SD Hero Great Battle Defeat! The Evil Army is a super-deformed crossover action game published by Banpresto exclusively for the Famicom, gathering Kamen Rider, Super Sentai and Gundam SD heroes. Players select a hero party and traverse themed stages, battling armies of villain characters from multiple tokusatsu and anime franchises.
Horizontal scrolling stages span varied villain base terrain. Each hero possesses unique melee and special projectile attacks. Hidden item caches restore vitality and replenish special ability charges for thorough explorers.
Every world culminates in a multi-phase crossover villain boss duel combining multiple enemy commanders.
Banpresto’s cute SD character sprites and upbeat heroic marching soundtrack maintain lighthearted crossover tournament atmosphere.
Strategically, consistent stage clearing requires rotating between hero special moves suited to enemy varieties. Reliance on a single hero’s attack pattern allows enemies to adapt and overwhelm the player.
For contemporary Famicom retro crossover tokusatsu collectors, SD Hero Sōkessen is an early Banpresto multi-franchise SD hero crossover curio.