XSEED Games and Marvelous Entertainment USA have announced the imminent release of the first of two downloadable demos for their upcoming speed RPG, Half-Minute Hero. The demo, which will be available starting September 10th for the PlayStation Portable, accelerates gamers through a full RPG in Hero Mode. This mode allows players to level-up by defeating monsters in random encounters, upgrade equipment, talk to villagers and heal, all against a punishing countdown clock. The game launches for PSP on October 20, 2009.