Hanjuku Hero

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Hanjuku Hero (半熟英雄, Hanjuku Hīrō^?, "Soft-Boiled Hero")^[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).

1 Hanjuku Hero
2 Hanjuku Hero: Aa, Sekaiyo Hanjukunare...!
3 Hanjuku Hero Tai 3D
4 Egg Monster Hero
5 Hanjuku Hero 4: 7-Jin no Hanjuku Hero
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Hanjuku Hero

Hanjuku Hero
Developer(s)	Square
Publisher(s)	Square
Designer(s)	Takashi Tokita Nobuo Uematsu (music)
Platform(s)	Famicom, Virtual Console
Release date	^JP 1988-12-02 (Famicom) ^JP 2007-10-30 (Virtual Console)^[2]
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. It was re-released on the Wii Virtual Console in 2007.

[edit] Hanjuku Hero: Aa, Sekaiyo Hanjukunare...!

Hanjuku Hero: Aa, Sekaiyo Hanjukunare...!
Developer(s)	Square
Publisher(s)	Square
Designer(s)	Takashi Tokita Koichi Sugiyama (music)
Platform(s)	Super Famicom
Release date	^JP 1992-12-19
Genre(s)	Real-time strategy
Mode(s)	Single player

Hanjuku Hero: Aa, Sekaiyo Hanjukunare...! (半熟英雄ああ、世界よ半熟なれ…!!^?) is the second game in the series. The Egg Monsters featured in the game are parodies of Final Fantasy IV characters.^[3]

[edit] Hanjuku Hero Tai 3D

Hanjuku Hero Tai 3D
Developer(s)	Square Enix
Publisher(s)	Square Enix
Designer(s)	Takashi Tokita
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2
Release date	^JP 2003-06-26
Genre(s)	Real-time strategy
Mode(s)	Single player

Hanjuku Hero Tai 3D (半熟英雄対 3D, Hanjuku Hero Tai 3D^? "Soft-Boiled Hero vs. 3D") is the first title in the series to be in 3D.

[edit] Egg Monster Hero

Egg Monster Hero cover art

Egg Monster Hero
Developer(s)	Square Enix^[4]^[5]^[6]
Publisher(s)	Square Enix
Designer(s)	Takashi Tokita
Platform(s)	Nintendo DS
Release date	^JP 2004-03-24
Genre(s)	Action
Mode(s)	Single player
Media	32 MB + 8KB EEPROM

Egg Monster Hero (エッグモンスターHERO, Egg Monster Hero^?) is a role playing game spinoff of the Hanjuku Hero. 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. The game plays using the stylus for the most part. The stylus is used to drag Egg Monsters towards the enemy.

The player takes the role of the series' main character, the young Lord of the Almamoon Kingdom. While the Lord has the power to summon powerful monsters out of a magical egg, he is usually found slacking off, since the world is at peace and there's nothing to do. Because the young Lord's stupidity is continuing to accelerate, Sebastian, his minister and educator, takes him to an island to train him back into shape. But unbeknownst to the Lord and his tutor, trouble is heading their way.

[edit] Hanjuku Hero 4: 7-Jin no Hanjuku Hero

Hanjuku Hero 4: 7-Jin no Hanjuku Hero
Developer(s)	Square Enix
Publisher(s)	Square Enix
Designer(s)	Takashi Tokita Nobuo Uematsu (music)
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2
Release date	^JP 2005-05-26
Genre(s)	Real-time strategy
Mode(s)	Single player

Hanjuku Hero 4: 7-Jin no Hanjuku Hero (半熟英雄4 ～7人の半熟英雄～, Hanjuku Hero 4: 7-Jin no Hanjuku Hero^?) is the latest game in the series. It was released in a normal edition as well as a limited edition titled Hanjuku Ginga Bentō (半熟銀河弁当, Hanjuku Ginga Bentō^? Hanjuku Galaxy Lunch) which contained a lunch box and promotional items.^[7]

Composer Nobuo Uematsu did the soundtrack of the game, and has a cameo appearance with some members of his band The Black Mages as well as Kenji Ito, as "Nobuo Uematsu and the Hanjuku Mages".^[8]