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Suda 51 talks about his EA relationship and new games

11:46 AM on 11.12.2008, Dale North 15 comments

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In an interview with DasGamer, Grasshopper Manufacture's Suda Goichi talked about his upcoming projects: No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle and his top-secret project where he'll be working alongside Shinji Mikami for EA. And speaking of EA, he says that we shouldn't worry about that partnership.

When asked about the U.S. release date of No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle, Goichi said that while it has not been announced for the States yet, that is his main target -- the U.S. and Europe. So no worries there. In it, he says that Travis' new adventures will revolve around a theme of revenge, and that it will be much harder than its predecessor.

On his secret project with Mikami and EA, he only teased that the game would be "very crazy." DasGamer asked him about the EA relationship, pointing out that some consider the publisher to be "soulless."

Here in Japan, and for me personally, I didn’t really have this image of EA being soulless company. For me they were just another company, a publisher that publishes games. You don’t make games between companies, you make games between people. You shouldn’t worry about this project between Grasshopper and EA. I have a really good relationship with an executive producer at EA, and he really understands what we’re doing, and between that and Mikami-san who is also producing the game.

Read the rest of this interview, including the end, where Goichi talks about his best new ideas, which were created on the toilet.


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Guagloves's Avatar
Guagloves at 11/12/2008 11:54
Suda's games better be crazy. It's half of the reason I play them. Destroyman ftw!
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Drack48 at 11/12/2008 11:56
I still need to play no more hero's, I'm scared off by the open world parts and mowing lawns to get to the good stuff.
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superflossy at 11/12/2008 12:01
"very crazy"

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

also, i want to have his babies
NihonTiger90's Avatar
NihonTiger90 at 11/12/2008 12:03
Suda 51 needs to just keep doing what he's doing and don't let anyone tell him not to. Not even EA.
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scottoid at 11/12/2008 12:05
SuDAman. no more heroes rocked my face. cant wait for the second one!
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Holyetheline at 11/12/2008 12:42
he looks like a Japanese version of conor oberst
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ZaxCG2 at 11/12/2008 13:34
You know- EA may be a soul-less giant, but now that they've somewhat slowed down on gobbling up companies, I've come to like them...

Heck, they back most of my favorite games... so they're becoming the lovable giant for me. :D

I can't imagine how you could make NMH better (except for the city gameplay) so NMH2 should rock everyone's face off.
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UtahGetMe2 at 11/12/2008 14:02
Did he purposefully dress like the guy in the cartoon behind him?
MotoRobo's Avatar
MotoRobo at 11/12/2008 14:28
He's right.
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vexed alex at 11/12/2008 15:14
It's going to be another game that's "intentionally" awful.
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RJG at 11/12/2008 15:49
As a PC gamer, EA are fucking monsters with their DRM bullshit. And I also disagree with the "soulless" part. A company that devours that many innocent companies and slaves them to the grind wheel to produce yearly sequels much have quite a collection by now.
John B's Avatar
John B at 11/12/2008 16:26
EA is evil. Never forget Bullfrog and Origin.
RonBurgandy2010's Avatar
RonBurgandy2010 at 11/12/2008 18:09
This man is truly a god.
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