In Hero, the character can jump, has a life meter, faces tougher bosses, and has the ability to throw bombs further, thus, making it a more platform-oriented experience.

Medals are awarded on a per-planet basis, based on the total number of stage points upon the planet's completion (red, blue, bronze, silver, and gold).

The world's leader, Princess Millian, steals a secret data disk and safely smuggles out the information through her robot servant Pibot, but is captured herself.

While on Mazone, Bomberman finds Princess Millian safe in a laboratory, who tells him to retrieve the rest of the disks.

At Garaden Star, Nitros uses the disks to resurrect the Empire's leader, Bagular, whose body was destroyed in Super Bomberman 3.

[1] Jun Chikuma composed the game's soundtrack in the genres of drum and bass and acid techno.

"[9] Edge criticized the graphics for featuring intrusive distance fog and the same texture pattern, which make it difficult for the player to judge depth.

However, the magazine concluded that, as a Japanese platformer, the game should not be overlooked, and favorably compared its rewarding exploration with Yoshi's Island.