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'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' , 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 September 23, 2003 in North America.
 
'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' , 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 September 23, 2003 in North America.
  
 
==Story==
 
==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."
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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.
  
==Stages==
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==Gameplay==
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===Stages===
 
*Forest Village
 
*Forest Village
 
*Pirates Island
 
*Pirates Island
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==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
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{{Trivia}}
 
The 4 characters playable in the multi player games are based off 4 of the main [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] characters - Billy is [[sonic:Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]], Chick Poacher is [[sonic:Miles "Tails" Prower|Tails]], Bantam Scrambled is [[sonic:Knuckles the Echidna|Knuckles]] and Rolly Roll is [[sonic:Amy Rose|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).
 
The 4 characters playable in the multi player games are based off 4 of the main [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] characters - Billy is [[sonic:Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]], Chick Poacher is [[sonic:Miles "Tails" Prower|Tails]], Bantam Scrambled is [[sonic:Knuckles the Echidna|Knuckles]] and Rolly Roll is [[sonic:Amy Rose|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.
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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.
  
==Production Credits==
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==Versions==
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===Localised names===
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|jp_trans=Giant Egg: ~Billy Hatcher's Great Adventure~
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|jp_rom=Giant Egg: Billy Hatcher no Daibouken
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==Production credits==
 
{{multicol|
 
{{multicol|
: '''Staff'''
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{{creditstable|
'''Producer:''' [[Yuji Naka]]<br>
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{{creditsheader|Staff}}
'''Director:''' [[Shun Nakamura]]<br>
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*'''Producer:''' [[Yuji Naka]]
'''Main Programmer:''' [[Yoshitaka Kawabata]]<br>
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*'''Director:''' [[Shun Nakamura]]
'''Art Director:''' [[Hideaki Moriya]]<br>
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*'''Main Programmer:''' [[Yoshitaka Kawabata]]
'''Sound Director:''' [[Mariko Nanba]]<br>
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*'''Art Director:''' [[Hideaki Moriya]]
: '''Game Design Staff'''
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*'''Sound Director:''' [[Mariko Nanba]]
'''Lead Game Designer:''' [[Shun Nakamura]]<br>
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{{creditsheader|Game Design Staff}}
'''Game Designers:''' [[Atsushi Kanno]], Mizuki Hosoyamada<br>
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*'''Lead Game Designer:''' [[Shun Nakamura]]
: '''Programming Staff'''
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*'''Game Designers:''' [[Atsushi Kanno]], [[Mizuki Hosoyamada]]
'''Lead System & Character Programmer:''' [[Yoshitaka Kawabata]]<br>
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{{creditsheader|Programming Staff}}
'''Boss & Camera Programmer:''' [[Masakazu Miura]]<br>
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*'''Lead System & Character Programmer:''' [[Yoshitaka Kawabata]]
'''Egg Animal & Advertise Programmer:''' Yusuke Hasuo<br>
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*'''Boss & Camera Programmer:''' [[Masakazu Miura]]
'''Field Programmer:''' Takuma Komatsu<br>
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*'''Egg Animal & Advertise Programmer:''' Yusuke Hasuo
'''Boss Programmer:''' Junichi Takeda<br>
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*'''Field Programmer:''' [[Takuma Komatsu]]
'''GBA Minigame Programmer:''' [[Takahiro Hamano]]<br>
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*'''Boss Programmer:''' [[Junichi Takeda]]
: '''Design Staff'''
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*'''GBA Minigame Programmer:''' [[Takahiro Hamano]]
'''Lead Designer:''' [[Hideaki Moriya]]<br>
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{{creditsheader|Design Staff}}
'''Character Designers:''' [[Hiroyuki Watanabe]], Michihiro Sato<br>
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*'''Lead Designer:''' [[Hideaki Moriya]]
'''Character Coordinator:''' [[Yuji Uekawa]]<br>
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*'''Character Designers:''' [[Hiroyuki Watanabe]], [[Michihiro Sato]]
'''Enemy Designers:''' [[Yoshinari Amaike]], Hisanobu Kometani<br>
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*'''Character Coordinator:''' [[Yuji Uekawa]]
'''Egg Animal Designers:''' [[Ai Ikeda]], Naho Asami<br>
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*'''Enemy Designers:''' [[Yoshinari Amaike]], Hisanobu Kometani
'''Field Designers:''' [[Nanako Yarimizu]], [[Satoshi Okano]], Shio Hashimoto, Yohnosuke Miki, Ryoma Araki<br>
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*'''Egg Animal Designers:''' [[Ai Ikeda]], Naho Asami
'''Battle Field Designers:''' [[Akira Mikame]]<br>
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*'''Field Designers:''' [[Nanako Yarimizu]], [[Satoshi Okano]], [[Shio Hashimoto]], Yohnosuke Miki, Ryoma Araki
'''Advertise Designers:''' Yuki Takahashi, Miho Hyakutake<br>
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*'''Battle Field Designers:''' [[Akira Mikame]]
