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Meet The Ladies of No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle

With the highly-anticipated No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle, the follow-up to 2007's widely respected No More Heroes, set to arrive in Europe next month, UK based publisher Rising Star Games has today launched the first in a new series of trailers. Entitled The Ladies of No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle, this latest trailer reveals a number of the women in our hero Travis Touchdown's rather complicated life.

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SpoonyRedMage5113d ago (Edited 5113d ago )

Can't wait for this game now!(although not because of that trailer!):D

kevco335113d ago

Yup. This is actually one of those rare times when I'll be buying a Wii game over a 360/ps3/pc game. Rare indeed...

dgroundwater5112d ago

Such a sweet game. I hope it sells alright.

Make sure to check your fax machine! You wouldn't want to miss an optional boss fight with a particular schoolgirl.

kevco335112d ago

@1.2

Heh, thanks for the heads-up! But I'm likely to forget that between now and release! Remind me on the next video in this series!

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The Next No More Heroes Could Work Without Travis Touchdown

Half-Glass Gaming: "Travis Touchdown is awesome, and he’s a huge reason No More Heroes is so great. That said, series creator and director Suda51 said he would be open to making a spinoff starring fan-favorite Shinobu. And though the series’ fate isn’t entirely up to Suda [as he doesn't own the IP], a sans-Travis entry could definitely work."

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FallenAngel1984980d ago

NMH seems to revolve around Travis like DMC revolves around Dante, GoW revolves around Kratos, Ninja Gaiden revolves around Ryu, and Bayonetta revolves around well…

It wouldn’t feel right to have these kind of action games to not have their main character in the lead role or not present at all

TheSanchezDavid979d ago

I totally get the sentiment, and I agree to a certain degree that these character action games feel a certain type of special because they focus on a single character most of the time. That said, given NMH's lore and other rad characters like Shinobu and Bad Girl, I'd say that universe could definitely be explored from a different character's perspective and still be super badass.

FallenAngel1984979d ago

@ Crimson

Yakuza 7 plays dramatically different than the other Yakuza games. Judgment hardly even used any plot elements from the other Yakuza games.

@ Sanchez

Many of those other characters & themes revolve around Travis though. Suda even stated the unique setting of NMH is based on Travis. He as a character is too ingrained in the very essence of this series to ever be removed. Suda also stated Travis is his favorite character.

I could see other characters being made playable like in NMH2 and NMH TSA alongside Travis similar to how other playable characters along with Dante have been introduced since DMC1. However not featuring Travis at all doesn’t seem feasible.

In addition one must also consider that NMH as a series has niche sales as if is. Removing the most recognizable face of the franchise wouldn’t work well commercially.

TheSanchezDavid979d ago

Travis is definitely integral to NMH. I think if a spin-off were made where he's not the playable character, it would still work if he's an important NPC or a core part of the story.

Suda also said he'd be down to make a game where Shinobu is the main character, and she's super popular among the NMH fan base. So while the series is pretty niche, that niche audience has an appreciation for a lot of the characters (especially Shinobu).

So while I don't necessarily disagree with most of your points, I think in terms of a spin-off or a Shinobu-centric game, it could def work.

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No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle Review (PC) - Hey Poor Player

If PC is your only platform for No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle, don't pass it up; if you have a Wii or a Switch, grab it there.

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Review: Once more into the garden of madness in No More Heroes and its sequel on PC - Entertainium

Following a port to the Nintendo Switch in 2020, SUDA51’s cult hack-and-slash games receive a surprising but welcome PC release.

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