No More Heroes video compares bloody and blood-less versions
by Scott Jon Siegel 
{ Feb 6th 2008 at 7:00AM }
We know already that the European and Japanese versions of Suda51's No More Heroes are a tad less bloody than their American counterpart. But exactly how much blood are they missing out on?
As the above comparison video shows, there's certainly a lot of blood in the American version that's absent from the others, but whether you'll actually miss it depends on your preference for riotously excess gore. We already know that Suda51 believed the American version simply needed more blood than the others; whether the game is actually better with fountains of ruby will ultimately depend on personal taste (or, apparently, your country of residence).
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Mark @ Feb 6th 2008 7:13AM
I'm not American, and I'd prefer the American version. It just looks so much more stylish.
Poisoned Al @ Feb 6th 2008 7:19AM
The OTT yank version looks silly, but then it is a very silly game.
Nigeria @ Feb 6th 2008 7:27AM
I'll still buy this game, but I am so disappointing.
Seeing the blood now in full effect, it's so clear that us Europeans will be missing so much from the missing blood.
The over the top blood is part of the game: this game needs the blood. It would be like playing Killer 7 without the blood spurts going anywhere and everywhere. The lack of satisfaction will be diminished. The blood looks no more violent than Ichi the Killer, Izo, Battle Royale...etc.
Bah. Maybe there will be an Action Replay released that will unedit this. Or a super-secret blood mode.
upz @ Feb 6th 2008 2:01PM
I believe it's A, B, A, C, A, B, B. Give it a try.
ThornedVenom @ Feb 6th 2008 7:43AM
I don't think that blood doesn't make a scene better or worse, in general. But it would had been nice if they had respected the game designer's original vision/wishes.
But damn dialog was corny... "I don't care about titles or power, I just want to be number one".
Isn't being #1 a title?
Poisoned Al @ Feb 6th 2008 8:04AM
Lol, I thought that too.
baby sea tuna @ Feb 6th 2008 8:05AM
I think if this game wasn't so over-the-top, it would be pretty awful. I mean, while the root play of the game is really fun...the graphics are terrible, driving around the city sucks, and the side missions are more or less throwaways. Hopefully, it's going to do something to really blow me away and change my mind.
deaftly @ Feb 6th 2008 9:25AM
I agree about the graphics being absolutely horrible and the game in whole just feels broken aside from the fighting which tends to work really well. I only paid $40 so thats something i guess.
shivr @ Feb 6th 2008 8:43AM
personally I found the over-the-top blood to be one of the more hilarious aspects of the game, adding nicely to the dialogue and violence
jsn @ Feb 6th 2008 8:49AM
game woulda been a lot better on ps3/360...
Jtenma @ Feb 6th 2008 8:52AM
O RLY?
baby sea tuna @ Feb 6th 2008 8:58AM
YA RLY.
deaftly @ Feb 6th 2008 9:32AM
YEP
Zsavior @ Feb 6th 2008 10:25AM
We will see if that is true since Suda is saying that his next games will go on the 360. Personally I beg to differ. But time will tell.
rDr4g0n @ Feb 6th 2008 8:54AM
the blood definatly gives a little more oomph to the titles "we know its cheesy but we dont mind" attitude. its the sarcastic over-the-top-ism that gives it all its style! its kinda like kill bill or planet terror.
randomshagz @ Feb 6th 2008 8:54AM
Maybe they should just mortal kombat code it.
Jon @ Feb 6th 2008 8:59AM
I prefer no blood. It may be grittier or more 'mature' to have blood, but personally I couldn't care less. Blood may be more realistic, but someone tell me what is so realistic about blood draining out of someone's arm while he just stands there talking?
Tamer Brad @ Feb 6th 2008 11:07AM
Why do you think the purpose of this blood is to be realistic?
Godmil @ Feb 6th 2008 9:10AM
Does anyone know if US wii games will play on a UK machine?
I was really looking forward to that game, but I'm buggered if I'm pay for a SNES-Mortal Kombat version.
Oh, and Working link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwL_kaLSKTE
SetoChaos @ Feb 6th 2008 9:45AM
Theres no way I'm buying this when it's edited. I think it's pathetic that they change it. I hope this game sells really badly because it is edited; maybe that will teach them.
Sam @ Feb 6th 2008 9:56AM
Wow.
When i heard "no blood" i didn't think they meant "entire game castrated".
