Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg

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Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg

System(s): GameCube, Windows PC

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Sonic Team

Peripherals supported:

GBA Cable

Genre: Platform

Number of players: 1-4

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	2003-10-09^[7]	¥6,980 (7,329)6,980 (7,329)^[7]	DOL-P-GEGJ DOL-GEGJ-JPN
JP (Okaidoku-ban)	2004-11-18^[7]	¥2,800 (2,940)2,800 (2,940)^[7]	DOL-P-GEGJ DOL-GEGJ-JPN-1
US	2003-09-23^[6]	$39.9539.95^[6]	DOL-P-GEZE DOL-GEZE-USA
DE	2003-10-31^[4]		DOL-P-GEZP DOL-GEZP-NOE
ES	2003-10-31^[5]		DOL-P-GEZP DOL-GEZP-ESP
FR	2003-10-31^[3]		DOL-P-GEZP DOL-GEZP-FRA
FR (Player's Choice)	2004-10-22		DOL-P-GEZP DOL-GEZP-FRA
UK	2003-10-31^[1]		DOL-P-GEZP DOL-GEZP-UKV
UK (Player's Choice)	2005-08-22^[2]		DOL-P-GEZP DOL-GEZP-UKV
AU	2003-11-14^[8]
DE	2006-05-31		SEGA-PC034-GE INL-S034-GE
ES	2006-05-31		SEGA-PC034-SP INL-S034-SP
FR (Hits Collection)	2007		BYH3854AF BYH8AF-W8P
UK	2006-05-31		SEGA-PC034-UK INL-S034-UK
IT	2006-05-31		SEGA-PC034-IT INL-S034-IT
RU	2006-04-19^[9]		SEGA-PC034-UK INL-S034-UK
ZA	2006-04-07^[10]	R 199.99199.99^[10]

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

	Forest Village

	Pirates Island

	Dino Mountain

	Blizzard Castle

	Circus Park

	Sand Ruin

	Giant Palace

Minigames

	Chu Chu Rocket Challenge

	NiGHTS Score Attack

	Billy Hatcher Hyper Shoot

	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).

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

GameCube version

Staff

Producer: Yuji Naka
Director: Shun Nakamura
Main Programmer: Yoshitaka Kawabata
Art Director: Hideaki Moriya
Sound Director: Mariko Nanba

Game Design Staff

Lead Game Designer: Shun Nakamura
Game Designers: Atsushi Kanno, Mizuki Hosoyamada

Programming Staff

Lead System & Character Programmer: Yoshitaka Kawabata
Boss & Camera Programmer: Masakazu Miura
Egg Animal & Advertise Programmer: Yusuke Hasuo
Field Programmer: Takuma Komatsu
Boss Programmer: Junichi Takeda
GBA Minigame Programmer: Takahiro Hamano

Design Staff

Lead Designer: Hideaki Moriya
Character Designers: Hiroyuki Watanabe, Michihiro Sato
Character Coordinator: Yuji Uekawa
Enemy Designers: Yoshinari Amaike, Hisanobu Kometani
Egg Animal Designers: Ai Ikeda, Naho Asami
Field Designers: Nanako Yarimizu, Satoshi Okano, Shio Hashimoto, Yohnosuke Miki, Ryoma Araki
Battle Field Designers: Akira Mikame
Advertise Designers: Yuki Takahashi, Miho Hyakutake
Effects Designer: Wataru Watanabe

CG Movie Staff

CG Movie Artists: Takeshi Ito, Tsuneyuki Matsumoto, Yukiwo Takahashi
Storyboard Director: Hidetoshi Yoshida

Sound Staff

Music and Sound Designed by: Wave Master Inc.
Executive Producer: Yukifumi Makino
Sound Producer: Tatsuya Kouzaki
Sound Director: Mariko Nanba
Music: Mariko Nanba, Tomoya Ohtani
Sound Effects: Hideki Abe, Tomoya Ohtani
Recording & Mixing Engineer: Yoshitada Miya
Additional Engineer: Hirokazu Akashi
Assistant Engineers: Fumiki Yamamoto (Power House Studio), Hiroshi Sato (Power House Studio)
Recording Producers: Hidetaka Carl Shibata (Power House Studio), Fumitaka Shibata
Technical Support: Shigeharu Isoda

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

Executive Management: Hisao Oguchi, Masanao Maeda, Hideki Okamura, Toshihiro Nagoshi, Yukio Sugino
Marketing: Hideki Yokaichiya, Naoko Ooka
Public Relations: Yasushi Nagumo, Youko Nagasawa
Int'l Business: Yusuke Suai
Sega Logistics Service Co., Ltd.
Product Management: Junichi Shimizu
Product Support: Akira Nishikawa, Akira Terasawa, Yutaka Kawasaki
Quality Control: Yuji Nakamura
Package & Manual Production: Yoshihiro Sakuta, Masaru Kobayashi, Toshiki Yamaguchi, Restall Colin

