Hudson Soft released Super Bomberman 2 for the Super Nintendo in 1994. In the story mode, Bomberman is captured by the Five Dastardly Bombers, a group of evil Bombers who want to conquer the galaxy, and he must escape and defeat them one by one across their worlds. The story mode is a single-player adventure, and each stage is a maze of blocks, enemies and hidden exits. Bomberman uses bombs to destroy blocks and enemies, and power-ups increase blast range, the number of bombs or speed, while other items let him kick or throw bombs. The battle mode returns with support for up to four players using the Super Multitap, with new arenas, special rules and a tag mode for team play. Many players consider it one of the best multiplayer games on the console, and it built on the success of the first Super Bomberman.