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Hanjuku Hero

January 08, 2023

Hanjuku Hero (半熟英雄, Hanjuku Hīrō, "Soft-Boiled Hero")[Note 1] 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 spinoff 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.[1]

Games

Hanjuku Hero

Hanjuku Hero
Developer(s)Square
Publisher(s)Square
Producer(s)Masafumi Miyamoto
Designer(s)Kazuhiko Aoki
Composer(s)Nobuo Uematsu
Platform(s)Famicom
Release
  • JP: December 2, 1988
Genre(s)Real-time strategy
Mode(s)Single-player

Hanjuku Hero (半熟英雄, Hanjuku Hīrō, "Soft-Boiled Hero") is 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.[2]

Although the game did not receive a stand-alone soundtrack album release, a bonus disc of 17 tracks from the game was included in the soundtrack album to Hanjuku Hero VS 3D, featuring some of the earliest work by Nobuo Uematsu of later Final Fantasy fame.[3]

Hanjuku Hero: Aa, Sekaiyo Hanjukunare...!

Hanjuku Hero: Aa, Sekaiyo Hanjukunare...! (半熟英雄 ああ、世界よ半熟なれ…!! "Let the world become soft-boiled!") is the second game in the series. The Egg Monsters featured in the game are parodies of Final Fantasy IV characters. The game was re-released on the WonderSwan Color in 2002. This version features a graphical overhaul and twelve new summons.[4] The game will be re-released once again for iOS and Android in 2017.[5]

A soundtrack album for the game, titled Divertimento Hanjuku Hero, was released by NTT Publishing on January 21, 1993. It features four orchestral renderings of songs from the soundtrack, and 42 tracks from the original soundtrack, composed by Dragon Quest series composer, Koichi Sugiyama.[6]

Hanjuku Hero Tai 3D

Hanjuku Hero Tai 3D (半熟英雄 対 3D, "Soft-Boiled Hero vs. 3D") is the first title in the series to be in 3D. Lord Almamoon and his kingdom are sucked into an alternate 3-dimensional world and must fight off polygonal Egg Monsters.[7] A limited edition of the game was released alongside the standard edition, and included merchandise such as playing cards, an egg monster sheet, and a sketchbook.[8] The game sold 151,000 copies the week of its release.[9]

A soundtrack album for the game, titled Hanjuku Hero VS 3D OST, was released by DigiCube on June 25, 2003. It features two discs of tracks from this game, totaling 58 tracks and 1:50:27, and a bonus disc of tracks from the original Hanjuku Hero game, 17:57 long and with 17 tracks.[3] Patrick Gann of RPGFan praised the quirky and referential album, which features humorous vocal songs, musical allusions to Final Fantasy tracks, and numerous puns in the track titles.[3] Additionally, a single for the game's theme song was released by DigiCube on April 23, 2003, with the theme song "Fight! Hanjuku Hero", the song "Without Yolk...", and instrumental versions of the two, totaling 16:02 in duration.[10]

Egg Monster Hero

Egg Monster Hero (エッグモンスターHERO) is a role playing game spin-off of the Hanjuku Hero. Between Egg Monster invasions, Lord Almamoon has begun slacking off. In order to counteract this, his minister Sebastian sends him to an island to train, which kicks off the story.[12] Egg Monster Hero was released on the Nintendo DS in Japan on March 24, 2005, and was the first game Square Enix published for that console. Players primarily interact using the stylus to drag Egg Monsters towards the enemy and perform special attacks.[1] A mobile phone version of the game became available in Japan on June 6.[13] The game was intended for a North American release but ultimately canceled due to poor reception by focus groups.[12] It was the 141st best-selling game of 2005 in Japan, selling 92,096 copies.[14]

Hanjuku Hero 4: 7-Nin no Hanjuku Hero

Hanjuku Hero 4: 7-Nin no Hanjuku Hero (半熟英雄4 ～7人の半熟英雄～, "Hanjuku Hero 4: The 7 Hanjuku Heroes") was released for the PlayStation 2 in Japan on April 26, 2005. It was released in a normal edition as well as a limited edition titled Hanjuku Ginga Bentō (半熟銀河弁当, Hanjuku Galaxy Lunch) which contained a lunch box and promotional items.[15] In this game, Lord Almamoon discovers that he has been tricked into marrying the princess of the Katri Kingdom, who is considered to be the ugliest woman in the world.[1] The game contains two types of battles: 100 on 100 battle using a mix of 2D and 3D, and three-on-three party-based Egg Monster vs. Egg Monster battles.[16]

