No More Heroes
Suda51 is a name quirky auteur gamers know well. As the brainiac behind games like Killer7, Shadows of the Damned, and Let It Die, he’s known for his rather…odd tendencies, leave it at that. Perhaps the weirdest of these titles was No More Heroes, a Wii game where players had a laser sword that they could recharge by shaking the Wiimote. Yeah…that was a thing that happened. Still, Suda51’s jabs at otaku culture and fun combat made for two pretty solid games. Fans dug the quirky sense of humor and rather rewarding motion control gameplay that the games offered them.
A third entry in the near future seems unlikely, but there wouldn’t be anything wrong with a theatrical film. The odds of it are unlikely, sure, but given the recent trend of stylish action movies with goofy sense of humor, why couldn’t No More Heroes be made into a film? Travis Touchdown’s rise from loser to master assassin is classic “hero’s journey”, and add in the sprinkles of some naughty or oddball humor like Deadpool or Edgar Wright, and you’ve got a fun film on your hands. There’s an easy in as far as the marketing goes; it’s a dude with spiked hair and a laser sword, what more do you need? Maybe dial it back on that whole sword shaking thing, though.
