I just took out some of the highlights of the discussion, but it is still worth reading.

  • Suda 51 real name Goichi Suda (probably already knew that)
  • Suda had said that the reason he’d chosen to make his first-ever sequel was that he wanted to revisit Travis.
  • “I think it’s time for No More Heroes to become serious,” he says. “But it’s going to have humour, don’t worry. It won’t be too serious.
  • “I wasn’t that satisfied with the open world,” he admits now. “I wanted to make a lot more stuff, more detail. So this time in No More Heroes 2, I want to take my revenge. And actually, the theme of No More Heroes 2 is revenge, so…”
  • Reinstated Wii NMH exclusive: Looked at a 360 version, motion control brought him back.
  • “I was really considering making it on Xbox 360. I was actually thinking about it,” Suda 51 says “But one of the really good points of this game was the way we used the remote control. We were really good in that respect. I was really confident that this control scheme would be a hit. If we took the Wii out of the equation, we’d have lost that, so the answer was that we had to make it on the Wii.”
  • “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,” Suda says. “The last time I did a European press tour, everyone asked me this. 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.”
  • Suda 51 talks about E3
  • “I realised that the first time I went to E3, it was seven years ago,” Suda 51 says. “Once I went to E3 and saw what the US was making, I really got a shock. Since I went to E3, I realised how exciting the videogames business is.”

    “For example, you had those booth babes that were just distributing some stuff – and I saw they were distributing condoms too. And then they were throwing pants! When I saw that I was like, wow! That’s great. One day, I want to be able to throw pants to the public. That’s one of my main goals.”

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