[1][9][10] Bomberman Legends was never previewed or mentioned in magazines and other publications at the time when the title was still being developed, until its existence was revealed during an online Q&A session hosted by Next Generation in April 1998.

[3] He discussed with an employee of the company named Bill Rich and told that Atari was interested in acquiring the rights of the series, with the latter agreeing to do so after speaking with Hudson, and the team started development of Bomberman Legends between late 1994 and early 1995.

[1][11][15][16] During another online Q&A session hosted by Next Generation on July 24 of the same year, the name of the developer who worked on the project was revealed to be Genetic Fantasia, and that the company was based on Michigan.

[18] On May 25, 2014, the source code of Bomberman Legends that was originally thought to be lost was found on a CD-ROM and eventually preserved by Mike and his brother Jeremy Mika, who was one of the lead programmers of the title, along with a member of the Jaguar community.

[3][6][13] More information about the project was revealed on Twitter posts written by Mike,[19] including production artwork and character sprites of the game that were showcased to the public in 2016 and 2021 respectively.