It would have been one depressing day for Yasuhiro Wada and Goichi Suda, executive producers and creators of No More Heroes. The two were handing out NMH toilet paper rolls present at the game’s launch event, expecting to be mobbed by fans for signed copies of their latest creation. Yet after 20 minutes, nobody bought a single copy of the game - even after engaging the spruiking services of a cute mini-skirt-clad girl. It’s a telling picture of the Japanese Wii market - an excellent game like NMH simply doesn’t attract sales because it is unconventional, “un-Wii”.
That’s right - we’ve finally got our hands on a No More Heroes trailer with gameplay footage. No More Heroes will be released this week in Japan, with a North American release scheduled for February 2008.
If you thought the No More Heroes trailer featuring the toilet cam was odd, I warn you it only gets worse. Twenty of the guests who attended the launch party of No More Heroes in Japan were recipients of complementary No More Heroes toilet paper. We aren’t sure what the gift is saying but hopefully it’s not “don’t wipe your arse with our crappy game, use this instead”.
We have a few No More Heroes clips for you to enjoy. So far it’s looking like a futuristic, Japanese, stylistic Grand Theft Auto – very cool indeed. For those who always end up disappointed when a game video doesn’t feature the main character taking a dump, set your mood to elation - the rest of us will just ask why. Check after the jump for two more.
Ubisoft has picked up the rights to publish this incredibly slick looking Wii title. Beam-katana action combined with wrestling maneuvers will go down in an open world environment. It’s due in February next year (2 months after the Japanese release), and will carry an M rating which will allow it to carry as much violence and gore as its Japanese counterpart.
