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Hammerin' Hero

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Hammerin' Hero
North American cover art
Developer(s)Irem
Publisher(s)
Platform(s)PlayStation Portable
Release
  • JP: May 15, 2008
  • NA: April 7, 2009
  • EU: March 26, 2010
PlayStation Network
  • NA: October 22, 2009
Genre(s)Platform
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Hammerin' Hero, known in Japan as Ikuze! Gen-San: Yuuyake Daiku Monogatari (いくぜっ!源さん ~夕焼け大工物語~) and in Europe as GenSan, is a 2008 platform video game for the PlayStation Portable handheld. It is the eighth and most recent game in the Hammerin' Harry series excluding spin-offs. The game was developed and published by Irem in Japan, while it was later published by Atlus in North America and by DHM Interactive in Europe.

Reception

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Hammerin' Hero received mixed to positive reviews from critics. On Metacritic, the game holds a score of 73/100 based on 19 reviews.[1]

Sam Bishop of IGN gave the game an 8.8/10, praising the gameplay and art style while describing it as "[managing] to not feel old, just... retro".[6] Tom McShea of GameSpot was less receptive to the game, giving it a 6/10 while criticizing its gameplay as being "repetitive" and "formulaic".[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Hammerin' Hero for PSP Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  2. ^ North, Dale (April 7, 2009). "Destructoid review: Hammerin' Hero". Destructoid. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  3. ^ a b McShea, Tom (April 8, 2009). "Hammerin' Hero Review". GameSpot. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  4. ^ Hayward, Andrew (April 14, 2009). "Hammerin' Hero review". GamesRadar+. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  5. ^ Sandoval, Angelina (April 24, 2009). "Hammerin' Hero Review - PSP". GameZone. Archived from the original on April 29, 2009. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  6. ^ a b Bishop, Sam (April 8, 2009). "Hammerin' Hero Review". IGN. Retrieved April 5, 2021.