If there is anything better on the Live Arcade I don’t know what it is. I’m absolutely blown away by Bomberman Live. This is how all arcade games should be. The customisation options are phenomenal. Game-wise there’s a bunch of modes. There’s a bunch of power-ups and power-downs. There’s a bunch of costumes… and we all know how much I like costumes. Right now I’m all about dressing up as a ballerina and riding round in the revenge cart once I’m dead (which is usually pretty quickly) and bombing the crap out of everybody.

The lobbies are a dream. Easy to use, simple to see who’s who, quick to start games. There’s also just about no lag to speak of and when there is a little it’s not particularly bothersome. 

If only more arcade games where so joyous to play. The Live Arcade over the last year and a half has become a plethora of wide ranging cheap and fun games. Remember when we used to complain about how few new games appeared? Now there’s a veritable avalanche and in many ways it’s wonderful to have all that choice but there is always a downside. The downside is that with so many games coming to the arcade the quality is driven down to the point were rather than searching for the game we like the sound of, we wait to hear if something really exceptional has surfaced and ignore the rest. Well I can tell you that Bomberman Live IS that exceptional game. It’s great to see a game in a time of cheap Flash ports that is fresh, built for the needs of arcade users and brilliant fun on Live. If you’ve been unsure how to spend that 800 points you’ve been squirreling away for something special, this is the very thing.

I’ll see you on there. I’ll be the one in the tutu.