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No More Heroes 2 Desperate Struggle PAL WII-REV0

May 24, 2010

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No More Heroes 2 Desperate Struggle PAL WII-REV0

No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle (ノーモア★ヒーローズ 2: デスパレート・ストラグル) is an action video game developed for the Wii video game system. It was directed by Suda51, developed by Grasshopper Manufacture, published by Ubisoft and Rising Star Games, and was released on January 26, 2010 in North America, and will be released in May 28, 2010 in Europe. Plans for release in Japan are currently undecided.

Gameplay

The combat is similar to that of No More Heroes, with mechanics such as wrestling moves and deathblows returning. There are four beam katanas, which Travis can freely switch between in the middle of battle, each with different properties. For example, the Peony is a large and heavy sword with a wide range, and the Rose Nasty consists of two beam katanas which Travis dual-wields. Although Travis starts at rank 51, there are only 15 boss fights. There are two sections in which Shinobu and Henry are playable, both of whom have different capabilities from Travis. For example, Shinobu can jump, so her section contains some platforming elements.

The overworld from the first game is gone, and Travis no longer has to pay an entry fee to enter ranked battles, allowing the player to progress through the game more quickly. The minigames that Travis can do for money or improved stats are now 8-bit style games, covering genres such as action, puzzle, and racing.

Plot

Three years have passed since Travis Touchdown became the top assassin in the United Assassins Association and walked away. Now, he returns to Santa Destroy and fights Skelter Helter, who seeks revenge on Travis for killing his older brother Helter Skelter prior to the first game. After winning the battle, he meets Sylvia Christel again, who informs him he is now ranked 51st. The dead Skelter interrupts them and warns Travis that he and his co-conspirators will still have their revenge.

The same night, a group of criminals kill Travis’s best friend, Bishop, and throw his head through Travis’s window in a paper bag. Travis, furious and seeking revenge, asks Sylvia to set up the next fight. Sylvia tells him that the one who ordered the killing was Jasper Batt, Jr., the CEO of Pizza Bat and first-ranked assassin. In the first game, Travis stopped three different attempts by Pizza Bat (then localized as “Pizza Butt”) to expand into in Santa Destroy by assassinating the CEO. In the three years since, with Travis out of the picture, Pizza Bat successfully opened a headquarters in Santa Destroy and bought out practically every business in town. Travis resolves to climb to the ranks to get a chance for revenge on Jasper.

Travis fights and defeats cult leader Nathan Copeland. He then meets football star Charlie MacDonald and his cheerleaders, who transform into a giant mech called the Santa Death Parade. Travis defeats them in his own mech, the Glastonbury, built by Dr. Naomi and based on a mech from his favorite anime. He feels remorse for the cheerleaders, explaining that they were harmless, but backpedals after Sylvia offers to nullify his victory. He also spares the challenger Kimmy Howell, commenting that he “can’t kill a co-ed”. He also begins to fight the supernatural, facing Matt Helms and Cloe Walsh.

Sylvia organizes a battle royale with twelve assassins, including Travis. Dr. Letz Shake kills all of the other assassins but Travis immediately, revealing that he had frozen Henry in carbonite. After Travis rescues Henry, he meets Shinobu, who now idolizes him and calls him “Master.” At Sylvia’s request, she fought and defeated Million Gunman and New Destroyman for Travis. Shinobu advances on Travis, but he turns her away because he feels “like the pervy teacher in a porn”. Rejected, she steps out.

Travis fights a grueling battle against Ryuji. Travis crows triumphantly after Ryuji concedes, but Sylvia kills him in cold blood, criticizing Travis for showing mercy. Henry, suffering from hibernation sickness, fights Mimmy in a nightmare before awakening. He reconciles with Travis and kills the next three assassins for him. Travis fights Margaret Moonlight, a gothic lolita, and Captain Vladimir, a cosmonaut, and convinces Sylvia not to destroy the latter’s body. After defeating ascetic Alice Twilight, the penultimate assassin, he decides he’s fed up with the ranked battles and the UAA. He berates Sylvia, insisting that assassins are human and that they shouldn’t have to die for entertainment like it’s some kind of video game. He promises to tear down the UAA after defeating Jasper.

Travis fights his way through the Pizza Bat headquarters to meet Jasper in his office. Jasper reveals that he was seeking revenge for his father and two brothers, the Pizza Bat CEOs Travis killed in the first game. Henry enters and helps Travis defeat him. After defeating his second form, Jasper becomes a giant parade balloon, which Henry refuses to fight. This final form is destroyed after Travis leaps out the window and slices it in half. Sylvia, riding Travis’s motorcycle, catches him and drops him off at his motel.

info: http://www.gamespot.com/wii/action/nomoreheroesdesperatestruggle/index.html

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No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle (Nintendo Wii)