Composers Nobuo Uematsu, Kenji Ito, Tsuyoshi Sekito, Hirosato Noda, Naoshi Mizuta, and Ai Yamashita did the soundtrack of the game. Uematsu has a cameo appearance within the game, along with Sekito and Kenichiro Fukui, both of whom were members of his former band, The Black Mages.[17][18] The limited edition of the game came with a two-disc soundtrack album for the game, titled Hanjuku Hero 4 -The 7 Heroes- ~Sound Collection~. The album contains 43 tracks and covers a duration of 1:51:42.[19]

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,[20]

By February 1994, sales of the first two Hanjuku Hero games had totaled 400,000 units in Japan.[21]

Hanjuku Hero Tai 3D was the second best-selling game on the day of its release at 49,904 copies.[22] The game sold over 169,000 copies during 2003.[23] Egg Monster Hero debuted on the Japanese Dengeki sales charts at number 6 during the week of its release and stayed in the top 50 until the week of May 31, 2005.[24][25] The game has managed to sell approximately 92,096 copies of November 2008.[26] Media Create sales data suggests that Hanjuku Hero 4 sold around 42,819 copies by the week ending June 5, 2005.[27]

Notes

  1. ^ The kanji would normally be read eiyū, but furigana (not displayed) indicate the intended reading.

