN be "fixed" outside of removing the grids and the plus-shaped explosions, those two are definitely non-negotiable, they'd have to go.
It's actually a little funny, the plus-shaped explosions are a key part of the strategic gameplay in the franchise, but they're a big part of what makes the franchise into normalfag repellant. The other part is how goofy the Bomber-people race looks, though they've tried to fix that via Act Zero and Bombergirls, so IDFK.