No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle Message Board

#cosplay When she's not cosplaying as Metal Gear Solid characters, Omi Gibson is cosplaying as No More Heroes characters. And when she's not doing that, she's cosplaying as other things. More »

#nsfw No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle's Sylvia Christel can soon straddle a beam katana on your toy shelf, thanks to the sculpting talents of master toymaker Mitsumasa Yoshizawa who brings the Grasshopper Manufacture creation to life in pricey polyvinyl chloride form. Ready the wallet! More »

No More Heroes and Shadows of the Damned dev Grasshopper Manufacture is ready to weird-up your iPhone 4, provided you live in Japan (or know someone who does). It has created two cases for Apple's smartphone: "Cockroach Maiden" (left) and "Hallo, Friends" (misspelling intentional, right).

If the first one seems a little, well, creepy, that is one of the studio's areas of expertise, after all -- have you seen the stuff it's come up with? The cases are available for shipping within Japan from GhM's merchandise site and run ¥2100 ($25) apiece.

#column A few years ago, I unlocked a real-life achievement: Obtained motorcycle license. More »

Did you know you can add a store to your Facebook page? Neither did we ... but luckily for the human race, the clever folks at Grasshopper Manufacture did know, and they used that knowledge to add a store to the official Grasshopper Manufacture Facebook page.

The only thing available for now is a limited edition (only 1000 of these were made!) No More Heroes 2 Original Soundtrack CD with music from Akira Yamaoka, Jun Fukuda, The RIOT and others -- that can be yours for ¥3150 (about $38). In order to promote the new store, GhM sent us the aforementioned CD, the Hopper's Edition of No More Heroes 2 (detailed here) and the pre-order-only "Erotic Comic" to give away to one of you, so that's precisely what we're going to do with this very post.

It’s finally here! The Japanese release of the Wii exclusive title, No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle (NMH2) touches down on October 21st at HOPPER’S 4. An all-star lineup of bands will be on hand to celebrate the launch and reinforce the Grasshopper Manufacture mantra that Punk’s Not Dead! NMH2 OST artists [...]

#wii Wii game No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle was released this past January in North America. The game is *finally* coming out in Japan in October. Wait, shouldn't that be backwards? More »

We talked about this comic earlier today, but now you can see what it looks like. This comic details the events of the first and second game, and has been handled by Yusuke Kozaki, the character designer on the series. Man, I might have to import this game just so I can get [...]

Marvelous has finally gotten around to announcing a Japanese release date for No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle. Suda 51's revenge-themed action sequel will be released in Japan on October 21 -- nine months after the game's North American release.

Marvelous is compensating for the delay somewhat by offering a lovely "HOPPER's Edition" that contains the game, a soundtrack CD, a DVD recapping the events of the first game, and a new "No More Heroes 1.5" movie written by Suda 51, detailing what happened between the two games -- which means, we guess, that Travis didn't spend the whole time watching wrestling in his motel room. We hope. Those interested in this version will have to provide some compensation of their own, to the tune of ¥8,980 ($102). A regular edition will also be released for ¥7,140 ($81). Early purchases of either version will come with an "erotica comic" featuring character artwork and a recap of the previous game.

Celebrate the European release of Desperate Struggle.

#gallery Following yesterday's Daily Sport article on the first collection of video game inspired lingerie, Rising Star Games delivers a set of pictures giving us a much clearer, more colorful look at the No More Heroes 2 Collection. More »

#nomoreclothing Behold the ultimate touchdown for fans of No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle, as three lingerie designs from the game become reality. More »

Win No More Heroes loot and more.

A look at the ladies of No More Heroes 2.

If you couldn't find room in your budget for No More Heroes 2 amid the first quarter's overloaded lineup, perhaps Amazon's latest deal will encourage you to spend a little of that tax refund on the temporarily discounted sequel. Earth's Biggest Bookstore (remember when Amazon called itself a bookstore?) has marked down Travis Touchdown's revenge story to $35. It's the Deal of the Day, so when supplies run out or the clock strikes midnight Pacific Time, there will be no more cheap No More Heroes 2.

If you have yet to experience the delightfully bizarre original, the Xbox 360 and PS3 ports were released in Japan this week.

[Famitsu]

Not only has Suda 51 been thinking about a third No More Heroes game, he's been working on his scatological simile for its development -- so you know he's serious. To recap: No More Heroes was like taking a dump, and No More Heroes 2 was the result of lingering on the toilet afterwards. Yes, this is how the man sells his games.

"What we are hoping to do now with No More Heroes 3," the Grasshopper Manufacture leader told The Guardian in a video interview, "is probably to digest everything we eat and then purge absolutely everything in our guts, just like diarrhea!" In no way is this ... vivid ... description a confirmation that the game is definitely being released, but it is further indication that Suda wants to make such a game.

Speaking about the troubled state of the Japanese game market (without the use of poop metaphors), Suda said, "I am aware of the importance of the Japanese game industry, but we need to try not to think about how the market is behaving. Instead, we should concentrate on polishing our creativity, and taking our creativity to a higher level."

[Via Siliconera]

#goichisuda There has been No More Heroes and No More Heroes 2. They are, says series creator Goichi Suda, like emptying one's bowls. No More Heroes 3? That's like diarrhea, he says. More »

Okay, now we have an official European release date for No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle. Rising Star Games has finally announced what we hope is the final date: May 28. Rising Star didn't mention a reason for the delay, though at least you can take heart in the fact that none of the extra time was spent removing blood from the game.

If you're feeling put off by the four-month wait -- or if you're having a flashback to the past of European game publishing, when everything came out half a year or more after the North American release -- at least you don't have it as bad as Japan. There, No More Heroes 2 still has no release date at all.

More screens here Unfortunately, those looking forward to No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle’s supposed April release are going to have to wait a bit longer. The new release date for the title in Europe is now May 21st.