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2019 video game

Travis Strikes Once again:
No More Heroes
Travis Strikes Again Poster.jpg
Developer(s) Grasshopper Manufacture
Publisher(southward)
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Grasshopper Manufacture
  • PlayStation 4
    • JP: Marvelous
    • NA: Xseed Games
    • EU: Marvelous Europe
    Windows
  • Marvelous
Manager(southward)
  • Goichi Suda
  • Ren Yamazaki
Producer(due south)
  • Goichi Suda
  • Kazuyuki Kumagai
Programmer(s) Toru Hironaka
Artist(s)
  • Boneface
  • Yūsuke Kozaki
Writer(due south)
  • Goichi Suda
  • Masahi Ooka
  • Keita Takayanagi
Composer(s)
  • DJ Kazuhiro "MEEBEE" Abo
  • DJ 1-ii[2]
Serial No More Heroes
Engine Unreal Engine 4
Platform(s) Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows
Release
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Jan 18, 2019
  • PlayStation 4, Windows
  • October 17, 2019[ane]
Genre(south) Action-adventure, hack and slash
Fashion(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Travis Strikes Once again: No More Heroes [a] is an action-adventure hack and slash video game developed and published by Grasshopper Manufacture. The game was released for Nintendo Switch on January xviii, 2019, and for PlayStation 4 and Windows later that yr. Directed by Goichi "Suda51" Suda, the game is function of the No More Heroes franchise and features serial protagonist Travis Touchdown fighting Badman, the father of Bad Daughter. The two are drawn into a possessed video game panel, and must fight through its diverse games. Equally the kickoff championship he has directed since the first No More than Heroes, Suda collaborated with several indie developers to feature elements from their games in Travis Strikes Again. While part of the No More Heroes series, Suda does not consider the game a direct sequel to the previous title No More than Heroes two: Desperate Struggle, but a fresh start for the character Travis.

Travis Strikes Over again: No More Heroes received mixed reviews upon release, with critics praising its story and imaginative presentation, while finding the game play aspects repetitive. Five months after the game's initial release, No More than Heroes III was appear at E3 2019, acting equally a follow-up to the game, and a sequel to the series proper, released on the Nintendo Switch on Baronial 27, 2021.[iii]

Gameplay [edit]

In a change for the serial, Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes is played from a pinnacle-down perspective. Equally Travis, players are tasked with going through multiple video games and defeating the bugs in each game. The levels are inspired by various video game genres such as platforming games and role-playing games. Despite this, gameplay and gainsay itself predominantly plays out as a hack and slash similar to that of previous No More than Heroes titles, occasionally undergoing perspective changes and introducing new gimmicks or minigames that are pertinent to the genre of each individual game.[four] New to the series is the power to equip "Skill Chips" (named after Gundam models) that allow the histrion to utilize an assortment of special attacks, ranging from a scattergun-type boom to an orbital light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. At the end of each game, the player faces against its residing dominate. The game supports two-thespian co-op with unmarried Joy-Con back up, where the second player controls Badman.

Travis can render to his trailer at any time during game play, where the player can buy new attire to wearable, and access the "Death Drive MK-II", which hosts the video games the player will explore. From the trailer, the player can as well access "Travis Strikes Back" - an adventure manner designed as a classic visual novel where Travis explores the real world in search for "Death Assurance" that contain the Expiry Drive's video games.

Plot [edit]

Vii years subsequently the events of No More Heroes 2,[5] a former professional baseball histrion turned assassin named Badman is on the run from the Smith Syndicate. He is tracked downwardly past one of the syndicate'south assassins, Dan Smith, who is seeking retribution for being double crossed. Badman justifies his actions as being for the sake of his own survival, equally he wishes to get revenge on Travis Touchdown, who had murdered his girl, Bad Girl, during the events of No More Heroes. Dan successfully tracks down Travis' location, granting Badman a Death Ball and assuasive Badman to alive, under the condition that he kill Travis, and apply the brawl to resurrect his daughter.

Travis - now 37 years erstwhile - has isolated himself and lives in a camper in a woods in Texas, where he spends his time playing video games. When Badman attempts to ambush Travis, the ii accidentally awake a dormant video game panel in Travis' possession - the "Decease Drive MK-Two". The console reacts to Badman's Death Ball, and the two become transported into the video game that'southward contained in it. Travis and Badman learn from the console's AI construct, Decease & Drive, that the unreleased console was created by Dr. Juvenile, and completing the six Expiry Balls that contain the merely games developed for the console volition grant its player 1 wish. The ii grade a truce, opting to team up to locate every Death Ball, and defeat all of the games, in order to resurrect Bad Girl.[6] [seven] [8] [nine] [x]

Travis interacts with a not-histrion grapheme. The game's adventure segments are conveyed through a classic visual novel setup.

