1988 · Square · Action · Real-time strategy

Egg Monster Hero

Nintendo exclusive

The first game in the series, released in 1988 for Famicom. It was re-released on the Virtual Console in 2007 for the Wii, in 2013 for the Nintendo 3DS and in April 2014 for the Wii U.

Released: 2 December 1988
Platforms: Family Computer Disk System NES Nintendo 3DS Nintendo DS SNES Wii Wii U
Genres: Action Real-time strategy Role-playing
Developers: Square Neverland Square Enix
Publishers: Square Enix
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric Side view
Themes: Fantasy Comedy
Country: Japan
Age ratings: CERO A
Languages: Japanese
Composers: Koichi Sugiyama, Nobuo Uematsu

About

Hanjuku Hero (半熟英雄, Hanjuku Hīrō; "Soft-Boiled Hero") is a Japan-exclusive series of real-time strategy video games. It is directed by Takashi Tokita and published by Square Enix (formerly Square). The series contains four main titles and a spin-off game. The main titles are Hanjuku Hero (1988), Hanjuku Hero: Aa, Sekaiyo Hanjukunare...!

(1992), Hanjuku Hero Tai 3D (2003), and Hanjuku Hero 4: 7-Nin no Hanjuku Hero (2005). The spin-off is a Nintendo DS game called Egg Monster Hero (2005), which is a role-playing game with an emphasis on touch-based gameplay. The series is known for its humor and is centered on Lord Almamoon, the protagonist who must save his country from danger in each game.

›Story

A king used the power of a mysterious egg to unify a continent. However, he suddenly died a day after the unification, and the countries subjected to his rule revolted. The king's heir, the young prince must work with those few still loyal to the king and learn to use the power of the egg to bring order back to the continent.

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Media

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Reception

Review scores of the Hanjuku Hero series have been fairly good. The Japanese magazine Famitsu has scored the WonderSwan version of Hanjuku Hero: Aa, Sekaiyo Hanjukunare...! a 30.

By February 1994, sales of the first two Hanjuku Hero games had totaled 400,000 units in Japan.