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• The History of Glory of Heracles

  

  December 17, 2009 - Nintendo is done for the year. There are a couple of weeks left here in 2009, but in the Big N's mind it's all in the books already -- barring a handful of downloadables to the Wii and DS between now and New Year's, there won't be any more new releases from the company until the calendar's flipped to 2010.

   

  But then, when it does, the first game on the slate will be Glory of Heracles.

   

  Few DS owners in America will realize what a great start to the new year Glory of Heracles will be -- because they've never heard of it. It was one of those under-the-radar games announced with almost no fanfare at last summer's E3 show. One of those one-shot DS RPGs that Nintendo sometimes puts out that make a minor splash, gain a few fans and are then never heard from again. Right?

   

  Except that Glory of Heracles isn't just a one-shot game. This upcoming role-player is actually the sixth installment in what has been a long-running and popular series in Japan since the 8-bit era in the '80s -- "Heracles no Eikō." A contemporary of such classic franchises as Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy, Heracles no Eikō just never made it out of Japan like those other series did. Until now.

   

  So while Nintendo may be done for the year, IGN isn't -- and we're here today to offer you a look back at the history of Heracles no Eikō, a.k.a. Glory of Heracles, to give you a head start on getting hyped for the Big N's first release of 2010. Read on, friends, and bask in the Glory.