Goichi Suda
Encyclopedia
, is the CEO
of Grasshopper Manufacture
. The "51" in his nickname, Suda51, is a pun on his given name. In Japanese, "Go" means 5 and "ichi" means 1. His works include Moonlight Syndrome
, The Silver Case
, Flower, Sun and Rain, Michigan
, killer7
, the No More Heroes
series, and most recently, Shadows of the Damned
. He was known to make appearances wearing a lucha libre
mask while promoting killer7. He has been called an "auteur
" video game director.
Suda and his studio also frequently collaborate with other developers, including creating the story sequences for the Wii title Fatal Frame IV: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse
, Suda's involvement in Super Smash Bros. Brawl
(his nickname "Suda51" appears in the credits for the game's "Subspace Emissary" mode), and a radio drama
prequel to Snatcher
with Hideo Kojima
titled Sdatcher.
In August 2008 Electronic Arts
announced a deal to publish Shadows of the Damned
, an action horror game developed by Grasshopper in conjunction with Q Entertainment
. The game was directed by Suda and produced by Shinji Mikami
with music composed by Akira Yamaoka
, and was released on Xbox 360
and PlayStation 3
in June 2011.
On January 26, 2010, No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle
for the Wii was released in North America, with successive releases in Europe and Japan later that year. It is one of the few Suda 51-directed franchises commercially successful enough to earn a sequel.
Grasshopper consists of about 140 employees.
, enjoying the booming Japan
ese arcade
scene, when he noticed an advertisement for an opening at Human Entertainment
, best known for designing the Clock Tower
and Fire Pro Wrestling
series'. Suda applied but for weeks had not received a reply from Human. He figured his application had been passed over and planned to continue working as an undertaker, a job which he found himself disliking. Suda finally received a call from Human, and was immediately hired. He began work as a scenario writer on Super Fire Pro Wrestling 3 Final Bout. The next game he would work on, Super Fire Pro Wrestling Special
, remains one of his most infamous to date due to its shocking ending.
Goichi Suda then worked on games in the Syndrome
series until his departure in 1998 shortly before Human disbanded. He went on to form Grasshopper Manufacture
around this time, and began work on The Silver Case
. The Silver Case (also known as Silver Jiken) marked the debut of Grasshopper's signature "Film Window" style of editing, where text bounces and jiggles onto the screen at random. The game's story was written into two chapters, one following the investigation of a series of murder
cases, the other about a journalist covering them.
In 2001, Grasshopper Manufacture developed Flower, Sun, and Rain
for the PlayStation 2
. Flower, Sun, and Rain takes place on an island called Lospass, with the Flower, Sun, and Rain hotel placed at the center. The game was known for its twisted story, about a "searcher" who is forced to relive the same day, again and again. While going about his business, he is trapped within other characters' problems. As the game continues, his hotel room begins to twist and turn, and he loses his sanity piece by piece. An enhanced version of the game with added content was released for the Nintendo DS in 2008 in Japan and Europe, and in North America in June 2009.
In 2005, Suda made his North America
n debut with killer7
. The player takes control of Harman Smith, a 60-year-old wheelchair-bound assassin with seven personalities who manifest themselves into the real world. Each personality has his or her own personal style of killing, and the group is collectively known as the Killer7. The dominant personality is Garcian Smith ("The Cleaner"), who, while in the presence of security cameras or television sets
, has the ability to call upon the six other members of the Killer7 anywhere at any time. Unlike most multiple personalities
, Harman does not just think he becomes someone else. Rather, his personae actually take on a unique physical body
when called upon. The Killer7 uncover a political plot between Japan
and the United States
, as Garcian slowly begins to realize the truth behind his past. While not a huge commercial hit, the game garnered a large cult following
and in addition, killer7 also brought Grasshopper Manufacture to the interest of North American gamers.
Grasshopper later collaborated with Marvelous Interactive to release Contact
for the Nintendo DS
. The game was a much smaller hit than killer7, as Suda51 instead opted for a more "family friendly" title. Contact is the story of a young boy who is mixed up in a battle between the Professor and a group of intergalactic characters known as the CosmoNOTs. The game was localized by notable Atlus
writer Tomm Hulett, and released in North America in October 2006. There is also rumored to be a planned Contact sequel.
