Comments on: Behind the No More Heroes launch event

By: The genetic Advantages

The genetic Advantages — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:34:25 +0000

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By: Odds

Odds — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:09:04 +0000

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:47:49 +0000

http://www.mmv.co.jp/message/president.php

I hear on the interwebs that NMH has sold 100k in America in its first month and has 160k Euro orders! Great job Grasshopper! Now Suda can make something a bit more ambitious! (Compared with 40k Japan)

By: DiRT

DiRT — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:37:06 +0000

Killer 7 was a major disappointment and a terrible game. Why would anyone get excited for anything new? This has to come out and get around for a while before anyone will care about it, if it is any good.

By: Zotmeister

Zotmeister — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:40:51 +0000

I think you misinterpret me - it’s a matter of feasibility. I doubt many, if any, buy all games for any console automatically; it’s just a matter of install base. I do not own a Wii or a PS3, and I’m not going to buy one just to play No More Heroes or Disgaea 3. In the United States, the PS3 isn’t very popular, and the Wii - well, the Wii is popular, and I’m sure there will be a decent contingent who pick the game up for it, but I’m not among them. [Hate the control scheme. Detest the name!]

Gamers do support original ideas… there’s just not enough of that kind of gamer when compared to those willing to buy shovelware. Like you say, it’s about the money. When a game gets a cult following but sells low quantities, they incorrectly compare the sales figures with [insert random three-letter acronym beginning with 'N' here][insert current year here] and think it a failure. Expectations need to be changed. - ZM

By: Sick Monk

Sick Monk — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:41:51 +0000

Zotmeister: Xbox 360 + No More Heroes = Never going to happen (I know, Killer 7 was released on the PS2, so.) I’m not a fan of the Xbox 360 (I dislike that console/Games aren’t good), so i hope that never happens. But, it’s all about the money today, so who knows.

Even if it was released on the Xbox 360, that doesn’t mean gamers are automatically going to buy it and generate big sale numbers. (Did anyone buy Killer 7 just because it was on the PS2?) Gamers don’t support original IPs (Zack and Wiki), instead they buy games that they already own. (Final Fantasy 1&2, Dragon Quest IV,V,etc,etc)

By: Carrie

Carrie — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:36:26 +0000

I have no idea what the premise of this game is, but I’d be intrieged to look into it just based on the artstyle (that is, if it translates with any fluidity to the game itself. Always a shame when good art goes into a game that makes no use of it.)

By: Zotmeister

Zotmeister — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:51:52 +0000

Being someone who thoroughly enjoyed Killer7 (and has been meaning to play through it again), I am looking forward to eventually trying No More Heroes. I do not, however, look forward to purchasing that console just to do it. If it comes out in the U.S. for the Xbox 360, I'm all for it. (Actually, I feel that way about a lot of games. Disgaea 3, for instance.) I've always thought that "hardcore" is a type of game playing, not a type of game, although admittedly some games - and indeed whole genres - are better suited to it than others. - ZM

By: Sick Monk

Sick Monk — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:54:50 +0000

Mugi: Yeah, but people make that excuse all the time. Why can’t the Wii have both casual games and hardcore games. (I hate that term, BTW)

By: Mugi

Mugi — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:46:28 +0000

Sick Monk: It’s more related to what console it was released to and it’s market. Wii for the moment as I see it is not a market for this type of games, it’s more a family console and for very old and younger audience right now, I’m not saying that there ain’t other type of games but this is where most of the consoles is sold to.

If they wanted this title to sell they where probably better of releasing it to Xbox 360 or PS2.