Grasshopper Manufacture

The official Grasshopper Manufacture podcast is back with another entertaining installment.  Flower, Sun & Podcast co-host Esteban Salazar is holding down the fort this week as co-host John Davis is still abroad in the U.S. still recovering from the SDCC 2010.  Filling in for John this week is Jean Snow, a renowned design guru and seeker of all things pop culture related.

Fridays are always awesome for two reasons: it’s the end of the work week and a new episode of the Grasshopper Manufacture podcast is released.  Always available bright and early on Friday morning, listening to the Grasshopper Manufacture podcast or rather the Flower, Sun & Podcast (official name) is definitely a nice way to cap off the work week for those who enjoy developer podcasts.

I usually don’t double dip on games even if a cool special edition is released.  Usually I’ll hold off on purchasing a game for a 2nd time even if there’s an added bonus since I would prefer not to spend an additional $80-100 just to have something on my shelf.  Well I’m going to be changing my colors today as a Japanese special edition has been announced for No More Heroes 2.

It’s Friday and you know what that means: another installment of the Grasshopper Manufacture podcast. Once again Grasshopper employees Esteban Salazar and John Davis are your hosts and this time they have a very special guest.  Acclaimed composer Akira Yamaoka (Silent Hill 2) joins the show to discuss his career and what gamers can expect from his work on the mysterious Grasshopper EA Partners game.

Video game developer podcasts are becoming a more common thing and if you ask me that’s a good thing.  We’ve gotten some good developer podcasts already such as the Kojima Productions Report, The Full Moon Show and the recent Irrational Games show. Now Grasshopper Manufacture, the studio behind Killer-7 and No More Heroes, is joining the podcast fray. 

It’s early in the morning and my usually bad mood is being intensified by some sad news. Speaking to GoNintendo, Suda 51 revealed he currently has no plans to make a third installment of No More Heroes.  The NMH franchise has never become wildly popular amongst gamers but it does have a loyal following i.e. yours truly Ian Fisher.

With the release of No More Heroes 2 next week I feel like a kid on Christmas Eve waiting to open his presents.  I’m a huge NMH fan and the past few trailers have put me into hype overdrive mode since the game promises to be even crazier and more enjoyable than the first installment.   Sadly Ubisoft has been doing the best job of promoting the game, in fact they don’t seem to be promoting it at all, but they have released another dev diary for the game featuring the incredible Suda 51.

While the Wii will be getting its second helping of No More Heroes awesomesauce next week in the form of No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle, Japanese PS3 and 360 owners are a mere month away from their introduction to the NMH franchise with the release of No More Heroes: Heroes Paradise.

With each new trailer for No More Heroes 2 things are getting crazier and a whole lot weirder. While crazy and weird is what we expect from the game things are being taken to an unimaginable level based on the footage that was recently released.

There’s nothing better than waking up in the morning and seeing that a trailer for No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise has been released. As we all know it’s always good to start your day off with a trailer that features buttery beats, slick visuals and a little bit of the ultra violence.

No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle is going to be a crazy ass game and there was never any doubt it wouldn’t be.  The first NMH game had a plethora of sexual innuendos coupled with graphic violence that pleased folks like me who enjoy a little bit of fun ultra violence in their games.

If you’re tired of me writing stories about No More Heroes then too bad. I’m a mega fan and when given the opportunity I’ll post a NMH story when I can.  While we all thought it would be awhile before we saw any media for the PS3/360 bound No More Heroes: Heroes’ Paradise since the website didn’t have any media that really isn’t the case.

I guess the media train for No More Heroes: Heroes’ Paradise is starting to roll since the teaser site for the game has launched today.

Sadly the site doesn’t have any game footage or in-game screenshots but it does have a video of a Japanese wrestler showing off some moves. Now that may sound a bit odd to some but if you know how much No More Heroes creator Suda 51 loves wrestling then this video shouldn’t be that much of a surprise.