Bomberman Jetters Any%

Bomberman Jetters: Any%

Q: What is this game?
A: Bomberman Jetters for the Nintendo Gamecube

Q: How long is this run?
A: Sub 4 if I'm good.

Q: Why did you go backwards?
A: Because I was careless and forgot where I was going.

Q: What's the plot of this game?
A: This game is loosely based on the anime of Bomberman Jetters. White Bomber is the member of a group of justice-bringers named the Jetters who fight the HIGE HIGE Bandits led by Mujoh and Dr.Mechadoc, underlings of Bagura. Bagura is not the main antagonist of this game for unknown reasons. However, Mujoh is using a planet-sized space ship to crash into Planet Bomber, White Bombers's home planet. With less than a day to stop the Dark Star, it is up to White Bomber and his rival MA-10/MAX to stop the 4 gigantic rocket engines before the Dark Star reaches Planet Bomber.

Q: How does this game work?
A: In the bottom left corner there are 3 attributes: Bombs, Fire and Speed. You can level each attribute up to level 5. If bombs are level 5, you may drop 5 of them. If fire is level 5, your blast radius is maximized. If speed is level 5, your movement speed is maximized. The most important attribute is speed. If I lose a level of speed, I will get angry. In the top left, you may see blue hearts. Those signify the amount of HP a boss has. In the top right, you will see pink hearts. Those are my health. When it drops to zero, I am forced to redo the level I died in and collect any items I had gained again. In most cases, this will be run over. In the bottom right you will see a mugshot of a creature. Those are called Charaboms. They're similar to Pokemon but only level up twice and there are only 12 of them. They each have an ability that can help me, but in any% several are avoided in order to save time.

Q: Why do you collect fruit?
A: Because it is food for leveling up Charaboms. 4 charaboms are leveled up to level 3 in this run: Sharkun, Pommy, Pox and Yuono.
Sharkun level 3 is for maximum speed in water. Pommy level 3 is for acquiring extra heart vessels. Pox level 3 is for maximum speed on thin trails and tight-ropes. Yuono level 3 is for an easier time fighting the penultimate boss (War Horse), for beating 5-3 faster, and for getting the final lightning card from Dark Force Bomber (for defeating him in less than 3 minutes).

Q: How are Max and White Bomber similar/different?
A: White Bomber has the support of Charaboms. Max does not and therefore cannot move over water, gaps, tightropes or control any other special abilities they possess. Max does however have a secondary attack: Hyper Plasma Bomb. This attack kills all visible enemies on screen. This is not useful against bosses but is imperative for clearing certain levels as fast as possible without losing any attribute levels.

Q: Why do you play such a shit game?
A: I like bad games.

Q: How is this run different than 100%?
A: I don't collect any of the HIGE HIGE color cards or Jetters cards. I also only get a few heart vessels so I survive the true final boss.

Q: Why do you call this any% if you fight the secret boss and watch the credits twice?
A: Because it's the true ending and getting the lightning cards doesn't lose that much time.