No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle

No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle
North American Wii box art
Developer(s)Grasshopper Manufacture[a]
Publisher(s)
Director(s)Nobutaka Ichiki
Producer(s)Yoshiro Kimura
Designer(s)
  • Toshihiro Fujikawa
  • Chihiro Suda
Programmer(s)Noboru Matsuzaki
Artist(s)
  • Junya Iwata
  • Sho Chijimatsu
Composer(s)
List of composers
  • Jun Fukuda
  • Masatomo Komakine
  • Kazuhiro Goto
  • Taku Yoshioka
  • Tomohiro Shirai
  • Masahiko Hagio
  • Fiber Jelly
  • Akira Yamaoka
  • Ryo Watanabe
SeriesNo More Heroes
Platform(s)
ReleaseWii
Nintendo Switch
  • WW: October 28, 2020
Amazon Luna
  • US: February 25, 2021
Windows
  • WW: June 9, 2021
Genre(s)Action-adventure, hack and slash
Mode(s)Single-player

No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle[b] is an action-adventure hack and slash video game developed by Grasshopper Manufacture for the Wii. The sequel to No More Heroes (2007), it was released by Marvelous Entertainment in Japan, Ubisoft in North America,[5] and Rising Star Games in PAL territories in 2010.[6][7] The game continues the story of professional assassin Travis Touchdown; upon discovering that a corporation's CEO placed a hit on his best friend, Travis rejoins the ranks to fight his way through an even greater number of assassins to confront his best friend's killer and attain revenge.

Desperate Struggle was the only game in the series without Goichi Suda as lead director; he was relegated to executive director, with Nobutaka Ichiki replacing him. The game received critical acclaim, with critics considering it to be superior to its predecessor. A port of the game developed by Engine Software was released for the Nintendo Switch in 2020, and for Amazon Luna and Microsoft Windows in 2021. It was followed by two sequels: Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes (2019) and No More Heroes III (2021).

  1. ^ RawmeatCowboy (May 25, 2010). "No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle hits Australia, includes instruction booklet mini-comic, plasters reviews on cover". GoNintendo. Archived from the original on May 28, 2010. Retrieved August 14, 2010.
  2. ^ "東京ゲームショウ2008において新作発表会を開催" (PDF). Marvelous Entertainment. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 31, 2008. Retrieved October 9, 2008.
  3. ^ Purchese, Robert (April 6, 2010). "No More Heroes 2 dated for UK". Eurogamer. Retrieved April 6, 2010.
  4. ^ Spencer (July 14, 2010). "Marvelous Makes Beefy No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle Limited Edition". Siliconera. Retrieved August 14, 2010.
  5. ^ a b "Nintendo Power". Nintendo Power. August 2009. pp. 57–60.
  6. ^ "TGS 2008: Some More Heroes Wii-bound next year". GameSpot. 2008. Retrieved August 9, 2008.
  7. ^ "Ubisoft reveals 'No More Heroes' sequel". USA Today. June 2, 2009. Retrieved May 20, 2010.


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