Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg

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Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
System(s): GameCube, Windows PC
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Peripherals supported:
Nintendo GameCube
GBA Cable
Genre: Platform

















Number of players: 1-4
Release Date RRP Code
Nintendo GameCube
JP 		¥6,980 (7,329)6,980 (7,329)[7] DOL-P-GEGJ
DOL-GEGJ-JPN
CERO: Free
Nintendo GameCube
JP
(Okaidoku-ban) 		¥2,800 (2,940)2,800 (2,940)[7] DOL-P-GEGJ
DOL-GEGJ-JPN-1
CERO: Free
Nintendo GameCube
US 		$39.9539.95[6] DOL-P-GEZE
DOL-GEZE-USA
ESRB: Everyone
Nintendo GameCube
DE 		DOL-P-GEZP
DOL-GEZP-NOE
USK: 0
Nintendo GameCube
ES 		DOL-P-GEZP
DOL-GEZP-ESP
PEGI: 3+
Nintendo GameCube
FR 		DOL-P-GEZP
DOL-GEZP-FRA
PEGI: 3+
Nintendo GameCube
FR
(Player's Choice) 		DOL-P-GEZP
DOL-GEZP-FRA
PEGI: 3+
Nintendo GameCube
UK 		DOL-P-GEZP
DOL-GEZP-UKV
PEGI: 3+
Nintendo GameCube
UK
(Player's Choice) 		DOL-P-GEZP
DOL-GEZP-UKV
PEGI: 3+
Nintendo GameCube
AU
OFLC: G
Windows PC
DE 		SEGA-PC034-GE
INL-S034-GE
USK: 0
Windows PC
ES 		SEGA-PC034-SP
INL-S034-SP
PEGI: 3+
Windows PC
FR
(Hits Collection) 		BYH3854AF
BYH8AF-W8P
PEGI: 3+
Windows PC
UK 		SEGA-PC034-UK
INL-S034-UK
PEGI: 3+
Windows PC
IT 		SEGA-PC034-IT
INL-S034-IT
PEGI: 3+
Windows PC
RU 		SEGA-PC034-UK
INL-S034-UK
PEGI: 3+
Windows PC
ZA 		R 199.99199.99

Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg , known as Giant Egg: Billy Hatcher no Daibouken (ジャイアント エッグ ～ビリー・ハッチャーの大冒険～) in Japan, is a video game for the Nintendo GameCube that was developed by Sonic Team and published by SEGA on 23 September 2003 in North America.[6]

Story

Morning Land is a peaceful realm inhabited by chickens. One day, a terrible fate befell the land. Black Crows empowered by a mysterious magic appeared as ferocious monsters bent on keeping the world in eternal night. The Chicken Elders whose voices bring dawn each day were captured and sealed within golden eggs. Without their morning cries, the world will remain engulfed in darkness and human hearts will be consumed by evil. Now, only young Billy Hatcher and his friends can defeat the Crows, release the elders and return morning to the world.

Gameplay

Stages

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Forest Village

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Pirates Island

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Dino Mountain

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Blizzard Castle

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Circus Park

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Sand Ruin

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Giant Palace

Minigames

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Chu Chu Rocket Challenge

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NiGHTS Score Attack

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Billy Hatcher Hyper Shoot

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Puyo Pop Endless Version

Trivia

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The 4 characters playable in the multi player games are based off 4 of the main Sonic the Hedgehog characters - Billy is Sonic, Chick Poacher is Tails, Bantam Scrambled is Knuckles and Rolly Roll is Amy. The Hatcher characters use similar colors and copy poses - Billy on the boxart is in the same pose Sonic has in some of the Sonic Adventure 2 artwork (see below vs the boxart).

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Circus Park and Pirates Island are both names for levels seen in later Sonic the Hedgehog titles. Coincidentally, the composer of both level themes is this game's sound director.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language Localised Name English Translation
English Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
English (US) Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
Japanese ジャイアント エッグ ～ビリー・ハッチャーの大冒険～ Giant Egg: Billy Hatcher no Daibouken

Production credits

Staff
Game Design Staff
Programming Staff
Design Staff
CG Movie Staff
  • CG Movie Artists: Takeshi Ito, Tsuneyuki Matsumoto, Yukiwo Takahashi
  • Storyboard Director: Hidetoshi Yoshida
Sound Staff
Musicians
  • Recording Director: Shige Kawagoe
  • Guitar: Shige Kawagoe
  • Bass: Ichiro Fujiya
  • Drums: Naoto "Viva" Sugai
  • Trumpet: Futoshi Kobayashi, Mikio Saitou
  • Trombone: Hiroyuki Nomura
  • Sax: Koji Orita
  • Strings: Yu Suhino (VL), Tomomi Tokunaga (2nd VL), Saori Oka (VA), Yoshihiko Maeda (VC)
  • Voices: Yujiro Komura, Nobue Iketani, Toshihiro Nishibe, Kyoko Tatemoto, Jun Otoi, Kantaro Kubo
  • : Gekiden Tohai Corporation, Engekibentou Meko-Nya, Escalator Records
  • Recording and Mixed at: Wave Master Studio
  • Recording at: Power House Studio
"Chant this Charm" - Theme of Giant Egg
  • Vocal: Yukari Fresh (Escalator Records)
  • Words & Music: Mariko Nanba, Tomoya Ohtani
  • Translator: Kan Hashimoto
  • Arrangement: Shige Kawagoe
Character Voices
  • : Hikaru Kobayashi, Yuuka Yamada, Kento Takahashi, Hideaki Nagasawa
Sega Staff
Sega of America Staff
Sega Europe Staff


