Suda 51 Has Lovechild With Eric Chahi
There _are_ some useful interviews and features from time to time on IGN, but I tend to miss them due to the site's somewhat tortuous SKU-split design and cross-posting shenanigans. However, a recent IGN interview with Suda 51 about Wii title No More Heroes has some neat points that are worth looking into.
Firstly, it's extremely interesting that Suda's first-mentioned gaming influence (and I believe he's cited this before) is a Western developer and a Western game: "My favorite game is Out of this World [aka Another World]. I was shocked and impressed by the game by Erick [sic] Chahi. My favorite movie is Paris, Texas. I was very moved by this movie, and that feeling still remains today." Incidentally, IGN, it's Eric Chahi - no extra K.
Also worth noting is Suda's sign-off regarding 'No More Heroes', which stars a Johnny Knoxville-style Japanese anime okaku (!): "We are tuning up No More Heroes to be simple and comfortable, but exciting and refreshing as a game. The game has a unique sense of humor and I hope fans will be excited about and look forward to it. I'll also try my best to make No More Heroes as violent, or even more violent than Manhunt 2!" I see sarcasm in here somewhere!
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Fumito Ueda also had an affinity for this game, and stated it as an influence for ICO.
Posted by: An0n | February 22, 2007 10:18 AM
Another World was a great game. It's one of those games that almost no one would think of when naming there favorite games. Still at the time the game came out most people where completely blown away by it. I still find it hard to believe that the entire game is made by one person.
Does Eric Chahi still make games? Last time I stumbled upon an interview with him he talked about the PC release of Another World, nothing was said about a new game.
Posted by: Cruds | February 22, 2007 11:26 AM
I hate interviews with japanese developers, they are worse than politicians when it comes to stating facts.
and it allways feels as if the interviews were translated with babelfish, because a lot of the thinhs that get printed don't make that much sense.
eventhough I'd really like to like no more heroes, nothing of what I've read in the interview gets me really excited or tells me what kind of game it's gonna be...
Posted by: dreamy | February 22, 2007 1:59 PM
There was an Eric Chahi interview on Eurogamer not long ago where he said he has plans to make a new game.(:
Here:
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=72345
Posted by: ♫ | February 22, 2007 3:53 PM
Thanks, interesting. No wonder there isn't a new game, he's playing Shemnue 2 at the moment.
As for not liking no more heroes, the over the top futuristic bike Travis is riding is enough to get me convinced. Anyone noticed that in Killer7 the first person Harman killed, the guy that gave background info on the story is also called Travis and both have a large collection of shirts. I just wonder....
Posted by: Cruds | February 23, 2007 6:24 AM
I agree, this interview is pretty interesting and I can't wait to see No More Heroes. More violent than manhunt 2? Yikes. This could get crazy.
Bring it on!
Posted by: used cisco | February 27, 2007 6:03 AM