If you happen to be in Yokohama, Osaka, and Hakata, you'll get some mild amusement from the fact that four of the greatest, most popular icons of Japanese pop culture have bonds to each other. The Shin Japan Heroes Amusement World is the first mega-crossover event for Hideaki Anno's Shin Japan Heroes Universe. There isn't much crossing over. There will be new arcade games at a few of the stores in the aforementioned cities. There is nothing but a logo and a summary of the games that were announced.
A mission-progressing attraction that captures crisis situations as a member of the World Unknown Event Observatory. The player gets an emergency call from the Secretary of GUEK and deals with the crises and incidents caused by the monsters.
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There are other games, but they seem to be focused on individual properties. There is some footage of two of them.
An attraction that fights a member of the helicopter unit.
You can experience Eva as a pilot at the attraction.
An experience-based mystery-solving attraction that confronts the threat of the evil beast that suddenly appears as a new analyst for the evil special.
The Shin Ultraman game sounds unique, especially since it's running on the same engine as the other games, but the games are basically the same. There is one last game at Shin Japan Heroes Amusement World.
A roulette-type mini-game is being used. You will receive a random prize if you see Shin Ultraman on the monitor.
On July 7th, the SJHAW kicks off in the Cross Store Yokohama. It will move to Osaka on September 3 through October 2 and then to Hakata on October 12 through November 6.
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