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{{item infobox
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|image=[[File:Moto Wario Blast.png|100px]]
|image=[[File:Moto Wario Blast.png|100px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!]]'' ([[List of games by date#1994|1994]])
|first_appearance=''{{fandom|Bomberman|Bomberman '93}}'' ([[List of games by date#1992|1992]], ''Bomberman'' franchise)<br>''[[Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!]]'' ([[List of games by date#1994|1994]], ''Super Mario''-related media)
|latest_appearance=''{{fandom|Bomberman|Bomberman Generation}}'' ([[List of games by date#2002|2002]], ''Bomberman'' franchise)
}}
}}
'''Moto''' is a [[Special Item (Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!)|Special Item]] in ''[[Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!]]'' that gives the player an ability to jump over indestructible blocks. The item is obtained after defeating [[Thunder Cloud (Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!)|Thunder Cloud]] in [[Coma Zone|Round 5]]. After collecting Moto, the player starts the next round riding a motorcycle. Moto allows the player to jump over the solid blocks that cannot be destroyed with a [[bomb]]. The player can ride into one of these blocks to jump over it, as long as there is a gap after the block. Moto does not work on destructible [[Block (Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!)|blocks]].
[[File:Moto Bomberman GB.jpg|100px|thumb|left]]
'''Moto''' is [[Bomberman]]'s patrol vehicle<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20021125163657/www.hudson.co.jp/gamenavi/gamedb/softinfo/bomcole/Gb.html ''Bomberman GB'' (part of ''Bomberman Collection'') at Hudson's Japanese website.] Archived November 25, 2002. Retrieved June 9, 2009.「平和を守るため”モトボンバー”で日夜パトロールしているボンバーマン。」(''Bomberman patrols day and night in his "Motorbomber" to protect the peace.'')</ref> that appears as a [[Special Item (Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!)|Special Item]] in ''[[Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!]]'', giving the player an ability to jump over indestructible [[block (Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!)|block]]s. The item is obtained after defeating [[Thunder Cloud (Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!)|Thunder Cloud]] in [[Coma Zone|Round 5]]. After collecting Moto, the player starts the next round riding it. Moto allows the player to jump over the solid blocks that cannot be destroyed with a [[bomb]]. The player can ride into one of these blocks to jump over it, as long as there is a gap after the block. Moto does not work on destructible blocks.


[[Wario]]'s use of Moto in ''Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!'' makes it the first game in which Wario rides a motorcycle, preceding the appearance of the [[Wario Bike]] in ''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!]]'' by nine years.
[[Wario]]'s use of Moto in ''Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!'' makes it the first game in which Wario rides a motorcycle, preceding the appearance of the [[Wario Bike]] in ''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!]]'' by nine years.
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=モトボンバー
|JapR=Motobonbā
|JapM=Motorbomber; inspired by {{wp|Honda Motocompo|Motocompo}}<ref>nori_bomber (January 14, 2016). [https://twitter.com/nori_bomber/status/687843478475161600 Tweet by Norio Ohkubo]. ''Twitter''. Retrieved September 2, 2023.</ref>
|Ita=Moto<ref>''Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!'', GIG's Italian manual, pagg. 8 and 9</ref>
}}
==Trivia==
*As seen in the ending screen, the license plate on the motorcycle reads "Hu" in reference to [[Hudson Soft|Hudson]]. The ending scene of Bomberman riding the motorcycle in a profile view is also an homage to the end credits animation in ''{{wp|Lupin the 3rd Part I|Lupin III}}''.<ref>nori_bomber (February 27, 2021). [https://twitter.com/nori_bomber/status/1365851809659506688 Tweet by Norio Ohkubo]. ''Twitter''. Retrieved February 28, 2021 ([https://twitter.com/PushDustIn/status/1365877773462511618 English translation by PushDustIn]).</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Bikes]]
[[Category:Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman! items]]
[[Category:Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman! items]]

Latest revision as of 09:54, September 21, 2023

“Jump one block in a single bound by riding into a block.”
In-game description
Moto
Moto
First appearance Bomberman '93 (1992, Bomberman franchise)
Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman! (1994, Super Mario-related media)
Latest appearance Bomberman Generation (2002, Bomberman franchise)
Bomberman riding the Moto bike

Moto is Bomberman's patrol vehicle[1] that appears as a Special Item in Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!, giving the player an ability to jump over indestructible blocks. The item is obtained after defeating Thunder Cloud in Round 5. After collecting Moto, the player starts the next round riding it. Moto allows the player to jump over the solid blocks that cannot be destroyed with a bomb. The player can ride into one of these blocks to jump over it, as long as there is a gap after the block. Moto does not work on destructible blocks.

Wario's use of Moto in Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman! makes it the first game in which Wario rides a motorcycle, preceding the appearance of the Wario Bike in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! by nine years.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese モトボンバー
Motobonbā
Motorbomber; inspired by Motocompo[2]

Italian Moto[3]
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Trivia[edit]

  • As seen in the ending screen, the license plate on the motorcycle reads "Hu" in reference to Hudson. The ending scene of Bomberman riding the motorcycle in a profile view is also an homage to the end credits animation in Lupin III.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bomberman GB (part of Bomberman Collection) at Hudson's Japanese website. Archived November 25, 2002. Retrieved June 9, 2009.「平和を守るため”モトボンバー”で日夜パトロールしているボンバーマン。」(Bomberman patrols day and night in his "Motorbomber" to protect the peace.)
  2. ^ nori_bomber (January 14, 2016). Tweet by Norio Ohkubo. Twitter. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
  3. ^ Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!, GIG's Italian manual, pagg. 8 and 9
  4. ^ nori_bomber (February 27, 2021). Tweet by Norio Ohkubo. Twitter. Retrieved February 28, 2021 (English translation by PushDustIn).