
Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes by Grasshopper Manufacture is due out on 18th January 2019.
Even though it's not being officially classed as the next mainline entry in the series, according to multiple website listings including Amazon and GameStop, Nintendo will be releasing a physical edition in time for launch.
That's not all, as the descriptions for these listings go on to explain how this version of the game will include a season pass - allowing players to access all of the title's downloadable content. This is reportedly the first time a season pass and DLC for the game have been mentioned. Below is the full description from Amazon's page:
- Get into the game-literally! Enter the world of the Death Drive Mark II, and hack and slash your way out of its various games.
- Pass a Joy-Con to a friend for local co-op, with special team-up charge attacks.
- Represent your favorite indie games by rocking their swag in-game. Hit the road in an all new adventure with gaming's most hardcore otaku assassin.
- Includes Season Pass that grants access to future downloadable content.
- Beam Katana in hand, Travis Strikes Again!
If you missed it, Grasshopper's Suda 51 said Travis Strikes Again is about "50 percent" hack-and-slash and the other half is comprised of racing, puzzle, action and side-scrolling elements. It stars Travis and Badman who are stuck inside the Death Drive Mark II - a phantom console from the '90s.
Are you glad to hear Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes will receive a physical edition on release? What are your thoughts about this game receiving a season pass? Tell us in the comments.
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[source mynintendonews.com]
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Nice. Glad this game is getting a physical release.
Season pass strikes again!
Day 1. NMH3 next, please!!!
@Royalblues I prefer cheap DLC in indie games than being nickel and dimed by major companies.
Don't care about the DLC. Good/bad... We don't even know what it is. I will follow Suda wherever he wants to take me and will give this game any money it offers.
This is cool and all, but can we please get another look at the game? Whenever I read interviews about the game I get excited at the apparent variety and ambition of it all, but they only play the same level every time. I really want to see some of these other game worlds they keep talking up.
Im really curious what this game has too offer, not expecting much though
They probably gonna give, graphics and gameplay packed in some DLCs... because right now it's just unacceptable the way it looks and feels... :/
PS : the developers must think something like : " Oww, don't worry bru' this is on Switch, it's gonna sell like cupcakes ! "
I can't wait, really excited for this!
I'm just gonna wait and see what happens when the game comes out tbh. I cba buying it with the little amount of footage showing me what I can actually expect. I need footage of high level gameplay in the hack and slash part, and of every single other type of gameplay in the game (not played by dimwits).
Atm there's no way to know if the game is for me or not.
Why not just charge 40 bucks for the physical and digital versions and get rid of the “season pass” terminology. Say that future content will be available for free after buying the base game.
Sick of the deluxe, special, gold, blah blah blah being released for every game. There should be a rule where you can’t call a game “special edition” until at least 1 year after the game’s release. A physical edition with some carrying case and a tshirt isn’t special anyway.
@NotTelevision For me, on most games I do not care if there are any future updates or downloads, so a season pass is moot. I'd rather pay $20 for the base game and save the $20 by not getting the season pass.
However, there have been a few games that I've bought the "premium" edition so that I could have it all. I do agree that it gets crazy with Deluxe edition, Gold edition, etc. Like I still don't know the difference in all of the NBA 2K games. haha
This worries me a bit as I was expecting this to be 30$ max and if they are talking about dlc I an not so sure anymore
I would rather they delay the physical release to include the season pass content on cartridge rather than impose what is tantamount to a mandatory download. It can even be viewed as worse as the additional content is locked to a single console.
I would have double-dipped with Mario + Rabbids Gold Edition if the season pass content was on the cartridge (the game is so small anyway, that I'm baffled that they didn't).
Another frustrating factor with DLC is that it is often incorporated into a software update, so even if you don't buy the DLC content, it is still occupying memory (such as South Park's 6GB "update", while the DLC packs themselves are 1MB unlock keys to the data that is already stored in your system).
Can't wait! This will be my SSBU.
Really looking forward to this one. Fingers crossed.
No More Heroes 1 and 2 still rank in my top 10 all-time favorite Wii games. Neither was perfect but damn were they fun as hell. I'm hyped for this and hope it turns out well and leads to an NMH 3.
@Toshiro_Baloney I'm right there with ya. Where Suda is, I'M there. And that goes specifically for Travis Touchdown too lol
@Gamer83 I really liked No More Heroes 1 and 2, but this looks terrible, it's just a poorly disguised collection of minigames, with a bit of No More Heroes branding. Without that, it doesn't look appealing at all.
Nothing bores me more than hack 'n' slash. I wonder if this is a dealbreaker for me.
Despite having LOVED NMH 1 + 2, I have no hopes for this game...
I ordered the special edition of NMH2 from hmv Japan even though I couldn't play it on my Wii. P sure I'm down.
Can't wait for January, i hope there will also be a shmup stage like in the previous 2 NMH games (ans also in Shadows of the Damned and Black Knight Sword).
Looking forward to this. I hope it reviews well.
I'll pass. I'll consider if they make a NMH3. The first two were solid games. Not great by any means though.
Yes day 1 digital!
The only way I will be happy with the season pass is if the season pass gives access to dlc that takes the p*** out of dlc and season passes. Don't let me down Suda.
Oh yay, the game's gonna be sold incomplete. I buy season passes for some games that I really enjoy but they're essentially a way to tack 20-30 dollars onto the price of the "complete" game. For the price hike this game just got, I'd hope it delivers. Gonna wait for reviews.
@EVIL-C Wasn't it confirmed to be in production yet? Or at least obviously teased? And wasn't a bundle of 1 and 2 for Switch confirmed as well? Or are my wishful thoughts and dreams taking over...
Edit: not confirmed from what I find, but Suda51 apparently DID say he really wants it to happen. And I believe in him. And I really really REALLY want it to happen.
@Old-Red I hope this is what he's planning all along, as dlc and season passes really are destroying the world of video games. And since this game is taking place literally inside that world, and Suda51 should NOT let the industry drag him down to their levels of greediness...
@FTPinkRabbit
I agree that there is a difference between delivering a "complete" game and adding ADDITIONAL content afterwards, and delivering an incomplete game and completing it with DLC that should have been there in the first place.
However, i think Suda was initially aiming for 7 chapters with TSA, so if there are 7 chapters on the card i consider it a complete game and will consider the DLC a welcome addition.
I must admit after being excited hearing at the game at first, the gameplay footage has left me uninspired. I guess the game was cut short to keep the price down, and then if people like it then they'd buy more of it. The hard bit is getting me to buy it in the first place.
@MrGawain Yes, I assumed this was going to be a guaranteed purchase, but it's been downgraded to "wait and see." Knowing how creative Suda 51 can be, I'm praying there are surprises in store, because what I've seen so far looks shockingly bland.
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