'''Effects Designer:''' [[Wataru Watanabe]]<br>
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*'''Advertise Designers:''' [[Yuki Takahashi]], [[Miho Hyakutake]]
: '''CG Movie Staff'''
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*'''Effects Designer:''' [[Wataru Watanabe]]
'''CG Movie Artists:''' [[Takeshi Itou|Takeshi Ito]], Tsuneyuki Matsumoto, Yukiwo Takahashi<br>
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{{creditsheader|CG Movie Staff}}
'''Storyboard Director:''' Hidetoshi Yoshida<br>
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*'''CG Movie Artists:''' [[Takeshi Itou|Takeshi Ito]], Tsuneyuki Matsumoto, Yukiwo Takahashi
: '''Sound Staff'''
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*'''Storyboard Director:''' Hidetoshi Yoshida
'''Music and Sound Designed by:''' [[Wave Master|Wave Master Inc.]]<br>
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{{creditsheader|Sound Staff}}
'''Executive Producer:''' [[Yukifumi Makino]]<br>
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*'''Music and Sound Designed by:''' [[Wave Master|Wave Master Inc.]]
'''Sound Producer:''' [[Tatsuya Kouzaki]]<br>
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*'''Executive Producer:''' [[Yukifumi Makino]]
'''Sound Director:''' [[Mariko Nanba]]<br>
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*'''Sound Producer:''' [[Tatsuya Kouzaki]]
'''Music:''' [[Mariko Nanba]], [[Tomoya Ohtani]]<br>
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*'''Sound Director:''' [[Mariko Nanba]]
'''Sound Effects:''' [[Hideki Abe]], [[Tomoya Ohtani]]<br>
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*'''Music:''' [[Mariko Nanba]], [[Tomoya Ohtani]]
'''Recording & Mixing Engineer:''' [[Yoshitada Miya]]<br>
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*'''Sound Effects:''' [[Hideki Abe]], [[Tomoya Ohtani]]
'''Additional Engineer:''' [[Hirokazu Akashi]]<br>
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*'''Recording & Mixing Engineer:''' [[Yoshitada Miya]]
'''Assistant Engineers:''' Fumiki Yamamoto (Power House Studio), Hiroshi Sato (Power House Studio)<br>
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*'''Additional Engineer:''' [[Hirokazu Akashi]]
'''Recording Producers:''' Hidetaka Carl Shibata (Power House Studio), [[Fumitaka Shibata]]<br>
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*'''Assistant Engineers:''' Fumiki Yamamoto (Power House Studio), Hiroshi Sato (Power House Studio)
'''Technical Support:''' [[Shigeharu Isoda]]<br>
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*'''Recording Producers:''' Hidetaka Carl Shibata (Power House Studio), [[Fumitaka Shibata]]
: '''Musicians'''
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*'''Technical Support:''' [[Shigeharu Isoda]]
'''Recording Director:''' Shige Kawagoe<br>
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{{creditsheader|Musicians}}
'''Guitar:''' Shige Kawagoe<br>
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*'''Recording Director:''' Shige Kawagoe
'''Bass:''' Ichiro Fujiya<br>
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*'''Guitar:''' Shige Kawagoe
'''Drums:''' Naoto "Viva" Sugai<br>
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*'''Bass:''' Ichiro Fujiya
'''Trumpet:''' Futoshi Kobayashi, Mikio Saitou<br>
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*'''Drums:''' Naoto "Viva" Sugai
'''Trombone:''' Hiroyuki Nomura<br>
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*'''Trumpet:''' Futoshi Kobayashi, Mikio Saitou
'''Sax:''' Koji Orita<br>
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*'''Trombone:''' Hiroyuki Nomura
'''Strings:''' Yu Suhino (VL), Tomomi Tokunaga (2nd VL), Saori Oka (VA), Yoshihiko Maeda (VC)<br>
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*'''Sax:''' Koji Orita
'''Voices:''' Yujiro Komura, Nobue Iketani, Toshihiro Nishibe, Kyoko Tatemoto, Jun Otoi, Kantaro Kubo<br>
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*'''Strings:''' Yu Suhino (VL), Tomomi Tokunaga (2nd VL), Saori Oka (VA), Yoshihiko Maeda (VC)
Gekiden Tohai Corporation<br>
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*'''Voices:''' Yujiro Komura, Nobue Iketani, Toshihiro Nishibe, Kyoko Tatemoto, Jun Otoi, Kantaro Kubo
Engekibentou Meko-Nya<br>
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*''':''' Gekiden Tohai Corporation, Engekibentou Meko-Nya, Escalator Records
Escalator Records<br>
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*'''Recording and Mixed at:''' [[Wave Master|Wave Master Studio]]
'''Recording and Mixed at:''' [[Wave Master|Wave Master Studio]]<br>
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*'''Recording at:''' Power House Studio
'''Recording at:''' Power House Studio<br>
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{{creditsheader|"Chant this Charm" - Theme of Giant Egg}}
: '''"Chant this Charm" - Theme of Giant Egg'''
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*'''Vocal:''' Yukari Fresh (Escalator Records)
'''Vocal:''' Yukari Fresh (Escalator Records)<br>
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*'''Words & Music:''' [[Mariko Nanba]], [[Tomoya Ohtani]]
'''Words & Music:''' [[Mariko Nanba]], [[Tomoya Ohtani]]<br>
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*'''Translator:''' Kan Hashimoto
'''Translator:''' Kan Hashimoto<br>
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*'''Arrangement:''' Shige Kawagoe
'''Arrangement:''' Shige Kawagoe<br>
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{{creditsheader|Character Voices}}
: '''Character Voices'''
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*''':''' Hikaru Kobayashi, Yuuka Yamada, Kento Takahashi, Hideaki Nagasawa
Hikaru Kobayashi, Yuuka Yamada, Kento Takahashi, Hideaki Nagasawa<br>
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{{creditsheader|Sega Staff}}
: '''Sega Staff'''
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*'''Executive Management:''' [[Hisao Oguchi]], [[Masanao Maeda]], [[Hideki Okamura]], [[Toshihiro Nagoshi]], [[Yukio Sugino]]
