Gooey Bomb = the main character from Smartball/Jelly Boy (SNES)

[Endless Nightmares]

I hope I'm not the only one here who ever played Smartball (it's very obscure) but I think the Gooey Bomb might be a cameo from Smartball, which was a Super Nintendo game. Smartball was also known as Jelly Boy (Japan) or Jerry Boy (also Japan).

So basically, Smartball was a round gooey character who usually had a red circle (a ball that he swallows and uses as a weapon) inside him. Only difference is that Smartball was blue and the gooey bomb is pink. Smartball could stick to walls and ceilings, and he killed enemies by jumping on top of them and absorbing them.

What do you think?

 

[Junaur]

<_< Just saw your post on gamefaqs. When did it come out? Was it never brought to america?

 

[crazyq42]

it's plausible but unlikely sakurai probaly thought of the gooey bomb from his imagination

 

[Endless Nightmares]

I think it was released in 1991/92. I'm not sure. It was released in the US, I remember playing it (and being slightly creeped out by it) as a kid.

 

[Darkfur]

I'd be willing to chalk this up to coincidence until stated otherwise...

 

[silver777]

one of Kirby's friends is called Gooey too...

I think sakurai took it from him

He is the one in the middle.

 

[Endless Nightmares]

Gooey looks like Smartball too >.>

 

[Red_Maniac]

Could be possible.

 

[Feryx]

hah, I actually have smart ball for my SNES. It's pretty fun, and weird as hell. Don't think that's the inspiration for the gooey ball though, Jerry never exploded

 

[Phaazoid]

they look the same, but i think it may be a weird considence (i can't spell it)

 

[Red Shirt KRT]

i think the gooey bomb is a copy off of the sticky grenades in halo to an extent.

 

[Destiny Smasher]

Yea, me, too.
But it was "Smashisfied," if you will.

Except Sticky Grenades don't transfer to other people.
That's what makes Gooey Bombs so cool.

 

[Moon Monkey]

It looks more like something in Mario Galaxy

 

[Red_Maniac]

Was Smartball a Nintendo game?

 

[McFox]

We don't need two Gooey Bomb topics.