Update: May 15, 2008
«©NCSX» Side scrolling platform games were once the rage in gaming circles but they've been displaced by first-person shooters. Every once in a while however, developers revisit the old school and create a new platform game that'll whet the appetites of middle-aged fans. In the case of Ikuze! Gen-San, Irem's new platformer is the sequel to a game titled Daiku no Gensan aka Hammerin' Harry which hit Japanese arcades in 1990. In that earlier game, the protagonist Gen-San's house was completely destroyed by a bunch of goons from an evil construction company. To seek revenge, Gen-San took up the hammer and sought revenge against the company. Irem's sequel follows the same basic theme. When a corrupt construction company (fueled by corporate greed) overbuilds and disrupts the natural harmony of the great outdoors, an honor-bound carpenter rises up to put an end of the construction boom. Armed with a hammer and gifted with agility and moxie, the hero named Gen-San (Carpenter) trudges through different stages and dismantles robots, construction equipment, enemy workers, and other agents of the company. When the occasion calls, Gen-San can adopt the skills of eight other professionals such as a baseball player, a sushi chef, disc jockey, lumberjack, deep sea diver, and more. In his baseball persona, Gen-San wears a player's uniform and swings a bat and throws strikes. On the flipside, DJ Gen-San is decked out in baggy clothes and busts a move with a boombox and LPs. He's versatile and adept like that. Jan Code: 4536592000556 Region-Free
Japanese PSP games may be played on North American and European PSP handhelds. There is no region-coding on PSP game UMDs. View the back cover and screenshots on the main NCSX website.
NCS Game Notes
» Players will witness an encounter between Gen-San and the construction company boss at the outset of the game. » The controls are simple and movement may be controlled through the d-pad or the analog nub. The face button controls are as follows: CROSS - Jump. There is no double jump.
SQUARE - Weak attack
TRIANGLE - Strong attack Pressing down on the L-Trigger will make Gen-San lay flat on his belly for crawling purposes but pushing down on the d-pad will perform the same function. » In the first house that Gen-San visits, he'll interrupt a couple having supper. If you proceed to the next room in the house, you'll barge in on a thief who has a satchel full of stuff. When he throws projectiles at Gen-San, press the "SQUARE" button to smack them right back at him to do damage. After a few smack backs, the thief is vanquished and he'll leave a fish behind which may be collected. Continue onwards and Gen-San will enter a bathhouse that's attended by patrons as well as evil construction workers who wield pickaxes. One hit from a pickaxe, flying construction worker, or other object is enough to kill Gen-San. » There is no hammer sound effect when Gen-San whacks someone with his mallet. This is unfortunate. This document is ©NCSX 2008. All rights reserved. No reproduction in whole or in part of this document may be made without express written consent of National Console Support, Inc.
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