Famicom Jump: Hero Retsuden

Famicom Jump: Hero Retsuden (ファミコンジャンプ 英雄列伝) is a 1988 RPG game for the Nintendo Famicom published by Bandai. The game commemorates the 20th anniversary of Shueisha's manga anthology Weekly Shonen Jump.

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.

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 is 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.

Represented series

 * Astro Kyūdan
 * Captain Tsubasa
 * CAT'S EYE
 * City Hunter
 * Chichi no Tamashī
 * Doberman Deka
 * Dr. Slump
 * Dragon Ball
 * Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin
 * Godsider
 * Harenchi Gakuen
 * High School! Kimengumi
 * Hōchōnin Ajihei
 * 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

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ファミコンジャンプ 英雄列伝