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Nintendo Wii News | No More Blood for Europe, and No More Sales for Japan

10.12.2007

With Suda 51's latest title hitting the West in the coming months, publisher Rising Star Games has confirmed that European folk will be getting the censored version with lovely black splatters replacing the over-the-top bloodfest making its way to the States.

The US version will feature the full blood-filled version after Suda's promise to try and top Manhunt's reputation for blood and gore. However in Europe the bucketload will be censored out, leaving a regular hack and slash for adventure fans.

"We're publishing the same version of No More Heroes that has been successfully received in Japan. Ultimately, it's a fantastic game to play and that's all we care about at Rising Games".
Martin Defries, Rising Star Games

Thanks to IGN Wii and C3 reader Stupot101 for the tip.

In related news, Kotaku is reporting that Yasuhiro Wada and No More Heroes and Killer 7 creator Goichi Suda recently tried to promote the title in Japan, by giving away No More Heroes bog roll and offering a signing session. Despite that and a mini-skirt cosplaying blonde, not one single person bought the game.

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Grasshopper Manufacture

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E-Dracon 10.12.2007#1

huh? what? Why does Europe get a censored version, when i get a non censored version? o-o;

Mandown 10.12.2007#2

I read this earlier, it's a shame but no big deal. When I get a black U.S Wii next year I will sell my Euro version and get the U.S game for collection purposes, there is no way I will be happy knowing I have the censored version.

Dr_R 10.12.2007#3

We're more easily corrupted and have a propensity for fainting at the sight of blood.

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CincyDrummer 10.12.2007#4

just to clarify....you ARE joking about not one single person buy the game, right? please tell me that someone bought it...

jesusraz 10.12.2007#5

Not a big deal, I reckon. What's more interesting is that sales snippet from Japan...strange as its first day sales basically beat the lifetime sales of killer7 on GC!

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Flynnie 10.12.2007#6

...not one person bought the game in Japan...now thats gotta be a lie...surely!

I hate this whole idea of not having blood in games, swearing is the next thing to go i tell ya. Or characters that smoke cigarettes in public places

Canyarion 10.12.2007#7

Even though I don't care about getting a censored version, I don't understand it.

fenixazul 10.12.2007#8

The last time I checked No More Heroes was second in the charts, the only wii title that sold more than it was wiifit

Are you sure that not single person bought the game

Lightmare 10.12.2007#9

It seems that the topic I was in has been locked, so...

Oni-Ninja said:
For starters, thats messing directly with the artistic direction of the piece. Completely. You may be doing all the same things, but you wont get all the same sensations from it.
I can kinda see where you're coming from here. Duke Nukem 3D (what a game) had a parental locktype option. It was shit. All it did was blank out the stripper sprites so you were saying "shake it baby" to thin air.
It wont feel like the director intended.Thus, the PAL version of the game will not be the true version
And where do you draw the line? It could be said that nothing short of the original japanese version is in with the directors vision, and that even a translation is departing from it.
The whole point of this game is the extreme violence. If you take that away, it has no purpose. It still might be kinda fun or whatever, but youd have that nagging feeling at the back of your mind that youre playing the shit, censored version.
It will be interesting to see how much that this is an issue. This game is possibly a bit of a problem. If it is, as you say, about extreme violence, then censoring it is going to be like censoring say, mortal kombat. Just pointless.
I may have to play both versions to find out.

charwiimario 10.12.2007#10

I believe that not one single person bought the game WHEN SUDA 51 was signing autographs outside a retailer. Apparently he was there for 20 minutes, then decided to leave when no one showed up. GoNintendo is saying that a person of the media covering the event (Enterbrain or something like that) felt sorry, so he went in and bought the game to get it signed.

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Mandown 10.12.2007#11

jesusraz said:
Not a big deal, I reckon. Whats more interesting is that sales snippet from Japan...strange as its first day sales basically beat the lifetime sales of killer7 on GC!

That is a laughable fact.

He and his games of course have cult status within the gaming community there, but that community at present is not big enough to dramatically effect sales.

In time, with this game, as it is far more user friendly than the other titles from what I have read, that should change. Taking out the blood as harsh as it is is probably a sound decision from a financial perspective it pains me to say.

For me his games are Art, Blood + was flawed genius, if it came to Wii with Wii controls that is one port I would be happy to see. For that to happen this game need success.

Martin_ 10.12.2007#12

Lightmare said:
Oni-Ninja said:For starters, thats messing directly with the artistic direction of the piece. Completely. You may be doing all the same things, but you wont get all the same sensations from it.
I can kinda see where youre coming from here. Duke Nukem 3D (what a game) had a parental locktype option. It was shit. All it did was blank out the stripper sprites so you were saying shake it baby to thin air.

Yeah sure. That's a good example. Some of the humor was removed from the game. That's not entirely comparable to this situation, though. As with that (and the N64 version of DN3D), the blood was left in. So all the gore was still there, and the game was still awarded an 18 certificate regardless (though it'd scarcely get a 15 these days). So the decision to remove the sexual content was rendered irrelevant, anyway.

With NMH, they're removing one of the main visual-components which make up the 'look' and 'feel' of the game. This is sure to impact on the experience.