On December 6, 2007, No More Heroes
was released in Japan, and later in the rest of the world during early 2008. The story follows Travis Touchdown, who is a stereotypical otaku
– his motel room decorated with professional wrestling
and anime
collectibles – living in near poverty in the motel "NO MORE HEROES" of Santa Destroy, California
. After winning a beam katana
in an internet auction he becomes a hitman
. When he runs out of money to buy video games and wrestling videos he accepts a job to kill Helter Skelter, also known as "the Drifter," which earns him rank 11 by the United Assassins Association, a governing body of assassins. Realizing that he has now made himself a target for aspiring assassins, he sets out to secure himself the coveted position of number one hitman in the UAA.
Suda expressed disappointment in the Japanese sales of the game, saying that only Nintendo is doing well in regard to the Wii's success because of its adoption by casual gamers. He later stated his comment was being misinterpreted, saying his "point was that No More Heroes, unlike a lot of Nintendo Wii titles currently available is the kind of product which will attract a different kind of consumer to the hardware, i.e. gamers who are looking for a different genre to the products which have been successful on this platform thus far." Outside of Japan, sales of the game fared much better, even sparking talk of a sequel.
Suda 51 stated in an interview with Computer and Video Games
that he was definitely interested in producing a follow-up to No More Heroes, but it would have to be on the condition that the game sold enough to convince its publishers that it would be worth it. This goal was reached, and on October 9, 2008 at the TGS he showed off a teaser trailer of No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle
a sequel to the first No More Heroes and the first 100% sequel. A little over a year later, in January 2010, it was released in North America. The game has received the overall highest and most universal praise of any game in Grasshopper's history, scoring an 86 out of 100 according to media aggregate site Metacritic. In particular, it has been noted for finally striking the right balance between mainstream accessibility and Suda 51's signature offbeat style, a goal which many felt had eluded Grasshopper's games up to this point.
Chief executive officer
A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...
of Grasshopper Manufacture
Grasshopper Manufacture
Grasshopper Manufacture, Inc. is a Japanese video game development house founded on March 30, 1998 in Suginami, Japan. Grasshopper gained mainstream attention in 2005 for the Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2 game Killer7...
. The "51" in his nickname, Suda51, is a pun on his given name. In Japanese, "Go" means 5 and "ichi" means 1. His works include Moonlight Syndrome
Moonlight Syndrome
Moonlight Syndrome is a video game developed by Goichi Suda for Human Entertainment. The game was only released in Japan on the PlayStation system.This game is Twilight Syndrome: Search and Twilight Syndrome: Investigation's anecdote work....
, The Silver Case
The Silver Case
is a video game developed by Goichi Suda for Grasshopper Manufacture. The game was originally released only in Japan for the PlayStation, although a planned worldwide re-release for the Nintendo DS is currently in development.-Gameplay:...
, Flower, Sun and Rain, Michigan
Michigan (video game)
Michigan: Report from Hell, released as Michigan in Japan, is a survival horror game developed by Grasshopper Manufacture and published by Spike. Directed by Akira Ueda, and planned by Goichi Suda the game focuses on a news crew for the fictional Zaka TV, dedicated to covering strange phenomena...
, killer7
Killer7
is an action-adventure video game for the Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2. It was developed by Grasshopper Manufacture and published by Capcom. The game was written and directed by Goichi Suda, also known by the nickname Suda51, and produced by Hiroyuki Kobayashi...
, the No More Heroes
No More Heroes (video game)
, is an action video game for the Wii video game system. It was directed by Goichi Suda , developed by Grasshopper Manufacture and published by Marvelous Entertainment Inc., Ubisoft and Rising Star Games...
series, and most recently, Shadows of the Damned
Shadows of the Damned
Shadows of the Damned, officially abbreviated as Damned or DMD, is a 2011 third-person shooter video game developed by Grasshopper Manufacture and published by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 video game consoles. The game follows the story of Garcia Hotspur, a Mexican demon...
