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Spectacular, the best original third-party Wii title yet

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 34 / 39
Date: January 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User

From the makers of Killer 7, No More Heroes is the anxiously awaited bloodbath that mature Wii owners have been praying for. Playing as eccentric assassin Travis Touchdown, you are armed with your trusty beam katana as you set out to become the best in the business. There is much more to the story than that though, but without giving too much away regarding the game's surprisingly deep and complex story, let's just say that things don't always go as planned for Travis. The first thing you'll notice are undoubtedly the excellent, cell-shaded graphics that No More Heroes sports, along with the best use of the Wii motion controls to come from a third-party yet. The game also features some GTA-inspired free roaming with Travis on a motorcycle, and while it isn't as open-ended as one would hope, the game's serious sense of style and just plain insane story and gameplay elements more than make up for it. The game also has a somewhat jittery frame-rate that can become quite noticable when the action picks up a lot, but this is only a minor complaint thanks to the stylized, over the top action, along with flawless sound design and elements that really take advantage of what the Wii can do, despite the fact that the console isn't a technical powerhouse. All in all, No More Heroes is the absolute best, original third-party title to debut on the Wii yet, and is an absolute essential purchase for Wii owners craving a mature-themed game that leaves a lasting impression.

Wii Are Happy Now..........

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 29
Date: January 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is the must play game for any Wii owner. The key factor in this (AWESOME) game is the amazing look it has. Sure it might look like another Killer 7 title but it's not, it's a much better experience. NO MORE HEROES has this GTA feeling to it, imagine that, GTA on the Wii. In fact you must play this game or people will think that you're not cool anymore and you don't want that to happen, do you?.

A breath of fresh bloody air for the Wii

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 10
Date: January 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

While the fighting controls aren't as in-depth or varied as I'd like it to be, overall this is a great game. It's in-your-face, fun and a nice change of pace from all the shovelware that is out for the Wii. Support 3rd party developers for the Wii bu buying this game!

Overall, It's just not that great.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 8 / 25
Date: January 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I really wanted to love this game. I reserved it and picked it up the first day. But, I've played it and I found it to be a huge disappointment. It does have merit. Visually it's great. The story is awesome, as are the characters. It's bloody, rude, and crude. But, when it comes down to it, the gameplay is just plan boring. There is very little challenge and almost all the enemies look the same. You push the A button to swing and then it goes into a finishing move where you have to swing the remote in the direction of the arrow on the screen. This is all great fun, until you realize it doesn't really matter which way you wave the remote. You just waggle it, like so many other Wii games and you'll get your finishing move pretty much every time. Then for getting to missions it makes you drive around GTA style, but there is nothing interesting to do in the city. You just drive from place to place and it is completely pointless and boring. The game is worth a rental, but I can't see any reason to buy this game. The reviewers got this one wrong, the game is fun to look at, but overall it gets boring quick. A real bummer.

So much fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: January 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

If you guys have been waiting for a true mature videogame for the Wii and don't think remakes like RE4 Wii and Umbrella Chronicles are cutting it for you, No More Heroes is where you want to be.

Man this game is awesome and so much fun. Travis Touchdown is going to be among the most quoted videogame characters for the rest of 2008 and the over the top violence is just a blast.

The graphics are like Killer7 but the gameplay is much better and it never gets old swinging your wii-mote around decapitating the evil henchmen of the assassins. It's so totally worth you money!

Serious fun, but at a price.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: January 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

No More Heroes is the most stylish game to yet grace the wii. The action is fast,and fun without getting boring. The level design is wonderfully original. And the boss fights are among the best you'll ever have the pleasure to play. The only problem is getting there.

To afford the fantastic ranking missions you have to navigate through a huge,and largely empty,city to complete boring side jobs with no retry option. If you lose these often frusturating jobs you have to go back to the agency, re-apply, drive back to the mission site, and try again. this gets old fast.

But if you can ignore this minor issue you are in store for one of the most hardcore, visceral, and enjoyable games you will ever play.

Style and Personality

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 13 / 16
Date: January 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

First of all, this is a mature title and it's a welcome change of pace from all the "casual" games out there on the Wii. There is blood and mature language, but it's in the style of of what you may have seen in the Kill Bill films. This game is totally over the top and it's funny. It's all about the intense combat, strange characters, witty dialog, wicked sense of humor and overall visual anime-style look of the game.

There are tons of combat maneuvers you can perform with the Wiimote and Nunchuck. Make sure to do the beginning tutorial as once you are done, you will have the controls figured out. The combat is a mix of sword fighting with wrestling type maneuvers (Suplex, Piledriver, Powerslam, etc). The combat never gets boring due to all the variations and moves you can perform (and upgrades). You can charge up your sword swings, stun, block, evade, grab and throw along with combos. It's incredibly refreshing and fun. When you defeat an enemy using a finishing move, little slots at the bottom of the screen start to spin (like a mini jackpot machine) and if you match three slot icons, you will go into 1 of 5 special uber modes for a short period of time. Very cool and different.