'''Executive Management:''' [[Hisao Oguchi]], [[Masanao Maeda]], [[Hideki Okamura]], [[Toshihiro Nagoshi]], Yukio Sugino<br>
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*'''Marketing:''' [[Hideki Yokaichiya]], [[Naoko Ooka]]
'''Marketing:''' Hideki Yokaichiya, Naoko Ooka<br>
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*'''Public Relations:''' [[Yasushi Nagumo]], [[Youko Nagasawa]]
'''Public Relations:''' Yasushi Nagumo, Youko Nagasawa<br>
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*'''Int'l Business:''' [[Yusuke Suai]]
'''Int'l Business:''' Yusuke Suai<br>
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*'''Sega Logistics Service Co., Ltd.'''
Sega Logistics Service Co., Ltd.<br>
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*'''Product Management:''' [[Junichi Shimizu]]
'''Product Management:''' Junichi Shimizu<br>
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*'''Product Support:''' [[Akira Nishikawa]], [[Akira Terasawa]], [[Yutaka Kawasaki]]
'''Product Support:''' Akira Nishikawa, Akira Terasawa, Yutaka Kawasaki<br>
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*'''Quality Control:''' [[Yuji Nakamura]]
'''Quality Control:''' Yuji Nakamura<br>
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*'''Package & Manual Production:''' [[Yoshihiro Sakuta]], [[Masaru Kobayashi]], [[Toshiki Yamaguchi]], [[Restall Colin]]
'''Package & Manual Production:''' Yoshihiro Sakuta, Masaru Kobayashi, Toshiki Yamaguchi, Restall Colin<br>
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{{creditsheader|Sega of America Staff}}
: '''Sega of America Staff'''
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*'''VP of Marketing:''' [[Mike Fischer]]
'''VP of Marketing:''' Mike Fischer<br>
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*'''Advertising Manager:''' [[Teri Higgins]]
'''Advertising Manager:''' Teri Higgins<br>
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*'''Creative Services Manager:''' [[Arianne McCarthy]]
'''Creative Services Manager:''' Arianne McCarthy<br>
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*'''Public Relations Chase:''' [[Molly Musler]]
'''Public Relations Chase:''' Molly Musler<br>
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*'''Localization Manager:''' [[Osamu Shibamiya]]
'''Localization Manager:''' Osamu Shibamiya<br>
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*'''Localization Producer:''' [[Klayton Vorlick]]
'''Localization Producer:''' Klayon Vorlick<br>
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*'''Director of QA:''' Deborah Kirkham
'''Director of QA:''' Deborah Kirkham<br>
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*'''QA Lead:''' [[Shawn Dobbins]]
'''QA Lead:''' Shawn Dobbins<br>
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{{creditsheader|Sega Europe Staff}}
: '''Sega Europe Staff'''
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*'''COO Sega Europe:''' [[Naoya Tsurumi]]
'''COO Sega Europe:''' [[Naoya Tsurumi]]<br>
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*'''Director of Product Developement:''' [[Jin Shimazaki]]
'''Director of Product Developement:''' [[Jin Shimazaki]]<br>
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*'''Producer:''' [[Akiko Uchida]]
'''Producer:''' Akiko Uchida<br>
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*'''Senior Producer:''' [[Matt O'Driscoll]]
'''Senior Producer:''' Matt O'Driscoll<br>
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*'''European Product Manager:''' [[Mark Fisher]]
'''European Product Manager:''' Mark Fisher<br>
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*'''European Marketing Director:''' [[Matthew Woodley]]
'''European Marketing Director:''' Matthew Woodley<br>
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*'''Technical Producer:''' [[Elliott Martin]]
'''Technical Producer:''' Elliott Martin<br>
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*'''Sega Europe Localization:''' [[Eva Backmann]] (GER), [[Marta Lois González|Marta Lois Gonzalez]] (SP), [[Brigitte Nadesan]] (FR), [[Giuseppe Rizzo]] (ITA)
'''Sega Europe Localization:''' Eva Backmann (GER), Marta Lois Gonzalez (SP), Brigitte Nadesan (FR), Giuseppe Rizzo (ITA)<br>
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*'''SOE QA Lead Tester:''' Darius Sadeghion
'''SOE QA Lead Tester:''' Darius Sadeghion<br>
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*'''SOE QA:''' David Smith, Roy Boateng, Chris Geiles
'''SOE QA:''' David Smith, Roy Boateng, Chris Geiles<br>
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: '''Special Thanks'''
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Yasuko Maruyama, [[Masaru Setsumaru]], [[Fumie Kumatani]], [[Keiichi Sugiyama]], Sachiko Ochi, [[Ai Muroi]], [[Teruhiko Nakagawa]], [[Hideaki Kobayashi]], [[Jun Senoue]], [[Tatsuyuki Maeda]], Ryoichi Nino, Takumi Ohtani<br>
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*'''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]]<br>
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*'''Created by:''' [[Sonic Team]]
©SonicTeam/Sega, 2003<br>
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:'''©[[Sonic Team|SonicTeam]]/[[Sega]], 2003'''
'''Presented by:''' [[Sega]]<br>
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*'''Presented by:''' [[Sega]]
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==Promotional Material==
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==Magazine articles==
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{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Magazine articles}}
BillyHatcher GC US PrintAdvert.jpg|GameCube US print advert
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</gallery>
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==Promotional material==
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{{gitem|GiantEgg GC JP TVAdvert.mp4|GameCube JP TV advert}}
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{{gitem|BillyHatcher GC US PrintAdvert.jpg|GameCube US print advert}}
  
