Hammerin' Hero

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.

Hammerin' Hero
North American cover art
Developer(s)	Irem
Publisher(s)	JP: Irem NA: Atlus EU: DHM Interactive
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

Reception

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	73/100[1]

Review scores

Publication	Score
Destructoid	8/10[2]
GameSpot	6/10[3]
GamesRadar+	[4]
GameZone	8.0/10[5]
IGN	8.8/10[6]

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]