I'm not sure how to take this news. No More Heroes comes close to being my favorite game this generation. It's literally insane and i'm happy other console owners will get to experience but I feel like porting this game shows Suda missed the point. I think he just got overzealous with the game's moderate success. Killer 7 was released on PS2 and Gamecube and still didn't sell as well as No More Heroes. Know why ? Suda's games are niche. Niche titles rarely sell that well. I bought No more Heroes in fact because it was 20 dollars and had heard good things about it. I had reservations considering how ugly the models were and how dead the world outside the motel felt, but after a few boss battles and story revelations, I was sold.
If given a choice between getting this game with hi-res graphics for other systems or getting the original on Wii, I'd still pick up the Wii version because part of the charm of the original is the creative use of the Wii-Mote and Suda making due with the limited resources Wii had to offer. No More Hero's is one of the few games I'm glad had motion controls....and seemingly would actually be less fun on other consoles, no matter how many half naked girls you put in it. I mean half the mini-games were tailor fit for the Wii, picking up trash or filling gas tanks won't be as much fun or challenging using standard controls. Remember the batter up challenge in the subways? The one where you swing the wii-mote at the right time and right speed to hit the ball into all your enemies so you don't have to fight them. Yeah, not as cool if you just press a button to swing the bat. And how about charging up your light saber? A both hillarious and genius use of the waggle controls. Not as cool if you just rotate the D pad. I promise half of the presentation wouldn't be what it was if it began on other systems. The game wouldn't have featured those old school game marquees or game over title screens....some of the stuff was added because the Wii couldn't render hi def graphics, and that stuff gave the game charm and made it exciting... I'm inclined to believe without the character of the Wii, this game will be very mediocre.
*Shrug* No More Heroes 2 ON Wii... will still be an awesome game.
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