The No More Heroes failure-to-launch event

by JC Fletcher { Dec 10th 2007 at 12:00PM }

Grasshopper Manufacture held a launch event for No More Heroes at Sofmap Amusement on the 6th, and ... well, it didn't quite go as planned. Or, at least we assumed that it didn't go as planned, because we assumed that they planned to sell some copies of the game.

Apparently it took over 20 minutes for anyone to actually walk up and purchase the game from director Suda51 and producer Yasuhiro Wada -- and even then, the first person to do it was a Famitsu reporter. We guess people just don't turn out for these things in Japan unless the game is porn or Dragon Quest. Uh, and nothing's more punk rock than being unpopular anyway, right?

[Via NeoGAF]

Tags: grasshopper-manufacture, japan, launch, no-more-heroes, ubisoft

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

nil @ Dec 10th 2007 12:32PM

This hurts my soul deep down. I have loved the Suda51 games I've played and I really feel that he is the designer most likely to create new genres. He deserves better than this.

Wiseguy @ Dec 10th 2007 12:47PM

If No More Heroes is a flop, then I will lose all faith in humanity. Anyone who doesn't buy a copy is dead to me.

MemphisNET @ Dec 10th 2007 12:54PM

Wow... suck.. as in, this does - I wonder what first week sales will be like.

Geoff Gibson @ Dec 10th 2007 12:56PM

Well to be honest, open-world games like Heroes aren't smash successes in Japan, and No More Heroes looks like it shares a lot of gameplay similarities as the GTA franchise.

I, for one, can't wait for this game. Come to Los Angeles Suda! I'd definitely come out to meet and greet you!

hvnlysoldr @ Dec 10th 2007 12:58PM

It sold 10k which is about better than any other Suda51 game in Japan. It's still horrible though...

troy @ Dec 10th 2007 1:03PM

More than double the lifetime Japanese sales of Opoona though. It could do better I agree. Ubisoft is putting it out over here so fingers crossed the publicize it heavily.

LilCo187 @ Dec 10th 2007 1:19PM

Wow....well, no need for you Suda 51 apologists to post on here, your comments aren't needed. Part of a games legacy and a games overall greatness kinda has to start with... i dunno....people actually wanting it. For whatever reason, and I don't think its a fault of their own, people (at least in Japan) are not interested in the game. Couple that with the lack of competitve softeware on the system right now and that speaks volumes, as much as you Suda 51ers don't wanna hear it.

I'll be giving this game a go though, seems pretty cool.

Joshua @ Dec 10th 2007 4:56PM

Yeah, the Wii is attracting a lot of "non-gamers". Anything that's actually a *game* never gets much attention (especially in Japan).

Damn, if this keeps up, real games could truly disappear from the system (they're already on life support).

Matters @ Dec 12th 2007 11:19PM

I don't think I have ever seen you say anything intelligent.

We can't feel bad for Suda51? They make great games and I hate to see them fail.

I bet you never made a comment saying that when Okami failed and the development team was laid off.

I won't even waste my breath on the rest of your retarded BS comment.

LilCo187 @ Dec 13th 2007 8:55AM

Thank you for your reply.

Michael C. Sherrin @ Dec 10th 2007 1:21PM

I just hope it still comes to America. Wii need some good, mature adventure games.

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Sora267 @ Dec 10th 2007 6:36PM

Dude, you spelled "we" wro - o i c wat u did ther.

Charles @ Dec 10th 2007 1:22PM

I feel bad for the poor dude, he's so cool and makes awesome games, and this is what he gets...it's things like this that make game developers to go lazy...

Sonic_13 @ Dec 10th 2007 1:52PM

Wow. I feel bad for that guy. His games are really cool.

I sort of feel like the Japanese gaming market has turned really mainstream and into the non-gamer type crowd, as games like Wii Fit, Play, and Sports sell like crazy. But as the games progress to more "hardcore" status, they don't sell as well, like Super Mario Galaxy and especially No More Heroes.