Topic: No More Heroes Inspired by Star Wars, Jackass

[NWR_Neal]

The offbeat brawler is also inspired by an anime and a cult '70s Mexican film.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/24342

Grasshopper Manufacture head Goichi Suda, better known as Suda 51, revealed some of the inspirations for the company's No More Heroes series.

"There were really three films that influenced me during that time and they were El Topo, Jackass and Star Wars, and Space Sheriff Gavan, that anime. OK, I meant four films," Suda said to the crowd at the Japanese launch party for No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle, the second entry in the franchise.

Jackass, with its recent foray into 3D, and Star Wars need no explanation, but most people aren't familiar with the '70s Mexican film El Topo and Space Sheriff Gavan. El Topo is a surrealist and cult movie that follows a take-no-prisoners hero on his quest for enlightenment, and Space Sheriff Gavan is about the eponymous character who must defend Earth from an evil empire.

[NWR_pap64]

The fact that Travis looks like Johnny Knoxville should cement the fact that Jackass was an inspiration.

[Kytim89]

I love the No More Heroes series and look forward to future installments on Nintendo systems.

[Mop it up]

I may have read the headline wrong, because I feel insulted.

[NWR_insanolord]

I may have read the headline wrong, because I feel insulted.

If this isn't deserving of a point, I don't know what is.

[MegaByte]

Dan messaged me the same comment just 15 minutes before Mop it up's.