Granted i wasn't aware that NMH actually had this much gore (dismemberment in plain sight etc) but its horrible to see this as a european.
I'm still not sure why the game was ungored but it makes no sense to me -- movies that are rated 15 here are easily more gorey than this so why should the american version not be allowed in an 18 game?
Anyway, shame.
deaftly @ Feb 6th 2008 10:07AM
We are better obviously
DMeisterJ @ Feb 6th 2008 10:03AM
Yeah. Keep the blood. Without it, it just doesn't look as stylish or cool.
Raikage (Wii FC 5508 0487 4434 0992) @ Feb 6th 2008 10:15AM
That was... uh... over the top alright....
Kyattsuai @ Feb 6th 2008 11:49AM
Damn, I didn't realize they were that different. The Heavenly Star video in the Japanese version doesn't begin to compensate for those deaths; they make Obi Wan's death look like Kill Bill in comparison.
Sihylm @ Feb 6th 2008 12:03PM
Is there anywhere I can drop Suda an e-mail telling them they lost a sale due to the shoddy UK version?
Evan @ Feb 6th 2008 12:31PM
I think I'd prefer the blood-less version, the blood is just too stupid looking.
Sidepocket @ Feb 6th 2008 2:36PM
I think most of you guys who are like "I like the bloodless one" and "the game's over world sucks" have no artistic integrity and are idiots.
For the non-idiots who are wondering why this game is being castrated....remember that game Manhunt 2 that you said you did not care if it was banned? Yea? Well guess what, in the industry, everyone is now afraid to release gory games in Europe thanks to you guys letting it get fed to the government dogs.
I do not care if the game sucks, if it does, then let it die in the market under fair terms.
But now that Europe has said no to such games, expect more developers doing this. I predict Ninja Gaiden 2 will be next....
Bastards.
Purple Haze @ Feb 6th 2008 3:51PM
I don't really care either way, if its a good game it shouldn't need blood to prove it.
LaughingTarget @ Feb 6th 2008 5:30PM
The way they handled bleeding makes the game funny.
32_Footsteps @ Feb 6th 2008 7:34PM
Watching both (and having beaten the American version), I find both ridiculous but in opposite directions.
The non-American version seems ridiculous - like he just knocked Death Metal's giant blade out of his hands with a light saber (sorry, beam katana), and Death Metal accepts that as proof of his defeat. It makes no sense - why not just leap for your sword, or try hand-to-hand, or something like that.
While the American version works better (you need hands for hand-to-hand combat, after all), it suffers from too much blood. You'd think Death Metal was a walking blood bank, the way he bleeds in that scene. Particularly how much gushing he does when decapitated - he wouldn't gush that much even if he hadn't just lost his upper arms (the bleeding from that would pretty much by default lower the amount of pressure, due to decreased volume).
I think there was a reasonable medium choice - some blood, but not as much or with as much spray. Though it is worth noting, later battles are distinctively less copious with the blood.
Ben @ Feb 7th 2008 9:43AM
The blood isn't meant to be realistic, it's supposed to be slightly humors and all together ridiculous... It's not like he was trying to go with realism there, I mean come on, the main Travis Touchdown uses a lightsaber and drives a futuristic looking motorcycle in a celshaded city called Santa Destroy. Suda was obviously just going for over the top.
Shockgamer @ Feb 7th 2008 2:47AM
Lol. People will make up any excuse to justify having the gimped version, will they? The sad part is that Death Metal has one of the tamer deaths in the game. I'd hate to see what they did to Destroyman, Bad Girl and Volodarskii.
Unrealistic, Over the top? Well no shit, that's what the entire game is! Unless you think a anime-nerd with a lightsaber fighting a school girls and superheroes is serious business.
Sorry, Brits, you lose this one. Maybe if the next game has gratuitous sex and instead of violence, eh?
Abscissa @ Feb 8th 2008 10:27AM
I'm normally fiercely anti-censorship, but in this case I think I actually prefer the EU/JP version. The US version just reeks too much of Kill Bill which itself came across as little more than an excuse to use up a warehouse full of fake blood and limbs. (BTW, Shockgamer, I'm an american, not a brit.)
I don't get why they don't just let the player chose which way they want to play it. Fuck this "You get this version, and you get that version" bullcrap. Let people play whichever version they want to play.
But I am wondering one thing: Suda says the US version is "closer" to his original vision. So...what exactly was his original vision?