Sega of America Staff

VP of Marketing: Mike Fischer
Advertising Manager: Teri Higgins
Creative Services Manager: Arianne McCarthy
Public Relations Chase: Molly Musler
Localization Manager: Osamu Shibamiya
Localization Producer: Klayton Vorlick
Director of QA: Deborah Kirkham
QA Lead: Shawn Dobbins

Sega Europe Staff

COO Sega Europe: Naoya Tsurumi
Director of Product Developement: Jin Shimazaki
Producer: Akiko Uchida
Senior Producer: Matt O'Driscoll
European Product Manager: Mark Fisher
European Marketing Director: Matthew Woodley
Technical Producer: Elliott Martin
Sega Europe Localization: Eva Backmann (GER), Marta Lois Gonzalez (SP), Brigitte Nadesan (FR), Giuseppe Rizzo (ITA)
SOE QA Lead Tester: Darius Sadeghion
SOE QA: David Smith, Roy Boateng, Chris Geiles

Special Thanks: Yasuko Maruyama, Masaru Setsumaru, Fumie Kumatani, Keiichi Sugiyama, Sachiko Ochi, Ai Muroi, Teruhiko Nakagawa, Hideaki Kobayashi, Jun Senoue, Tatsuyuki Maeda, Ryoichi Nino, Takumi Ohtani
Created by: Sonic Team

©SonicTeam/Sega, 2003

Presented by: Sega

Executive Vice President: Shinobu Toyoda
Vice President- Marketing: Mike Fischer
Senior Product Manager: Rich Briggs
Product Manager: Heather Hall
Localization Manager: Osamu Shibamiya
Localization Producer: Klayton Vorlick
Director of QA: Deborah Kirkham
Lead Tester: Shawn Dobbins
Senior Media Speciaiist: Teri Higgins
Creative Services Manager: Arianne McCarthy
Pubiic Reiations Manager: Bret Blount
Package Design: Moore Design Group
Manual Production: Yoshihiro Sakuta, Satoru Ishigami, Colin Restall
Special Thanks: Lori Von Rueden, Jill Braff, Yusuke Suai, Access Communications

Source:

US manual

Magazine articles

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

Promotional material

PDF

UK info sheet

GameCube JP TV advert

GameCube US TV advert

Print advert in GamePro (US) #181: "October 2003" (2003-09-02)

Print advert in Nintendo Power (US) #172: "October 2003" (2003-xx-xx)

Print advert in Nintendo Power (US) #175: "January 2004" (200x-xx-xx)

Physical scans

GameCube version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Cube (UK)

PAL

70

^[11]

Edge (UK)

PAL

70

^[12]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[13]

GameNOW (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[14]

Game Play 128 (FR)

PAL

88

^[15]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[16]

GMR (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[17]

NGC Magazine (UK)

NTSC-U

86

^[18]

Nintendo Official Magazine (UK)

PAL

82

^[19]

Nintendo Power (US)

NTSC-U

90

^[20]

N-Zone (DE)

PAL

76

^[21]

The Official Nintendo Magazine (UK)

PAL

85

^[22]

	80
Based on 12 reviews

Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg

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

PC, UK
Cover

PC, UK (GSP)

PC, FR (Hits Collection)
Cover
Disc 1

PC, DE
Cover

PC, ES
Cover

PC, IT
Cover

PC, RU
Cover
Disc

External links

Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): GameCube (archive)
Official website on Sega.com
Official website on Sega.jp
Nintendo catalogue pages: JP, US (archive), UK

References

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↑ Edge, "December 2003" (UK; 2003-10-27), page 88
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 2003" (US; 2003-09-02), page 160
↑ GameNOW, "October 2003" (US; 2003-0x-xx), page 50
↑ Game Play 128, "Novembre/Décembre 2003" (FR; 2003-xx-xx), page 40
↑ GamePro, "October 2003" (US; 2003-09-02), page 107
↑ GMR, "October 2003" (US; 2003-xx-xx), page 73
↑ NGC Magazine, "December 2003" (UK; 2003-10-24), page 78
↑ Nintendo Official Magazine, "December 2003" (UK; 2003-11-14), page 94
↑ Nintendo Power, "November 2003" (US; 2003-1x-xx), page 150
↑ N-Zone, "12/03" (DE; 2003-11-05), page 54
↑ The Official Nintendo Magazine, "March 2006" (UK; 2006-02-16), page 124

Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg

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

Games in the Billy Hatcher Series
	Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg (2003)
	Billy Hatcher Hyper Shoot (2003)
	Billy Hatcher Hyper Shoot (2003)
	Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg (2006)
Billy Hatcher related media
	Music Popped Out of the Egg (2003)
	Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg Official Strategy Guide (2003)

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Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg

From Sega Retro

Contents

Story

Gameplay

Stages

Minigames

Trivia

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

GameCube version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

GameCube version

PC version

External links

References