Suda51 'loves' Travis Touchdown, hopes he becomes a 'huge star'

by Randy Nelson { Jul 8th 2009 at 9:00PM }

Speaking with Nintendo Power (and caught by Destructoid), No More Heroes creator Goichi "Suda51" Suda told the magazine about his mad love for series star Travis Touchdown. OK, so he didn't exactly say "mad love," but the magazine's editors tell Joystiq that Suda51 considers the character his absolute favorite creation.

In an interview published in the official Nintendo mag's latest issue, Suda expresses his hope that Touchdown will become a much more recognized character with the release of No More Heroes 2, saying, "I love him, and I want him to be a huge star." The developer joked that he'd be tickled to see Touchdown included on the roster for a future Super Smash Bros. title. "Maybe in the future, we can see him fighting alongside Link," he laughed. "That would be great."

We have to agree that Travis and his beam katana would certainly make our cut for a fantasy Smash Bros. lineup. Which Nintendo platform characters would be on yours?

[Thanks, Mark M.!]

Tags: grasshopper-manufacture, no-more-heroes, No-More-Heroes-2-Desperate-Struggle, suda51, travis-touchdown, ubisoft

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

ArchiGamer @ Jul 8th 2009 9:12PM

Like I have to really say....

Timerider @ Jul 10th 2009 11:43AM

Muffonious @ Jul 8th 2009 9:17PM

Jack Cayman (MadWorld), Ridley (Metroid), King K Rool (DK Country), Viewtiful Joe, Zant and Midna (Twilight Pincess), Little Mac (Punch-Out!!), Cecil and Golbez(FFIV), Blob (de Blob), someone from Battalion Wars, Megaman. There are others I can't think of, but I have ideas... :P

Travis Touchdown would be awesome, though.

Mark @ Jul 9th 2009 4:25PM

Ridley is TOO. BIG.

Muffonious @ Jul 9th 2009 5:55PM

Watch the Melee intro video, and look specifically at the size difference between Samus and Ridley. Ridley is slightly taller than Bowser in comparison, so why the hell couldn't they just do that again? Besides, did you ever stop to think that normally Olimar is the size of a quarter, and yet they put him in Brawl? Funny, because I thought the other fighters would squish him. Guess not, since Nintendo can resize their own characters however the hell they want to.

If they can multiply the size of Olimar by thousands, why not make Ridley slightly smaller (reduce him from the length of the Blue Falcon to a bit bigger than Bowser).

mr nimblewick @ Jul 8th 2009 9:17PM

I think the "charge the katana" move would keep him out of a Nintendo-developed game.

Gabriel Lamarre @ Jul 9th 2009 9:54AM

Why's that? Replace the katana with a can, and you get the can shaking minigame in Mario Party 8

Mr Khan @ Jul 8th 2009 9:22PM

Certainly one of the better original characters created this generation.

ArchiGamer @ Jul 8th 2009 9:24PM

Henry Touchdown would be nice too.

Roto13 @ Jul 8th 2009 11:31PM

Only if the crowd chants "Sir Henry Motherfucker! Sir Henry Motherfucker!" when he's doing well.

zonic505 @ Jul 8th 2009 9:27PM

Travis in a fighter (either Super Smash Bros, a 3D, or a 2D/2.5D) would be awesome.

STRAWBERRY ON THE SHORTCAKE!!

Shawn @ Jul 8th 2009 10:00PM

My SSB roster would have to include Ray Mk 2 (Custom Robo) Knuckles and maybe someone from Animal Crossing (Resetti or Nook?) and I agree with pretty much all of the people Muff mentioned. But yeah, Travis would be my #1 pick for new character =D

Markez @ Jul 8th 2009 10:03PM

Holy balls I get a tip in, thanks Randy!

SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICK

Markez @ Jul 8th 2009 10:05PM

Ooh, I think Zack & Wiki would be decent, or maybe even the lobe from Big Brain Academy. Or Chibi?

S. Tiger @ Jul 8th 2009 10:25PM

Travis Touchdown would make a Super Smash Bros. game become M-rated. You don't have a guy that says "Fuck head!" after killing someone in a T-rated game.

Santos L. Halper @ Jul 8th 2009 11:23PM

Nintendo could slightly alter Travis' personality so that he didn't yell "fuck head" while killing people. ...But then he just wouldn't be the same...

