As reported recently on Joystiq, former Wii exclusive No More Heroes is currently receiving an HD makeover so it can be ported to the Xbox 360 and PS3. The port, entitled No More Heroes: Heroes’ Paradise, is set to release on both platforms sometime in 2010. After seeing some of the screenshots, it’s difficult to deny that the game looks good in HD, especially given how grainy and jaggy (albeit deliberately) the Wii’s visuals were. However, is porting this game to the Xbox 360 and PS3 really necessary?
Given how poor the sales figures have been for most recent hardcore Wii titles, there is definitely logic behind this idea; to create a relatively inexpensive port of a well received game, in order to bring the game to a much wider, and more receptive, audience. However, this idea seems flawed, in that the type of gamer interested in this probably already owns a Wii, and so has probably already bought or played the game.
Also, part of what set No More Heroes apart from the crowd on Wii was the inclusion of motion controls. Without them, No More Heroes is essentially a button-masher; whilst these may be rare on Wii, Xbox 360 and PS3 users already have far better examples of this genre available to them. As such, it becomes increasingly difficult to understand who publisher Marvelous are trying to target with this game.
Russ Crandall:
Tyler Miller:
Steve McKay:
Giang Cao:
I played all the way through this on the Wii and I really liked it, but I don’t think that I would have enjoyed is as much on the 360 or Ps3. You’re right, it would just be a button masher.
The best thing they could do for this game is to sell it for no more than $50. Any more would be far too much money.