grasshopper manufacture

Destructoid has taken the pleasure in creating a great video preview for Grasshopper Manufacture's upcoming game.

For the longest time all we have gotten form this game are screenshots, a few details and the videos were always short and didn't clearly show the feel of the game. Luckily over at Destructoid.com , they got to play through the first couple of levels, and created a nice video preview for all of us curious cats. Seeing this has definitely got me more interested in the game. Check out the vid below and tell us what you think. Is this something you would buy or maybe try out?

Uploaded by http://www.youtube.com/user/DTOID (They haven't uploaded part 2 yet, I will update the story when they do)

A new No More Heroes game...but doesn't really include new stuff. One of those hybrid 1.5 types of things.

No More Heroes is probably my favorite Wii game, and the most ridiculous story I've ever played. Unfortunately when NMH2 came around, my fan-boy hype sort of died down, and bonus didn't care for the PS3 version with Move.

But what slightly caught my intrest again was No More Heroes : Red Zone Edition. This is NMH 1 with "Z Rating" which is like, super adult content in Japan, 5 bosses from NMH2, 10 missions left out of the Wii version, Online rankings and A boss battle mode (Which I was so depressed the first one didn't have) , ps move compatible and "Forbidden View Mode" which seems like looking at the women in the game...naked.

Being a huge fan of the first one, this is exciting. I may go out and buy the second one cheap and used to get back into it. The only downside is that the game in Japan is Yen 3990, which is about $42, but a lot of time the games are more expensive after sent to the U.S and not a direct conversion of pricing. the game is to be released July 21. Any No More Heroes Fans here at Gouki? Or peple who were intrested but didn't have a Wii and didn't want to buy the PS3 port? I see this as a 1.5 version, leave a comment on what you think about the series and this upcoming release :D

Heres a Promo video uploaded by http://www.youtube.com/user/segunasu

Official Site: http://www.mmv.co.jp/special/game/ps3/nomoreheroesrz/

Crazy games usually have crazy pre-order deals right? Not this time. But two great composers coming together sounds promising.

Shadows of the Damned, the upcoming psycho-train game from Suda51 and Mikami. Pre-order deals have been announced but it feels a bit lacking. Pre-ordering from Amazon, EA or Gamestop gets you a CD with 12 tracks from the game. Cool right? Well you don't get a physical CD...it's digital download. That part kind of set me off, actually receiving a CD feels so much better, but I guess going digital saves them a lot of money. If you enjoyed the music of silent hill, Akira Yamaoka also helped put this Original Soundtrack together, working a long side with the band "The Damned"

A 3 part charity event to raise ¥ for Japan's Earthquake and Tsunami fund, also bonus news on upcoming game "Shadows of the Damned" and that secret game Grasshopper has been hinting at. (UPDATED- more info)

The event is titled "Grasstream 2 Travis VS. Garcia" and it will be held in Shinjuku Loft Plaza in Toyko. The event will be on March 30 from 19:30 to 21:45.  With ticket prices at ¥1,500 in advance and ¥2,000 at the door , all money goes to The Red Cross reflief fund for Japan. So for the majority of us who won't be at the event, they are awesome enough to not only stream it, but have a second stream  with ENGLISH commentary (live) !  The Grasshoper charity event will be split into 3 sections :

Part 1- Good Work, Travis! -NO MORE HEROES2 DESPERATE STRUGGLE: 

• NMH Character Designer Yusuke Kozaki & Mechanical Designer Shigeto Koyama discuss NMH
• Scott Pilgrim vs. Travis Touchdown?!?  Suda 51 on  Edgar Wright’s latest film, “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World” 
• No More Heroes acoustic set with GhM director and The Riot lead vocalist, Kazutoshi Iida

Part 2- Grasshopper’s Latest Game!

• New game announcement that they have been speaking of for a while. Could this be Travis and Garcia in the same twisted world? o.o
• Hands-on impressions from Vanilla Beans and model/gamer, Kayo Sato. New game announcement
• Vanilla Beans mini-concert ( for the win)

Part 3- Welcome, Garcia！ -Shadows of the Damned-

• Special chat with Suda 51, Akira Yamaoka, and a Special Guest! (Suda talks are always awesome)
• New trailer release
• Shadow of the Damned "events" in April
• Presents for those who attended, and special cocktails based on the games and chicken!

Also the event will be hosted by our favorite gaming "Trap" Kayo Sato a.k.a Kayo Police, and Rolling Uchizawa

English Stream here http://www.ustream.tv/channel/grasstream-2-travis-vs-garcia

Japanese stream here http://www.ustream.tv/channel/grasstream2-travis-vs-garcia

Will you be tuning in? Excited for what type of incredibly insane game they came up with or do you just want your daily dose of Kayo Police ;) Any No More Heroes fans in here stoked for a possible return of Travis Touchdown , because I am!  Leave your comments below.

Source: http://www.grasshopper.co.jp/en/archives/2666

Suda51, I love you.

Shadows of the Damned is a survival horror game coming out this June. I haven't been following it much but I'm glad it got my attention. 2 big names behind this game are No more Heroes Suda 51 and Resident Evil's Shinji Mikami.

I'm not too much of a RE fan but NMH is definately something I will love for a very long time. But knowing how badass Resident games have been and Sudas other wacky projects, this game is sure to be promising. Enjoy the video below and leave a comment. 

Uploaded by http://www.youtube.com/user/CGRtrailers

Taken from offical website below - 

"When evil demonic creatures kidnap Garcia’s girlfriend, it’s up to him to travel to the City of the Damned to get her back.  Aided by a former demon with the ability to transform into an array of vicious weapons, Garcia will once again take on the mantel of “demon hunter” and rip apart the horrifying forces of the underworld to protect what he loves most"

Game info here http://www.ea.com/shadows-of-the-damned