. He was known to make appearances wearing a lucha libre
Lucha libre
Lucha libre is a term used in Mexico, and other Spanish-speaking countries, for a form of professional wrestling that has developed within those countries...
mask while promoting killer7. He has been called an "auteur
Auteur theory
In film criticism, auteur theory holds that a director's film reflects the director's personal creative vision, as if they were the primary "auteur"...
" video game director.
Suda and his studio also frequently collaborate with other developers, including creating the story sequences for the Wii title Fatal Frame IV: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse
Fatal Frame IV
is a survival horror video game developed by Grasshopper Manufacture and published by Nintendo for the Wii video game console, and the fourth game in the Fatal Frame series.-Plot:...
, Suda's involvement in Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Super Smash Bros. Brawl, known in Japan as , often abbreviated as SSBB or simply as Brawl, is the third installment in the Super Smash Bros. series of crossover fighting games, developed by an ad hoc development team consisting of Sora, Game Arts and staff from other developers, and published by...
(his nickname "Suda51" appears in the credits for the game's "Subspace Emissary" mode), and a radio drama
Radio drama
Radio drama is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance, broadcast on radio or published on audio media, such as tape or CD. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the characters and story...
prequel to Snatcher
Snatcher
is a cyberpunk-themed graphic adventure game produced by Konami, originally released in Japan for the NEC PC-8801 and MSX 2 computer platforms in 1988. It was followed by a CD-ROM-based remake released for the PC Engine video game console in 1992, which was subsequently ported and localized into...
with Hideo Kojima
Hideo Kojima
is a Japanese game director originally employed at Konami. He is currently the director of Kojima Productions and was promoted to Vice President of Konami Digital Entertainment in early 2011...
titled Sdatcher.
In August 2008 Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts, Inc. is a major American developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games. Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers...
announced a deal to publish Shadows of the Damned
Shadows of the Damned
Shadows of the Damned, officially abbreviated as Damned or DMD, is a 2011 third-person shooter video game developed by Grasshopper Manufacture and published by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 video game consoles. The game follows the story of Garcia Hotspur, a Mexican demon...
, an action horror game developed by Grasshopper in conjunction with Q Entertainment
Q Entertainment
Q Entertainment creates, produces, and publishes in digital entertainment content across multiple game consoles, PC broadband and mobile units...
. The game was directed by Suda and produced by Shinji Mikami
Shinji Mikami
is a Japanese video game designer best known for creating the seminal survival horror series Resident Evil. He also contributed to some of Capcom's most popular post-32-bit era franchises, including Viewtiful Joe, Devil May Cry, and Ace Attorney, where he served as an executive producer...
with music composed by Akira Yamaoka
Akira Yamaoka
is a video game composer, sound designer, sound director, and video game producer who worked for Konami since 1993 until his resignation in 2009. He is best known for creating the music in the Silent Hill series; he also worked as a sound director and producer on the series as well as serving as a...
, and was released on Xbox 360
Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
and PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3
The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
in June 2011.
On January 26, 2010, No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle
No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle
is an action video game developed for the Wii video game system. It is the sequel to No More Heroes. It was directed by Suda51, developed by Grasshopper Manufacture, published by Ubisoft and Rising Star Games, and was released on January 26, 2010 in North America, on May 28, 2010 in Europe, and in...
for the Wii was released in North America, with successive releases in Europe and Japan later that year. It is one of the few Suda 51-directed franchises commercially successful enough to earn a sequel.
Grasshopper consists of about 140 employees.
Career highlights
Suda was working as an undertakerFuneral director
A funeral director , also known as a mortician or undertaker, is a professional involved in the business of funeral rites. These tasks often entail the embalming and burial or cremation of the dead, as well as the planning and arrangement of the actual funeral ceremony...
