The adventures of Travis Touchdown have been chronicled in theNo More Heroesfranchise since the first game was released in 2007, with a following sequel in 2010, both on the Wii console. The series had remained dormant until 2019’sTravis Strikes Again,set in-betweenNo More Heroes2and3, the latter is due to release sometime this year.
WhileTravis Strikes Againwas released for PC, fans who wondered if the first two games would receive the same PC release would have their answer in December, as the ESRB had rated both gamesfor a potential PC release sometime in 2021. While neither developer nor publisher had confirmed a PC release date up until recently, a surprise announcement from XSEED Games had confirmed both titles would release very soon on Steam.
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XSEED Games, the North American publisher of theNo More Heroesseries sinceTravis Strikes Againon the Switch, has revealed two different announcement trailers for the first two games, revealing that the titles are confirmed for PC. What’s special about the surprise announcements is thatboth games will release within the next few dayson June 9th, offering fans of the series to play the games much earlier than expected.
The fourth game in the series,No More Heroes 3, is slated to release on the Switch on August 27th with more informationexpected to be revealed during Nintendo’s Direct at E3. WhileNo More Heroes 3is currently exclusive to the Switch, there’s nothing preventing the third numbered title to make its way to PC in the future asTravis Strikes Againwas also released on the PC shortly after its Switch release in 2019.
The series popularity had become a rallying cry for fans of the series, as petitions to get Travis Touchdown inSmashwere at one point on the rise. While theNo More Heroesprotagonist ultimately failed to make it on the ever-growing roster of Nintendo’s premiere fighting title,a Mii outfit based on Touchdown was eventually releasedwith Sakurai acknowledging himself as a fan of the series.
TheNo More Heroesseries is one of many titles that have made its way on the Steam platform from series developer Grasshopper Studios from the likes of director SUDA51. One of the first games to be released on Steam,Killer is Dead,was soon followed by an HD remaster ofkiller7, released on PC in 2018.A Switch port ofkiller7was rumored in 2020but was eventually shut down by Engine Software, the developers responsible for the HD remastered PC version.
No More Heroes 1and2are available on the Switch, with the PC ports being released on June 9th.
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