No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle

[Xajii]

So fucking Awesome.

[Insanecyclone]

No More Heroes Designer Wants Travis Touchdown In Next Smash Bros. - no more heroes - Kotaku

The last Smash Bros. game, like the one before that, was a smorgasboard of characters. There weren't just Nintendo developed characters, but the likes of Sonic and Snake also made an appearance.

No More Heroes designer Goichi Suda is already making off-handed remarks about his desire to see NMH hero Travis Touchdown in the next Smash Bros.. Says Suda:

I love him (Travis), and I want him to be a huge star. That's why I'm working very hard to make this game as interesting as possible. Maybe in the future, we can see him fighting alongside Link in the next Smash Bros. [laughs] That would be great.

Yes, yes it would.

And I still need to buy Brawl too but too damn lazy to do it.

[Auspice]

Suda 51's been talking about getting Travis in the next Smash Bros since the first NMH came out. Glad to hear he's still trying for it.

[SnickySnacks]

Now how about a Killer 7 sequel.

Both K7 and NMH are about the epitome of style over substance. Absolutely bizarre, intriguing, mind-bending games that have huge flaws in the actual gameplay...but I love 'em both to death.

The master. It is dangerous. It is very, very dangerous

[Insanecyclone]

Why am I the only one posting anything related to this
News: Suda: Developing No More Heroes 2 is 'Like Taking a $#!%' - Kombo.com

When it comes to Grasshopper Manufacture's CEO Goichi Suda, you can never quite be sure what you're going to get. Not even if you're his translator, as a recent interview with Edge Magazine reveals.

"A lot of things influenced No More Heroes - things I saw, or heard, and something that came from inside. Something that needed to be eliminated from my body, like waste. That's why I created No More Heroes," he explains, much to the amusement of his colleagues and the bewilderment of his translator, who simply produces the stunted phrase "...No More Heroes 2? New taking-a-shit."

Describing the game itself, Suda reveals that it will feature an improved AI system, with enemies who will attack depending on their class and weapon. They add that Travis's new dual beam katana is pretty with suitably awesome animation that has "effortless style."

"It's a spectacle as much as a slaughter," he adds.

In regards to secondary playable characters, there is no worry of Travis being overshadowed; while they will each have their own style and "cool factor," it is Travis who "gets to pilot a giant robot! This lets you fight on a larger scale - there will be plenty more variety as well."

Edge describes the new city of Santa Destroy as being a lot more lively and populated, which Suda says is closer to what he wished to deliver in the original game. He says that it is "one and a half times" the original.

About the mini-games, Suda offers: "The reason that I put these elements in is that it's a challenge to make a game, and so I want too make the player feel challenges to even play the game... Travis has to work." He describes it as a principle which permeates his games.

Unfortunately, where talk of No More Heroes as a franchise is concerned, Wii owners may find themselves upset. "I think this is the last NMH that is going to be developed on Wii. To expand NMH to new possibilities, we need a new platform. Wii is a great platform, but we've done everything we can with it now."

I cannot help but wonder if perhaps this is due, at least in part, to the lackluster sales the first game received?

Visualante of NeoGAF, who provided the above information, says that it is a "great article, I laughed a bunch, I recommend picking up the issue or reading it in full on Edge-Online. There is a No More Heroes spoiler in the second to last paragraph if you want to read the rest Dabookerman."

Checking Edge Online, I did not see the interview; perhaps it will be available soon?

[Metah]

Hey, if it comes for PS3 I'm down

[orson]

Hey, if it comes for PS3 I'm down

Very very unlikely.

[Parshias]

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Four different beam katana types? Sweet.

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PAX gameplay 9min
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle Video Game, PAX 09: Beat 'Em Up Gameplay | Game Trailers & Videos | GameTrailers.com

[Kenai]

The 2-D Arcade style moneymaking minigames sold me. Huge, huge improvement already, in one of the 3 trouble spots imo. Looks a lot better too.

That was an epic, epic boss but I was expecting that so I'm not surprised or anything.

[Kiarax]

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Now featuring lolis with robot arms.

[Metah]

Guess Henry also needs to charge up every now and again

[Oravis]

Wow this game can't come soon enough.

[Kaisha]

5 more days folks.

[Metah]

If you haven't seen it yet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzRrkXmELdM

This game makes me lol already. Fuck, I honestly can't wait until this comes out. Gonna put Tatsunoko on hold for it.

[Oravis]

lol That was awesome. I'm also putting Tatsunoko on hold for this game.

[Kaisha]

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8.8 from IGN.

Glad they consider the visuals some of the best on Wii. I was just playing NMH1 today to warm up, and ugh, after one stage I had enough, the graphics are just god-awful two years later.
(was easier back when I played it on the boobtube in 2008, but here I am in 2010 with a 36" HDTV, and those jaggies turn into giant cubes)

[Insanecyclone]

Comes out tomorrow

As usual here is a stream of a legit copy

http://www.justin.tv/kutancoon#r=rvV9b0s

The guy was playing a 8-bit minigame earlier.

[Kyo]

Just watched a quicklook from this, game looks mad crazy.

[Warui]

Wow. This game looks more awesome every time I see it. I can't decide whether to get Tatsunoko or this. The first one was one of my favorite Wii games if just for the character originality. The sequel looks like it's got the same charisma if not more. And playable Shinobu? Sold.