, enjoying the booming Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese arcade
Video arcade
An amusement arcade or video arcade is a venue where people play arcade games such as video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, merchandisers , or coin-operated billiards or air hockey tables...
scene, when he noticed an advertisement for an opening at Human Entertainment
Human Entertainment
Human Entertainment was a Japanese computer and video game developer and publisher. The company produced games for a number of platforms, including Dreamcast, Game Boy, Nintendo 64, TurboGrafx-16, PC , PlayStation, Saturn, Sega CD, Super NES, TurboGrafx-CD, and WonderSwan...
, best known for designing the Clock Tower
Clock Tower (series)
Clock Tower is a stealth-based survival horror adventure video game series, created by Human Entertainment and continued by Sunsoft. The series plays like a horror film and unlike some of the other survival horror games, the Clock Tower series does not focus on shooting creatures or using violence,...
and Fire Pro Wrestling
Fire Pro Wrestling
Fire Pro Wrestling is a long-running professional wrestling video game series originating from Japan, started in 1989 by Human Entertainment and continued by Spike in 2000.-History:...
series'. Suda applied but for weeks had not received a reply from Human. He figured his application had been passed over and planned to continue working as an undertaker, a job which he found himself disliking. Suda finally received a call from Human, and was immediately hired. He began work as a scenario writer on Super Fire Pro Wrestling 3 Final Bout. The next game he would work on, Super Fire Pro Wrestling Special
Super Fire Pro Wrestling Special
Super Fire Pro Wrestling Special was released in 1994 as part of the Fire Pro Wrestling series. This is the second game ever created with contribution from Goichi Suda...
, remains one of his most infamous to date due to its shocking ending.
Goichi Suda then worked on games in the Syndrome
Syndrome (video game series)
Syndrome is a series of video games developed by Goichi Suda.* Twilight Syndrome: Search for PlayStation * Twilight Syndrome: Investigation for PlayStation...
series until his departure in 1998 shortly before Human disbanded. He went on to form Grasshopper Manufacture
Grasshopper Manufacture
Grasshopper Manufacture, Inc. is a Japanese video game development house founded on March 30, 1998 in Suginami, Japan. Grasshopper gained mainstream attention in 2005 for the Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2 game Killer7...
around this time, and began work on The Silver Case
The Silver Case
is a video game developed by Goichi Suda for Grasshopper Manufacture. The game was originally released only in Japan for the PlayStation, although a planned worldwide re-release for the Nintendo DS is currently in development.-Gameplay:...
. The Silver Case (also known as Silver Jiken) marked the debut of Grasshopper's signature "Film Window" style of editing, where text bounces and jiggles onto the screen at random. The game's story was written into two chapters, one following the investigation of a series of murder
Murder
Murder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide...
cases, the other about a journalist covering them.
In 2001, Grasshopper Manufacture developed Flower, Sun, and Rain
Flower, Sun, and Rain
is a video game developed by Goichi Suda for Grasshopper Manufacture. The game was initially released for the PlayStation 2 in Japan on May 2, 2001, while an enhanced Nintendo DS remake entitled Flower, Sun, and Rain: Murder and Mystery in Paradise was released in Japan on March 6, 2008, Europe on...
for the PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
. Flower, Sun, and Rain takes place on an island called Lospass, with the Flower, Sun, and Rain hotel placed at the center. The game was known for its twisted story, about a "searcher" who is forced to relive the same day, again and again. While going about his business, he is trapped within other characters' problems. As the game continues, his hotel room begins to twist and turn, and he loses his sanity piece by piece. An enhanced version of the game with added content was released for the Nintendo DS in 2008 in Japan and Europe, and in North America in June 2009.
In 2005, Suda made his North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
n debut with killer7
Killer7
is an action-adventure video game for the Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2. It was developed by Grasshopper Manufacture and published by Capcom. The game was written and directed by Goichi Suda, also known by the nickname Suda51, and produced by Hiroyuki Kobayashi...
