Guardian Heroes: Difference between revisions

A magically-supercharged [[Beat'Em Up]] for the [[Sega Saturn]] by [[Treasure]]

 

 

''Guardian Heroes'' is, in a word, frantic. Lots of different characters, both playable and enemies, with nearly all of them available in the game's vs. mode, with full six-player support. The gameplay is mostly two-dimensional, with the action spread across three planes, giving plenty of space for some massively large magic attacks. Of the heroes, each has a wide variety of attacks, plus magic spells which as their levels increase, get bigger and more destructive. Through the game, you're followed by the aforementioned Undead Hero, who can be given different commands such as protecting you, staying his sword, attacking of his own initiative, or just going crazy and burning everything before obliterating whatever's left with a [[Sphere of Destruction]]. Depending on your choices during the course of the game, you could liberate the kingdom, storm the gates of Hell, storm the gates of ''Heaven'', or face down a robotic army led by Golden Silver, the final boss of ''[[Gunstar Heroes]]''.

* [[Action Girl]]: Serena.

* [[American Kirby Is Hardcore]]: The American cover replaces the original anime-esque artwork with a fantasy novel-esque illustration depicting Han fighting the Undead Hero (even though he's a good guy). The European cover kept the original art, but for some lame reason they replaced the heroines Serena and Nicole with Zur the magician and Macho the beefcake (who aren't even main characters), turning the cover into a sausage fest.

* [[BFS]]: They only reason the [[Cool Sword]] may not look ''too'' big is because the guys carrying it are huge, too.

* [[Blind Idiot Translation]]: Most of the script for Advance Guardian Heroes is like this, and in some spots (like the intro,) it becomes a full-on [[Translation Train Wreck]].

** The three main heroes in the GBA version are named after the elemental powers they use: Enn comes from ''En'' or fire, Hyu comes from ''Hyō'' or ice, and Ray comes from ''Rai'' or lightning.

** The initials of the other main heroes in ''Advance Guardian Heroes'' (including those from the previous games) form the game's title: '''A'''dmilla, '''D'''ylan, '''Va'''lgar, '''N'''icole, '''C'''erena, '''E'''do, '''G'''injiro and '''H'''an (Advance GH). Granted, Cerena was originally named "[[Spell My Name with an "S"|Serena]]" and Edo is actually Randy's pet possessing Randy's body, so they cheated a bit to make this work.

 

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