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No More Heroes | 
| From: UBI Soft
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $14.42
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Avg. Customer Rating:  67 reviews
Sales Rank: 309
Platform: Nintendo Wii
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo Wii
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 17398
UPC: 008888173984
EAN: 0008888173984
ASIN: B000X25GW2
Release Date: January 23, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Brand new and factory sealed. In stock and ships today!
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| • | Product #: 17398 | | • | Manufacturer: Ubisoft | | • | Manufacturer Item #: 17398 | | • | UPC: 008888173984 |
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Product Description
You are Travis Touchdown, a normal guy (with an otaku geek streak) who wins a Beam Katana through an online auction and uses the weapon to start a new career as a professional killer. One day, an assassin named Helter Skelter appears before Travis and the two face off in a battle. Travis emerges victorious and finds himself in the presence of Silvia Christel, a mysterious French woman who claims to be an agent with the UAA. Silvia gives Travis official rank of 11 in the organization. Now, it's up to you to become #1. No More Heroes takes place in the city of Santa Destroy, and you are free to explore the town to your liking, taking on missions large and small to collect money and purchase new weapons as you work up towards the 10 main killing contracts. Gameplay is all about using your Beam Katana (via Wii remote) to defeat enemies.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 20 more reviews...
 Some will love, Some will hate November 18, 2008
This game's biggest draw is it's style. It's very anime based. I've watched a few anime series like Cowboy Beebop, Samurai Champloo, and Outlaw Star but I'm not a die hard anime fan and I still enjoyed this game. It's dialogue, story, graphics and even some of the gameplay is very original. It's very violent and the humor is extremely crude. On the gameplay side, it can get very repetitive and I didn't like the graphics very much. I understand it's anime inspired but it looks like bad anime. I enjoyed this game nonetheless and glad I played it but I advise you to rent it. You'll probably know whether you'll like it or not within the first 15 minutes of playing it.
 Suda51 hits again November 10, 2008
No More Heroes is another game from Grasshopper Mfg and quirky developer Suda 51. You play as Travis Touchdown, a professional Otaku Assassin trying to become number 1.
The game is excellent overall. The fighting is engaging, the boss battles are a blast, and the script is sharp and entertaining. The only downside is that the downtime between these ranked assassination gigs can be dull at times, depending on particular circumstance. Luckily, none of them ever last too long and even the most tedious jobs will only need doing once.
NMH is quite violent however. Those without tolerance to graphic animated violence need not apply. For the rest however, NMH is a fun beat em up that's a gem on the Wii.
No More Heroes is a blast! October 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I absolutely love this game. It's quirky, fun, and I can't think of anything I didn't like about it. I didn't have an issues with the control scheme. I loved the look of it.
Interesting Ideas but Issues October 21, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
A game made by Suda 51, the game maker behind the cel-shaded rail shooter Killer 7, No More Heroes reflects its creator's desire to push boundaries and innovate as much as possible. However, does that mean it stacks up as a game by itself?
In No More Heroes, the player takes the role of Travis Touchdown, a 27-year-old fanboy living in a small apartment in California. After obtaining a Beam Katana - essentially a lightsaber - by winning an online auction, Travis decides to become the #1 ranked assassin in the world. The game is divided into two types: Trying to move up the ranks from #11 to #1 by challenging the ranked assassins above you, or working to get enough money to enter an official petition to go after the next assassin.
The assassin challenges are the combat segments. You run through an area fighting various low-level goons before reaching the boss - the ranked assassin. Travis' beam katana is the main weapon in combat. It is swung with the A button, but will strike differently depending on if it is in high stance (the Wii remote held straight up) or low stance (the Wii remote held to the side). The beam saber can also be charged up for a larger attack. Enemies who are injured enough are "finished off" by waving the Wii remote in the direction indicated on the screen for a final, bisecting slash. The beam saber has a short battery that is drained by attacking and guarding, and drained even more by a charge attack. Once the battery is dead, neither attacking nor guarding is possible with the beam saber. To charge the battery back up, the Wii remote has to be shaken up and down to "get the juices flowing again". Besides his saber, Travis also has an array of unarmed attacks, including punches, kicks, and throws, that can be done without draining the sword's battery. The fighting in the game is fun and decent, with some innovative uses of the Wii remote - it really feels like they're trying to make the Wii remote a part of the fighting and not just a gimmick. However, in terms of gameplay, it's overshadowed by more pure-action games like Ninja Gaiden. On its own, though, it's reasonably fun.
The money-gathering parts of the game are significantly less fun. Later in the game, Travis can use his reputation as an assassin to take assassination jobs (which are combat segments), but for the early parts of the game Travis will have to take regular part-time jobs. Everything from mowing lawns to collecting garbage to sweeping for mines is included in this part. They're essentially mini-games; there's only a few of them (nine total), but you have to keep doing them to earn more and more money. They're kind of a drag to do over and over, and really, if you can just do a repetitive activity like this in a game, you might as well do it in real life and earn some real money. Of course, it doesn't seem like it was meant to be fun, anyways.
Besides submitting challenges, it's also possible to buy various new items with your money. Travis' entire wardrobe is customizable with new clothing, and in addition he can buy new beam swords to increase his performance. Travis' apartment is the main base of the game; Travis can change options and equipment, as well as simply sit back and enjoy himself by watching tv or playing with his pet cat.
The graphics are a neat cel-shaded style, with lots of blood, but in technical terms it doesn't look great. It looks, to be honest, like a Gamecube game more than anything else. Furthermore, the lighting isn't very good, and shadows tend to obscure way more than they should, so it's hard to see things. Overall, it looks really dated, and this tends to detract from the action sequences. The sound is pretty good in voice acting terms but not great music-wise.
Overall, No More Heroes has some interesting ideas, but the creators' desires to push boundaries ultimately causes the game to be less fun overall. It seems more like an experiment than a real game, and despite some neat innovations with the Wii remote (including some parts where the remote is held to the player's ear and used as a radio), it's really not that fun of a game.
 Bogus October 15, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This game looks really cool. Unique idea. But really bad attempt.
The load screens are way way too often. And you have to ride on your bike from mission to mission - Really pointless as there is nothing to collect or kill along the way.
The music sucks.
And while you're constantly watching the tiny radar map to find your destination you end up running into a building and flying off your bike. This game is not a fast paced game at all.
The fight sequences are just button mashers and lack any element of control. Not to mention camera angles are way too close.
Customization: You get to collect clothing. Wow, if i wanted to play dress up I'd go to the mall. You get different light sabers. But you can't switch between them any time you want, and they don't even seem different.
Saving: You can only save at your motel, what a pain.
Don't waste your time on this one.
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