No More Heroes | |
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Genre(s) | Action-adventure, hack and slash |
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Creator(s) | Goichi Suda |
Platform(s) | Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, Amazon Luna, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S |
First release | No More Heroes December 6, 2007 |
Latest release | No More Heroes III August 27, 2021 |
No More Heroes (Japanese: ノーモア★ヒーローズ, Hepburn: Nō Moa Hīrōzu) is an action-adventure hack and slash video game series developed by Grasshopper Manufacture and was created by Goichi Suda, also known by his nickname Suda51. The series' title comes from the album title No More Heroes, which was released by the British punk band The Stranglers. The games follows Travis Touchdown, a fan of video games, anime, manga and wrestling who wins a beam katana in an auction, through which he inadvertently becomes involved in the United Assassins Association and is forced to kill assassins higher in rank to prevent other assassins from targeting him.
A total of five No More Heroes titles have been released worldwide.