References

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  3. ^ a b c Gann, Patrick (2006-02-14). "Hanjuku Hero VS 3D OST". RPGFan. from the original on 2011-12-13. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
  4. ^ Harnest, Michael (November 22, 2001). . RPGamer.com. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
  5. ^ "Hanjuku Hero: Aa, Sekaiyo Hanjukunare...!". from the original on June 12, 2017. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  6. ^ Gann, Patrick (2000-08-06). "Divertimento Hanjuku Hero". RPGFan. from the original on 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
  7. ^ Niizumi, Hirohiko (2003-03-21). "Square's Hanjuku Hero vs. 3D site gets a major update". GameSpot. from the original on 2018-01-29. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
  8. ^ Winkler, Chris (April 16, 2003). "Hanjuku Eiyuu Tai 3D Limited Edition Details". RPGFan.com. from the original on May 24, 2011. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
  9. ^ "ファミ通.com / 集計期間:2003年7月14日〜2003年7月20日" (in Japanese). Famitsu. 2003-08-01. from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
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  12. ^ a b Spencer (2011-03-31). "Why Egg Monster Hero, Square Enix's First DS Game, Was Canned". Siliconera. from the original on 2016-01-30. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
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  18. ^ Winkler, Chris (January 21, 2005). "Hanjuku Eiyuu 4 Composers Revealed". RPGFan.com. from the original on May 10, 2007. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
  19. ^ Gann, Patrick (2005-10-30). "Hanjuku Hero 4 -The 7 Heroes- ~Sound Collection~". from the original on 2011-12-13. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
  20. ^ ワンダースワン - 半熟英雄 ああ、世界よ半熟なれ・・・!!. Weekly Famitsu. No.915 Pt.2. Pg.113. 30 June 2006.
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Hanjuku Hero 半熟英雄 Hanjuku Hirō Soft Boiled Hero Note 1 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 spinoff 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 1 Contents 1 Games 1 1 Hanjuku Hero 1 2 Hanjuku Hero Aa Sekaiyo Hanjukunare 1 3 Hanjuku Hero Tai 3D 1 4 Egg Monster Hero 1 5 Hanjuku Hero 4 7 Nin no Hanjuku Hero 2 Reception 3 Notes 4 References 5 External linksGames EditHanjuku Hero Edit Hanjuku HeroDeveloper s SquarePublisher s SquareProducer s Masafumi MiyamotoDesigner s Kazuhiko AokiComposer s Nobuo UematsuPlatform s FamicomReleaseJP December 2 1988Genre s Real time strategyMode s Single playerHanjuku Hero 半熟英雄 Hanjuku Hirō Soft Boiled Hero is 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 2 Although the game did not receive a stand alone soundtrack album release a bonus disc of 17 tracks from the game was included in the soundtrack album to Hanjuku Hero VS 3D featuring some of the earliest work by Nobuo Uematsu of later Final Fantasy fame 3 Hanjuku Hero Aa Sekaiyo Hanjukunare Edit Hanjuku Hero Aa Sekaiyo Hanjukunare Developer s SquarePublisher s SquareDirector s Kazuhiko AokiDesigner s Takashi TokitaArtist s Kazuyuki KurashimaComposer s Koichi SugiyamaPlatform s Super Famicom WonderSwan Color iOS AndroidReleaseJP December 12 1992Genre s Real time strategyMode s Single playerHanjuku Hero Aa Sekaiyo Hanjukunare 半熟英雄 ああ 世界よ半熟なれ Let the world become soft boiled is the second game in the series The Egg Monsters featured in the game are parodies of Final Fantasy IV characters The game was re released on the WonderSwan Color in 2002 This version features a graphical overhaul and twelve new summons 4 The game will be re released once again for iOS and Android in 2017 5 A soundtrack album for the game titled Divertimento Hanjuku Hero was released by NTT Publishing on January 21 1993 It features four orchestral renderings of songs from the soundtrack and 42 tracks from the original soundtrack composed by Dragon Quest series composer Koichi Sugiyama 6 Hanjuku Hero Tai 3D Edit Hanjuku Hero Tai 3DDeveloper s Square Enix PDD 7Publisher s Square EnixDirector s Takashi TokitaProducer s Takashi TokitaDesigner s Takashi TokitaKazuyuki KurashimaComposer s Nobuo UematsuPlatform s PlayStation 2ReleaseJP June 26 2003Genre s Real time strategyMode s Single playerHanjuku Hero Tai 3D 半熟英雄 対 3D Soft Boiled Hero vs 3D is the first title in the series to be in 3D Lord Almamoon and his kingdom are sucked into an alternate 3 dimensional world and must fight off polygonal Egg Monsters 7 A limited edition of the game was released alongside the standard edition and included merchandise such as playing cards an egg monster sheet and a sketchbook 8 The game sold 151 000 copies the week of its release 9 A soundtrack album for the game titled Hanjuku Hero VS 3D OST was released by DigiCube on June 25 2003 It features two discs of tracks from this game totaling 58 tracks and 1 50 27 and a bonus disc of tracks from the original Hanjuku Hero game 17 57 long and with 17 tracks 3 Patrick Gann of RPGFan praised the quirky and referential album which features humorous vocal songs musical allusions to Final Fantasy tracks and numerous puns in the track titles 3 Additionally a single for the game s theme song was released by DigiCube on April 23 2003 with the theme song Fight Hanjuku Hero the song Without Yolk and instrumental versions of the two totaling 16 02 in duration 10 Egg Monster Hero Edit Egg Monster HeroDeveloper s Neverland 11 Publisher s Square EnixDirector s Masahide MiyataProducer s Takashi TokitaDesigner s Takashi TokitaComposer s Nobuo UematsuPlatform s Nintendo DS mobile phoneReleaseJP March 24 