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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
Official in-game languages:
  • English
  • Français
  • Deutsch
  • Español
  • Italiano
  • 日本語
    • 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[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

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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

    GameCube version

    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
    Source:
    US manual

    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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    Print advert in Nintendo Power (US) #172: "October 2003" (2003-xx-xx)
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    Print advert in Nintendo Power (US) #175: "January 2004" (200x-xx-xx)
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    Physical scans

    GameCube version

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    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]
    Nintendo GameCube
    		 80
    Based on
    12 reviews

    Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg

    GameCube, US
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    Cover
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    Disc
    GameCube, JP
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    Cover
    BillyHatcher GC JP Disc.jpg
    Disc
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    Manual
    GameCube, JP (Okaidoku-ban)
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    Cover
    BillyHatcher GC JP Disc.jpg
    Disc
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    Manual
    GameCube, UK
    BillyHatcher GC EU Box.jpg
    Cover
    BillyHatcher GC EU Disc.jpg
    Disc
    GameCube, UK (Player's Choice)
    BillyHatcher GC UK Box PlayersChoice.jpg
    Cover
    GameCube, FR
    BillyHatcher GC FR Box.jpg
    Cover
    GameCube, FR (Player's Choice)
    BillyHatcher GC FR Box PC.jpg
    Cover
    GameCube, DE
    BillyHatcher GC DE Box.jpg
    Cover
    BillyHatcher GC EU Disc.jpg
    Disc
    GameCube, ES
    BillyHatcher GC ES Box.jpg
    Cover
    BillyHatcher GC EU Disc.jpg
    Disc
    GameCube, AU
    BillyHatcher GC AU cover.jpg
    Cover
    BillyHatcher GC EU Disc.jpg
    Disc

    PC version

    PC, UK
    BillyHatcher PC EU Box.jpg
    Cover
    PC, UK (GSP)

    PC, FR (Hits Collection)
    BillyHatcher PC FR Box HitsCollection.jpg
    Cover
    BillyHatcher PC FR Box HitsCollection Disc1.jpg
    Disc 1
    PC, DE
    BillyHatcher PC DE Box.jpg
    Cover
    PC, ES
    BillyHatcher PC ES cover.jpg
    Cover
    PC, IT
    BillyHatcher PC IT Box.jpg
    Cover
    PC, RU
    BillyHatcher-PC-RU-Back1.jpgBillyHatcher-PC-RU-Front.jpg
    Cover
    BillyHatcher-PC-RU-CD.jpg
    Disc

    Technical information

    ROM dump status

    System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
    Nintendo GameCube
    ✔
    CRC32 894ddff0
    MD5 bc8af5c06a3bff09351f7cb16724ffce
    SHA-1 de0a702c6e542b84be3be4f73164e6c0e0d7a844
    		1,459,978,240 Disc (US)
    Nintendo GameCube
    ✔
    CRC32 ca8761d7
    MD5 cba94226817049a859c0246c69f8703f
    SHA-1 d81ec14313a99164674d792b4d1abc1de2860ede
    		1,459,978,240 Disc (EU)
    Nintendo GameCube
     ?
    CRC32 55ad7de7
    MD5 6b9169da201664446d6634bc24b908b2
    SHA-1 0f0c9f900d0c45141d1450725366ffd2faf2a899
    		1,459,978,240 Disc (JP)

    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. ↑ 10.0 10.1 http://www.wwe.co.za/releaseschedule.aspx?catid=1 (Wayback Machine: 2006-10-02 12:10)
    11. ↑ Cube, "Issue Twenty Six" (UK; 2003-11-20), page 66
    12. ↑ Edge, "December 2003" (UK; 2003-10-27), page 88
    13. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 2003" (US; 2003-09-02), page 160
    14. ↑ GameNOW, "October 2003" (US; 2003-0x-xx), page 50
    15. ↑ Game Play 128, "Novembre/Décembre 2003" (FR; 2003-xx-xx), page 40
    16. ↑ GamePro, "October 2003" (US; 2003-09-02), page 107
    17. ↑ GMR, "October 2003" (US; 2003-xx-xx), page 73
    18. ↑ NGC Magazine, "December 2003" (UK; 2003-10-24), page 78
    19. ↑ Nintendo Official Magazine, "December 2003" (UK; 2003-11-14), page 94
    20. ↑ Nintendo Power, "November 2003" (US; 2003-1x-xx), page 150
    21. ↑ N-Zone, "12/03" (DE; 2003-11-05), page 54
    22. ↑ The Official Nintendo Magazine, "March 2006" (UK; 2006-02-16), page 124


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