Introduction

What is this game?
Honestly if you haven't heard of this game I'm not entirely surprised. Disappointed, but not surprised. Half-Minute Hero is an RPG released for the PSP in late 2009, then had a (in my opinion) somewhat butchered re-release on XBox Live Arcade under the name Half-Minute Hero: Super Mega Neo Climax in mid 2011. The graphics are quirky and fun, the writing is top-notch in a very tongue-in-cheek way, and the music is absolutely phenomenal. The whole premise of the game is that it breaks down an RPG to its absolute most basic elements and cuts out all the meandering about you would normally have to do; giving you a full RPG experience in less than a minute -- which is great. I love RPGs but I have to admit that lately I just don't really have the patience to play through them anymore and this was a fantastic alternative. Although the game was well recieved among the people that played it, not enough people actually did. It did get a sequel in Japan but as far as I can tell there are no intentions of bringing it to a Western audience because it didn't sell well enough which is a damn shame. In my opinion it was the best game of 2009 and still one of my favorite games to date.

What's the gist of the story?
We're a fast young individual named Hero. We've teamed up with the Time Goddess in order to stop all the Evil Lords from casting the spell of destruction that ends the world in 30 seconds. Why is the Time Goddess reversing and stopping time for us? Well, we have something she wants -- COLD HARD CASH.

How will you play this?
Well, there are six main gameplay modes with three available right off the bat; Hero 30, Evil Lord 30, Princess 30... and the rest we'll see as we unlock them. For simplicity's sake and for the fact that they tell a story chronologically, I'm going to play them in order. After I work my way through each mode, I'll hop onto Super Mega Neo Climax and show you the differences between the two games and why it's inferior. After all is said and done, there's still the art gallery and encyclopedias that are full of incredible drawings and hilarious descriptions.
I'll be playing on Normal and I only might be getting 100%. Both re--

Why not Hard mode?!
...well, Hard mode actually changes very little. The only thing different betwen Normal and Hard is that the clock keeps ticking while you're in a town on Hard.

What constitutes 100% and why might you not do it?!
Alright. The game tracks percentage in two ways:
- stage completion
- encyclopedia entries
I WILL beat every stage and show them to you. I MIGHT NOT get every encyclopedia entry as I don't know the location of every weapon, item, and enemy in the game. I always average around 90-95% completion of the encyclopedia in all of my playthroughs so while I'm might not get absolutely everything, I will be getting a lot. SCRATCH THAT I just got 100% Goddess Room completion on my main file so there's no reason I won't be able to show everything off. There's also this game's version of achievements/trophies in the way of titles you earn at the end of each Hero stage. There's two per stage and the game tells you very little about how to get them (and by "very little" I mean "nothing") and in the end they are ultimately pointless. Because of this, I won't be hunting them down.

What can we expect for commentary? Updates?
The commentary for this is mostly going to be solo and it'll typically be relaxed and informative. I'll more often than not take a backseat to the writing in this game because I honestly believe the writing is more interesting and funnier than I could ever manage to be. I'll talk when I have something to say but I'm not going to talk for the sake of saying something. As far as updates are concerned, because the episode will usually be about 10-15 minutes long, I'll try at the very least to get one out once a week. This is my first LP and making a video is still a lengthy process to me, plus I have work and other social events to tend to... it all adds up pretty quickly.

Anything we can do to contribute?
I have zero intentions of ignoring what people say they want to see. If there's absolutely anything at all you'd like me to do, I can always make a video about it for you. For example, if enough people can come up with interesting challenges they'd like me to try, I can always start making challenge videos. The game, in my opinion, does a very good job of speaking for itself so the main videos will mostly consist of just regular updates but please don't let that stop anyone from telling me what they'd like me to do.

Can I talk about Sas--
Stop right there please. I would appreciate it very much if you didn't post spoilers about anything -- not even tagged -- that we either haven't covered so far or the game doesn't give you any info about ahead of time (Talking about how there is an Evil Lord/Princess/Knight 30 mode is fine because those are shown in the title sequence. Talking about the STORY of those modes is not okay until we have seen them in action.). I know the story is very simple in this game and is at some points predictable but it's also one of the most interesting and charming reasons to play the game in the first place!

Videos

Episode 01	YouTube	blip.tv
Episode 02	YouTube	blip.tv
Episode 03	YouTube	blip.tv
Episode 04	YouTube	blip.tv
Episode 05	YouTube	blip.tv
Episode 06	YouTube	blip.tv
Episode 07	YouTube	blip.tv
Episode 08	YouTube	blip.tv
Episode 09	YouTube	blip.tv
Episode 10	YouTube	blip.tv
Episode 11	YouTube	blip.tv
Episode 12	YouTube	blip.tv
Episode 13	YouTube	blip.tv
Bonus 01	YouTube
Episode 14	YouTube	blip.tv
Episode 15	YouTube	blip.tv
Episode 16	YouTube	blip.tv
Episode 17	YouTube	blip.tv
Episode 18	YouTube	blip.tv
Bonus 02	YouTube