@> 3. ???- this game is by hudson soft. it's got kabuki on the cover
@> and the screenshots make it look like bomberman meets tengai makyou.
@> surely, this must ring a bell with someone.
Sounds like "Deden No Den" (HCD4064) -- it is what you think it is.
And other than being a promotional item, I know nothing else about it
(why it was released, etc). It is not altogether rare, or at least
was not...10 years ago.
If that's the game, I have it. Think I got it for around $40 on eBay last
year. A neat gimmick - I bought it because I like the Far East of Eden ACD.
(At least I think those are the same characters. ?) Other than the
characters though, it's kind of boring. I'd much rather play Nightwolve's
Motteke Tamago. :)