Publishers Rising Star have sent out a press release blowing their own trumpet about the number of accolades received for Wii game No More Heroes.
Best Character (Travis Touchdown) - NGamer GM AwardsBest Action Game (Wii) - IGNBest Story (Wii) - IGNWinner 'When We Were You' Award (Travis Touchdown) - MTV Games AwardsWinner 'You Got the Style' Award - MTV Games Awards#2 Best Wii Game - GamesMaster#8 in Top 50 Games of 2008 - The Daily Telegraph#10 in Top 25 Games of the Year - Official Nintendo MagazineTop 10 finalist for Game of the Year - GameSpotHighly Recommended shortlist for Ultimate Wii Game of the Year - NGamer GM Awards"This has been a standout year for No More Heroes and Rising Star Games. We have had great critical reception for NMH from the start, to be nominated in so many categories and rank inside the top ten in polls proves how well a 3rd party title can do on the Wii console if you get it right. We're all very excited to see the next step up in NMH2".
That was a quote from Martin Defries, the managing director of Rising Star. Fans of Travis Touchdown will be able to catch up with him again in the sequel No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle.
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