No More Heroes 3 was finally officially confirmed at E3 this year, giving fans of the series what they had been hoping to see for almost a decade. Sure, Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes was a nice way to return to the series on Switch, but for every person that played the game there were another twenty begging for a full-fat sequel to the main series.
Speaking with Polygon, series director Suda51 has spoken about his thought process behind the development of the latest title and how he wants it to take shape. He talks about what he has learnt from the release of Travis Strikes Again and how he wants to go "above and beyond" what fans want for the new game. The comments below came through an interpretor.
“One thing that he was really made to realize with TSA was [that] it is really important to listen to what the fans want. Again, not just to make it a game that will sell, but to make a game that the people who you want to enjoy the game are going to be able to enjoy it.”
“He’s obviously got his own vision of what the game is going to be like, what he wants it to be like, and when he says he wants to make the game for the fans, he doesn’t just want to make the game that they are expecting. The game that he wants to make is the kind of game that fans are expecting and the kind of game the fans want. He wants to not just [...] answer those wishes and those requests. He wants to go above and beyond that and [get to work] putting in the s--- that they want to see - give them all this extra s--- that they probably don’t even know what they wanted or they wouldn’t even be expecting.” (edited for language)
In the same interview, he reveals that he wants those who haven't played the first two games in the series to be able to jump right in with the new game, and that it will feature motion controls which act as the "purest way to play". If you're not a fan of waggling your arms around, he hopes to have you covered, too.
Have you been eagerly waiting for a new main series No More Heroes? Did you enjoy your time with Travis Strikes Again? Let us know with a comment below.
[source polygon.com]
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That’s great s—— to hear!
(edited for language)
Awesome, the jump of quality between 1 and 2 makes me hopeful and very excited for this game.
I really love Suda's charm on his games.
The funny thing is NMH3 was in the secret ending of Travis Strikes Again.
Also, NMH is still one of the BEST implementations of motion controls. No it'll be the definitive way to play.
He better. Because Travis as a franchise is dead in most people's eyes as his games get weaker and weaker.
That means that this is going to be delayed until 2030 right??
Not that I really care, played Travis Strikes Back and thought it was a take it or leave it.
Sounds good! It will be an awesome game
Loved both games. I do hope they bring back that open world of one, but with a more interesting world to explore.
So long as it is nothing like TSA, I’ll be happy. That effort really rattled my faith in a proper sequel.
@Spanjard LOL! Will somebody think of the snow...I mean children!
😂
Cool, I expect it to be the best game I have ever played without a single flow. Good luck going beyond that.
Shouldn’t be hard ,my expectations are quite low after Travis strikes again so going beyond them should be easy. 😉
NMH1&2 are some of my favourite games. Got high hopes for this one.
As long as he doesn't pull off something as cheap as that blue skull in Travis strikes again I'm in.
Loved NMH1&2, even though I got all the way to the final boss in 2 and never beat it...shame on me.
I got the physical version of TSA on sale a few weeks back and went in with pretty low expectations...guess what, I had fun with it! The gameplay was repetitive, yes, but it was still very Suda. Looking forward to NMH3.
NMH and NMH2 are great games, so I don't expect less from NMH3, I'm a fan of Goichi Suda's work.
Well, good luck. For a proper NMH game, my expectations are high, despite the fact that I completely skipped the spin-off for several reasons, one being low expectations. Another being that they took a proper sequel "hostage" to coerce fans into buying the spin-off, and I don't like them doing that, and it destroyed my little faith in the TSA game. Maybe some day, when I find it very cheap...
TSA was really good and full of imagination and was a real trip through Suda's mind. Hopefully the reception some people gave the game and these recent quotes from Suda don't mean NMH3 will ditch those elements
@Bunkerneath Alright, well, try the main series first before making a comment like that. When I play Final Fantasy Dissidia I don't play it and think "wow, I'm not going to like Final Fantasy VII"
I know this will be good. I know it will guys it's going to be good. That is what I tell myself. It's gonna be good, right guys? Tell me it's going to be good. I need it to be good. I can't handle disappointment...not again.
@erv Excuse me...The Final Boss in NMH2 had an INSTANT DEATH attack
this will be my first No More Heroes game don't know what to expect from this series
@Shambo TSA is already very inexpensive.
@gutsy That's one way of looking at it: it's less crazy expensive than the triple-A standard asking price. Another way would be "I don't need it, I don't think I'll really enjoy it, there's plenty of other cheaper games I want more, I have enough games to keep me playing right now, and this one still costs a fair amount of money, so it's too expensive for me, for what I think it's worth now.
€2 and I'll instantly add it to my backlog, maybe for €5. And believe me, I was hyped when it was first announced. NMH2 still is one of my favourite Wii games, and I'm one of the few people who had a Wii as primary GAMING console with about 150 good physical games for it, none of the shovelware. I stopped collecting video games like I did back then, though.
@Shambo 2 bucks?! I'm sorry but you sound extremely spoiled. Not sure how you have 150 Wii games without dipping into shovelware, pretty sure that's impossible. Mine topped out around 75/80 and even then I was buying a few less than stellar games. I stopped because that's about all that were worth owning.
@gutsy No, spoiled would be demanding that it'd be that price. I don't. I'm just not interested enough to buy it at a higher price at the moment, and I'm not going to buy it simply because it has Travis in it or is a Suda51 game (which used to be reason enough for me to get a game instantly), that's all I'm saying. And there were plenty of hidden gems among the lesser known games, or "lesser" ports I simply enjoyed more with Wii controls. Also a few Japanese titles. Maybe a few some others would consider shovelware,
@RevampedSpider I don't see how not being interested in a game makes you spoiled. Do you buy every game you come across? And if so, are you always paying full price for it? And if so, how would you convince me that you're NOT spoiled?
Since when is anyone obligated to pay for anything that they're not interested in anyway? And should it be so, wouldn't that make the receiver of that money incredibly spoiled?
Why pay for a product that doesn't seem to be what you expect from that product? Why buy a new thing if you have several old things that get the job done? It being cheap stuff with a certain branding you like doesn't make it any better, let alone more something you need. You don't need it if you don't, seems pretty simple, no? If however they happen to be clearing that stuff out at dumping price, you may want it for novelty's sake or whatever. That's what may get me to buy it, and that's what I'm saying. Is it that hard to understand?
I made my life choices, I live very basic, and "poor" to modern western standards (rich in my own, I have time and freedom), and that also means I no longer buy every game I'm even remotely interested in - barely any game, nowadays. How on earth does that make me "spoiled"?
But hey, enjoy calling random strangers you literally know next to nothing about spoiled
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