©SonicTeam/Sega, 2003

Magazine articles

Main article: Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

BillyHatcher GC UK InfoSheet.pdf

PDF
UK info sheet
BillyHatcher GC UK InfoSheet.pdf
GameCube JP TV advert
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Print advert in GamePro (US) #181: "October 2003" (2003-09-02)
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Physical scans

GameCube version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
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Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Cube (UK) PAL
70
[10]
Edge (UK) PAL
70
[11]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
78
[12]
GameNOW (US) NTSC-U
83
[13]
Game Play 128 (FR) PAL
88
[14]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
75
[15]
GMR (US) NTSC-U
80
[16]
NGC Magazine (UK) NTSC-U
86
[17]
Nintendo Official Magazine (UK) PAL
82
[18]
Nintendo Power (US) NTSC-U
90
[19]
N-Zone (DE) PAL
76
[20]
The Official Nintendo Magazine (UK) PAL
85
[21]
Nintendo GameCube
 80
Based on
12 reviews

Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg

GameCube, US
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GameCube, JP
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Manual
GameCube, JP (Okaidoku-ban)
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GameCube, UK
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GameCube, UK (Player's Choice)
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Cover
GameCube, FR
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Cover
GameCube, FR (Player's Choice)
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Cover
GameCube, DE
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Cover
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Disc
GameCube, ES
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Cover
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Disc
GameCube, AU
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Cover
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Disc

PC version

PC, UK
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Cover
PC, UK (GSP)

PC, FR (Hits Collection)
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Cover
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Disc 1
PC, DE
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Cover
PC, ES
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Cover
PC, IT
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Cover
PC, RU
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Cover
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Disc

External links

References

  1. ↑ https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-GameCube/Billy-Hatcher-and-the-Giant-Egg-267796.html (archive.today)
  2. ↑ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Billy-Hatcher-Players-Choice-GameCube/dp/B000ANUHD2/ (Wayback Machine: 2019-05-17 23:15)
  3. ↑ https://www.nintendo.fr/Jeux/Nintendo-GameCube/Billy-Hatcher-and-the-Giant-Egg-267796.html (archive.today)
  4. ↑ https://www.nintendo.de/Spiele/Nintendo-GameCube/Billy-Hatcher-and-the-Giant-Egg-267796.html (archive.today)
  5. ↑ https://www.nintendo.es/Juegos/Nintendo-GameCube/Billy-Hatcher-and-the-Giant-Egg-267796.html (archive.today)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Press release: 2003-09-23: SEGA ROLLS OUT "BILLY HATCHER AND THE GIANT EGG™" FROM THE CREATOR OF SONIC THE HEDGEHOG™
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 http://sega.jp/gc/giantegg/ (Wayback Machine: 2004-12-10 14:51)
  8. ↑ http://www.nintendo.com.au/nintendo/games/index.php?action=search&platform=GCN&releasedate=comingsoon (Wayback Machine: 2003-10-10 17:51)
  9. ↑ https://dist.1c.ru/news/novinki_billy_hatcher_and_the_giant_egg_priklyucheniya_502/?sphrase_id=13128
  10. ↑ Cube, "Issue Twenty Six" (UK; 2003-11-20), page 66
  11. ↑ Edge, "December 2003" (UK; 2003-10-27), page 88
  12. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 2003" (US; 2003-09-02), page 160
  13. ↑ GameNOW, "October 2003" (US; 2003-0x-xx), page 50
  14. ↑ Game Play 128, "Novembre/Décembre 2003" (FR; 2003-xx-xx), page 40
  15. ↑ GamePro, "October 2003" (US; 2003-09-02), page 107
  16. ↑ GMR, "October 2003" (US; 2003-xx-xx), page 73
  17. ↑ NGC Magazine, "December 2003" (UK; 2003-10-24), page 78
  18. ↑ Nintendo Official Magazine, "December 2003" (UK; 2003-11-14), page 94
  19. ↑ Nintendo Power, "November 2003" (US; 2003-1x-xx), page 150
  20. ↑ N-Zone, "12/03" (DE; 2003-11-05), page 54
  21. ↑ The Official Nintendo Magazine, "March 2006" (UK; 2006-02-16), page 124


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Books: Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg Official Strategy Guide (2003)
Music: Music Popped Out of the Egg (2003)

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