{"id":25419,"date":"2025-02-26T00:01:42","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T00:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=25419"},"modified":"2025-02-18T01:39:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T01:39:48","slug":"super-jagger-bomb-2-go-east-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/26\/super-jagger-bomb-2-go-east-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Jagger Bomb 2: Go East (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X\/S, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A few years ago, I reviewed a game called Super Jagger Bomb<\/strong><\/a> that was a near carbon copy of an obscure arcade game called Bomb Jack.\u00a0 It was such a blatant rip off that I was surprised Tecmo (makers of Bomb Jack), didn\u2019t sue.\u00a0 Well now the makers of that first game have the gall to release a sequel!\u00a0 In Super Jagger Bomb 2, you play as a super hero who must collect all the bombs in single screen stages while avoiding enemies.\u00a0 The sequel adds a few new things, but it\u2019s more or less the same game.\u00a0 It\u2019s available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.<\/p>\n

The main game has over 50 rounds.\u00a0 You can continue, but only if you get to round 31!\u00a0 Your super hero can jump very high, and if you press the jump button repeatedly in the air, you can glide down for a limited time.\u00a0 They added a few new moves in the sequel.\u00a0 If you press down while in the air, not only will you fall down fast, you\u2019ll also crash through any breakable walls.\u00a0 And if you are on the ground and jump while pressing down, you\u2019ll be able to break walls above you, too.\u00a0 You complete a stage when you collect all the bombs on screen, but you can get bonus points if you collect the ignited bombs first.\u00a0 One thing I like better here than in Bomb Jack is that before the stage starts, they even show a path to take to best collect all the lit bombs.\u00a0 If you hit an enemy you lose a life, and when you lose them all, it\u2019s Game Over.\u00a0 There are two types of power-ups: coins that give you points, and bouncing balls that turn all the enemies into coins when you touch it.<\/p>\n

Some other new things they added in the main are bonus stages where you fall down a canyon collecting bombs along the way.\u00a0 I guess the \u201cGo East\u201d subtitle in the sequel refers to the stage backgrounds, which have a more eastern setting.\u00a0 They also sometimes have \u201crainy stages,\u201d but I really didn\u2019t notice anything different with those.\u00a0 Aside from the main game, you can also practice stages you\u2019ve beaten, and attempt to earn a \u201cFlight License.\u201d\u00a0 This is a set of nine stages that kind of act as a tutorial.\u00a0 But if you can complete them all perfectly, you can unlock a female hero to play as.\u00a0 But it\u2019s harder than it sounds because you have to make a near perfect run on all the levels.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t do it anyway.\u00a0 Which is a shame because I would\u2019ve liked to have played as that character.\u00a0 They could\u2019ve even added her as a two player co-op character like in Bomb Jack Twin.<\/p>\n

Even though there are some new additions in the sequel, I don\u2019t think they really improved anything.\u00a0 Controls still feel a bit loose, the 3-D backgrounds are still lifeless, and I\u2019d just rather play the original arcade Bomb Jack instead.\u00a0 I wish Tecmo would\u2019ve made a Bomb Jack update instead of a company making a rip off.\u00a0 Or maybe Tecmo could make a collection of their own Bomb Jack classics (Bomb Jack in arcades, Mighty Bomb Jack on NES, and Bomb Jack Twin in Japan).<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Super Jagger Bomb 2: Go East is rated E-10 with an ESRB descriptor of Fantasy Violence.\u00a0 If you get hit by an enemy, you just fall to the ground and lie there and that\u2019s it.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for some of the text, and younger gamers may find it too difficult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A few years ago, I reviewed a game called Super Jagger Bomb that was a near carbon copy of an obscure arcade game called Bomb Jack.\u00a0 It was such a blatant rip off that I was surprised Tecmo (makers of Bomb Jack), didn\u2019t sue.\u00a0 Well now the makers of that first game have the gall […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25419"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25421,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25419\/revisions\/25421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}