. The player takes control of Harman Smith, a 60-year-old wheelchair-bound assassin with seven personalities who manifest themselves into the real world. Each personality has his or her own personal style of killing, and the group is collectively known as the Killer7. The dominant personality is Garcian Smith ("The Cleaner"), who, while in the presence of security cameras or television sets
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
, has the ability to call upon the six other members of the Killer7 anywhere at any time. Unlike most multiple personalities
Dissociative identity disorder
Dissociative identity disorder is a psychiatric diagnosis and describes a condition in which a person displays multiple distinct identities , each with its own pattern of perceiving and interacting with the environment....
, Harman does not just think he becomes someone else. Rather, his personae actually take on a unique physical body
Physical body
In physics, a physical body or physical object is a collection of masses, taken to be one...
when called upon. The Killer7 uncover a political plot between Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, as Garcian slowly begins to realize the truth behind his past. While not a huge commercial hit, the game garnered a large cult following
Cult following
A cult following is a group of fans who are highly dedicated to a specific area of pop culture. A film, book, band, or video game, among other things, will be said to have a cult following when it has a small but very passionate fan base...
and in addition, killer7 also brought Grasshopper Manufacture to the interest of North American gamers.
Grasshopper later collaborated with Marvelous Interactive to release Contact
Contact (video game)
is a role-playing video game developed by Grasshopper Manufacture for the Nintendo DS handheld game console. It was published by Marvelous Entertainment in Japan on March 30, 2006, by Atlus in North America on October 19, 2006, and by Rising Star Games in Australasia and Europe on January 25, 2007...
for the Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS
The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...
. The game was a much smaller hit than killer7, as Suda51 instead opted for a more "family friendly" title. Contact is the story of a young boy who is mixed up in a battle between the Professor and a group of intergalactic characters known as the CosmoNOTs. The game was localized by notable Atlus
Atlus
is a Japanese computer and video game developer, publisher, and distributor based in Tokyo, Japan, best known for developing the console role-playing game franchise Megami Tensei. The first Megami Tensei was a Nintendo Entertainment System video game published by Namco based on a trilogy of...
writer Tomm Hulett, and released in North America in October 2006. There is also rumored to be a planned Contact sequel.
On December 6, 2007, No More Heroes
No More Heroes (video game)
, is an action video game for the Wii video game system. It was directed by Goichi Suda , developed by Grasshopper Manufacture and published by Marvelous Entertainment Inc., Ubisoft and Rising Star Games...
was released in Japan, and later in the rest of the world during early 2008. The story follows Travis Touchdown, who is a stereotypical otaku
Otaku
is a Japanese term used to refer to people with obsessive interests, particularly anime, manga or video games.- Etymology :Otaku is derived from a Japanese term for another's house or family , which is also used as an honorific second-person pronoun...
– his motel room decorated with professional wrestling
Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
and anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
collectibles – living in near poverty in the motel "NO MORE HEROES" of Santa Destroy, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. After winning a beam katana
Lightsaber
A lightsaber is a fictional weapon in the Star Wars universe, a "laser sword." It consists of a polished metal hilt which projects a blade of light about 1.33 metres long. The lightsaber is the signature weapon of the Jedi order and their Sith counterparts, both of whom can use them for close...
in an internet auction he becomes a hitman
Contract killing
Contract killing is a form of murder, in which one party hires another party to kill a target individual or group of people. It involves an illegal agreement between two parties in which one party agrees to kill the target in exchange for consideration, monetary, or otherwise. The hiring party may...
. When he runs out of money to buy video games and wrestling videos he accepts a job to kill Helter Skelter, also known as "the Drifter," which earns him rank 11 by the United Assassins Association, a governing body of assassins. Realizing that he has now made himself a target for aspiring assassins, he sets out to secure himself the coveted position of number one hitman in the UAA.
Suda expressed disappointment in the Japanese sales of the game, saying that only Nintendo is doing well in regard to the Wii's success because of its adoption by casual gamers. He later stated his comment was being misinterpreted, saying his "point was that No More Heroes, unlike a lot of Nintendo Wii titles currently available is the kind of product which will attract a different kind of consumer to the hardware, i.e. gamers who are looking for a different genre to the products which have been successful on this platform thus far." Outside of Japan, sales of the game fared much better, even sparking talk of a sequel.
