Two interesting items related to localized versions of No More Heroes have popped up, and we decided to combine them despite the fact that they don't necessarily relate to one another. First, Amazon's page for the American version of No More Heroes now contains a boxart image. We have no idea if it's the final boxart or a placeholder, but it's cool and doesn't have too much clutter. The other news tidbit is that Rising Star Games has apparently been responding to angry emails from European gamers who want ichor. The message, as reported by NeoGAFfer Dachande, says not to "rule out a revised, 18+ version released some time in 2008 incidentally."
If this happens, it's either a fan-pleasing move or an open grab at double-dippers' wallets -- or a confusing bit of marketing that will make people hesitate to buy the game the first time and, at worst, forget to buy it the second time. Most likely the statement is just Rising Star's way of trying to get people to leave them alone about the blood thing.
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12-15-2007 @ 2:20PM
Shadow31 said...
If that's Rising Star's way of trying to get people to drop this issue... horrible idea. They say that, and there will be people holding out on buying the game so they could get the so called "revised, 18+ version". All they will do is hurt their potential sales. Maybe not dramatically, but enough to make it not worth just giving a flat out "no".
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12-15-2007 @ 2:21PM
Shadow31 said...
Sorry, worth, I said not worth, meant worth.
12-15-2007 @ 2:23PM
ALH said...
ouch, that ubisoft logo looks like a football or something. Ruins the flow of the box, your eye is drawn down travis's leg to it instead of up from there to the no more heroes logo
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12-15-2007 @ 2:36PM
ssuk said...
I think it's colours which do that, more than it's shape. Needs monochroming and it'll probably fit right in.
12-15-2007 @ 2:42PM
Joshua said...
Yeah, the Ubisoft logo gets in the way, but the rest of the box is very nice.
12-15-2007 @ 2:45PM
Mr Khan said...
I agree with Shadow, this will just engender confusion and reduce sales, especially if that "revised, 18+ version" never surfaces
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12-15-2007 @ 2:45PM
sn1per said...
So does this mean that the game got an M rating, and they won't need to censor it in the US? Cause I remember reading somewhere that Suda said it would be more violent than manhunt 2.
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12-15-2007 @ 3:02PM
ZagZagovich said...
That's a great box art. I wouldn't mind buying it. Even thought it would cost a fortune here. Also I'm ready to wait for the uncensored version. I waited for Paper Mario and Metroid Prime 3 so this won't be a hard time for me.
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12-15-2007 @ 3:22PM
Atlantis1982 said...
I liked the Japan cover art more. >.>
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12-15-2007 @ 6:00PM
Ethan said...
Is he giving us the V-sign? How very towers of london of him.
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12-15-2007 @ 7:22PM
AshStampede said...
I saw the video of the uncensored vs censored version. I perfer the edited with ashes instead of blood. Being cel-shaded and that over the top blood just did seem to fit. I wont wait for any uncensored version here in the uk, will get the game on release day in what ever form. whatever happen to games with parental controls or a "turn blood off" then you could just have one version of you game that delievered both ends of the spectrum.
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12-15-2007 @ 7:40PM
Shadow31 said...
Here's what happened. The happy people at ESRB were given a group concussion and now think they are the parents of everyone in the world. So, wanting to be responsible parents but unable to watch all their children at the same time, they decided they needed to make sure any hint of violence was unattainable by... well, everybody.
Basically, ESRB does not trust parents with parental controls, so seperate versions must exist (if ESRB so allows it).
12-16-2007 @ 5:00AM
tiamat1990 said...
Ah fuck...now I have to wait.
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12-16-2007 @ 8:34AM
Serious Kano said...
ok, now i'm confused. does that mean that europe will get the bloodless version and then, maybe, a blood-containing version will come out? what's the point of doing this? they should either give us the uncensored game or the censored one. that's lame.
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12-16-2007 @ 9:31AM
Sihylm said...
Haha stupid move on their part.
I'm holding out in this case.
If they want sales they should act more proffessional and cater to their audience, not try and get them to shut up.
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12-18-2007 @ 10:07AM
sorensilk said...
I don't really care about the blood vs no blood part. I do want to know why he's holding a fluorescent light though?
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