In a continuation from the last Vs. article, I will talk about another 3rd party Wii game. No More Heroes is a 3rd party action that stars anime nerd Travis Touchdown that uses his beam katana and wrestling moves to on a quest to become the top ranked assassin in the world. The game was developed by developer Suda51 which also developed Killer 7 among other titles. It is a over the top game filled with bad puns and cheesy & crude humor. While the graphics are nothing to write home about , the niche title managed to spawn a sequel NMH 2: Desperate Struggle. California based city of Santa Destroy serves as the open-world setting for the game which Travis can traverse on foot or by motorcycle. The game's mini games vary from doing menial motion controlled tasks to defeating a certain number of enemies.
The game is mission based game where you have to do sidequests to earn enough money to buy into the next level/ assassin contract. In addition Travis can gain more health and improve his weapons and techniques through collecting times and earning spare money with odd jobs. There are enough collectibles to keep most gamers busy for a bit Retro game and anime references abound from 8 bit- effects and icons to chiptone music. For its part, the game makes good use of motion controls as they are only used for certain actions such as finishing moves and recharging your beam. The most inventive use of the Wii remote came from using it as a phone where a characters voice would come through the controller rather than the TV. I enjoyed the game, particularly its boss battles but the game does have some issues. The graphics are merely passable and certain portions of the game felt repetitive and unpolished. I will have to try the sequel at some point in the future to see how it stacks up.
I have owned and played other 3rd party games including Madworld, The Conduit, Sonic Colors, Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands and the Wii port of Okami. While theses games have their flaws, they are enjoyable experiences overall. However I do believe that they are overshadowed by Nintendo's own releases which often offer a more complete product. Nintendo's problems with maintaining 3rd party support on its consoles has a long history. N64 might be remembered fondly but the console and Nintendo's actions at the time decimated the company's relationship with 3rd party developers and publishers. Looking forward to the Wii U, I believe that once the console has a higher amount of install base and better advertising, the games will come.
The game is mission based game where you have to do sidequests to earn enough money to buy into the next level/ assassin contract. In addition Travis can gain more health and improve his weapons and techniques through collecting times and earning spare money with odd jobs. There are enough collectibles to keep most gamers busy for a bit Retro game and anime references abound from 8 bit- effects and icons to chiptone music. For its part, the game makes good use of motion controls as they are only used for certain actions such as finishing moves and recharging your beam. The most inventive use of the Wii remote came from using it as a phone where a characters voice would come through the controller rather than the TV. I enjoyed the game, particularly its boss battles but the game does have some issues. The graphics are merely passable and certain portions of the game felt repetitive and unpolished. I will have to try the sequel at some point in the future to see how it stacks up.
I have owned and played other 3rd party games including Madworld, The Conduit, Sonic Colors, Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands and the Wii port of Okami. While theses games have their flaws, they are enjoyable experiences overall. However I do believe that they are overshadowed by Nintendo's own releases which often offer a more complete product. Nintendo's problems with maintaining 3rd party support on its consoles has a long history. N64 might be remembered fondly but the console and Nintendo's actions at the time decimated the company's relationship with 3rd party developers and publishers. Looking forward to the Wii U, I believe that once the console has a higher amount of install base and better advertising, the games will come.
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