Bomberman used to be about a guy who blew up stuff with his bombs, but in the 1990s, the franchise started going off in different directions. There was a racing game, a strategy game, and even a game where Bomberman can play baseball, golf, and tennis. Then there's Bomberman Quest for the Game Boy Color, an action RPG similar to Zelda with a dash of Pokémon.
Bomberman is piloting his Bomber Shuttle back to Planet Bomber, filled with all the monsters he's captured when suddenly, four mysterious lights attack the ship and steal all four of its engines. (A coincidence, I'm sure.) The monsters escape, and Bomberman has to make a crash landing on an unknown planet.
What's a Bomberman to do? He has no choice but to round up the monsters that are now terrorizing this planet and find the engines to his shuttle. But it won't be easy: Bomberman will have to defeat the Commander of each of the planet's four zones to regain the engines, all the while trying to wrangle the freed monsters. (Gotta catch 'em all to see the good ending!)
Along the way, he'll find items and powerups to help him overcome the puzzles and obstacles he encounters. Some items can be taken to the Bomb Workshop in the planet's only town, which can be used to strengthen current bombs or build new kinds of bombs needed to progress through the game.
That's one of Bomberman Quest's more interesting features, but the game overall is fairly derivative. Nevertheless, it's cute and fun, and if an 8-bit Zelda-style game with Bomberman sounds interesting to you, check it out.
Their name isn't mentioned, but going by the names in the credits, Bomberman Quest appears to have been developed by Eleven, which also developed Saturn Bomberman Fight!!, where their name does appear. Characters from Saturn Bomberman Fight!! make cameos in Bomberman Quest, but that could (also) just be a coincidence.
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