Suda 51 stated in an interview with Computer and Video Games
Computer and video games
A video game is an electronic game that involves human interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. The word video in video game traditionally referred to a raster display device, but following popularization of the term "video game", it now implies any type of...
that he was definitely interested in producing a follow-up to No More Heroes, but it would have to be on the condition that the game sold enough to convince its publishers that it would be worth it. This goal was reached, and on October 9, 2008 at the TGS he showed off a teaser trailer of No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle
No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle
is an action video game developed for the Wii video game system. It is the sequel to No More Heroes. It was directed by Suda51, developed by Grasshopper Manufacture, published by Ubisoft and Rising Star Games, and was released on January 26, 2010 in North America, on May 28, 2010 in Europe, and in...
a sequel to the first No More Heroes and the first 100% sequel. A little over a year later, in January 2010, it was released in North America. The game has received the overall highest and most universal praise of any game in Grasshopper's history, scoring an 86 out of 100 according to media aggregate site Metacritic. In particular, it has been noted for finally striking the right balance between mainstream accessibility and Suda 51's signature offbeat style, a goal which many felt had eluded Grasshopper's games up to this point.
Trademarks
Many of Goichi Suda's games developed under Grasshopper Manufacture exhibit similar trademarks such as:- A video game within a video gameStory within a storyA story within a story, also rendered story-within-a-story, is a literary device in which one narrative is presented during the action of another narrative. Mise en abyme is the French term for a similar literary device...
(the virtual "killer7" game in killer7; "Dragon & Dragon" and "F-1 Racer" in Contact; "Pure White Giant Glastonbury" in No More Heroes; "Great Demon World" in Shadows of the Damned). - Excessively long passages (beneath Eleki Island in Flower, Sun and Rain; the Senton Splash Tunnel in No More Heroes).
- "Film Window" style of editing text in cutscenes (The Silver Case, killer7, and to some extent, Samurai Champloo: SidetrackedSamurai Champloo: SidetrackedSamurai Champloo: Sidetracked, released in Japan as , is a beat 'em up video game for PlayStation 2. It has an original story based on the anime series Samurai Champloo though Bandai has stated it has no direct relation to the events depicted in the show.-Story:The game follows an original story...
). - Stages with a series of forks in the roadFork in the roadA fork in the road is a metaphor, based on a literal expression, for a deciding moment in life or history when a major choice of options is required...
, where taking the wrong path causes the player to be returned to the beginning of the path. Someone or something accompanies the player, giving them hints on which is direction is the correct one (Step Dsing at the Randelman Garden in Flower, Sun, and Rain; music in the Dominican Republic in killer7; Thunder Ryu in the Forest of Bewilderment in No More Heroes; the maze in the "Castle of Hassle" in Shadows of the Damned). - The inclusion of a bossBoss (video games)A boss is an enemy-based challenge which is found in video games. A fight with a boss character is commonly referred to as a boss battle or boss fight...
fight in which the player has no control over the outcome (the Handsome Men in killer7; the CosmoNOTs' show in Contact; Letz Shake and Dark Star in No More Heroes; Fights with Akira Saeba in "Super Fire ProWrestling Special"; Elliot's human form in Shadows Of The Damned). - The prominent inclusion of hotels or motels (the Flower, Sun, and Rain hotel in Flower, Sun, and Rain; the Union Hotel in killer7; the "NO MORE HEROES" motel in No More Heroes).
- Use of the number '51' (51 ranked assassins, Area 51 in No More Heroes and Airport 51 in No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle)
- Anime cut-scenes and culture (Travis' obsession with the fictional Bizarre Jelly anime and an anime intro sequence in No More Heroes; characters Ayame Blackburn and Angel in killer7 and cut-scenes in chapters Sunset, Cloudman and Alter-Ego.)
- Libraries, as seen in Killer7's "Angel", the boss fight with Shinobu in No More Heroes, and the bridge puzzle in the library in Shadows of the Damned.
