This could be pretty cool. Though I'd probably have to pass if they made it as hard as the original, with limited continues. The NES game was really well-made, but it's a shame that not many people got to experience much of the later stages, music, etc.
They could always make it a beat-em-up like they did with the arcade version. They cranked up the violence and humor on that one, and it was quite a bit of fun to play. Shame they didn't follow up with a sequel.
I didn't know there was anything beyond the NES title, the SNES title, and Battletoads and Double Dragon (or was that the SNES title?). I think I would want it
almost "NES-hard", but I wouldn't be completely against it being actually NES-hard. The difficulty and limited continues was annoying -- I was in my late-teens before I ever got past the "!" Jump-by-yourself section of the jet bikes -- but somehow, for me, the game was made well enough that I never disliked the game. It stayed fun somehow.
But you're right, it was awfully difficult, and I'm sure that turned people away then, and might turn even more people away now, so dialing back the challenge a little or having a difficulty setting might be a good idea. Or...wasn't there somewhere that Nintendo/Miyamoto thought about adding an option to let the game beat a level for you if it was too tough, or at least show you how to do it? That could be another option, as long as it was an option! I won't judge anyone else for using it, but I'd rather pass.
Bomberman for mobile would be really cool and easy to do I think.
That's a pretty good idea. I haven't checked, but I'd be surprised if there wasn't at least a clone or something out there in the app world though. It could be very easily set up to be a casual game though...play a level or three and close your app to get back to life, then continue where you left off later. However, the most fun I ever had with a Bomberman game was the multiplayer mode on the 64 game (I forget the title). With the map layouts, ginormous explosions, "curses", "plagues", and ghosts, that game got pretty frantic when my cousins and I played!