Censored bloodor not, I’m still a big fan of Grasshopper’s Suda51, the eccentric creator ofKiller 7and the new Wii game,No More Heroes. Sadly, it seems not even his native Japan appreciates his abstract work asNo More Heroeskicked off toa disasterous launchin the man’s home turf.
Suda and executive producer Yasuhiro Wada were on hand to sign copies of the game and give out thepromotional toilet paperwe’d all heard about, but after twenty minutes, not a single person had bought the game. Ouch! It’s rumoured that aFamitsureporter, there to cover the washout, eventually went ahead and bought a copy himself.
Horrible news for a very talented individual, but maybe it’s the curse of third party Nintendo titles kicking in. The Wii has clearly found its niche in the toy/family territory by now and obscure, heavily adult and unestablished IPs like this are bound to have a hard time getting recognized among Nintendo’s first party games. While the Wii could have been a breeding ground for quirky games such asNo More Heroes, I don’t feel they have much of a home there anymore.
With any luck,No More Heroesat least sells enough copies somewhere. I’d hate to see Suda’s creativity stifled because people just want the same old stuff in their games.
