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Half-Minute Hero

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Equal parts love letter and roast to the beloved RPG genre, Half-Minute Hero is a crazy mix of WarioWare-style speed gaming and old-school earnestness.

Available on: PSP
Genre: Role Playing
Release date: Oct 13, 2009
Published by: XSEED Games
Developed by: Marvelous Entertainment,Opus Studio

Multiplayer Modes:

Offline

1 player SOLO

4 player VS

7 GOOD
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News

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Highlights from February include the mind-meltingly mental Half-Minute Hero on PlayStation Portable...

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Review

What if you could get back all the time you've spent playing RPGs?

Oct 21, 2009

We don't regret the hundreds of hours we've sunk into Japanese role-playing games over the years. Not even the time we sketched out dungeon maps on graph paper for Phantasy Star. Honest. It's just that Half-Minute Hero has taught us that a game can deliver a true RPG experience without any of the time commitment ...

» Full Half-Minute Hero Review

Previews

Half-Minute Hero - hands-on

How long does it take you to save the world?

Jul 14, 2009

Any RPG fan will tell you it can take between from 30 to 60 hours of hardcore level-grinding, adventuring, and monster battling to beat an average game. If that seems way too long, you’ll greatly appreciate Half-Minute Hero’s warp-speed take on the classic RPG. It boils down the typical trappings of the genre into their primordial elements and douses the whole thing with rocket fuel. ... » Read Full Half-Minute Hero preview

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