2005 DS JP June 6 2005 mobile Genre s ActionMode s Single playerEgg Monster Hero エッグモンスターHERO is a role playing game spin off of the Hanjuku Hero Between Egg Monster invasions Lord Almamoon has begun slacking off In order to counteract this his minister Sebastian sends him to an island to train which kicks off the story 12 Egg Monster Hero was released on the Nintendo DS in Japan on March 24 2005 and was the first game Square Enix published for that console Players primarily interact using the stylus to drag Egg Monsters towards the enemy and perform special attacks 1 A mobile phone version of the game became available in Japan on June 6 13 The game was intended for a North American release but ultimately canceled due to poor reception by focus groups 12 It was the 141st best selling game of 2005 in Japan selling 92 096 copies 14 Hanjuku Hero 4 7 Nin no Hanjuku Hero Edit Hanjuku Hero 4 7 Nin no Hanjuku HeroDeveloper s Square Enix PDD 7Publisher s Square EnixDirector s Takashi TokitaProducer s Takashi TokitaDesigner s Takashi TokitaComposer s Nobuo UematsuKenji ItoTsuyoshi SekitoHirosato NodaNaoshi MizutaAi YamashitaKenichiro FukuiPlatform s PlayStation 2ReleaseJP April 26 2005Genre s Real time strategyMode s Single playerHanjuku Hero 4 7 Nin no Hanjuku Hero 半熟英雄4 7人の半熟英雄 Hanjuku Hero 4 The 7 Hanjuku Heroes was released for the PlayStation 2 in Japan on April 26 2005 It was released in a normal edition as well as a limited edition titled Hanjuku Ginga Bentō 半熟銀河弁当 Hanjuku Galaxy Lunch which contained a lunch box and promotional items 15 In this game Lord Almamoon discovers that he has been tricked into marrying the princess of the Katri Kingdom who is considered to be the ugliest woman in the world 1 The game contains two types of battles 100 on 100 battle using a mix of 2D and 3D and three on three party based Egg Monster vs Egg Monster battles 16 Composers Nobuo Uematsu Kenji Ito Tsuyoshi Sekito Hirosato Noda Naoshi Mizuta and Ai Yamashita did the soundtrack of the game Uematsu has a cameo appearance within the game along with Sekito and Kenichiro Fukui both of whom were members of his former band The Black Mages 17 18 The limited edition of the game came with a two disc soundtrack album for the game titled Hanjuku Hero 4 The 7 Heroes Sound Collection The album contains 43 tracks and covers a duration of 1 51 42 19 Reception EditReview 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 20 By February 1994 sales of the first two Hanjuku Hero games had totaled 400 000 units in Japan 21 Hanjuku Hero Tai 3D was the second best selling game on the day of its release at 49 904 copies 22 The game sold over 169 000 copies during 2003 23 Egg Monster Hero debuted on the Japanese Dengeki sales charts at number 6 during the week of its release and stayed in the top 50 until the week of May 31 2005 24 25 The game has managed to sell approximately 92 096 copies of November 2008 26 Media Create sales data suggests that Hanjuku Hero 4 sold around 42 819 copies by the week ending June 5 2005 27 Notes Edit The kanji would normally be read eiyu but furigana not displayed indicate the intended reading References Edit a b c Niizumi Hirohiko 2004 09 26 New details on next Square Enix Egg Monster games GameSpot Archived from the original on 2018 02 14 Retrieved 2016 01 29 NE Brian 2014 04 01 Super Punch Out Hanjuku Hero hitting the Japanese Wii U Virtual Console next week Nintendo Everything Archived from the original on 2016 02 05 Retrieved 2016 01 29 a b c Gann Patrick 2006 02 14 Hanjuku Hero VS 3D OST RPGFan Archived from the original on 2011 12 13 Retrieved 2011 05 11 Harnest Michael November 22 2001 Hanjuku Hero Sequel Remake Announced with Changes RPGamer com Archived from the original on May 25 2011 Retrieved 2008 11 02 Hanjuku Hero Aa Sekaiyo Hanjukunare Archived from the original on June 12 2017 Retrieved May 15 2020 Gann Patrick 2000 08 06 Divertimento Hanjuku Hero RPGFan Archived from the original on 2011 05 10 Retrieved 2011 05 11 Niizumi Hirohiko 2003 03 21 Square s Hanjuku Hero vs 3D site gets a major update GameSpot Archived from the original on 2018 01 29 Retrieved 2016 01 29 Winkler Chris April 16 2003 Hanjuku Eiyuu Tai 3D Limited Edition Details RPGFan com Archived from the original on May 24 2011 Retrieved 2008 12 20 ファミ通 com 集計期間 2003年7月14日 2003年7月20日 in Japanese Famitsu 2003 08 01 Archived from the original on 2014 02 01 Retrieved 2016 01 29 Gann Patrick 2004 10 28 Fight Hanjuku Hero Without Yolk RPGFan Archived from the original on 2011 12 13 Retrieved 2011 05 11 エッグモンスターHERO 公式ホームページも見てみる Archived from the original on 2008 06 02 Retrieved 2008 12 26 a b Spencer 2011 03 31 Why Egg Monster Hero Square Enix s First DS Game Was Canned Siliconera Archived from the original on 2016 01 30 Retrieved 2016 01 29 Jackson Jordan June 13 2005 Yukata RPGamer com Archived from the original on July 9 2008 Retrieved 2008 12 15 Media Create Top 500 2005 Geimin net Archived from the original on 2014 12 28 Retrieved 2009 01 26 スクウェア エニックス PS2 半熟英雄4 限定版 半熟銀河弁当 のパッケージと特典を公開 May 15 2020 Archived from the original on April 9 2005 Jackson Jordan February 28 2005 Kamera no Kitamura RPGamer com Archived from the original on July 9 2008 Retrieved 2008 12 15 Niizumi Hirohiko 2005 01 21 Uematsu s Hanjuku plans will make fans smile GameSpot Retrieved 2016 01 29 Winkler Chris January 21 2005 Hanjuku Eiyuu 4 Composers Revealed RPGFan com Archived from the original on May 10 2007 Retrieved 2008 12 20 Gann Patrick 2005 10 30 Hanjuku Hero 4 The 7 Heroes Sound Collection Archived from the 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