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Power-ups appear as you destroy Soft Blocks (destructible walls), enemies or opponent Bombermen.

During Normal Mode, the effects of all items except firepower (range of explosions after a bomb detonates) and number of bombs will be lost when you lose a Bomberman stock, which are treated as extra lives. All items reward players with points towards their score, with several having specific properties.

The player receives extra Bombermen stock:

  • every 5000 points up until their tally reaches 10000;
  • every 10000 points up until their tally reaches 20000;
  • every 20000 points up until their tally reaches 40000;
  • every 40000*[2(multiples of 40000)] points up until their tally reaches 40000*{2[(multiples of 40000)+1]}, and so on.

The maximum amount of Bombermen stock a player can hold is nine.

During Battle Mode, the effects of all items last for only one battle, no Bombermen stock are present, and points aren't accounted for.

General power-ups[edit]

Name Effect
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Extra Bomb
Increases the maximum number of bombs that can be laid on the ground by one, up to a maximum of ten. Also increases the player's score by 10 points.
  • Opposing Bombermen can get stuck between bombs placed in two adjacent ground tiles under them.
  • Normal and super bombs take three seconds to detonate.
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Explosion Expander
Increases firepower by one square in all four cardinal directions, up to a maximum of ten extra squares. Also increases the player's score by 200 points.
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Accelerator
Increases the speed at which Bomberman moves by one level and adds 400 points to the player's score.
  • Bomberman's speed decreases by one level each time a life is lost.
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Remote Control
Allows bombs to be detonated by remote control by pressing B Button.
  • Remote-controlled bombs can only be detonated by a chain of explosions or by pressing B Button.
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Maximum Explosion
Increases firepower to maximum.
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Kick
Allows the ability to kick bombs by using Neutral Dpad. Pressing X Button or A Button stops the kicked bomb. Also increases the score by 3000 points.
  • Kicked bombs damage the first enemy in their way. They also indefinitely accumulate points given by destroying enemies, until the end of each stage.
  • The cumulative point effect is similar to how individual explosions give more points per enemy destroyed simultaneously, by [(points given by enemy)*2(nº of enemies destroyed by kicked bombs)], up to a maximum of 6400 points so long as the maximum amount of enemies destroyed by kicked bombs is five or less. It cannot exceed 1600 points otherwise.
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Boxing Glove
Allows the ability to punch bombs and send them flying with Y Button or L Button.
  • Flying bombs stun other Bombermen by one second.
  • If a bomb laid alongside the map's edges is punched while opposing the walls, it wraps towards the opposite corner. Delays the explosion timer for normal and super bombs by one second. Remote-controlled bombs do not detonate.
  • Hits airborne bosses. If it projects a shadow over the ground, the game treats the boss as airborne, unable to be harmed by bomb explosions.
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Skull
Adds 6000 points to the player's score and causes one of the following unwanted effects:
  • Temporarily reduces speed;
  • Radically increases speed;
  • Lays bombs randomly;
  • Disallows laying bombs;
  • Makes Bomberman invisible;
  • Keeps laying bombs at high speed; or
  • Allows only one minimum-range bomb to be laid at a time.

Effects can be spread to other players by touching them.

Normal Mode-exclusive items[edit]

Name Effect
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Indestructible Armor
When Bomberman wears Indestructible Armor, he flashes and is invulnerable for ten seconds.
  • The same effect happens every time a stage begins.
  • Also increases the player's score by 500 points.
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Bomberman
Increases the stock of Bombermen by one and the player's score by 500 points.
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Bomb Passer
Allows Bomberman to phase through bombs laid on the ground. Also adds 700 points towards the player's score.
  • Bombs cannot be kicked while this Power-up is active.
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Block Passer
Allows Bomberman to pass over Soft Blocks, also adding 900 points to the player's score.
  • Very powerful for clearing the level while invulnerable. If the player is cornered by walls, Block Passer also prevents them from being sandwiched between bombs placed in two adjacent ground tiles or more.
  • Enemies or opponents unable to phase or blow through Soft Blocks cannot harm the player over them.
  • Flying bombs can hit players over Soft Blocks, ricocheting towards the nearest ground tile where they were directed at.
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Super Bomb
Allows bomb explosions to destroy and pass through obstacles such as enemies or Soft Blocks. Also adds 2000 points to the player's score.
  • Cannot destroy enemies and Soft Blocks at the same time. Can pass through dropped Power-ups. Prioritizes Soft Blocks or Power-ups.
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Time
Restores the timer to the counter setting the stage began on and increases the player's score by 900 points.
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Fire Extinguisher
Increases the player's score by 9000 points.
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Heart
Bomberman takes two hits to lose a life instead of one, effectively granting the same effects as the Indestructible Armor after taking one hit instead of dying. Hearts also increases the player's score by 800 points.
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Mystery Item
Randomly applies one of the items' (minus Skull) effect. 1/21 chance for each.
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Rice Ball
Increases the player's score by 5000 points.
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Cup and Ball
Increases the player's score by 100 points.
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Cake
Increases the player's score by 999900 points.
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Ice Cream Cone
Increases the player's score by 50000 points.
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Apple
Increases the player's score by 8000 points.
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Frozen Pop
Increases the player's score by 500 points.