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Spoiler Alert: Let's Talk About the Ending of Shadows of the Damned

Mike Epstein — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:00:00 EDT

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It's finally time. Welcome to the last Kotaku Game Club discussion of Shadows of the Damned. Today we're talking about Act 5, the game's ending and our final thoughts. More »

Come Talk About the End of Shadows of the Damned Tomorrow!

Mike Epstein — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:20:00 EDT

We're talking about Shadows of the Damned for the last time tomorrow. Come to Kotaku at 4pm eastern to discuss the game's ending. Also, I want to know to what game you guys think we should talk about next! More »

We're Talking About Act 4 of Shadows of the Damned. Right Now.

Mike Epstein — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:00:00 EDT

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It's that time again, folks. Welcome back to the Kotaku Game Club. Today we're going to discuss Act 4 of Shadows of the Damned. More »

We're Talking About Act 3 of Shadows of the Damned Right Here

Mike Epstein — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:00:00 EDT

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Welcome back, Game Clubbers! Today, we're moving forward to Act 3 of Shadows of the Damned. More »

Grasshopper Raised US$80,000 for Japanese Earthquake Release

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 20 May 2011 08:40:00 EDT

According to an official statement, Grasshopper Manufacture, the studio behind No More Heroes, raised $80,000 for quake relief via a fundraising event, a charity app and auctions. More »

"Nobody's running around like a chicken with their heads off" In Japan

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 05:00:00 EDT

Last Friday afternoon, an earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0 rocked north-east Japan. Minutes later, the coastline was hit with a tsunami, leaving death and destruction in its wake. More »

Kinect Gets Its First Weird Grasshopper Manufacture Game, 'Codename D'

Owen Good — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:32:58 EDT

Japanese games impresario Goichi Suda, creator of No More Heroes and Shadows of the Damned, and his studio Grasshopper Manufacture will bring an all-new title exclusively to the Xbox 360, titled "Codename D." (Skittles? Is that you?) More »

Shadows Of The Damned's First Trailer

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 05:00:00 EDT

This is Shadows of the Damned, a new game from No More Heroes' Goichi Suda and former Capcom mastermind Shinji Mikami. It's rock n' roll meets Resident Evil. More »

No More Heroes, But Yes More Cherries And Mangos

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:00:00 EST

These "erotic portraits" of Sylvia Christel are part of a Japanese pre-order bonus for upcoming title No More Heroes: Paradise. More »

A Second Glance At No More Heroes 2

Brian Crecente — Sat, 30 May 2009 01:00:00 EDT

What's this then? Another glimpse of No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle? And right before E3? Does that mean we're about to learn much more about the game? More »

EA Partners: DeMartini on the 'Renaissance'

Maggie Greene — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:40:00 EDT

Gamasutra has a nice five page interview up with David DeMartini of EA Partners, the Electronic Arts division that has released games like Rock Band, Crysis, The Orange Box, and, uh, Hellgate: London in the past year. It's a pretty wide ranging chat, from discussions of the challenges the come with working with Japanese studios, to acquiring new titles, to the relative disaster of Hellgate: More »

Yes, Have A Look Or Two At Fatal Frame IV

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 28 May 2008 04:00:00 EDT

This week's Famitsu has a look at the Nintendo published surivival horror Zero ~Tsukihami no Kamen~ AKA Fatal Frame IV. The Wii game is being directed by Tecmo's Makoto Shibata and Grasshopper's Goichi Suda. While Shibata worked on the previous Fatal Frame games, Suda was roped in to work on Fatal Frame IV. Hit the jump for another look at the game. More »

No More Heroes Does OK In America (Probably Better In Europe)

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:20:00 EST

Marvellous Interactive have published some worldwide shipping/sales figures for Suda's No More Heroes. In Japan, homeland of all parties involved? It's done terribly. Only 40,000 copies have shipped since launch. Ouch. How about America, then? Little better: they've shipped around 200,000 copies, and have sold just over 100,000 since launch. Not bad! Finally, however, they announce some European numbers. And while the game's not even out there yet (it's shipping late Feb/early March across all PAL territories), they're expecting to sell 160,000 units across the continent at launch. Could something finally be coming up roses for Suda? Let's hope so! More »

Suda Wants To Make Mario With Guns

Mark Wilson — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:00:45 EST

Grasshopper's Goichi Suda (51) is pretty comfortable making violent games, like bloody light saber fest No More Heroes (a slap in the face to most fiction/reality when burns tend to cauterize wounds, but we digress). So he was recently asked by Nintendo Official Magazine UK if he'd consider making titles for a younger crowd. And that's when his eyes turned red and pupils the darkest black of night... More »

Suda Wants to Make Xbox 360 Games For Your American Love

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:40:53 EST

Goichi Suda is known for his quirky, cel shaded games like Killer 7 and No More Heroes — both appearing on Japanese hardware. But Suda's ready to expand his game developer wings and try something different. Says Suda: More »

Frankenreview - No More Heroes (Wii)

Mark Wilson — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:00:40 EST

There's no doubt about it—the Wii is in dire need of some decent third party titles. That's why we find director SUDA-51's/Grasshopper Manufacture's No More Heroes so intriguing. A sort of Grand Theft Auto meets Killer7 meets light sabers, the game promised to bring action, humor and style to the Wii...without Mario or his friends. More »

