No More Heroes for Wii Reviews by Gamers

Do you like anime culture?

Do you like killins'?

Do you like digital female assets?

Then you'll love No More Heroes. This latest offering from the creator of Killer 7 is a rather unique, rather amusing game that never really goes anywhere.

I spent half the game trying to figure out a solid motivation for the protagonist, Travis Touchdown, to be going about killing hundreds of talentless underlings and their often interesting masters. The motivation I came up for his actions? A woman and a lust to be the best. Travis from his style to his wit and stubborn coolness are everything any real life otaku wishes they were.

Basically the game boils down to going from mission to mission and clawing your way up the ranks of the UAA (An assassin's guild.) by killing whoever holds the rank above you.

The missions and boss battles are always interesting and fun and they are what will keep you playing this game, that and nothing else. Between missions you have to do extremely boring side missions and odd jobs to pay the entry fee for the next ranked fight. These jobs range from killing to rounding up cats to collecting coconuts. Other than that, you can work out at a gym owned by a hilariously odd ex-wrestler (The gamefly censor system won't let me say why), buy videos and visit a scientist who makes new beam katanas and apparently hates you. There is also a collect fest in the form of delivering "Lovikov Balls" to a drunk Russian of the same name.

The combat is very repetitive (Slash, slash wave the Wiimote in an indicated direction, watch clouds of blood and limbs fly everywhere, repeat.) and I found that I almost exclusively used my beam katana; almost never did I utilize the arsenal of wrestling moves at Travis' disposal. That said, the combat is giggle inducing, over-the-top and fun.

The unique personality, style and music of this title will either make you love it or hate it. Because combat alone does not a game make. So, if you're open to a bit of quirk, pick it