“We won’t be able to make the same game for all territories. For Europe, we’re going to release two versions. One extreme version, and one with less violence. …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. When I first had the concept (for NMH), I had both the bloody version and the milder version in mind. 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.” – Suda51

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