No More Heroes

This article is about the computer and video game. For the 1977 Stranglers album, see No More Heroes (album) .

No More Heroes
Studio	Grasshopper Manufacture
Publisher	Marvelous Interactive Rising Star Games Ubisoft
Senior Developer	Goichi Suda
Erstveröffent- lichung	December 6, 2007 January 22, 2008 February 8, 2008 March 14, 2008 March 20, 2008
platform	Wii , PlayStation 3 , Xbox 360
genre	Action-Adventure , Action , Hack and Slay
Subject	Science fiction , contract killing
Game mode	Single player
control	Wii Remote and Nunchuk
medium	DVD
language	Japanese, English voice output, German texts
Age rating	USK PEGI

In No More Heroes (dt. "No more heroes"), beginning with the title Project Heroes presented, it is a video game that the Wii was designed console. The game has now been ported to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and released in Japan under the name No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise. The PlayStation 3 version, and only that, will be released by Konami in Europe and America . The second part, No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle, is exclusive to Wii.

No More Heroes was developed by Grasshopper Manufacture under the direction of Gōichi Suda , also known as Suda 51 (FiftyOne) and published in Europe by Rising Star. At the time of publication, Rising Star was working with Eidos in German-speaking countries. Eidos acted as a distribution partner here, which means: You took care of the logistics.

Although the graphic style and the comparable background plot suggest a connection between the previous project killer7 and No More Heroes , it is not a successor. The games are also based on different game engines . Suda Gōichi claims that killer7 focuses on political problems, while No More Heroes is about social problems.

At the beginning of the Tokyo Game Show 2008, the successor to the game, No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle, was presented at a press conference by Grasshopper Manufacture .

Game flow

The player takes on the role of Otakus Travis Touchdown. With this he can explore the game world, Santa Destroy - a fictional city in the United States, freely on foot or with his motorcycle, called "Schpeltiger". He is commissioned by an organization called the UAA (United Assassins Association) to kill the ten best assassins in the United States in order to end up being number 1. In order to earn more money with which, among other things, weapons, clothing, improvements, training and video cassettes can be bought, the player can take on various part-time jobs and contract killings. Money is also an important part of the storyline. The UAA requires a certain fee for each rank fight, which must first be paid before you can compete against another competitor. The game is played with the Wii Remote and the Nunchuk . While the attacks with the Beam Katana are mostly carried out with the push of a button, the Wii's motion sensors are used for special actions.

Suda said in an interview with IGN that he wanted to make the game more brutal than the controversial Manhunt 2 . A trailer , which was presented at the Game Developers Conference in March 2007 , shows how the hero of the game splits enemies in half with his lightsaber and a lot of blood flows in the process. Later videos show dark clouds and coins instead of red blood. It was later announced that the game would be censored with those black clouds in Japan, while the United States and Europe would get an uncensored version. Suda then announced that the European version would also appear censored, which is what happened then.

Reviews

• Wiitower.de : 85%
• GamePro : 84%
• N-Zone : 81%
• Wii-Fans.de : 9/10 points
• International average rating: 83%
• Average rating in German-speaking countries: 81/100

Web links

• Official US site
• Official Japanese site
• Japanese-language wiki
• No More Heroes at IGN
• No More Heroes at GameSpy
• No More Heroes ( Memento from October 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) at Consolero.at

Individual evidence

1. ↑ No More Heroes. IGN , archived from the original on October 19, 2008 ; Retrieved September 21, 2007 . 
2. ↑ Svend Joscelyne: nterviews // Goichi Suda AKA Suda51 - No More Heroes. SPOnG, September 21, 2007, accessed on September 21, 2007 . 
3. ↑ No More Heroes ( Memento from October 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Suda 51 on No More Heroes. (No longer available online.) IGN , archived from the original on May 11, 2008 ; Retrieved December 13, 2007 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ No More Heroes Trailer, Videos and Movies. (No longer available online.) IGN, archived from the original on October 2, 2007 ; Retrieved September 21, 2007 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ Torrey Walker: First hands-on impressions of Suda51's newest Wii title. (No longer available online.) 1Up.com , archived from the original on June 29, 2012 ; Retrieved September 21, 2007 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ^ Luke Plunkett: No More Heroes Violence Toned Down For Japanese Market. Kotaku , archived from the original on October 13, 2007 ; Retrieved September 24, 2007 . 
8. ↑ Ben Parfitt: Studio boss chose to censor Euro No More Heroes. (No longer available online.) MCV , archived from the original on December 13, 2007 ; Retrieved December 12, 2007 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
9. ↑ Wii-Fans.de: No More Heroes ( Memento from July 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
10. ↑ International average rating at Gamerankings.com
11. ↑ Average rating at critify.de