No More Heroes 2 Takes 8-Bit Nostalgia to Another Level
Ubisoft has put out a new video starring No More Heroes 2 designer Suda 51 chatting up his game's new features, the most interesting of which are the new job missions, which are designed as 8-bit-esque 2D games.
The first No More Heroes smacked of retro nostalgia from head to toe, from the pixel-heart that represented Travis Touchdown's health to the enemies who spouted dozens of gold coins when you decapitated them with your lightsaber, err, "beam katana." No More Heroes 2 is upping the old-school tribute factor to a whole other level, though.
The job missions which provided mundane interludes between assassination levels in No More Heroes 1 have been replaced with, well, job missions that are done up in the style of classic 2D, 8-bit games. The coconut gathering job now finds Travis shaking down fruit from palm trees that look straight out of Sonic, there's some kind of Pipe Dream-type puzzle thing and what looks like a game where Travis has to cook burgers. These job missions might be just as boring as they were before - which was the point, really - but at least this time around they'll have this ridiculous nostalgia value.
Other new features Suda touches on in the video include some new katana abilities - you can now slice enemies vertically, and, since Travis now dual-wields his laser blades, can slice them with two horizontal slices. Travis' arsenal of wrestling moves has also been expanded, but really, you should watch the video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ORno0kN5NI] for Suda. The guy - his Japanese voice dubbed over by some guy with a ridiculously deep voice - plays with toilet paper, threatens to slice your head off and even almost suplexes a guy over the course of the four minute clip. And this is all in a bathroom stall.
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Ubisoft has put out a new video starring No More Heroes 2 designer Suda 51 chatting up his game's new features, the most interesting of which are the new job missions, which are designed as 8-bit-esque 2D games.
The first No More Heroes smacked of retro nostalgia from head to toe, from the pixel-heart that represented Travis Touchdown's health to the enemies who spouted dozens of gold coins when you decapitated them with your lightsaber, err, "beam katana." No More Heroes 2 is upping the old-school tribute factor to a whole other level, though.
The job missions which provided mundane interludes between assassination levels in No More Heroes 1 have been replaced with, well, job missions that are done up in the style of classic 2D, 8-bit games. The coconut gathering job now finds Travis shaking down fruit from palm trees that look straight out of Sonic, there's some kind of Pipe Dream-type puzzle thing and what looks like a game where Travis has to cook burgers. These job missions might be just as boring as they were before - which was the point, really - but at least this time around they'll have this ridiculous nostalgia value.
Other new features Suda touches on in the video include some new katana abilities - you can now slice enemies vertically, and, since Travis now dual-wields his laser blades, can slice them with two horizontal slices. Travis' arsenal of wrestling moves has also been expanded, but really, you should watch the video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ORno0kN5NI] for Suda. The guy - his Japanese voice dubbed over by some guy with a ridiculously deep voice - plays with toilet paper, threatens to slice your head off and even almost suplexes a guy over the course of the four minute clip. And this is all in a bathroom stall.
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