Oh, don't you see what I mean? The latest update on No More Heroes is the very best kind of update, in our eyes. It's a tiger-icon-related update. We've been dying of curiosity about the unconventional HUD elements in Suda 51's super-stylish, otaku-themed action game. TGS brought us tentative word that it was related to a "super mode" of some kind, and now we can see it for ourselves.
Each successful combo activates a slot machine; when you get three Grasshopper Manufacture grasshopper-guy heads, Travis transforms into a "Dark Side" mode; his skin darkens, his hair lightens and he can fight with enhanced speed and strength-- until the tiger walks across the screen to a "goal" area. Having a tiger walk a short distance is a perfectly logical way to express a limited strength increase, right?
Each successful combo activates a slot machine; when you get three Grasshopper Manufacture grasshopper-guy heads, Travis transforms into a "Dark Side" mode; his skin darkens, his hair lightens and he can fight with enhanced speed and strength-- until the tiger walks across the screen to a "goal" area. Having a tiger walk a short distance is a perfectly logical way to express a limited strength increase, right?
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10-01-2007 @ 1:11PM
Jonathan Tran said...
this game is too weird to be good at this point.
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10-01-2007 @ 1:18PM
Zack W. said...
Jump on the Tiger
You can feel his heart but you know he's mean
Some light can never be seen
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10-01-2007 @ 1:35PM
JC Fletcher said...
Zack, you're the star of the masquerade. Why does Jonathan Tran look so afraid?
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10-01-2007 @ 2:24PM
GregG said...
best song ever
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10-01-2007 @ 2:26PM
Mr Khan said...
Super Saiya-jin?
This is wild
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10-01-2007 @ 2:34PM
Zack W. said...
JC, he's been down too long in the midnight sea
Oh, what's becoming of me?
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10-01-2007 @ 3:26PM
DrunkenKender said...
JC gets 10,000 points for the Dio reference. Those who actually UNDERSTOOD (!!!) get.. my awesome DK love. Or not.
Sole survivah!
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10-01-2007 @ 3:37PM
comtar said...
Am I the only one who looks at the Tiger Power Meter and thinks it's funny only cause the song Eye of the Tiger plays in my mind when I see it?
I mean it's a game about a guy who buys a lightsaber on Ebay and kills the 11th greatest assassin with it and tries to kill the other top 10. Why are people trying to take this game seriously? No one takes Bad Dudes seriously... "Are you a bad enough dude to rescue the president?"
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10-01-2007 @ 4:04PM
Bryan said...
Holy(Diver)cow a DIO reference!!! Thats awesome u guys rock. reminds me of that Guns N' Roses reference for Burnout Paradise.
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10-01-2007 @ 6:15PM
upirons said...
I have to say, it makes me quite proud to see not only the Dio reference from JC but all of those in the comments who got it right off the bat. I can tell I'm in good company! Now, for the bonus question... Does anyone remember Band Aid and their song? If so, what was the song?
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