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No More Heroes is a 2007 action-adventure game developed by Grasshopper Manufacture for the Wii. Directed, designed, and written by Goichi Suda, it tells the story of Travis Touchdown, an otaku who inadvertently becomes a hitman and is forced to kill other assassins to prevent himself from being targeted. The player controls Travis from a third-person perspective as they partake in a series of hack-and-slash missions and boss fights to build Travis' reputation in the criminal underworld. Outside these, they explore an open world and complete sidequests to earn money for progression.

Suda conceived No More Heroes shortly before the release of his game Killer7 (2005).

Conception


Grasshopper Manufacture founder Goichi Suda (also known by his alias Suda51) conceived No More Heroes in early 2005, shortly before the release of his game Killer7. The concept originated from the Travis Touchdown character, who Suda based on Jackass star Johnny Knoxville and professional wrestler Josh Barnett. Suda drew the premise of Travis killing other assassins to build his reputation from the film El Topo (1970). The Star Wars parody Spaceballs inspired Travis' beam katana, while the title, No More Heroes, came from the 1977 album and song by the Stranglers.

Suda conceived No More Heroes as an Xbox 360 game but decided to target Nintendo's Wii after the Wii Remote was unveiled at the 2005 Tokyo Game Show, as he thought the controller suited Travis' beam sword. Additionally, he had positive experiences developing on the Wii's predecessor, the GameCube, and felt gamers would eventually tire of family-oriented fare like Wii Sports (2006). Suda described Nintendo as supportive and unconcerned about the violent content, which made developing on the Wii easy. A small team of around 30 developed No More Heroes for less than two years using a custom game engine. Suda decided against reusing the Killer7 engine so No More Heroes could feature free-roaming gameplay.

Music

 * http://www.originalsoundversion.com/a-blast-from-the-past-the-original-no-more-heroes-with-masafumi-takada/
 * https://www.engadget.com/2008-02-21-gdc08-takada-writing-game-music-is-my-mission.html