No More Heroes III is now available on Nintendo Switch, putting an end to an eleven-year wait between main series entries, and also spelling the end for the series itself. For now, at least.
Goichi 'Suda51' Suda, who's served as the series' creator and director ever since the original No More Heroes on Wii, has taken to social media to bid farewell to the games and to protagonist, Travis Touchdown. With No More Heroes III now out in the wild, Suda says, "Goodbye, Travis. Goodbye, No More Heroes. Goodbye, fleeting moments and days. Farewell, to all Travis Touchdowns everywhere!"
That doesn't mean to say that the No More Heroes series is over – speaking with GameXplain, the director has previously explained that he might revisit the franchise after another decade has passed – but with the decision to release new games resting on the shoulders of external publishers, rather than Suda's Grasshopper Manufacture studio, you just never know.
"I’m able to take a rest and Travis is also able to take a rest," Suda explains. "The team and I feel that the dude’s tired, spending the past five years in two different games. Which is why we probably wouldn’t give him another game for at least 10 years, assuming Grasshopper would make it."
If you're interested in picking up No More Heroes 3, make sure to read our review!
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Au revoir Travis
I'm surprised that they never mentioned this before the release (to my knowledge). You could safely assume that it would only boost sales, stating that this will be the final game of the series.
Oh damn this is really the last one? Well that's a way to bookend it I guess. Guess I gotta play it to see how things conclude
If it sells well, doubt it will be the last time we see Travis.
That being said, it may be the last time Suda sees Travis.
I wanted to get my backlog down before I added to it, but Suda has moved me… guess I’m going home via Game this evening.
Such a Travisty.
No more No More Heroes
Sorry if this joke has been done before
When it sells good enough: See you in 2032!
It's over for Travis Touchdown
He did not say his final battle and NMH3 are the same thing. Travis for Smash confirmed.
Thanks for taking us to the Garden of Madness, SUDA51.
Just picked up my NMH3 preorder, will try it out soon at home. It'll be awesome.
What a message for the day the game releases. Thanks for your dedication to this final entry. Travis strikes again wasn't that great for me, but NMH 1 and 2 are 2 of my all time favorite games, even more since the switch HD releases.
Travis doesnt fit in our modern day era where everything might sound offensive, so I am really looking forward to playing it. I do hope it's as good or even better than 1 and 2. It would be great to have a trilogy of such quality.
despite only getting into the series in march of this year, i'm fine with travis taking it easy for a long while, he's been through a lot and even when he tried to rest in travis strikes again badman tracked him down, rest well crownless king you've earned it
It's been a top class trilogy. Nice going Suda and Travis. You did well. Rest well now son.
@the4seer He said not too long ago that a 4th game may eventually come, but in potentially 10 years time as he wanted to focus on other things/projects for some time. So maybe not goodbye forever, just bye for now
I hope this isn't actually the end of the No More Heroes franchise
Sound like he want to boost sales, I'll eventually get it even thou I have read mixed reviews 😕
lol. tough to know when Suda is telling the truth or not. Just gotta roll with it and enjoy what we get.
I look forward to his next project! In the meantime... Let's get Lollipop Chainsaw and Shadows of the Damned and other past Grasshopper games on modern hardware!
I'm just happy we got NMH 3, I wasn't sure it would happen as neither of the previous games lit sales charts on fire. Great series and I look forward to whatever Suda 51 does next. Be cool if maybe Lily Bergamo got resurrected for Switch or its successor. Seemed like a cool idea.
Travis Touchdown is Smash would be clean af!
It's cool that he got to tell the story he wanted and tell Travis story. Not every creator gets to do what Suda 51 has been able to.
What a way to go out! Got my copy today, it's superb. Giving this game a 6/10 just shows that sites like IGN don't understand video games. Could actually be my goty, and with Advance Wars, Returnal and Metroid Dread that's saying something... maybe not better than Returnal, but still, nice one Suda you done good.
It makes me really happy to see how respectful Travis fans are of Suda's decision to end No More Heroes. Just goes to show that a little bit of dev-to-player transparency can go a long way.
If Nintendo could just openly say "we're not making any more F-Zero games" or "we're not making any more Kid Icarus games" instead of a cheeky "it's just sleeping" or "maybe in another 24 years!" a lot of people will be satisfied with that. Once Itoi said Mother 4 was impossible requests quickly died down, more game series should take the same approach rather than exploiting the hype culture to keep fans buying.
We got 3 solid titles and a great spin off
As a die hard no more heroes fan I'm happy with that, don't get me wrong I'd love to be playing another no more heroes game in the future but if this is it then thats cool to
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