No More Heroes pushes the bar for what action games can do on the Wii, but it's still got its fair share of faults.
User Rating: 8.5 | No More Heroes WII
No More Heroes is a gory action game for the Wii in which you take on the life of an assassin named Travis Touchdown. You fight enemies with a light saber inspired beam katana that can be upgraded throughout the game. You earn money by completing side job mini-games and assassin missions, and you use the money to buy clothes, videos, or to enter the next ranked match. The ranked matches consist of 10 assassins: from rank 10 to rank 1. Each has their unique way of acting and attacking, and they really show the variety of the game. Unfortunately, the world at which you travel in, a city called Santa Destroy, does not have much variety. It is basically a hub that takes you from one place to the next. There are garbage dumps that you can interact with, and you can travel by using this odd-looking motorcycle, but the interactions with the pedestrians and other vehicles is rather mute. The open world sandbox-style gameplay is a fresh breath from the on-rails restricted Killer 7, but the graphics of No More Heroes do not have that cel-shaded charm that made Killer 7 so attractive. If you have a Wii and want an action game to play, No More Heroes is one of your first bets. Bring on the pain!
