The Nintendo Wii is a great new system for youngsters and adults alike. The motion sensitive controllers allow for complete 3-D movement which allows the most real game play yet. The Wii, although revolutionary, has had a problem gearing itself towards more adult gamers. With releases like Wii Sports, Mario Party, and All Star Cheer Squad, it is no surprise why the Nintendo Wii has been typecast; leaving the adult gamer wanting more. Suda 51, teaming up with the Grasshopper team attempt to put an end to the stereotype that the Wii is only for children. Combining their powers, they created No More Heroes – a release that is already being touted as one of the best Wii games around.
No More Heroes doesn’t fool around with long intros or messy story set-ups. Rather, it launches you right into the game almost immediately, allowing you to take control of protagonist Travis Touchdown. Travis Touchdown is a horribly nerdy anime/wrestling fan. I must admit at first I didn’t like Mr. Touchdown, but he grew on me quickly and soon I found him an extremely likable character. This makes the game all the more fun. The story shows that Travis buys a “Beam Katana” off of Ebay. With his new Katana (which resembles a light saber in more ways than one) Travis proceeds to kill someone who turns out to be one of the top assassins in the world. This puts him on his way to becoming the top assassin himself and with a little help from a sexy and mysterious French girl named Sylvia, Travis proceeds to hunt down the top 10 assassins and kill them methodically, rising up the ranks of the assassin leaderboard.
The game play is GTA-style, allowing you to fully explore the city of “Santa Destroy” either on foot or on Travis’ souped-up motorcycle. The innovative graphic style is truly eye-catching, with fantastic rendering and shadows giving the game a distinctly graphic-novel look about it. It’s certainly a refreshing change from the regular block-head-style graphics of other games in this format. There are tons of mini games to play and people to fight, the action and characters getting more and more outrageous as you go along – but this is absurdity on a crazy-cool scale and you’ll relish the wildness abandon that the game play story takes you on. The mini games allow you to upgrade Travis’ physical attributes and you can also take on odd jobs to get a little extra cash and buy new weapons and equipment. Where the game really shines is in its combat. No More Heroes has a great blend of using the standard game pad with the Wii motion sensors. Regular hacking and slashing is controlled by the gamepad, while finishing moves and special attacks rely on the motion controllers. If you’re really in the mood for taking someone down with style, stunned enemies can have wrestling moves, along with kicks and flips, performed on them before you put them out of their misery once and for all.
No More Heroes doesn’t fool around with long intros or messy story set-ups. Rather, it launches you right into the game almost immediately, allowing you to take control of protagonist Travis Touchdown. Travis Touchdown is a horribly nerdy anime/wrestling fan. I must admit at first I didn’t like Mr. Touchdown, but he grew on me quickly and soon I found him an extremely likable character. This makes the game all the more fun. The story shows that Travis buys a “Beam Katana” off of Ebay. With his new Katana (which resembles a light saber in more ways than one) Travis proceeds to kill someone who turns out to be one of the top assassins in the world. This puts him on his way to becoming the top assassin himself and with a little help from a sexy and mysterious French girl named Sylvia, Travis proceeds to hunt down the top 10 assassins and kill them methodically, rising up the ranks of the assassin leaderboard.
The game play is GTA-style, allowing you to fully explore the city of “Santa Destroy” either on foot or on Travis’ souped-up motorcycle. The innovative graphic style is truly eye-catching, with fantastic rendering and shadows giving the game a distinctly graphic-novel look about it. It’s certainly a refreshing change from the regular block-head-style graphics of other games in this format. There are tons of mini games to play and people to fight, the action and characters getting more and more outrageous as you go along – but this is absurdity on a crazy-cool scale and you’ll relish the wildness abandon that the game play story takes you on. The mini games allow you to upgrade Travis’ physical attributes and you can also take on odd jobs to get a little extra cash and buy new weapons and equipment. Where the game really shines is in its combat. No More Heroes has a great blend of using the standard game pad with the Wii motion sensors. Regular hacking and slashing is controlled by the gamepad, while finishing moves and special attacks rely on the motion controllers. If you’re really in the mood for taking someone down with style, stunned enemies can have wrestling moves, along with kicks and flips, performed on them before you put them out of their misery once and for all.