No More Heroes

No More Heroes is an action-adventure, hack and slash video game for the Wii. It was developed by Grasshopper Manufacture and published by Marvelous Entertainment, Ubisoft, and Rising Star Games. The game was directed, designed, and written by Goichi Suda, also known as Suda51.

The game would later spawn three sequels: 2010's No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle, 2019's Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes, and 2021's No More Heroes III, and a 2011 enhanced port titled No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 systems.

Overall

 * 1) Includes many pop culture references such as:
 * 2) * Mech and shojo anime
 * 3) * Star Wars
 * 4) * Wrestling shows
 * 5) * Video games and more
 * 6) Awesome voice acting, especially from Robin Atkin Downes as Travis Touchdown.
 * 7) Amazing soundtrack which is the main and boss themes composed by Masafumi Takada and other artists.
 * 8) Terrific boss battles with their various play styles.
 * 9) Fun combat gameplay by using the Wii remote's functionality. While you can't exactly swing the Wii remote, instead you press the A button to attack and use the motion controls to perform certain actions such as:
 * 10) * Charging the beam katana
 * 11) * Performing death blows
 * 12) * Using wrestling moves
 * 13) * Engaging in weapon clashes
 * 14) Great graphics to show the Wii capabilities of how powerful the system is.
 * 15) You can fight in side-missions to earn some extra cash as a reward.
 * 16) There is an open hub world to explore in along with cruising around with your motorbike.
 * 17) Hilarious dialogue and funny cutscenes in the game.
 * 18) Features various customizable options such as clothing and weapons.
 * 19) One of the games to have an original, well-written plot and storyline.
 * 20) When you beat the game, you’ll unlock a new difficulty mode titled “Bitter”, which allows the game to be on the hardest difficulty for those who want a challenge.
 * 21) The Switch and Luna versions of the game now allow you to play with a traditional controller.

Heroes' Paradise

 * 1) Extra content that includes bosses from No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle, motorcycle skins, exclusive beam katanas, and a character viewer mode.
 * 2) Enchanced graphics that allow the game to be displayed in a higher resolution.
 * 3) There is an option to use the PlayStation Move functionality similar to the Wii's motion controls.
 * 4) The "Score Attack" mode allows players to fight 15 boss battles at the game's startup screen.
 * 5) This is the first time that Japanese and European players can experience the game without any censorship.
 * 6) The blood spurts are more realistic than in the original game.
 * 7) You now have the option to reset if failed any missions so far.
 * 8) * This was later used in the Switch release.
 * 9) More side jobs and missions have been added that were not present in the Wii release.

Overall

 * 1) The open hub world, while great, feels like it was an unfinished part of the game where you really can't do much aside from:
 * 2) * Hitting pedestrians with your motorbike.
 * 3) * Interacting to enter buildings.
 * 4) * Falling off of a steep area where it'll reset you to your original location.
 * 5) The Lovikov Balls, which are needed to unlock certain skills for Travis, can be annoying to search for but do have a guide on the map to help you.
 * 6) Frame drops occur in the open hub world and when killing many NPCs all at once.
 * 7) * Even the Switch version has the problems, but not as bad as the Wii version did
 * 8) The side-jobs in the game get boring at times but still give you a large payout depending on how you do the job.
 * 9) The game has a rather creepy Easter egg in the end where it's found out that Jeane had been molested as a child by her father, heck, even Travis was also shocked at this.
 * 10) Motorcycle driving occurs in bad collision detection when crashing into an object.
 * 11) The PC port received several issues including an online-only DRM which is ironic considering this is a single-player game with also includes controller configuration issues, no resolution settings, and the worst part is that the keyboard and mouse are not supported.
 * 12) *This makes it more ironic considering that Travis Strikes Again's PC port allowed keyboard and mouse support.

Heroes' Paradise

 * 1) The game was stuck as an exclusive for the PS3 in North America and in Europe due to Konami's decision of making the game more suitable for the PlayStation Move.
 * 2) * What's even more ironic is that the Xbox 360 port still has English voice acting but not a proper translation.
 * 3) The PlayStation Move's controls are quite atrocious to the Wii's counterpart.
 * 4) The game still runs locked at a 30 fps framerate in which case, the game isn't even pushing the systems to their limits.
 * 5) Suffers from frame drops, screen tearing, and input lag in the PS3 port.
 * 6) * Luckily, this is less problematic in the Xbox 360 release.
 * 7) The game's main art style looks washed out and inferior to the original.
 * 8) The Japanese PS3 port still remains censored unless for those who purchased the Red Zone Edition.
 * 9) * This is seeming pointless due to the fact that the Xbox 360 version contains the uncut content likewise to the Red Zone Edition.
 * 10) The Japanese dub can be quite a hit-or-miss due to poorly written dialogue.
 * 11) Textures can look bland at times due to the extremely bright colors.
 * 12) The song "Heavenly Star" by Genki Rockets was removed due to licensing issues.