No More Heroes for Wii Reviews by Gamers

The first great game of '08 is here. It's name: No More Heroes.

Travis Touchdown is a nerd-cool anime otaku who lives out of the No More Heroes motel in Santa Destroy, California. One day he realizes that he's flat broke, and decides to become an assassin for a living. Meeting with a mysterious girl, Slyvia, he fights to become the number one assassin, and to get Slyvia in bed.

To do this, he's going to have to cut through a lot of people with his beam sword (think: lightsaber, but not copyrighted by Lucas). The meat of the game is a beat em up, hack and slash that relies on the Wiimote and Nunchuck to do the killing. Most of your fighting is done with the A button, but when it comes time to finish your enemies off, you'll have to slash with your remote like a real sword. It's not necessarily deep, but the blocking, dodging, different stances and special moves keep you on your toes at all times. Nothing is more satisfying than waving your hand and watching eight people's heads fly off in a beautifully bloody display.

Once you get through the chaff, you'll face against one of the ten (or more? hmm) Assassin's in the game. These characters are the highlight of the game, as they are each so uniquely wierd and off kilter that every one will leave and impression on you. You'll fight school girls, superheroes, sharpshooters, twisted barbie girls and more.

Between the missions, you have an open world game in which to do side jobs, upgrade your character and customize your clothes, but its no GTA by a long shot. You'll find yourself wanting to get through the bland world just to get to your next hit, but the crazy style of the game will be what keeps your going. You'll wonder what will come next in a world that slips between the cartoony and the ultra violent so effortlessly, mixing serious moments with the outright goofy. The best part is, you'll almost always be surprised by what comes next.

If you have a Wii, you've no excuse to not try it.