PS- Anyone still angry that Suda wants to move the series to 360 and use Natal? I know I am!

Roto13 @ Jul 8th 2009 11:33PM

He didn't say he wanted to move it to the 360 and the Natal. He said he wants to move it to another console with more power, and on a completely separate occasion, he said he liked Project Natal.

Feba @ Jul 9th 2009 2:15AM

Right, and Snake isn't a mature character either.

Really, Travis doesn't have to use the beam charger (why would he, in Smash, anyway? It would totally break the action); he doesn't have to shout obscenities all the time. Just as Snake doesn't have to make comments full of innuendo all the time.

Most Smash characters are pretty quiet anyway, but they keep their personality.

Roto13 @ Jul 9th 2009 2:30AM

Snake didn't fire a single bullet in Brawl, either. :P

S. Tiger @ Jul 9th 2009 2:51AM

Someone doesn't know Travis Touchdown too well.

Storm Eagle::The Blood Edge @ Jul 9th 2009 9:59AM

No Roto, he just planted mines, threw grenades and shot guided missles. I don't know why they didn't give him a pistol or something. I guess as long as it shoots anything but bullets (lazers, peanuts, etc.) it's ok.

Roto13 @ Jul 9th 2009 12:07PM

Explosives are more cartoony than bullets. Especially when you pull a rocket launcher out of nowhere and fire it. :P

Santos L. Halper @ Jul 9th 2009 3:44PM

@Roto13

I re-read the news. You're right, but I'm still angry.

Susumu @ Jul 9th 2009 12:03AM

I wanna see Mia from Fire Emblem

BrothaMann @ Jul 8th 2009 11:58PM

My question is this: with the Professor Layton Twitter comments about being invited to the Grand Smash Tournament recently... and now here is Smash Bros. being talked about again by a news outlet of credible status...

Is something going on behind the scenes or are us conspiracy theorists scheming something that does not exist???

Hmmm....

Storm Eagle::The Blood Edge @ Jul 9th 2009 10:01AM

Are you saying there could be 2 Smash Bros. games on the same console? Not likely, sir. Then again, if I recall correctly, Brawl came out earlier in the Wii's life cycle than SSB or Melee on their respective systems.....

Mr. Fister @ Jul 9th 2009 10:57AM

Melee was a launch title for Gamecube, and Brawl came out over a year after the Wii's release. The original didn't come out until well into the N64's life cycle.

Slick @ Jul 9th 2009 8:03AM

I personally would like to see if Travis Touchdown included in future SSB's.
Maybe they could have an option to turn off Travis's obscenities?

MowDownJoe @ Jul 9th 2009 9:17AM

I'd think it'd be funny if they just bleeped him. Let him have his sailor's mouth, but just literally bleep out the obscenities. That said, maybe a "damn" or two might slip by, since I'm sure that NoA is comfortable knowing that no matter what happens with the violence in the game, it's going to be a T game and not E10+.

Storm Eagle::The Blood Edge @ Jul 9th 2009 10:03AM

Well, a character I think that would be awesome for the series is Sparkster from the Rocket Knight Adventures series. And since that is a Konami game and they already managed to get Snake in, I don't think it would be too much to ask. He's got all the necessary components to be a great brawler.

Mr. Fister @ Jul 9th 2009 11:00AM

I'd love to see Travis make an appearance in the next Smash Bros. It probably won't happen, but I can always dream, right?

Slick @ Jul 9th 2009 9:07PM

Yeah. A huge amount of bleeps would be great.

Tim @ Jul 10th 2009 1:42PM

Pfft, please...

Suda51, Marvelous Entertainment, you're better off challenging Capcom in a VS. game, than being stuck with a supposed fighting game that still has ZERO arcade appearance.

Heck, I'm up for: Marvelous Entertainment VS Capcom

Travis vs Dante
Pip (Luminous Arc 2) vs Roll classic
Karen (Luminous Arc 2) vs Saki (Quiz Nanairo Dreams)
Anis (Steal Princess) vs Jubei (Onimusha Dawn of Dreams)

...for starters, anyone?

Alex @ Jul 13th 2009 2:21PM

Right, because arcades totally have SO MUCH RELEVANCE in the American video game market anymore.

(not that I'm particularly happy about that, mind you, but it is what it is).

Anywho, my wish list of new additions for the next Smash Bros is Ridley, Travis TD, Little Mac, Mega Man, Simon Belmont.