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Professional wrestling has long attracted a wide swath of people: from men lacking proper education and/or teeth who enjoy public homoeroticism, to men too insecure to watch soap operas yet secure (or oblivious) enough to enjoy public homoeroticism. It doesn't help things that rasslin' has been going rapidly downhill since its heyday in the 80s when Vince McMahon single-handedly turned it from a revered gentleman's club to the sort of mainstream soft-core porno palatable to the MTV generation, but I digress. This post isn't about how easy to insult fans of wrestling are, instead it's about the three No More Heroes clips attached above and beyond the jump that demonstrate the Japanese love for faux pugilism.

Watching these two clips, I'm more excited than ever for Suda51's upcoming title, if only because it will answer the age old question: Why would a hero who carries a glowing sword worry about the complexities of sheathing and unsheathing when he can use his crotch to throw someone around the room?

Hit the jump for dos mas.

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Tron Knotts's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/26/2007 17:53
Tron Knotts
ZERO! I was just about to post these in c-blogs.
Cheeburga's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/26/2007 17:54
Cheeburga
Hot.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/26/2007 17:56
Holyetheline
Oh my, these are all so vague, still. I'm really hoping this game doesn't suck.... hard. ;)
Tron Knotts's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/26/2007 18:09
Tron Knotts
Remember folks, one of Suda51's first projests was a standard Pro Wrestling game that ends with [SPOILER TAG]the main character committing suicide[/SPOILER TAG]. Ending the game in this way scored Suda the "You are batshit insane" achievement in the game of life, not to mention an entire bathtub full of rep points, which he has since cashed in to make friends with Metal Gear developer Hideo Kojima and Resident Evil developer Shiniji Mikami.

So I'm not surprised this game has a lot of wrestling in it. But don't be shocked if it also has a decent amount of suicide and other curve balls. As a rule, Suda's game fail to sell, and he just about out of rep points. I see him using this game to try and fix both of those problems.

I'm optimistic. Everything I've seen of this game, from the gameplay, the HUD, the plot, the characters, the dialog, the little things like Travis' cat and need to do odd jobs, it all screams "classic".

I hope the release date for this game gets bumped up to before February, or pushed back to April, otherwise Brawl is going to ruin any chances it has at getting noticed.
Mabec's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/26/2007 18:15
Mabec
BUKAKKE: http://na.llnet.cdn.ea.com/u/demos/Crysis_SP_Demo.exe
Shalashaska161's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/26/2007 18:16
Shalashaska161
Man I really wish they would give us video clips longer than 5 seconds for this game. I want to see something substantial someday.
DrNutt's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/26/2007 18:17
DrNutt
"from men lacking proper education and/or teeth who enjoy public homoeroticism, to men too insecure to watch soap operas yet secure (or oblivious) enough to enjoy public homoeroticism."

Nex: constantly brilliant, hilarious, and on-target.
generaldane's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/26/2007 18:38
generaldane
@Shalashaska
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVHwL0hAHmA
IceMax's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/26/2007 18:42
IceMax
god this game is gonna be awsome
deanhatescoffee's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/26/2007 18:54
deanhatescoffee
This game will be awesome. I hope the American version keeps the profanity - that would be somewhat of a milestone for Nintendo.
Wedge's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/26/2007 19:17
Wedge
Considering the profanity in Killer 7, I wouldn't worry about that.
BigKev's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/26/2007 20:42
BigKev
Last video looks cool, but the first two aren't working for moi. Hopefully we get this in Australia.
RJG's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/26/2007 20:48
RJG
Who the hell needs 360/PS3 hardware when you've got art direction like this?

Also, the gesture controls don't seem over the top, and yet appropriate, which are both good things. I hope the sword fighting works well too. I don't want 1/1, but swinging left and having the sword swing left, and being able to string actual custom combos and shit together would be nice.
Lethal Dosage's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/26/2007 23:42
Lethal Dosage
That was sweet of you to lump a few million people in with thousands of die-hard wrestling fans.
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/27/2007 01:51
Aaron Mxy Yost
Pfff, everyone knows Vince McMahon had Owen Hart killed in order to twist the knife in Bret Hart one more time. I swear I saw Shawn Michaels in the rafters with a pair of bolt cutters.
donkeykong's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/27/2007 02:59
donkeykong
this game makes me want to tell my roommate to buy this game.
Fading Star's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/27/2007 20:38
Fading Star
Sweet.
Bob Muir's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/28/2007 01:16
Bob Muir
This game is going to rock my pants off.
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