“Suda-verse Badminton” is my future GOTY
No More Heroes 3is packed with hintsabout the future ofthe series. But for now, none of them are happening. Suda told us that while working onNo More Heroes 3, he decided to put the series on pause. The game’s polarized reception had nothing to do with it. It’s more about Suda’s priorities. His plan for the next decade is to work on games starring characters owned by his company,Grasshopper Manufacture.
And that doesn’t just mean the big, numbered games in the series are over. I asked Suda if he might consider continuingNo More Heroesas a comic, an animated show, or with a smaller-scale game likeTravis Strikes Again. None of those ideas are part of his plans right now, but many of the characters fromNo More Heroes 3, like New Type Kamui, Midori Midorikawa, and Notorious could return in their own games. Grasshopper owns all three of them, where Travis and most other characters fromNo More Heroesare the property of Marvelous Inc. When pressed further, Suda actually confirmed that Notorious will play a role inone of the three games that Grasshopper is currently working on. And one of them might be a new entry in theShadows of the Damnedseries.
That’s right, Suda announced that Grasshopper has reclaimedthe rights to theShadow of the Damnedfranchise! That must have cost them something, right? I’d be shocked if they spent all that money without a plan to at least portthe original gameto modern consoles, with a potential sequel to follow.
During our interview with Suda, we talked about all that, how fusing with a video game console made Travis immortal, why Dr. Naomi turned into a tree, the chances of a Grasshopper Vs.River City/Kunio-Kuncrossover,and a whole lot more.
Suda, a former high school badminton champion, even teased the release of a giant Suda-verse badminton game. Is he joking? “Maybe.” But then again,Cat Girl Without Saladwasstarted as a joke too…
