Half-Minute Hero
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| Developer(s) | Marvelous Entertainment |
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| Director(s) | Kotaro Yoshida |
| Designer(s) | Kiichi Hosaka Koichi Takazawa Kazuo Araki Yasuyuki Kobayashi Toshinari Fujii |
| Composer(s) | See soundtrack section |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation Portable Xbox Live Arcade Microsoft Windows |
| Release date(s) |
PlayStation Portable Xbox Live Arcade
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| Genre(s) | Real-time strategy, action role-playing, shoot 'em up |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
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| Publication | Score | ||
| PC | PSP | Xbox 360 | |
| Destructoid | 7.5/10 | 9/10 | 7/10 |
| Edge | N/A | 8/10 | N/A |
| Eurogamer | N/A | 8/10 | 8/10 |
| Game Informer | N/A | 8/10 | 8.25/10 |
| GamePro | N/A |   |
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| Game Revolution | N/A | B− | C− |
| GameSpot | N/A | 8/10 | 7.5/10 |
| GameTrailers | N/A | 8.7/10 | N/A |
| Giant Bomb | N/A | N/A |  |
| IGN | N/A | 8.8/10 | 8/10 |
| Joystiq | N/A | N/A | |
| OXM (US) | N/A | N/A | 7.5/10 |
| PC Gamer (UK) | 74% | N/A | N/A |
| PSM | N/A | |
N/A |
| The A.V. Club | N/A | A− | N/A |
| Aggregate score | |||
| Metacritic | 75/100 | 84/100 | 76/100 |
Half-Minute Hero (勇者３０ Yūsha Sanjū?, lit. "Hero 30") is a hybrid real-time strategy/action RPG/shoot 'em up developed by Marvelous Entertainment. It was initially released as a PlayStation Portable exclusive in Japan on May 28, 2009, in North America on October 13, 2009 and in Europe on February 19, 2010. It was re-released on the Xbox Live Arcade on June 29, 2011 under the title Half-Minute Hero: Super Mega Neo Climax, and on Microsoft Windows' Steam on September 27, 2012 under the title Half-Minute Hero: Super Mega Neo Climax Ultimate Boy.
A sequel, Yūsha 30 Second, was released in Japan on August 4, 2011. It was localized by Marvelous USA and released on Steam on April 4, 2014 as Half-Minute Hero: The Second Coming.
Half-Minute Hero's single player mode features 6 different game modes. Each mode is based on one part of a larger story, and as such, the last three modes are not available until the player has completed the first three modes; these last three modes are then unlocked in order after completing the previous mode. Each mode centers around a mechanic based on a limited amount of time (normally 30 seconds as implied by the game's title) to complete that part of the game.
There is also a limited multiplayer mode in which two heroes can fight to complete a quest before the other. The multiplayer mode features three stages in which the two players will fight to collect power ups and level up in order to fight the Evil Lord at the end.
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