[5][6] The game features story mode spanning 50 stages and supports cooperative gameplay for two players.

Starting in Baby league B the player has to win matches to gather and earn points for advancement.

Black is lazy and egocentric, Pink is more concerned about fashion and gossip, Blue sleeps all day, Red is hot-tempered, Yellow is overly naïve and innocent, Aqua has anger management issues, and Green is a manipulative sneak who deceives everyone.

White immediately takes up the challenge and forces his siblings to come with him as he heads to the Starry Sky Nebula to face the Buggler army.

[7][8] The game was announced on 12 January 2017 and released on 3 March 2017 as a timed exclusive launch title for the Nintendo Switch console.

Future updates with various playable characters from other Konami franchises—including Vic Viper from Gradius, Simon Belmont from Castlevania, and Pyramid Head from Silent Hill 2—were also teased.

[12] The original Switch version also received its own exclusive character via an update: the Bomberman franchise's own MAX.

[14][15] A free-to-play, online-only spin-off subtitled Online was released on Stadia on 1 September 2020, and on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Steam on 27 May 2021,[16][17] and was shut down on 1 December 2022.

"[29] This was reiterated in their review, with Steve Bowling describing it as "no-frills", but "the go-to multiplayer launch title" for the Switch.