Suda - more talk of No More Heroes future with Wii 2, around 10 2d mini-games in NMH: DS, could NMH work on WiiWare, and a tiny horror game tease
A portion of an IGN interview with Suda51...
IGN: Now you talked a bit about Wii in an earlier interview, and mentioned that this would be the last No More Heroes on the system. Is this a franchise you want to take onto another console, or does it mean that if you're finished with NMH on Wii that the series is over as well?
Suda: I still think that No More Heroes and Wii is a good match, and that for the game we need motion controls, and that's why it works so well on Wii. Even if Travis's story is finished with number two, and we decide to make another No More Heroes game within the No More Heroes world or setting I still think that it should be on a Nintendo platform, and more specifically the Wii 2 later down the line. I'm assuming that for the next Wii Nintendo will do more impressive motion controls, and that's what No More Heroes is all about. Right now though we're working on making No More Heroes 2 as strong as can be, so I'm not really thinking about a third game currently.
IGN: Fair enough. Now for the job system, you made the decision to move it all into 2D, and we've already been seeing some great feedback on that. How many of those games are included, and were there any talks about having them in their own challenge mode as well apart from the main game?
Suda: You'll see around 10 2D mini-games in No More Heroes 2, and they'll all be done in the retro 2D, 8-bit style. I thought that'd be a fun way to re-imagine them. If you want to play them though so far you need to actually go to the areas in the story mode, and I'm not sure yet if I'll include them as any separate challenge mode. So far they're contained only in the story mode.
IGN: I saw those and instantly thought about a No More Heroes DS game – 2D hack-n-slash arcade game…
Suda: Oh yes. That could also be done on WiiWare too quite well…
Finally, Suda gives another little tease about the action/horror game he's been working on for quite some time...
Suda: Oh man. I love IGN, so I really want to give you something here… It's an action/horror game, and it'll be very scary… And I guess I can also tell you that the main character has a very cool watch.