Lightmare said:
Oni-Ninja said:It wont feel like the director intended.Thus, the PAL version of the game will not be the true version
And where do you draw the line? It could be said that nothing short of the original japanese version is in with the directors vision, and that even a translation is departing from it.

That's just getting petty though, and that is where I would draw the line. I would personally glady suffer a few translation errors and/or misnomers so that I could actually understand what's going on. I would not suffer the restriction and/or cutting of actual content. You may not class gore as 'content', but in the case of this game, it clearly is. It's like cutting the ridiculous gore out of Soldier of Fortune. There'd be hardly any point point playing it, and can you honestly say you'd choose the abridged version over the full version? Of course not.

Lightmare said:
Oni-Ninja said:The whole point of this game is the extreme violence. If you take that away, it has no purpose. It still might be kinda fun or whatever, but youd have that nagging feeling at the back of your mind that youre playing the shit, censored version.
It will be interesting to see how much that this is an issue. This game is possibly a bit of a problem. If it is, as you say, about extreme violence, then censoring it is going to be like censoring say, mortal kombat. Just pointless. I may have to play both versions to find out.

Exactly. I'm sure the abridged version will be lots of fun. Inevitably though, the full US version will be the definitive one.

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[quote][b]Lightmare said:[/b]<br/>[quote][b]Oni-Ninja said:[/b]For starters, thats messing directly with the artistic direction of the piece. Completely. You may be doing all the same things, but you wont get all the same sensations from it.[/quote]I can kinda see where youre coming from here. Duke Nukem 3D (what a game) had a parental locktype option. It was shit. All it did was blank out the stripper sprites so you were saying shake it baby to thin air.[/quote]

With NMH, they're removing one of the main visual-components which make up the 'look' and 'feel' of the game. This is sure to impact on the experience.

[quote][b]Lightmare said:[/b]<br/>[quote][b]Oni-Ninja said:[/b]It wont feel like the director intended.Thus, the PAL version of the game will not be the true version[/quote]And where do you draw the line? It could be said that nothing short of the original japanese version is in with the directors vision, and that even a translation is departing from it.[/quote]

That's just getting petty though, and that is where I would draw the line. I would personally glady suffer a few translation errors and/or misnomers so that I could actually [i]understand[/i] what's going on. I would not suffer the restriction and/or cutting of actual [i]content[/i]. You may not class gore as 'content', but in the case of this game, it clearly is. It's like cutting the ridiculous gore out of Soldier of Fortune. There'd be hardly any point point playing it, and can you [i]honestly[/i] say you'd choose the abridged version over the full version? Of course not.

[quote][b]Lightmare said:[/b]<br/>[quote][b]Oni-Ninja said:[/b]The whole [i]point[/i] of this game is the extreme violence. If you take that away, it has no purpose. It still might be kinda fun or whatever, but youd have that nagging feeling at the back of your mind that youre playing the shit, censored version.[/quote]It will be interesting to see how much that this is an issue. This game is possibly a bit of a problem. If it is, as you say, about extreme violence, then censoring it is going to be like censoring say, mortal kombat. Just pointless. I may have to play both versions to find out.[/quote][/quote]

Exactly. I'm sure the abridged version will be lots of fun. Inevitably though, the full US version will be the definitive one.

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Raff 10.12.2007#13

Ubisoft wins the day.

It's going to be shit and you jolly well know it.

tiamat1990 10.12.2007#14

Oh my fucking god!! Oh dear god please don't give Oceania the European version...pretty please!!!

Martin_ 10.12.2007#15

That's a point- if Australia get's the uncensored version, you lot can just import that one. It'll work fine on your PAL Wiis. However, a PAL version of any game tends to be the PAL version of that game. Oceania included.

Satoshi 10.12.2007#16

Seeing as i don't get enough in-game blood to satisfy my psycopathic side, i'm going to be forced to look for it in real life.

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Martin_ 10.12.2007#17

lol. May I recommend getting a job at a slaughterhouse? All the gore you'll ever need.

Jump_button 10.12.2007#18

i really hope this sell well look at how hot the girl is :3 and Free toilet paper

maybe it more ppl didt know about them be there lol

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Martin_ 10.12.2007#19

She's not hot. She looks like a dirty slag who's full to the brim with STDs. I wouldn't stick my willy in her for any money.

(Alright, yeah I would..)

Faust_D 10.12.2007#20

Oni-Ninja said:
Shes not hot. She looks like a dirty slag whos full to the brim with STDs. I wouldnt stick my willy in her for any money.(Alright, yeah I would..)

Who's that Willy-person you keep talking about? I'd like to meet him/her someday, seems like a nice person. Smilie

And, yeah, she's not th

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Martin_ 10.12.2007#21

It's the piece of flesh I keep between my legs, piss out of, and sometimes fuck girls up the cunt with. It's not a person I'm afraid, and I doubt you'd like to meet my willy. Unless you're queer, I suppose?

Faust_D 10.12.2007#22

Oni-Ninja said:
Its the piece of flesh I keep between my legs, piss out of, and sometimes fuck girls up the cunt with. Its not a person Im afraid, and I doubt youd like to meet my willy. Unless youre queer, I suppose?

Nah, I'm not gay today. Just had a horrible weekend Smilie