Bomberman (?????? Bonbaman) is a 2005 video game developed by Racjin for the Nintendo DS. It was released by Hudson Soft in Japan on May 26 2005 and published worldwide by Ubisoft. The game is notable for its chibi art style previously seen in the Bomberman Land series. Part of the Bomberman franchise it is the first entry to be released on the platform. A sequel Bomberman 2 was released in 2008. The single player mode features 10 levels with 10 stages each a bonus stage after the 5th stage and a boss battle for the 10th stage. A new mechanic is the item screen. All items collected are added to a stock. Using the touch screen you can use the items to power Bomberman up; thus if you die you can use your reserve items to restart at full power instead of with no power.