The Sage has the ability to cast a spell of destruction that takes 30 seconds (though need not be continuous) to evoke the Knight is tasked with defending the Sage during this time.

Knight 30 Mode is an action video game, where the player controls a Knight who has vowed to help protect a Sage.

The 30 missions are provided in a branching manner, with some missions leading to the ability to boost the crossbow's power or increase the running speed of the guards. The Time Goddess has provided stretches of red carpets which, while the Princess is over them, will roll back the countdown timer but cost money to do so. However, she is imposed with a 30-second curfew, and her speed is dictated by the number of guards in her group running into enemies will cause guards to fall out of the group, though the Princess can never be directly harmed. The player controls the Princess who is equipped with a rapid-fire crossbow as her main weapon, and a number of guards that carry and protect her as she ventures out of the castle to get items to help her ailing father.

Princess 30 Mode plays similar to a shoot 'em up game.

There are also 30 missions to complete in this mode, but include branching paths.

Due to his nature, the Evil Lord can only be out-of-doors for 30 seconds at a time, thus enforcing a 30-second countdown timer, but by paying money gained from defeating enemies to barrels where the Time Goddess is waiting, the countdown timer can be reset. Wandering creatures can be brought into the Evil Lord's control by moving the mana ring over them. The overall strength of summoned creatures is based on the size of a mana ring that is shown around the Evil Lord character summoning creatures and taking damage reduces the size of this ring. The monster strengths are based on a Rock-paper-scissors approach Nimbles are strong against Shooters and weak against Brawlers, for example. The player controls Evil Lord who can summon three types of creatures, Brawlers, Shooters and Nimbles, to fight enemy forces and complete a task.

Evil Lord 30 Mode plays similar to a real-time strategy game.

There are 30 missions in this mode which are completed in succession the player can go back to previous missions to try to better their performance or find additional equipment that will carry over into future missions however, the player cannot use equipment gained on later missions during an earlier mission. Each successive use of this power becomes more costly to the player. The Hero can enter towns where the Time Goddess will pause time, allowing for time to shop for equipment and health items, talk to residents and find allies to help in battle, as well to pay money to a statue of the Goddess to reset the countdown timer to 30 seconds. To do so, the Hero explores an overworld, encountering random monsters with battles that take place automatically based on the Hero's current equipment to gain experience levels.

The player, as the Hero, is tasked by the Time Goddess to become powerful enough in 30 seconds to find and defeat an enemy boss that is seeking to cast a spell of destruction that will end the world in 30 seconds. Hero 30 Mode plays similar to a role-playing video game.Each mode centers around a mechanic based on a limited amount of time (normally 30 seconds as implied by the game's title) to complete that part of the game.

Each mode is based on one part of a larger story, and as such, the last three modes are not available until the player has completed the first three modes these last three modes are then unlocked in order after completing the previous mode. Half-Minute Hero 's single player mode features 6 different game modes.

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3 Half-Minute Hero: Super Mega Neo Climax.

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