After defeating the first boss (shortly after the beginning tutorial), you won't have enough money to pay the Entry Fee of the next Boss fight. So, you will have to do side-jobs, free fight and assassination missions to earn money. You drive your motorcycle around the city to get to the various jobs and missions and stores. I want to point out that this "over world" is strictly to allow you to get from mission to mission or various shops and it's not intended to be like Grand Theft Auto where it's an open "sandbox" where you can do anything you want. But, after defeating the second and third bosses, you will find that there is a lot to do in the city as quite a bit is opened up to you by then.

You can customize your character by going to the clothing store (named Area 51) and purchasing new T-shirts, Jackets, Jeans, Belts and Sunglasses. You can purchase beam Katana upgrades or different types of Katana's from Naomi's lab. You can upgrade your character by learning new wrestling grapple moves (learn by renting videos). There is even a fitness club where you upgrade your strength, health and amount of combos you can pull off. What is unique is that it makes you do all the training movements like lifting the Wiimote and Nunchuck as if they are fitness equipment (Dumbbell, Squats, Bench Press and more).

There are a few hidden items to find by exploring the environment such as Lovikov Balls (used to increase your abilities at a trainer) and money.

You can go back to your motel and just hang out and put on different clothing and watch videos (first one available is the original trailer for the game). You can go to the video store (Beef Head Video) and purchase other videos.

Definitely check this game out. NOTE: After you defeat the second boss, a lot of stuff opens up for you to do in the environment - basically, the game keeps giving you more to do after each boss - you will not get bored. This game has style and personality and you will have not played anything like this before. It's that original. You can tell that the developer, Suda 51 put a lot of heart and soul into this game and truly enjoyed making it.

No More Life

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: January 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I discovered this game about 6 months ago or so on Wikipedia, and I've been waiting for it ever since. I have to say it definately fulfilled my expectations and is an awesome, addicting game. Probably the best out there right now so I encourage everyone to get it.

You probably know the story by now, so I'll skip going over that again, and dive right in. The motion controls are great. I know someone said that you just waggle the wiimote or nunchuk, but I found that not to be true to a degree. I say to a degree, because most people don't realize the Wiimote and nunchuk use motion sensing by something in them. There's something in them, and when you move them, that thing moves in the opposite direction and presses against something. So if you move it down, the thing flies up and hits a sensor/button. So if you move it too hard, the thing will fly down then fly up once you stop your motion, causing it to think you've moved it down. This can sometimes trigger the motion (I've only had it during the dumbbells or squats in the game, but it happens in Madden if you snap the ball too hard). But I've never had this in combat, and trust me, I sometimes twist the wiimote or nunchuk and swing it, and it wouldn't register, but seeing that was my stupid fault, I wasn't mad. It was nice that the motion controls kept me having to do it right.

The combat is fun. You fight huge groups of people with your bemam katana and wrestling moves. You can pretty much kill the people two ways. Slash em until their life falls and a finishing move can be done (slashing the wiimote in a direction) or doing a wrestling move (done by moving the nunchuk and wiimote in a, sometimes separate, direction) and then killing them when they're out. You can also lock swords and stuff with people and need to move the wiimote in a circle to force em back and stuff.

The main assassination missions are great. They get longer and harder as you progress. The one I just completed (making me #7) took me 52 minutes. The bosses are over the top and great, each one being different so you don't just hack and slash throughout, you have to learn a pattern and fight them. Something else that's nice, the fights are actually styled and kind of movie like. Normally games require movies for that, but this game doesn't. It's nice. The side missions aren't as boring as some people make them, and there's always assassination or free fight missions too that will give you a nice change.

Now, there are some short comings, but being that this is Suda's first Wii game, there's room to grow. Look at GTAIII (since the game keeps incorrectly being compared to GTA), it's lacking compared to VC and SA. Sometimes when driving around the city, the graphics kinda seem blocky and jump a bit. The city also is kind of dead, but if there's a sequel, this stuff can easily be fixed. Besides, the main game provides enough fun that it's not that big a deal. Get this game!

Great Game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: January 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Bought this game for my husband and he love this game. I'm glad he really enjoy this game.

This game rocks!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: January 28, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is a game the older Wii game players will love. If I had to sum it up to someone it would be Kill Bill meets Grand Theft Auto. The game looks great and has a sense of Japanese style to it. If you are looking for a fun action game with a ton of blood...a ton...then pick this up! It's well worth it!

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