The Wide Wide World of Suda-Sports
Is this anotherApril Fools’ joke, or did that crazy sonofabitch actually go and do it?
Last timewe interviewed Suda51, CEO of Grasshopper Manufacture, I asked him if he’d ever makea badminton game. Suda was a budding star in the sport back in his early years at school, and those days still mean a lot to him. He told us that if he were ever to do something with badminton, he’d want it to be a massive crossover between all his franchises, includingNo More Heroes(which his company partially owns) andShadows of the Damned(which they fully own). Then we laughed, because what are the chances of anything like that ever actually happening?
Well it looks like the chances were pretty good!
Grasshopper Manufacture All-Stars: Killer Badmintonis the debut title from Little Grasshopper, the new “all-ages” division of Grasshopper Manufacture. LikeMultiversus, WB’s upcoming crossover fighter, it looks likeKiller Badmintonwill be free-to-play, but with an initially limited roster of characters.
It’s just Travis and Garcia to start, which is a little disappointing, but it’s nice to see the two finally take a few swings at each other, especially aftertheir proposed franchise-meld inNoMore Heroes 3was cut. Shoko fromLiberation Maiden, Toriko fromFlower, Sun and Rain, and Notorious fromFire Pro Wrestling World: The Vanishingalso make cameos at the end of the trailer. They may be in the game too, but so far I haven’t seen them.
But is it all a big joke? I don’t think so, and not to toot my own horn, butmy track recordon these kinds of things ispretty spotless. To further add to the game’s legitimacy, it looks like Tony Astro, composer of Gold Joe’s theme fromNo More Heroes 3, did the soundtrack forKiller Badmintonas well. you’re able to get the full album onYoutube,SoundCloudandBandcamp.
