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Capcom and Nintendo have always had a rather close relationship. In 2002, though, the pair became blood brothers. Or so people thought. More »
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Capcom's Keiji Inafune and Grasshopper Manufacture's Goichi Suda (aka Suda 51) will speak at the sixth annual Nordic Game 2009 conference this May, should you happen to find yourself there. More »
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Gamasutra has a great interview up with Masafumi Takada, best known for his work on the Grasshopper Manufacture games killer7 and No More Heroes and contributor on projects ranging from Super Smash Bros. Brawl to Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles. The interview covers a ton of ground, from what it's like to work with Goichi Suda to Takada's work on Samurai Champloo to his theory on composing for games: More »
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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 »
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We are constantly inundated with stories of games getting their release dates bumped back, but rarely if ever do we hear about something releasing early. In a statement to IGN yesterday, Ubisoft announced that Suda 51's No More Heroes will be coming to the Wii a little over a month early. Originally slated to release Feb. 29, the quirky cel-shaded cousin of Killer 7 is now set to hit store shelves on Jan. 22. The original release date would have pitted No More Heroes against heavy hitter Super Smash Bros. Brawl, so was this a shrewd marketing move on Ubisofts's part, or merely a coincidence? More »
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Grasshopper Manufacture's No More Heroes may not have Halo 3 or Grand Theft Auto IV hype behind it, but we're certainly looking forward to Goichi Suda's next. Fortunately, for us English speakers, IGN reveals that the game finally has a Western publisher who's brave enough to take on the Wii follow up to Killer 7. Ubisoft have stepped up to the plate to bring No More Heroes stateside. The even better news? Travis Touchdown and his cel-shaded mates will be coming to the West in February of 2008. More »
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Vague, I realize. Goichi Suda, Killer7 creator, tells SEGA brownman Toshihiro Nagoshi that he'll be announcing something in the next few weeks. No More Heroes is a while off, and Suda's got his fingers in several pies, so I'm curious: What is he announcing? Info about his Snatcher project with Kojima? His proposed PS3 game? His unannounced Xbox 360? What? Like I said, I'm curious. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=282102&view=rss&microfeed=true At the Snake vs. Zombie event in Tokyo earlier this year, some of gaming's biggest names got together. Names like Hideo Kojima (Metal Gear Solid), Shinji Mikami (Resident Evil) and Goichi Suda (Killer 7). All three are on stage and sitting on stools, shooting the shit. It's 26 minutes long and fascinating. More »
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Sorry, Killer 7 fans with a taste for Wii waggle, Capcom says that their listing for a Wii version of Killer 7 posted yesterday was simply an error. The European web site updated today with a denial that such a product exists and despite firmly entrenched cynicism, we're inclined to believe them. More »
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Is Capcom and Grasshopper Manufacture's psychological horror adventure game Killer 7 getting the Wii port treatment? Capcom of Europe implies such with its Killer 7 listing, hinting that the game originally designed for the GameCube may follow in the path of Resident Evil 4 and shoehorn in waggle control. More »
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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 »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=219260&view=rss&microfeed=true 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 »
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Here at Kotaku, we don't have a cracker jack team of proof readers. When we fuck up, it's because we, and we alone, are checking each of our posts. Ourselves. But, when big companies make an boo-boo, it's because groups of people screw the pooch. More »
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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 »
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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 »
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Gamasutra reports that Killer 7 designer Goichi Suda (AKA Suda51) is making an original game for the Nintendo Wii. The title is apparently Heroes and was schedule for E3 face time, but is not making an appearance for unknown reasons. A shame the game didn't get that public airing. More »
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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 »
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GameSpot has a report suggesting that Killer 7 creator Gouichi Suda and Metal Gear Solid mastermind Hideo Kojima indicated they'd like to work with one another and joked that they "should announce something at E3." Now, whether there's any truth to their team-up or not, we'll have to wait until May to find out. More »
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The modestly reviewed, highly artistic and visually interesting Killer 7 is getting a comic book makeover from Devil's Due according to Monsters and Critics. Killer 7's unique style should translate well to the pages, since the game felt like a playable comic book. More »
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Gouichi Suda, the force behind Killer 7, is creating light entertainment for the Nintendo DS. Titled Contact, the yet released game follows a boy named Cherry that searches his planet for an alien professor's scattered power components. The kid also collects costumes, such as for a chef, pilot, fisherman or firefighter. Depending on what Cherry wears, his abilities change. I know exactly what that's like. If I'm not encased in a wetsuit, there's no way I'm up for SOCOM: Navy Seals. More »
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Leave it to Bonnie at Heroine Sheik to point out the femme fatale in Killer 7's use of blood as a weapon. The eerie character of Kaede and her grisly avatar make her profuse bleeding even more eerie. Obviously a tie to menstruation and society's reactions to it, Bonnie hypothesizes that Kaede "plays off of our subconscious (or conscious) associations and uses the strength of that fear to her own in-game advantage." My ex-girlfriend used menstruation as a weapon long before Killer 7 came out. Guess she was pretty forward thinking, after all. More »
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