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

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

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 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. 1 2 Bishop, Sam (April 8, 2009). "Hammerin' Hero Review". IGN. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
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