No More Heroes 2 to get two versions

By Oli Welsh Published 10 October, 2008

Gory and mild, both available in Europe.

Grasshopper Manufacture's Suda 51 has told Eurogamer that No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle, the sequel to his cult Wii action game that was announced yesterday, will release in two versions in Europe, one censored for heavy violence.

"We won't be able to make the same game for all territories," Suda 51 said in interview at the Tokyo Game Show. "For Europe, we're going to release two versions. One extreme version, and one with less violence."

The first No More Heroes featured dismemberment, beheading and showers of blood in the US, but in the Japanese version, enemies exploded in fountains of ash and coins. The European version was the same as the Japanese, which caused some controversy.

No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle will follow the same route, but both versions will be made available in Europe, to please hardcore fans as well as supermarket bosses and German censors.

"The last time I did a European press tour, everyone asked me this," the eccentric creator said. "With No More Heroes 2 we want to please the fans too. I want the European users to be able to experience the extreme version."

However, Suda 51 denied that either version of the first No More Heroes could be considered the original. "When I first had the concept, I had both the bloody version and the milder version in mind," he said.

"So when I worked on the US version, it wasn't a problem for me to make, but when I made the Japanese version, I needed to rethink it a little bit. But I did both at the same time."

We'll publish a full interview with Suda 51 soon.

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Comments (14) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • neilka #1 3 years ago

    Surely what he says suggests that the US version is the original?

  • dr_faulk #2 3 years ago

    Man, I can't stop talking about how great No More Heroes is. Hearing about a sequel is some of the best gaming news in years.

  • rudedudejude #3 3 years ago

    I thought it was quite buggy?

  • wellsie #4 3 years ago

    glad they listened, now just release the first gory one.

  • MORZTAN #5 3 years ago

    Fuck YES!

    NMH got it's identity ripped out of it's own ass when they censored it. Took away alot of the experience.

    One of the reasons i still prefer Killer 7 to No More Heoreos is the gore. It's there for a reason, damn it!

    Extreme version for me please.
    Edited by 1 at 10/10/08 @ 08:09

  • NunianVonFuch #6 3 years ago

    -> MORZTAN: Thats what the Freeloader was for, to play the US version of NMH and also Smash Bros. early! Besides the hack n slash gameplay the cutscenes suffered too with the censored version having close-ups of skin where there's a trail of blood forming on the uncensored version. Once I saw that, there was no way I was getting the censored one!

  • Artemus #7 3 years ago

    Everyone is going to buy the "extreme" version, surely?

  • The_Inquisitor #8 3 years ago

    Good, a developer listening to what fans want and giving them a choice is a positive move. Depending on which version you buy, you wont feel cheated or that you have to settle for 2nd best.

  • smoison #9 3 years ago

    That's GREAT news because the video's of the censored version kept me away from ever playing it.

  • hilts #10 3 years ago

    I for one loved the 'censored' UK version - it was annoying that they changed the blood for coins but that made it quite quirky and was not a deal breaker in my opinion.
    With the sequel now we will have the option which is great and all will choose the uncut one no doubt!
    What with this and madworld i have two great bloodthirsty games to look forward to on my 'kiddy' console!

  • smelly #11 3 years ago

    IMHO Blood or no blood doesnt change the GAMEPLAY in any way shape or form.

    so it doesnt bother me in the slightest.

    But then i'm not a teenage boy desperate to appear "mature"

  • MORZTAN #12 3 years ago

    "But then i'm not a teenage boy desperate to appear "mature""

    If that was aimed at me in any way, you couldn't be more far of :)

    Anyway, for games like NMH and Killer 7 the gameplay is no were near what's important. Agreed, a lot of games could be the same with or without gore, but in this case, the gore is part af the offending "storytelling". And frankly, there's nothing offending in bursting into dust and coins. Or getting your hat chopped of, for that matter...

  • Razorus #13 3 years ago

    Thank You Suda51. Thank you, you lovely man.

    I really enjoyed No More Heroes but I really wanted the super violent version. I love violence.

  • haubitzer #14 3 years ago

    might buy the game then.