Rent a Hero

Rent a Hero (レンタヒーロー) is a Japan-only action RPG released for Mega Drive in 1991 and for the Wii Virtual Console in 2007. It sold poorly in its initial release.

Story
The player is Taro Yamada, an ordinary teenager whose family just moved to the Koja Town. The family made a party to celebrate the move and meet their neighbors, but during the party, the food was almost ending. The player's mother asks for more food, and he contacts a delivery named Seca, but instead of food he received a costume. Using it to boost the party by making a hero show with his father, who was dressed as a monster, he wore the costume and discovered that it gave him powers, accidentally knocking out his father with a light tap. Checking it, he discovers that it is a high-tech super energy combat armor developed by Seca Enterprise that can make anyone a hero, but it is rented and requires batteries to work. He then decides to become a rental hero, helping a variety of people and fighting unscrupulous companies and gangsters that attack the peaceful city, and uses the money he gains to keep the armor charged and pay its rental fees in the bank.

Characters

 * Taro Yamada - The game's main character/protagonist. He wears a Super Energy Combat Armor to become the Rent a Hero, a superhero for hire.
 * Father - The hero's father. Due to his job, he moved with his family to Koja Town.
 * Mother - The hero's mother. She is gentle, but may be a bit annoying.
 * Alisa (アリサ) - The hero's young sister.
 * Kent (ケント) - A boy who lives near the hero's house. He fell in love with Alisa. He wears a Sword of Vermilion shirt.
 * Inspector Zenikase (ゼニカセ警部) - A police officer with a strong sense of justice. He often asks for the hero's assistance.
 * President Nomoruwa (ノモルワ社長) - President of "Nomoruwa", a large company. There are rumors that it is involved in dirty works.

Other appearances and references

 * Rent a Hero appears in a poster from the arcade version of Virtua Fighter 2, in the Sarah vs. Jacky stage.
 * In Daytona USA, entering OKA (from Okayasu, the Rent a Hero designer) in the name entry will play the opening from Rent a Hero.
 * Rent a Hero (written as Rentahero in-game) is a hidden playable character in Fighters Megamix.
 * SpikeOut Final Edition contains container trucks with "Nomoruwa" written on them.
 * Rent a Hero (written as Rent-A-Hero in-game) is a capsule toy in Shenmue.