An eight-player Bomberman arcade game sounds like an absolute dream, massively increasing the scale of one of the best party games ever made. But be careful if you see one because it sounds like publisher Konami has turned that dream into a nightmare.
Earlier this week, indie dev Brandon Sheffield posted a few images of a new arcade installation, saying, "We used to joke about this when it came to micro-transactions but they finally did it. Konami made a Bomberman game where you pay for bombs with real money. Once you run out (after like three bombs) the game yells at you to insert money while you walk around helplessly. Eventually, it stops letting you walk. I might be late to the party in this but it actually made me mad that anyone would actually think to make this?"
