Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
| Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg | |
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European GameCube cover art
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| Developer(s) | Sonic Team |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Director(s) | Shun Nakamura |
| Producer(s) | Yuji Naka |
| Designer(s) | Shun Nakamura Atsushi Kanno Mizuki Hosoyamada |
| Artist(s) | Hideaki Moriya |
| Composer(s) |
Mariko Nanba Tomoya Ohtani |
| Engine | Sonic Adventure 2 |
| Platform(s) | GameCube Microsoft Windows Mac OS X |
| Release date(s) |
GameCube Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X
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| Genre(s) | Platform |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Aggregate score | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| Metacritic | 71 out of 100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Edge | 7 out of 10 |
| EGM | 7.83 out of 10 |
| Eurogamer | 7 out of 10 |
| Famitsu | 32 out of 40 |
| Game Informer | 7 out of 10 |
| GamePro |   |
| Game Revolution | C |
| GameSpot | 6.7 out of 10 |
| GameSpy | |
| GameZone | 7.8 out of 10 |
| IGN | 7.7 out of 10 |
| Nintendo Power | 4.5 out of 5 |
| The Cincinnati Enquirer | |
Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg (ジャイアントエッグ～ビリー・ハッチャーの大冒険～ Jaianto Eggu: Birī Hatchā no Daibōken?) is a 2003 video game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the GameCube. It was ported to Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X in 2006, for release in Europe.
The story begins with a peaceful fantasy world by the name of "Morning Land", where the Chicken inhabitants live in peace and harmony. But all that is shattered as Dark Raven and his army of Crows assault Morning Land, catching the inhabitants by surprise and shrouding Morning Land in a blanket of unnatural, eternal night.
Meanwhile, being late to meet with his friends due to oversleeping, the slightly mischievous Billy Hatcher races out of his house to go meet them. Upon arrival, Bantam tells Billy he is late, showing him a pocket watch in the shape of an egg. And, being some sort of tradition among the four friends, Bantam Scrambled, Chick Poacher, and Rolly Roll prepare to dish out a consequence on Billy, but they're stopped by the weak chirping of a chick. Two Crows that are looming nearby dive at the chick, as if they're finishing it off, but Billy intervenes, saving the baby chicken by fending the Crows off with a stick. The chick suddenly begins to glow, transporting Billy and his friends to Morning Land, with Billy ending up in Forest Village.
Billy, being informed by Menie-Funie that the Crows are trying to take over Morning Land and will soon take over the human world. He's informed that if he doesn't save Morning Land, Dark Raven will bring eternal night, darkness will overcome the hearts of everyone, and the two worlds will be ruled by evil. Billy then goes and receives the Legendary Chicken Suit to begin on a journey to free the six Chicken Elders, which have been imprisoned in golden eggs by the Crows. Uri-Uri, the Chicken Elder of Pirates Island, reveals that Dark Raven is reborn every 100 years to try and bring eternal night. Once he has freed the Elders, defeated the six Crow Bosses, and opened the Rainbow Gate, Billy travels to the Giant Palace, where Dark Raven is trying to hatch the Giant Egg to receive ultimate power.
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