Works
| Title | Platform | Release status | Credited as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Super Fire Pro Wrestling 3 Final Bout | Super Famicom Super Nintendo Entertainment System The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the , or SFC for short... |
Released in Japan (1993) | Director |
| Super Fire Pro Wrestling Special Super Fire Pro Wrestling Special Super Fire Pro Wrestling Special was released in 1994 as part of the Fire Pro Wrestling series. This is the second game ever created with contribution from Goichi Suda... |
Super Famicom Super Nintendo Entertainment System The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the , or SFC for short... |
Released in Japan (1994) | Director / Scenario Writer |
| Twilight Syndrome: Search Twilight Syndrome: Search Twilight Syndrome: Search is a video game developed by Goichi Suda for Human Entertainment. The game was only released in Japan on the PlayStation system.... |
PlayStation PlayStation The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000... |
Released in Japan (1996) | Director |
| Twilight Syndrome: Investigation Twilight Syndrome: Investigation Twilight Syndrome: Investigation is a video game developed by Goichi Suda for Human Entertainment. The game was only released in Japan on the PlayStation system.... |
PlayStation PlayStation The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000... |
Released in Japan (1996) | Director / Writer |
| Moonlight Syndrome Moonlight Syndrome Moonlight Syndrome is a video game developed by Goichi Suda for Human Entertainment. The game was only released in Japan on the PlayStation system.This game is Twilight Syndrome: Search and Twilight Syndrome: Investigation's anecdote work.... |
PlayStation PlayStation The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000... |
Released in Japan (1997) | Director / Writer |
| The Silver Case The Silver Case is a video game developed by Goichi Suda for Grasshopper Manufacture. The game was originally released only in Japan for the PlayStation, although a planned worldwide re-release for the Nintendo DS is currently in development.-Gameplay:... |
PlayStation PlayStation The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000... |
Released in Japan (1999) | Director / Writer |
| Flower, Sun, and Rain Flower, Sun, and Rain is a video game developed by Goichi Suda for Grasshopper Manufacture. The game was initially released for the PlayStation 2 in Japan on May 2, 2001, while an enhanced Nintendo DS remake entitled Flower, Sun, and Rain: Murder and Mystery in Paradise was released in Japan on March 6, 2008, Europe on... |
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Released in Japan (2004) and Europe | Original Plan / Producer |
| Killer7 Killer7 is an action-adventure video game for the Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2. It was developed by Grasshopper Manufacture and published by Capcom. The game was written and directed by Goichi Suda, also known by the nickname Suda51, and produced by Hiroyuki Kobayashi... |
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Released in Japan (2006) | Director / Writer |
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Released in Japan December (2007), North America and Europe (2008) | Director / Writer |
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Released in Japan March (2008), North America and Europe (2008) | |
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Released in Japan (2008) | Director / Writer |
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Unreleased | Director / Writer |
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Released in North America, Europe and Japan (2010) | Executive Director / Writer |
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Released in North America and Europe (2011) | Executive Director / Writer |
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Released in Japan (2011) | Creative Producer |
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Currently airing in Japanese (September-November 2011) | Writer / Voice Actor |
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Q4 2011 | Creative Director |
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TBA 2012 | Creative Director |
| Kaiho- Sho-jo | Nintendo 3DS Nintendo 3DS The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo. The autostereoscopic device is able to project stereoscopic 3D effects without the use of 3D glasses or any additional accessories. The Nintendo 3DS features backward compatibility with Nintendo DS series software, including Nintendo DSi software... |
TBA 2012 |
Other works
Goichi Suda wrote the lyrics for two songs used in his games. A Japanese song was used in Flower, Sun, and Rain entitled "F.S.R.-For You-" and an English song in No More Heroes. This one was entitled "The virgin child makes her wish without feeling anything".External links
- killer7 fan biography
- Formula 51 - A look at Suda 51
- IGN February 2007 interview
- Kotaku April 2007 Interview
- GameTrailers April 2007 Video Interview
- CVG April 2007 Interview
- GO3 2007 Keynote Write-Up
- Gamasutra July 2007 Interview
- Goichi Suda at GamerWiki
- Scott Munro interviews Suda 51 - DailyRecord.co.uk