The game explores Travis' current circumstances and Badman'south backstory in visual novel portions that are ready betwixt each Death Drive game. In the concluding vii years, Travis had married former UAA confidant Sylvia Christel, and had ii children, though he abandoned his family for their safety, as assassins kept showing up to battle Travis. In his search for the Expiry Assurance, Travis ends up traversing the planet and meeting characters from other Suda51 games, such as Kamui Uehara from The Silver Case, and Mondo Zappa from Killer Is Dead. Travis also receives data about Dr. Juvenile and her past through fax letters from her purported hubby, learning that Juvenile is a war orphan with genius intellect and an affinity for video games, who was hired past the US government to develop avant-garde technology. She also implemented elements of her history and upbringing into the Decease Bulldoze's games, such as basing the in-game series killer "Doppelganger" on her adoptive father. Travis learns that the Death Drive MK-II was designed as a motorcar that would create clones of its users, and that while it was initially intended for space travel, the government had re-purposed information technology to be a super soldier program - a prospect which acquired Juvenile to sabotage the projection in an act of defiance, and get into hiding. Despite this, the female parent machine responsible for its protocols still lays fallow within the CIA, and Travis is warned that completing all six Death Ball games will cause it to reboot, assuasive the regime to continue developing super soldiers. He is also alerted that should it be reactivated, Juvenile would destroy the United States in retaliation.

Despite warnings, Travis and Badman successfully consummate every Decease Ball; however one of the games - Killer Marathon - turns out to be an incomplete version of the game. As such, when they wish for Bad Daughter's resurrection, she ends upwards beingness resurrected in the form of a dog. Travis afterwards ends up locating a prototype for a Decease Ball which, rather than transporting him into a video game, transports him directly into the CIA. Massacring his manner through the facility he locates the Death Bulldoze mother machine which is being guarded by Dr. Juvenile, who has infiltrated the facility and taken the form of "White Sheepman". Travis, expressing respect for her talents and sympathy for her suffering, reluctantly battles and ultimately defeats her. He interacts with the female parent motorcar and is transported to Mars, where he meets John Winter; the creator of the very original Death Drive and Juvenile'due south mentor. Winter explains that he retired to Mars to escape World'due south bug, and safeguards the planet, opposing the government's plans to emigrate there. He offers Travis the opportunity to stay on Mars and alive a perfect life. Travis declines, realizing that he can't abandon his past, and deciding to face up his issues caput on. Winter responds by decapitating Travis, as the but way for him to render is to "die".

Back on Globe, Travis is approached by his cocky-proclaimed pupil, Shinobu Jacobs, who asks him to render from hiding to face the assassins. Travis remarks that it's time for bloodshed. In a playable postal service-credits segment, Travis is controlled from a third person perspective similar to the previous No More Heroes games, fix in a default Unreal Engine level. While attempting to arroyo a dummy, Travis berates the histrion for treating the expanse like a game, saying that they're currently "in development".

DLC #2: Bubblegum Fatale [edit]

Following the events of the main entrada, Travis and Shinobu are intercepted by Travis' twin brother Henry, who is now function of an enigmatic lodge with a vendetta confronting Travis. Travis and Shinobu gear up to boxing against his subordinates before they're interrupted by a pair of villainous alien lucha libre wrestlers bent on world domination, and a cocky-proclaimed super hero named "Notorious". When Travis questions the sudden presence of the new characters, Shinobu wonders whether they are foreshadowing "the next game". The standoff is in one case again interrupted, this time by Decease & Drive, who take broken free of the Decease Drive MK-II and are seeking revenge against Travis. He manages to beat them in a game of Fire Pro Wrestling, obtaining the location of the completed version of the Killer Marathon Death Ball, which is in the possession of Travis' married woman, Sylvia Christel. Travis returns to her estate, obtaining the Decease Brawl and reconnecting with his daughter and wife in the process. After beating the completed version of Killer Marathon, Travis and Badman successfully resurrect Bad Girl. Travis too spots a glimpse of the Death Drive mother machine, which states that coding has been completed.

Development [edit]

The logo of the game was designed by Kojiro Kondo of Black Belt Jones DC, who was also responsible for designing the original No More Heroes series logo.[11]

Following the release of No More than Heroes 2, Goichi Suda had been looking for an opportunity to continue the series, but became busy with other projects, such equally his involvement with Let Information technology Die. In mid-2016, as work on Let It Dice was concluding, he was invited to one of Nintendo'southward pre-release developer meetings for the then-upcoming Nintendo Switch. While the console was unlike from the Wii, it offered similar motion-based features through the Joy-Con, and he recognized he could revive No More than Heroes for the system. He felt the game would fit in well among the planned Switch titles like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey.[6]

