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Famicom Jump: Hero Retsuden
Developer(s) TOSE
Publisher(s) Bandai
Release date(s) JPN February 15, 1988
Genre(s) Action RPG
Mode(s) Single player
Platform(s) Family Computer
Media 3Mb Cartridge
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Famicom Jump: Hero Retsuden (ファミコンジャンプ 英雄列伝 Famikon Janpu Hīrō Retsuden, the subtitle translates to "History of Heroes") is a 1988 RPG game for the Nintendo Family Computer published by Bandai. The game commemorates the 20th anniversary of Shueisha's manga anthology Weekly Shonen Jump. it is the first crossover video game that started to evolutionized the generation of crossover video games.

Set in a world that brings together many of the long-running titles that had appeared in the magazine, both of the past and present at the time of its release. The game consists of a main character wandering and encountering the many Jump heroes as they try to save the world from an alliance of many of the most powerful and evil of the Jump villains.

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[edit] The 16 Heroes

One of the main objects of the game is to gather a selection of 16 notable Jump hero characters in order to use them to fight against the enemies in this world. The Jump characters that can be collected are:

  • Kenshiro (Hokuto no Ken)
  • Nukusaku (Tsuide ni Tonchinkan)
  • Son Goku (Dragon Ball)
  • Ryo Saeba (City Hunter)
  • Arale Norimaki (Dr. Slump)
  • Pegasus Seiya (Saint Seiya)
  • Momotaro Tsurugi (Sakigake!! Otokojuku)
  • Bankichi Tokawa (Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daishō)
  • Reiki Kikoku (God Sider)
  • Joseph Joestar (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
  • Jouji Kanno (Doberman Deka)
  • Isamu (Kōya no Shonen Isamu)
  • Tsubasa Oozora (Captain Tsubasa)
  • Tarou Yamashita (Kenritsu Umisora Kōkō Yakyūbuin Yamashita Tarō-kun)
  • Kyūichi Uno (Astro Kyūdan)
  • Kinniku Suguru (Kinnikuman)

Of particular note: Son Goku and Momotaroh Tsurugi are the only character who returns in Famicom Jump II. But of the series with hero characters, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure also has a playable hero in the sequel, with Joseph succeeded by Jotaro Kujo. One NPC character in this game, Ryotsu Kankichi from KochiKame, becomes playable as well in the sequel.

[edit] Represented series

  • Astro Kyūdan
  • Captain Tsubasa
  • CAT'S EYE
  • City Hunter
  • Chichi no Tamashī
  • Doberman Detective|Doberman Deka
  • Dr. Slump
  • Dragon Ball
  • Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin
  • Godsider
  • Harenchi Gakuen
  • High School! Kimengumi
  • Hōchōnin Ajihei
  • Fist of the North Star|Hokuto no Ken
  • JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
  • Kenritsu Umisora Kōkō Yakyūbuin Yamashita Tarō-kun
  • Kick Off
  • Kimagure Orange Road
  • Kinnikuman
  • Kochikame
  • Kōya no Shonen Isamu
  • Moeru! Onīsan
  • Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daishō
  • Ring ni Kakero
  • Saint Seiya
  • Sakigake!! Otokojuku
  • Shape Up Ran
  • THE MOMOTAROH
  • Toilet Hakase
  • Tsuide ni Tonchinkan
  • Wingman
  • Yoroshiku Mechadoc

[edit] See also

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Gaiden: Saiyajin Zetsumetsu
Keikaku
series
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Role-playing and battle card games
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Other Collectible Card GameLegendary Super WarriorsHarukanaru DensetsuDragon Ball Online
Fighting games
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Budokai Tenkaichi series Budokai Tenkaichi23Raging Blast
Super Butōden series Super Butōden23Buyū RetsudenShin ButōdenGT: Final Bout
Supersonic Warriors series Supersonic Warriors2
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