<s>
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
on	O
May	O
14	O
,	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
Bomberman	B-Application
Max	I-Application
2	I-Application
which	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
on	O
June	O
4	O
,	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
two	O
versions	O
called	O
Bomberman	B-Application
Max	I-Application
:	I-Application
Blue	I-Application
Champion	I-Application
and	O
Bomberman	B-Application
Max	I-Application
:	O
Red	O
Challenger	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Blue	O
Champion	O
the	O
playable	O
character	O
is	O
Bomberman	B-Application
where	O
in	O
Red	O
Challenger	O
the	O
playable	O
character	O
is	O
Max	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
third	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Bomberman	B-Application
Max	I-Application
:	O
Ain	O
Version	O
,	O
was	O
a	O
Japan-exclusive	O
limited	O
edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
named	O
Brain	O
has	O
transformed	O
five	O
peaceful	O
,	O
happy	O
planets	O
into	O
cold	O
,	O
dark	O
,	O
mechanical	O
worlds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
Bomberman	B-Application
and	O
Max	O
hear	O
the	O
distress	O
cry	O
of	O
the	O
Charaboms	O
who	O
live	O
on	O
these	O
planets	O
,	O
and	O
they	O
begin	O
a	O
race	O
to	O
see	O
who	O
can	O
save	O
the	O
Charaboms	O
and	O
defeat	O
Brain	O
first	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bomberman	B-Application
and	O
Max	O
must	O
conquer	O
100	O
different	O
stages	O
,	O
all	O
of	O
which	O
have	O
the	O
classic	O
overhead	O
Bomberman	B-Application
view	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bomberman	B-Application
Max	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Hudson	O
Soft	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Vatical	O
Entertainment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bomberman	B-Application
Max	I-Application
:	I-Application
Blue	I-Application
Champion	I-Application
has	O
an	O
aggregated	O
review	O
score	O
of	O
74.50	O
%	O
based	O
on	O
four	O
reviews	O
on	O
Gamerankings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Christian	O
Huey	O
of	O
Allgame	O
suggested	O
that	O
the	O
Charabom	O
mode	O
owes	O
a	O
lot	O
to	O
Pokémon	O
,	O
citing	O
both	O
the	O
monster	O
battling	O
aspect	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
has	O
two	O
versions	O
like	O
Pokémon	B-Application
Red	I-Application
and	I-Application
Blue	I-Application
did	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
far	O
as	O
traditional	O
Bomberman	B-Application
gameplay	O
goes	O
,	O
Huey	O
felt	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
pinnacle	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
while	O
Bomberman	B-Application
fans	O
will	O
be	O
satisfied	O
,	O
casual	O
gamers	O
may	O
be	O
turned	O
off	O
by	O
the	O
multiple	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brett	O
Elston	O
of	O
GamesRadar	O
called	O
it	O
the	O
strangest	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
Bomberman	B-Application
franchise	O
until	O
Bomberman	B-Application
:	I-Application
Act	I-Application
Zero	I-Application
released	O
,	O
criticizing	O
the	O
developer	O
for	O
"	O
missing	O
the	O
point	O
"	O
of	O
having	O
multiple	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jeremy	O
Parish	O
praised	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
quality	O
multiplayer	O
experience	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
,	O
hoping	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
see	O
a	O
re-release	O
on	O
a	O
hypothetical	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
Mini	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Harris	O
felt	O
disappointment	O
that	O
a	O
traditional	O
Bomberman	B-Application
multiplayer	O
experience	O
was	O
absent	O
.	O
</s>
