Rent-A-Hero

About Rent-A-Hero

Rent-A-Hero is a 1991 fighting game developed by Sega AM2 and published by Sega. It released on Wii and Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.

Rent A Hero is an action role-playing video game series released by Sega for the Mega Drive console in 1991 with a large emphasis on humor. The game features the same graphic engine previously used in the development of Sword of Vermilion.

However, Rent A Hero has an unusual innovation for the genre. Instead of using standard turn-based battles, fights are in a similar format to 2D fighting games.

JRPG details

Developer	Sega AM2
Publisher	Sega
Platforms	Wii Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Genres	Fighting Role-playing (RPG)
Themes	Action Comedy
Modes	Single player
Perspective	Bird view / Isometric Side view
Series	Rent A Hero
Tags	wii virtual console

Story

Taro Yamada lives in the town of Corja in Japan with his mother, eccentric father and younger sister Alyssa; the family moved there after his father changed jobs. He received his Combat Armor by accident during their house-warming party, when he ordered pizza from 'Sensational Cafeteria' or SECA and instead received the Rent-A-Hero suit.

After realizing the suit gave him incredible strength and that he is required to pay for the armor, Taro decides to become a hero for hire, performing various heroic tasks and odd-jobs for the townspeople of Corja.