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Wii News by Tom Bramwell
Rising Star Games has confirmed reports that the European version of No More Heroes will be based on the censored Japanese version.
"We're publishing the same version of No More Heroes that has been successfully received in Japan," Rising Star MD Martin Defries said in a statement issued in response to inquiries.
"Ultimately, it's a fantastic game to play and that's all we care about at Rising Games."
No More Heroes is the latest game from Killer 7 director Goichi Suda, and is typically violent, starring an otaku who becomes an assassin and has to climb a sort of assassin leaderboard.
In the US, that violence is preserved by publisher Ubisoft, but in Japan and Europe that's not going to be the case. Unless we all shout at Rising Star about it, presumably.
Still, if you do want some gore, you could always watch the Machine Girl trailer. TEMPURA!
Check out our No More Heroes gamepage for trailers. The full game is due out on 29th February 2008.
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Der_tolle_Emil
10/12/07 @ 13:45
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So is the gore missing completely or is it just another color? I couldn't care less but from the trailers (and having played Killer7) I think that the blood is an integral part to the presentation - removing it completely would be wrong, but if they just changed the color to black or something else I couldn't care less.
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Yeah, collecting up blood in Killer7 probably made it difficult to ignore the gore - but it was hardly brain-meltingly offensive. Not sure why you'd carry on letting the Americans looking at gore and blood, with their propensity for shopping-centre based AK47 massacres, and not allow us civilised tea and wine-supping Europeans to have a look.
The Machine Girl trailer was ace... I'm just off to B&Q to get something suitably sharp to cut off my arm, before going on a murder-death-kill mission of revenge on Black & Decker Employees with my assortment of slot-in attachments. I'm thinking I could have a detachable teasmaid, obviously, for those quiet moments when I'm not putting those thoughtless powertool manufacturers to death using the electric eggwhisk of doom or the patented paint can and cigarette-lighter flamthrower. |
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The Machine Girl trailer was ace... I'm just off to B&Q to get something suitably sharp to cut off my arm, before going on a murder-death-kill mission of revenge on Black & Decker Employees with my assortment of slot-in attachments.
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asphaltcowboy
10/12/07 @ 14:00
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The guys over at Gamersyde have been creaming themselves over this game and I fail to see why, it really does look pretty poor... they're not going to be happy!
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charliemouse
10/12/07 @ 14:06
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Just to cover Lemming81's point again; email this guy:
richard.barclay@risingstargames.com and let him be told. |
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Der_tolle_Emil
10/12/07 @ 14:20
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Firstly who the f@£k is rising star games?!
For some reason I am thinking of Advance Wars when I hear Rising Star games but somehow I think that I am confusing something. |
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spidermanalf
10/12/07 @ 14:46
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Actually it was
Down Up Left Left A Right Down I remember as it spelt DULLARD |
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Royal Fool
10/12/07 @ 15:16
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who the f@£k is rising star games?!
A new and rather low-key European publisher, they've been importing various Japanese DS and PSP games over here (Much like 505 Games). NMH is their first Wii release. I think it's lame that they're caving in to political pressure, they could have at least attempted to submit the blood version of the game to the BBFC (unless they already did, would be nice to get clarification on that then). |
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convercide
10/12/07 @ 15:20
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@spidermanalf.
It was abacabb to enable the blood actually. dullard was that cheat to enable all those silly 'flags' that did weird stuff to the game. |
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Thinking about it, why is Ubisoft (a French company) publishing the US version with blood, but the European release (which I believe, includes France), is being covered by some frightened little girl publishing company?
Does anyone remember Mortal Kombat on the SNES with the 'dust for blood'? *shudders*
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Derblington
10/12/07 @ 16:28
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I'm seriously tempted to sell my UK machine and import a US one. I'm getting fed up of having to wait for games or get cut stuff.
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@Derblington
I have a US machine, and its great for when crap like this happens. But its still a pain in the arse not being able to just buy a game in the shop when you are there and it won't work through SCART on your TV. But, Gamecube games do run in 480p though and VC stuff is better and the games are earlier... |
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GordonCaladan
10/12/07 @ 16:45
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As an obsessive fan of Killer 7, I approach the news that the gore is being cut with
LOLWUT?! You must be insane. I'M NOT BUYING. |
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The_Inquisitor
10/12/07 @ 16:50
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I'm not buying it, it's a simple as that. I will NOT settle for second best!
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This is surprising considering their uber violent past efforts:
http://www.risingstargames.com/games.asp |
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Derblington
10/12/07 @ 18:27
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@ peteb: that's cool, I run my Wii via component and only buy from the net as I live in Sweden (prices here are insane). If I didn't have 10+ games already i'd have sold it all already...
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I remeber reading in an issue of EDGE that the censored version has the enemies explode in a series of abstract shapes - a technique that actually fits in better with the game's unique style than fountains of gore.
yeah, i read that too, and i was thinking it's a shame they're going to replace that with generic blood effects for the euro version. but they arent, so yay for them. i might send richard whatshisname a message of support. and i really can't believe people are actually -not- buying it because of this. get some fucking perspective, it's only blood. the gameplay is still the same, the art style is still the same, all the stuff that actually makes the game -interesting- is still the same. in fact, from the situation here it may well be that the blood was added only for the american version (since it isn't in any other) to possibly help it shift a few more copies to violence-loving american teenagers.
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That's it, no more No more Heroes for me! Those idiots at Rising Star Games obviously don't want my money. The US version looks like Kill Bill, the videogame! The censored version looks just odd.
Also kinda surprised that nobody came up with one of those crazy "it's because of ze Germans" conspiracy theories yet. Come on, guys...you know they have something to do with it ;-) |
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"Come on, guys...you know they have something to do with it ;-)"
The devs are just scared of wasting money submitting a game which wont pass through bbfc. Not everyone has rockstars money. And the bbfc has set a presidence now. If this game is more gory than manhunt 2 - then they have to look at what happened with that and cut it down. I doubt they WANT it to go out un-edited, but the reality is with the current state of affairs, trying to get a gory version through the censorship council which is the bbfc would be stupid. Then risk by cutting out the gore afterwards the bbfc saying "nope still not enough" and still banning it (ala manhunt 2) |
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I find you all who won't play the game just because it lacks blood in our version laughable.
It sucks, and all, but it's not going to help anybody whatsoever if you don't buy it. whereas, if you do, it may actually encourage the development of more games by the studio. But I guess you idiots could care less that a game doesn't need blood to be good. |
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@smelly
You gotty be kidding...the gore is over the top but also very cartoon-like. It's MILES AWAY from the torture porn violence of Manhunt 2. Also, this has nothing to do with the devs. It's a classic example of a greedy EU publisher who probably thinks that selling the "family friendly" version means more money. The BBFC comment is just an excuse. Btw, what does the BBFC has to do with the rest of Europe?
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It's not the fact that we are not getting blood and gore becasuse I like games just because of blood and gore, it's the fact that I cannot stand censorship and that in Europe we are getting a version that is cut from the american release. Give us the ability to choose in the options screen (blood or no blood) then people can make up their minds which they prefer.
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