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Guardian Heroes

Guardian Heroes
North American Sega Saturn cover art
Developer(s) Treasure Co. Ltd
Publisher(s) Sega
Designer(s) Tetsuhiko Kikuchi
Masaki Ukyo
Composer(s) Katsuhiko Suzuki
Norio Hanzawa
Platform(s) Sega Saturn, Xbox Live Arcade
Release Sega Saturn
  • NA: January 25, 1996
Xbox Live Arcade
  • INT: October 12, 2011
Genre(s) Beat 'em up
Hack and slash
Action RPG
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer
Review scores
Publication Score
EGM 8.125/10
Maximum 5/5 stars
Next Generation 3/5 stars
Sega Saturn Magazine 95%

Guardian Heroes (ガーディアン ヒーローズ, Gādian Hīrōzu?) is a 2D side-scrolling beat 'em up video game in the vein of Final Fight or Golden Axe, but with RPG elements. The development team called it a "fighting RPG".Guardian Heroes was developed by Treasure and released in 1996 for the Sega Saturn video game console. A sequel was released in 2004 for the Game Boy Advance entitled Advance Guardian Heroes.

The game allows players to alter the storyline through their actions, such as choosing between a number of branching paths, leading to multiple endings, and killing civilians and enemies, leading to changes in the Karma meter. The music was composed by Hideki Matsutake, a former member of electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra, and Nazo Suzuki. It is considered a cult classic of the beat 'em up genre.


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