The Story
Emerging from his
many battles both a warrior of legendary proportions and
a battle-weary man, Jason starts life anew in a distant
land. But one day, unexpectedly a stranger arrives at his
door, and makes a plea: "I want you to capture - no,
kill the creature of darkness we have succeeded in
producing."
The research
facility she spoke of was located in the depths of a
subterranean installation in a silent forest, undisturbed
by human habitation. There it had been created, an
amalgam life form, an assimilation of life and machine,
of multiple organic species, whose base structure was a
tissue sample. A tissue sample harvested by the lab from
the subterranean life form that Jason was supposed to
have destroyed.
Exploiting its own
astounding reproductive powers in the region underground
forbidden to the human race, the life form was apparently
hollowing out subterranean niches in the image of its old
haunts.
The decision to
reactivate SOPHIA The 3rd seems to Jason nothing more
than an inevitability.
"Back into
the cold - after all."
For SOPHIA The 3rd
as for himself, war is the only design and destiny...
(Taken from Sunsoft UK)
News
Well, the release date has been pushed back,
what a pity, we were almost there.. The new date is set early
September.
GameSages has provided us with these passwords
for Meta Fight EX
- Stage 1. E6C3D3KF
- Stage 2. E6D3D3KG
- Stage 3. E7C3D3KH
- Stage 4. E7D3D3KI
- Stage 5. F6C3D3KQ
- Stage 6. F6D3D3KR
- Stage 7. F7C3D3KU
- Stage 8. F7D3D3KT
Sunsoft's game description of BMEB is
posted up at EBWorld,
this is how it goes.
"Jason and Sofia are back!
Jason is called into battle to destroy a new creature of darkness
running loose in the subterranean labyrinths. His decision to
reactivate Sofia is inevitable if he hopes to destroy his enemy. With
a full range of weapons and 8 unique levels to conquer, Blaster Master
brings all the excitement of this classic to Game Boy Color!"
Nintendo Power Update!
There are extra upgrades that can be found. They are not needed, but
they can help. The Crasher, which increases SOPHIA's cannon, and the
Hybrid Armour, which increases the damage SOPHIA can take. The Homing
Missiles, Thunder Break and 3-Way Missiles remain intact in this game.
You have 10 shots with every energy capsule you find.
New abilities include:
Stage 1 - High Jump - Upgrades SOPHIA's jumping ability
Stage 2 - Engine Upgrade - Makes SOPHIA stronger so she can travel
through wind tunnels
Stage 3 - Hover - Hover plays a much bigger role this time around
Stage 4 - ?
Stage 5 - Dive - Lets SOPHIA move through water better
Stage 6 - Wall 1 - Lets SOPHIA climb walls
Stage 7 - Wall 2 - Lets SOPHIA climb ceilings
Levels of the Underworld:
As you can tell by the stage names, BMEB will have a very wide
variety in level designs. This should help give each stage a look and
feel of it's own so as to keep the repetition down.
Stage 1 - The Forest
Stage 2 - The Castle
Stage 3 - The Factory
Stage 4 - The Sewers
Stage 5 - The Secret River
Stage 6 - The Ice Station
Stage 7 - The Caverns
Stage 8 - The Hive
The Underbosses:
Stage 1 - Cannibal Flower
Stage 2 - Ground Snake
Stage 3 - Poisonous Frog
Stage 4 - Lobster
Stage 5 - Shellfish
Stage 6 - Dinosaur
Stage 7 - Jellyfish
Stage 8 - Plutonium Boss Reincarnated
From the CGI shots in the review, you can see that
SOPHIA is has gone through a few minor changes. (I will have
pictures of this soon) And the number 02 is written on it a few
times. I take this as Jason and Eve tinkered around with SOPHIA enough
to change the build number. But it still remains as the same Make and
Model. SOPHIA The 3rd, Nora MA-02.
Nintendo.com has posted a review about BMEB.
BMEB will have a password feature.
BMEB Box
scan from Sunsoft USA.
IGN Pocket has posted a
preview of BMEB.
They say there will be 8 levels. Some new things, and
some old. This is a NES remake, just shifted around some.
This is a quote from the IGN preview.
"The game takes place after the last Blaster
Master -- you play Jason, called in to reprise his role
as alien exterminator after an alien hybrid escapes into
the woods untouched and unexplored by any human. The
creature infestates the forest with its offspring as it
digs subterranian tunnels into the earth. It’s up to
you and your craft, the SOFIA_III, to locate this being
and put an end to its evil."
Gamespot
has received new info and screen shots about BMEB.
Quote
taken from the Nintendo Power, Paq Watch.
"Quietly but
steadily Sunsoft has been building up an impressive
library of titles for the Gameboy Color. The most
ambitious to date has its roots in the company's 8-bit
past. Blaster Master first appeared for the NES back in
1988. Now the game is appearing on GBC. It tells the
story of a boy named Jason and his pet frog, Fred, who
become seperated in a toxic world. The player rolls
around in side-scrolling and overhead stages in a cool
little tank that jumps, blasting mutants and searching
for Fred. You can even hop out of the tank in places.
Collecting new weapons and abilities is another part of
the fun. Sunsoft has recreated the look, feel, and fun of
the original Blaster Master in this Gameboy Color version,
and we consider both games to be classics."
Click here for a scan of the
article, it also contains screen shots.
There
will be 8 levels, with a huge Underboss guarding the end
of each one.
Jason
appears to have a new look, and a more stylish helmet.
The game
will be a side scroller like the NES version.
The next Gameboy Color game will
likely take place right after the original game. The
enemy was not from another planet, nor was it created
naturally. Scientists that studied samples from the
creatures that Jason killed before, created this new
threat. Jason must now venture to the same places he
cleared out before to finish off this enemy.
No
other info is known at this time.
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