 
==Physical scans==
 
==Physical scans==
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==External Links==
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==External links==
*Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): [http://sega.jp/gc/giantegg/ GameCube]
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* Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://sega.jp/gc/giantegg/ GameCube]
 
* [http://www.sega.com/gamesite/billyhatcher/content.html Official website on Sega.com]
 
* [http://www.sega.com/gamesite/billyhatcher/content.html Official website on Sega.com]
 
* [http://giantegg.sega.jp/ Official website on Sega.jp]
 
* [http://giantegg.sega.jp/ Official website on Sega.jp]
  
 
==References==
 
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Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
System(s): GameCube, Windows PC, Mac OSX
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) DOL-P-GEGJ
Nintendo GameCube
JP
(Okaidoku-ban)
¥2,800 (2,940)2,800 (2,940) DOL-P-GEGJ
Nintendo GameCube
US
$39.9539.95[1] DOL-P-GEZE
Nintendo GameCube
EU
DOL-P-GEZP
Nintendo GameCube
EU
(Player's Choice)
Nintendo GameCube
AU
Windows PC/Mac OS
EU

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 September 23, 2003 in North America.

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

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

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

GameCube JP TV advert
GameCube US print advert

Physical scans

GameCube version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
80 №9, p73[2]
Nintendo GameCube
80
Based on
1 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Cube (UK) PAL
70
[3]
Edge (UK) PAL
70
[4]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
78
[5]
GameNOW (US) NTSC-U
83
[6]
Game Play 128 (FR) PAL
88
[7]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
75
[8]
GMR (US) NTSC-U
80
[2]
NGC Magazine (UK) NTSC-U
86
[9]
Nintendo Official Magazine (UK) PAL
82
[10]
Nintendo Power (US) NTSC-U
90
[11]
N-Zone (DE) PAL
76
[12]
The Official Nintendo Magazine (UK) PAL
85
[13]
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 (Rerelease)
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Manual
GameCube, UK
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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
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GameCube, ES
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PC version

PC, EU
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PC, UK (GSP)

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PC, FR (Hits Collection)
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PC, DE
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PC, ES

PC, IT
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External links

References


Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg

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Main page | Comparisons | Credits | Bugs | Magazine articles | Reception


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

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