Suda considered the No More Heroes series every bit "fun slash 'em up kind of games", but with Travis Strikes Again, he wanted to play effectually with the history of video games and the idea of retro games, and "how Travis would interact with the individual rules and the individual vibe from each game".[12] The six games are new games developed for the title, some in homages to existing indie games, with at to the lowest degree 1 being a vector scan game.[7] [8] [12] When originally announced, some took Suda'southward comments to reflect that the levels would exist gear up inside bodily indie games like Hotline Miami, but Suda afterwards clarified that these games would exist featured as "T-shirt collaborations", with Travis able to unlock and wear article of clothing items that promote these indie games, a concept he came up with while seeing various game expositions like PAX West.[thirteen] One such title is Hyper Light Drifter, with Nintendo of America showcasing Travis's shirt alongside announcing the game's release on the Switch.[14] Suda wanted players to encounter Travis as a fan of indie games, non only to give recognition to the indie game scene, just due to his belief that Grasshopper is similar to an indie developer, and he wanted to show his support of the up-and-coming smaller studios.[five] He estimated that in that location volition be at least xv indie games represented in Travis Strikes Again, with titles to be revealed as office of the ongoing promotion.[15] The game would also see the improver of t-shirts from The Legend of Zelda: Current of air Waker,[xvi] The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask [17] and Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link [18] that grant Travis a spin assail. The idea of crossing between games was partially influenced by the picture Existenz.[6] UK artist Boneface contributed designs for the game'south boss battles.[five]

There volition also be sections of the game that use the standard gameplay approach as the other No More Heroes titles.[12] One goal of the game for Suda was to take it be completely playable on a single Joy-Con controller for the Nintendo Switch version, simplifying the controls compared to the second game.[ix] Reporters from Eurogamer and Polygon have taken Suda's comments that the game may support multiplayer, since the Switch supports two Joy-Con. Suda was unable to speak on this under confidentiality at PAX W, but did tell reporters who asked about this that there are "two main characters, and then depict your own conclusions, if you lot want".[nine] [19] [5]

The game is being developed in Unreal Engine 4.[xx] At the time of reveal, Robin Atkin Downes, the voice of Travis in the previous titles, had reportedly not been asked to reprise his part in Travis Strikes Once again.[21] He was subsequently confirmed to exist returning to the role in December 2018.[22]

Travis Strikes Once more was teased during the January 2017 reveal conference of the Nintendo Switch. Suda was nowadays for the live issue, and appeared on stage to bear witness a promotional image of Travis Touchdown wearing a shirt that said "Travis Strikes Once again";[23] even so, no mention of the No More Heroes series was made. Suda said in a after interview that this was a purposeful choice, as he wanted the tease to feature Travis himself as the central focus.[12] The game was formally announced every bit Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes in an August 2017 Nintendo Straight, along with further reveals at the PAX West issue a few days afterward.[12] Suda noted that the title's ordering, placing the series' name after Travis Strikes Again, was to allude to the fact he does not consider this game a straight sequel but instead "the outset of a new adventure, of a new series for Travis" merely that still otherwise takes place in the No More Heroes universe.[9] Suda besides stated that Travis Strikes Again serves as "something of a stepping stone on the road to No More Heroes 3", and hopes to make a true sequel if the game proves successful enough.[24]

On November 14, 2018, Grasshopper Manufacture appear that Travis Strikes Again would receive a physical edition which would be distributed past Nintendo. The concrete version of the game is as well arranged with a season pass. The developers take confirmed that some of the additional content will include a new playable graphic symbol, a new scenario, and a new phase.[25] The first DLC pack was afterwards confirmed to include a scenario for Badman, as well equally series-recurring graphic symbol Shinobu Jacobs every bit a playable graphic symbol, while the 2nd pack includes a new scenario for Travis, a new stage for the game Killer Marathon, and Bad Girl from No More than Heroes every bit a playable character.[26] Grasshopper further confirmed that Robin Atkin Downes would be returning in the function as Travis, and that Steve Blum had been cast as Badman. Kimberly Brooks and Kathryn Fiore were confirmed to return in the roles of Shinobu Jacobs and Bad Girl respectively, while Greg Ellis was cast to play a new dominate character, Brian Buster Jr.[27]

A PlayStation 4 and Windows version were released on October 17, 2019.[one]

Reception [edit]

Travis Strikes Once again: No More Heroes received "mixed or boilerplate reviews", co-ordinate to review aggregator Metacritic.[28]

Several reviewers for Famitsu noted that the concept of switching between dissimilar "games" was a unique approach that offered the game a constantly refreshing sense of presentation, praising the game's ability to make the player desire to keep playing in order to detect out what happens next. The visuals and combat of the game were also praised for their explosive manner and satisfying feedback, though a few reviewers felt that at times the combat could terminate upwards being a bit of a grind.[32]

The Switch version of the game met internal expectations for sales,[42] reaching 24th on the eShop best sellers chart.[43] The PS4 version did not place in the height 30 in its week of release.[44]

Notes [edit]

  1. ^ Japanese: トラヴィス・ストライクス・アゲイン ノーモア★ヒーローズ, Hepburn: Toravisu Sutoraikusu Agein Nō Moa Hīrōzu

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External links [edit]

  • Official website (in Japanese)

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travis_Strikes_Again:_No_More_Heroes

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