I mean, Mappy has a “lore”. Dig Dug has a “lore”. But I can’t seem to find Bomberman lore.
As taken from the European manual:
“Far to the north of BomberMan’s hometown, Peace Town, lies the modern metropolis Diamond City. There, the evil Carat Diamond and his cohort, scientist Dr. Mook, are holding a Robot Tournament with robots specially designed for their combat and offensive capabilities. Hoping to steal BomberMan’s advanced combat capabilities, Diamond has created a fake BomberMan to go to Peace Town and kidnap the real BomberMan. Aware of Diamond’s plot, Black Bomberman heads out alone to face the fake BomberMan. But Black BomberMan is defeated and his castle is taken. Somehow Black BomberMan escapes and seeks refuge with White BomberMan, and warns him of Diamond’s evil plan. Soon, wave upon wave of enemy robots begin their advance toward Peace Town. Now our two heroes must join forces to overthrow the evil Diamond !!”
otp@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I think you meant “Does Bomberman have a lore?”
With a post titled “Bomberman has a lore?”, I was expecting the post to be either surprised that Bomberman has a lore, or surprised that someone would have said Bomberman has a lore.
Especially when paired with the picture of a game’s boxart, I thought that this post was about something lore-related on the box or in its artwork.
As to where to find the lore, I’d check the manuals, including manuals from other regions. For a lot of the 90s, the manuals were the best (and occasionally only) place to find lore!
EvilBit@lemmy.world 1 day ago
They probably speak a Romance language as their primary language, as that’s how one would ask the question in most cases.
MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yeah, I’m brazillian.
MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Well, I’m not a native english speaker, I’m still learning. Thanks for the correction, in advance.
otp@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I figured – that’s exactly why I shared that. Overall, your English is great!
Railcar8095@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Non English here. Is “Bomberman has lore” correct for the meaning of being surprised it has lore?
I’ve been speaking English daily for at least 15 years and I still have no idea what’s correct, just what “feels right”. I feel like a flesh LLM
otp@sh.itjust.works 22 hours ago
“Bomberman has lore?” as a question would generally be some sort of surprise or suggestion that it goes against expectations.
“Donald Trump is a young man.”
“Donald Trump is a young man?” – response to a statement that went against expectations.
“Is Donald Trump a young man?” – neutral, general question (if additional context or tone is absent)
LePoisson@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
That’s literally everyone that speaks English. Including those of us for whom English is their native tongue. <- For example, I think I worded that correctly but I’m still not sure and I’ve spoken English for over 30 years now. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Definitely include manuals from other regions! One of the greatest games of the 1990s, Secret of Mana, the characters did not have names — outside Japan. Once we all got online and we found out about Seiken Densetsu 2 (lit: Legend of the Holy Sword 2), we learned their names. The boy is Randi (not Randy, but the feminine version), the girl is Primm, and the little faerie/sprite girl is Popoi (which I guess is meant to be pronounced Poppy?).