"Third Party Wii Games Aren't Selling"

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:22 EST

No More Heroes creator Goichi Suda says third party Wii games aren't selling. He should know! Even though it faired well critically, nobody in Japan bought his game. (Well, not nobody.) What does Suda think of developing for the Wii? This: More »

No More Heroes Manual Looks Better Than Some Games

Mark Wilson — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:00:54 EST

Who out there reads instruction manuals? Show of hands. None? That's what we thought. Video game manuals are generally: More »

No More Heroes Censorship Explained...Kinda

Mark Wilson — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:00:44 EST

No More Heroes was supposed to be a gorefest in Europe and the US. But to every Australian Kotaku writer's surprise, the game will have the blood censored for its Europe release. In the theme of pretending we care about markets outside the US, we thought that we should let you know that Grasshopper CEO 'Suda 51' and Marvelous's Yashiro Wada made a joint statement today on the matter that should clear things up a bit:

First, let me say how honoured I am that everyone in Europe is expecting No More Heroes....The sales point of this game is action. Both I and Wada san have concentrated on making the best possible action game for the Nintendo Wii. We have chosen to release in Europe the same version as has shipped in Japan considering the broadly growing Wii market.

In other words, everyone thinks this will be a more lucrative plan. I prefer the subtlety of ash fountains to spurting blood anyway. More »

No More Heroes' Sinister Villain Gets...Sinister

Mark Wilson — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:20:28 EST

"I just need you to look the other way for a second." More »

Kojima Hints At New Snatcher Plans, Miz Talks Next Project

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 19:40:40 EDT

This weekend saw the game developer Grasshopper Manufacture hold an event in Tokyo called Snake vs Zombie Vol. 2 which was host to a series of music performances and conversations from famous game developers. Appearing at the event were Resident Evil director Shinji Mikami, Rez director Tetsuya Mizuguchi, and Metal Gear Solid director Hideo Kojima among others. More »

Kotaku Magu: No More Heroes Images

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 09:22:54 EST

As previously mentioned, the title is being whipped up by Suda 51 (Killer 7) and should be out next year. Here's a couple screenie scans from Famitsu. The game looks 31 flavors of sweet. And those in-game T-shirts we talked about? Gnarly. If there is one man who understands exactly what I want in a video game, that man is Suda 51. More »

Heroes Gone, So No More Heroes, K?

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 08:22:41 EST

Upcoming Wii game Heroes has been retitled to No More Heroes. The irony is divine. The game was developed by Suda 51, who also brought us the stylized Killer 7 and sounds intriguing. The plot? You're geeky Travis Touchdown, who wins a Light Saber-type weapon called a Beam Katana and kicks off a new career as a professional killer. It takes place in a fictional city in the Western United States. There's a French chick. It's a sandbox-type game. And the game's hero wears otaku-type shirts which were created by Okama, the character designer behind TV hit Densha Otoko's opening scene (above). Cool t-shirts and Light Sabers, can Suda 51 read minds or what?! Brian Ashcraft More »

From Wrestling to Dead People, The Making of Suda 51

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 07:22:16 EDT

Killer 7 in one word: Cool. The game's designer Suda 51? Anyone who turns up at a promotional events for his games wearing a lucha libre mask is, likewise, cool. Currently at work on a new title for the Wii, Suda, who previously worked as an undertaker and a woman's hand bag salesman, also Game Informer how he broke into the industry: More »

Make Contact... In English

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 16:22:07 EDT

Earthbound-like RPG Contact for the DS is odd. It should be. The game is courtesy crazy Japanese game studio Grasshopper Manufacture, who also brought us Killer7. The game is getting English localization thanks to publisher Atlus. Game site Siliconera talked with Tomm Hulett, the game's localization director: More »

Wii Can Be Heroes

Michael McWhertor — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 16:56:52 EDT

Wii fan site The Wiire has the never-before-seen E3 trailer that Grasshopper Manufacture, creator of mega-sales hit Killer 7 and the forthcoming DS RPG Contact, readied for their Wii title Heroes. Employing the same visual style exec producer Goichi Suda and company used for the artsy Killer 7, the trailer sees bad-ass Travis Touchdown (seriously!) take on heroin chic tough guy Helter Skelter and introduces classy sexpot Sylvia Christel. More »

Suda51 Explains the Meaning of Crazy

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 21:21:28 EDT

Goichi Suda, aka Suda51, sat down with Gamasutra's Brandon Sheffield and a buncha journos to talk about his company's latest release: Contact. Best known for designing Killer 7, Suda took a producer role for the RPG Contact. Tomm Hulette described the game as "a rare breed of quirky RPG that attracts a rabid fanbase with its whacked-out story, setting, and characters." The game also includes animal-training, item-collecting, monster-hunting and mini-games. More »

Grasshopper Announces Kuriyama For PS3

Michael McWhertor — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 21:08:20 EDT

The team responsible for Killer 7 is putting their pretentious caps back on for their first next-gen title, Kuriyama for the PlayStation 3. New games journalists everywhere will be praising the team's efforts to make something "Kafkaesque", a term they've been dying to use. JeuxFrance has a bunch of artwork for the game posted, no screenshots, but it's been hinted that the game will follow the artwork style closely. Also, the game appears to have a light versus dark mechanic, with the protagonist sporting only torches and flashlights. More »