No More High-Definition Heroes was almost a reality, had Grasshopper Manufacture's Goichi Suda not been privy to some Wii whisperings during his project's planning stages. "Originally, I'd wanted to make this game for Xbox 360, actually," he told
MCV. The
No More Heroes designer, also known as "
Suda51," explained that he was swayed by Marvelous Interactive president Yashiro Wada, who shared "information about the new Wii and how the new controller would work before it came out."
Suda51 admitted to being pleased with his choice, feeling that the
distinctive wack 'n slash worked well with the Wii's control system. We're inclined to agree ... but then we wonder if anybody's
ever expressed concern over the
Xbox 360's "hardcore" audience.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
NitroFrost @ Feb 4th 2008 6:06PM
I would love to play this on my 360 would of been great. If I would get a wii this would be one of the only games I would get , well that was my reason for wanting one.
Rususeruru @ Feb 4th 2008 6:08PM
Some of the comedic value may have been lost on the 360... like the message from the video store telling you to return German Jugs Vol 23. Maybe it's the Boob/Wii reference
(psst vote me down for bad Wii joke and give No More Heros a shot)
waynski1457 @ Feb 4th 2008 6:16PM
how about instead i vote u up for ur awesome avatar and the general concensus that more people need to get NMH.
and sorry ahead of time if i spelled concensus wrong...
Mr Khan @ Feb 4th 2008 7:40PM
One thing that would've been harder would be that one assassination mission where they flip the screen upside down and totally invert the controls. To solve that, i flipped the nunchuk upside down and it controlled perfectly
With a 360 controller, it would've been hard to play at all with an upside-down controller
cold school @ Feb 4th 2008 6:16PM
Let me translate;
Yashiro Wada - "Your shallow, ugly game needs gimmick and no competition to (kinda) sell.
Hmmmmm......
The Wii !!"
Wii owners - "Hey were having friends over, lets pull out the Wii and play Wii-sports!"
Suda 51 - "Do we have un-employment offices in japan?"
flameofdoom666 @ Feb 4th 2008 6:28PM
I am going to take a few words directly from your post.
"lets pull out the Wii"
That is all that needs to be said, haha
Shadow El ( NDF - Zola Ring ) @ Feb 4th 2008 6:29PM
Except No More Heroes is neither ugly nor "shallow", so your point is completely invalid and moot.
snaker9 @ Feb 4th 2008 6:32PM
Plus your avatar sucks.
cold school @ Feb 4th 2008 6:57PM
My avatar? NOOOOOO! Im undone!
Lawn mowing mini games FTW!!!!!111!!
Cesaria @ Feb 4th 2008 8:39PM
And you're a complete failure at life. Oh, and you were adopted. And everyone hates you.
mike @ Feb 4th 2008 11:40PM
I dont hate him, so thats not everyone. so your WRONG. Soak it up.
ThornedVenom @ Feb 5th 2008 12:12AM
Don't hate him: pets need love too.
Grapefruit Juice @ Feb 5th 2008 10:34AM
Must.
Defend.
Mediocrity.
Lemming @ Feb 4th 2008 6:47PM
Sorry, why is this newsworthy? 'Roman Empire may not have fallen' ZOMG?!!!11'
kojo87 @ Feb 4th 2008 10:19PM
what if you had decided not to make such a worthless comment!! oh what a better world it would be!
Volcynika @ Feb 4th 2008 6:58PM
I'm still wondering how no one noticed in the Gamespot (yes, lol Gamespot) interview about two weeks before MCV's interview was posted.
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6184857.html?sid=6184857&part=rss&subj=6184857
Pro-Truth League @ Feb 4th 2008 7:21PM
Since when did "MULTIPLAYER AND GUNS ME LIKEY LIKEY LOT TIMEZ" = "hardcore"?
Or rather "Not on the Wii" seems to mean hardcore.
Last gen, niche games and whacky peripherals are what seemed to define "hardcore" games.
This gen, apparently, casual titles like Mario Galaxy, Gears of War, Halo 3, and such apparently, mean "Hardcore".
Now, No More Heroes is an actual "hardcore" game.. and it'd probably sell badly no matter where it went.
doom saber @ Feb 4th 2008 7:36PM
I wonder how the Xbox fanboys will respond to this? I mean, they seem to dance for joy whenever a once exclusive game for another system goes to the Xbox360....
Anyways, I wonder how this would play if it was made for the 360.
James @ Feb 4th 2008 8:38PM
They'll probably ShuttingTFU.
Mr Khan @ Feb 4th 2008 7:36PM
Glad he didn't, I would've missed it all, and then i probably would've bought Advance Wars: Days of Ruin back in January
Actually, doesn't sound like that bad of an alternative future...
But seriously, as it ended up, the way they incorporated waggle controls, those finishing blows and wrestling moves wouldn't have felt 1/2 as satisfying. Pointless waggle it may be, but it really accentuates the feel of splitting a guy with a lunch sack over his head clean in half
It would've probably sold better on 360, but it wouldn't have gone to a double platinum or anything like that. Plus if you think it tanked bad in Japan on Wii...
doom saber @ Feb 4th 2008 7:46PM
I agree, Mr. Khan.
Matt B @ Feb 4th 2008 7:54PM
Only 600+ copies sold in Japan = ouch. Is Suda otaku or something?
Zsavior @ Feb 4th 2008 10:42PM
Seriously I believe Matt B hit it on the head, the Hero is a huge Otaku, I am pretty sure that killed it for this game in Japan. I also don't think it would have done well on xbox360, Psychonauts, Okami, Killer 7 these games didn't do great in the past on the popular systems, I don't see people suddenly changing over night and liking this type of niche games now.
I think many of the gamers on Joystiq might have liked it, but mass market no I don't think so.
Rocketboy @ Feb 5th 2008 10:00AM
Naa, it would have sold worse on the 360. If only 10% of the Japanese gaming public wanted to play this game (for example), there's a better chance of reaching them with the Wii, due to it's larger install base. With the 360, you have a small segment of a small segment to work from.
plyx @ Feb 4th 2008 8:49PM
Could have just made it for PS3 and had both HD and wag.
Superstar90 @ Feb 5th 2008 5:11PM
like Lair?
Deck @ Feb 4th 2008 8:55PM
Didn't an article regarding this same thing get published last week?
Or was that a different game? That was originally going to be designed for the 360 then went to the Wii.
Batzarro @ Feb 4th 2008 9:30PM
Would have been nice, i guess...
kojo87 @ Feb 4th 2008 10:17PM
i just got his game and i have to say it is one of the most bizzare games i have ever played. i just throws you right in. your character's first words are "Fuck Heads!!" and then you decapitate 60 people in 3 minutes, with bloody explosions more rediculous than in 300.
i love the shameless sex jokes and Japanese-ines of this game. i just wish the city was more interactive and had slightly better textures but its fun all the same!!
Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Feb 4th 2008 10:21PM
I would have liked to play this on my 360.
32_Footsteps @ Feb 5th 2008 2:41AM
Well, I can't say about the 360, but I definitely think the Wii needed this game. Even if it doesn't do that great (though it appears it did pretty well for being out only a week so far), it mostly shows that a more mature game does have a place on the Wii.
Now, if only they got that frame rate problem hammered out, it'd be authoritative.
i_hate_mtv @ Feb 5th 2008 10:58AM
It definitely would've done worse on the 360.
At least in Japan it would have.