"Just a few moments ago, Grasshopper Manufacture announced Suda51’s latest production. Due for release in the UK 2009 courtesy of Rising Star Games – a publisher quickly becoming synonymous with quality productions from overseas re-marketed for a UK audience – Travis Touchdown will grace Wii once again in the sequel to No More Heroes.
As an exclusive title for Wii..."

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"1. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
2. Super Mario Galaxy
3. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
4. Okami
5. Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure
6. Super Paper Mario
7. de Blob
8. Wii Fit
9. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
10. Resident Evil 4
11. Wario Land: Shake It!
12. SSX Blur
13. Scarface: The World is Yours
14. Trauma Center: New Blood
15. Boom Blox
16. Medal of Honor Heroes 2
17. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008
18. No More Heroes
19. Mario Kart Wii
20. Excite Truck"

"Now available with a very budget-orientated price, No More Heroes is a Wii release that may have slipped by under-the-radar for many Wii owners. While those fans of Killer7, Contact and the soon-to-be-released Flower, Sun and Rain: Murder and Mystery in Paradise will no doubt have been following the title throughout it’s pre-launch press coverage, and many Wii-owning Hardcore Gamers will have most likely picked-up the title mainly due to an unfortunate lack of alternatives aimed at their most..."

"Before the over the top, logo heavy madness of today’s next-gen masterpieces became the visual norm for video game cover art, there was the basic beauty of the Atari 2600’s approach to package design. Clean composition and vague descriptive text came together to create something that was just so…intangibly fresh and mesmerizing."

"At a press event today at its Redwood Shores office, Electronic Arts announced a collaboration with well known Japanese game creators Goichi Suda and Shinji Mikami, who previously worked together on the action game Killer 7 for Capcom. Shortly after the announcement, we had a chance to interview both of them about their surprising new partnership.

1UP: OK, to start: Who talked with whom first? What was the process in making this happy Suda/Mikami/Grasshopper/EA family?

Goichi Suda: Firs..."

"Electronic Arts Inc. today announced a publishing agreement with iconic Japanese development studio Grasshopper Manufacture. Under the terms of the deal, EA Partners will publish an all-new action horror game produced by Shinji Mikami and directed by innovative game designer Suda51.

The title is being developed for the PC, Xbox 360(R) video game system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION(R)3 computer entertainment system and Wii(TM).

"Grasshopper Manufacture is excited to work with EA Partners ..."

"Suda's No More Heroes is violent. It's also really, really stylish. Those are the two things the game's probably most renowned for, so when a Japanese mobile version of the game turns up looking neither stylish nor violent, should you care? Yes! Because there's not just one mobile game, there's three of them, they take Travis and co. and turn them into fat-headed children, and because each game only costs ¥100 (USD$0.95)."

"If we’re not jumping through hoops trying to save a kingdom, we’re fetching some rare Crystal Sword of Infinite Necromancy all out of the kindness of our hearts. What do we get in return? “Ah, gee thanks for risking life and limb to do a big ol’ fancypants favor for me and restoring our world to what it once was from the Dark Ruler of Naught. Here’s a medal, young adventurer. Never mind our bustling cleavage. Now get the hell out, street rat. Sorry ‘bout the hard-on.”

Whaaaaaa? Faster than..."

"Grasshopper founder Suda51 has told MCV that he first planned for Rising Star’s No More Heroes to be an Xbox 360 title.

Speaking exclusively in the No More Heroes Recommended Extra magazine given away free in this weeks’s MCV magazine, Suda51 said:

“Originally, I’d wanted to make this game for Xbox 360, actually. [Marvelous Interactive boss] Wada-san had information about the new Wii and how the new controller would work before it came out, so that’s why he thought I should produce the ..."

"While No More Heroes is published and distributed by Ubisoft here in the states, newcomers to Suda's designs will quickly find that the abstract creator himself is pretty far from anything Ubisoft has done in the past. Previously Grasshopper Studios (Suda's team) worked with publisher Capcom to bring Killer 7 to the GameCube and PS2, and much like its uber-stylistic predecessor, No More Heroes challenges the bounds of what a conventional game is. With Killer 7, insane style was met with new, ..."

"Xbox 360:

Burnout: Paradise

PS3:

Burnout: Paradise

Nintendo Wii:

No More Heroes

Endless Ocean

Kawasaki Jet Ski

One Piece Unlimited Adventure

PSP:

Rainbow Island: Revolution

Nintendo DS:

Advance Wars: Days of Ruin

Mario and Sonic: Olympic Games

Mega Brain Boost

PC Games:

Pirates of the Burning Sea

Mission: WWI Combat

History Channel: Lost Worlds

Pacific Storm: Allies"

"Publisher Ubisoft previously had its potential cult-hit action game, No More Heroes, set for a February release, right up against a little fighter called Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Not the best decision, but thankfully the company seems to have reconsidered and fans of offerings like Killer 7 are the benefactors of the decision.

Ubisoft confirmed to IGN Wii this afternoon that No More Heroes has officially been moved up for a January 22 release date -- less than three weeks from now, if you'..."

"Cheesemeister

01./02. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 149,587 / 411,000
02./06. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 106,995 / 646,000
03./00. [NDS] Tales of Innocence (Bandai-Namco) - 104,317 / NEW
04./00. [PSP] Hot Shots Golf Portable 2 (Sony) - 87,231 / NEW
05./01. [NDS] Prof. Layton and Pandora's Box (Level 5) - 75,609 / 370,000
06./04. [NDS] Dragon Quest IV (Square-Enix) - 63,447 / 795,000
07./00. [360] Lost Odyssey (Microsoft) - 54,581 / NEW
08./00. [NDS] Powerful Pro-kun Pocket 10 (K..."

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So, Nintendo sent out new PR, detailing their new release schedule. Unfortunately, that includes Brawl on Feb. 10

However, there are some very amusing and hidden gems. Assassin's Creed apparently is set to be released February '08, and Advance Wars: Days of Ruin will be releasing on January 21st. There are some delays, including February 4th for Professor Layton (originally Dec. 3). It is shaping up to be a great end of '07/early '08.

Take note that this is a partial list. Most not...

"Ubisoft on Wednesday revealed exclusively to IGN that it has picked up the rights to publish the anticipated Wii action game No More Heroes in North America. The title will release stateside next February, just two months after the Japanese ship date.

No More Heroes is developed by Grasshopper Manufacture and directed by Suda 51, who also helmed the critically acclaimed GameCube adventure title Killer 7. The brutal endeavor pits players as Travis Touchdown, a hardcore anime fan living in ..."

"Looks like we will finally be getting some hands-on impressions of No More Heroes. It has been announced via the official site that the “Terrorist Man” stage will be playable at TGS. I am really looking forward to hearing how this game is coming around."