The Tragedy Of Travis Touchdown - No More Heroes Character Analysis 

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Good observation

@@BeyondAnimation You earned another sub for being an articulate individual. Thank you. Can you do Henry Cooldown or any other NO More Heroes character?

I mean, I thought that was an obvious enough connection to make, since Alice straight out says they all became “addicted to the violence”.

but that's where she is referring, i think

@@KeiosKod moreover Travis didn't tell her to just quit?

IKR

nmh3 makes Henry a bit difficult to talk about imo

@@BeyondAnimation Henry in nmh3 is disappointing but it still falls in line with this

@@perrydunetz882 I agree. We need DLC to flush it out

@@BeyondAnimation we need no more heroes 4 to continue on that cliffhanger but suda51 confirmed the story ends with 3

@@perrydunetz882 No more heros four ever?

It could also be taken as "as long as i see nothing" he is content. He yearns for death, so much so he feels relief when he gets to close his eyes and embrace the darkness

You should look up Ghenry Perez's channel. He did a very nice and in depth retrospective series on Suda51 games. Have fun!

And it happens again in the second game too. After he is forced to kill Alice Twilight, he angrily confronts Sylvia on her [and by extension the UAA's] callousness by telling her Assassins are people too and how fucked up it is to not only order someone dead but shrug off their death with nary an afterthought later. From that point on, Travis makes up his mind to dismantle the United Assassin Association to destroy the cycle of violence

I feel they kill henry's chartcer and abused him in no more heroes 3

I feel this is a bad joke

I find Henry's character change to be interesting because since the beginning, he was always "the opposite of Travis." In NMH1, he's swave, handsome/clean apperance, has the girl, is a "westaboo" and so on. So it does make since that in NMH3, when Travis is "at his best" with friends, family, and fighting for the sake of the world, Henry would be "at his worst". He's deranged, deluded, alone, forced to ally with invaders in the future, and is outright obsessed with Travis. His appearance is nearly all black with a wild hair style. He's still the "opposite of Travis" but in a different context.

PAST *DEAD*

Sucks where not gonna get nmh 4

yeah, that little moment where he looks at the player with a smile with sort of awe in his voice as he says "Me, saving the world. How about that?" like he's actually very happy he's doing a, no matter how you look at it, very altruistic good deed. He IS a hero in that regard, no ifs, ands, or buts about it.

and zap from kekkai sensen

And zoro from one peice

The English one voices TF2's Medic.

And Jin Sakai from Ghost of Tsushima.

Also Mugen

Can't wait! I got the Killion Dollar Trilogy preordered and I preorded the digital edition on switch. I am ready

Honestly it was prob cuz of her bloodlust if it wasn't for travis she would have continued that down that path

I think is was cause she didn't want anyone to know the truth about her nature.

I see it as, if Shinobu wanted to be an assassin, she should or would want to cut off everyone else that ties her down to a normal life in the pursuit of becoming an assassin like all of the others have already done, and killing the other students was symbolic of that. Quite literally severing ties, or "killing the past", if you will. It makes sense when you look at the relationships (or lack thereof) of other assassins in the game. Dr. Peace, you can speculate he either killed his family or left them behind because he's so bloodthirsty and goes on to this life-or-death fight. You walk into the set to fight Destroyman, and everyone in the room is already COMPLETELY burnt to a crisp. All the other assassins also show no connection to anyone at all, a very blatant lack of humanity, and they're all basically lone wolves. They live life on the edge, they don't need or want to have regrets going into fights and risking their life killing people, or killing someone's loved one, or not coming home to a loved one. Then finally, look at Travis; his parents are dead, he killed his half sister, Thunder Ryu is presumably also a killer and he died a bloody mess, Naomi only exists to sell him murder weapons, and by the end of the game they let us know very clearly that the only relative he has left is also a ghoulish assassin who also wanted to fight him to the death. The only arguably sane person he knows is his "friend" that runs the video store, but then again in the intro he refers to him as just "the dude at the video store", and all he does in the game is fetch his bike for him with little to no dialogue, so who knows if that friendship is even legitimate. When I first played this game, I asked the exact same question as you, and from my investigation I believe THAT'S why Shinobu killed the other students in her character introduction. Note that I haven't played any NMH game past 1, so that's my only source on this so far.

Or just the fact that all the numbered assassins were dead and an assassin organization without assassins is a failing business.

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@@BeyondAnimation Gene from God hand too

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Funny thing to mention

I mean why not make a game in the universe but have you create the character and have decision trees to decide what path you would take in terms of ideology and have different sets of weapons to customize or choose from. But you know it’s just a idea

Travis' story really has ended at this point (or rather, it has in the fact that it's shown it will never end, but has reached its resting point). So I think other protagonists in the same world is definitely the way to go. Hell, that way, there could be a Travis Touchdown boss fight.

@@yellowstalk6653 I’d say Shinobu would be the best bet for a protag for NMH4ever, with his kids being runner ups. Hell, I’d actually like to see Travis bite the bullet. Maybe bring back Margaret for it, I dunno.

Denji almost dies for tiddies so yee

Honestly I heavily disagree. Makima wanted to use Denji for her personal gain, Sylvia wanted Travis to get revenge and unlike Makima who played sweet. Silvia openly mocks Travis before every ranking fight

@@BeyondAnimation you are right. Makima towards Denji is way more cruel and her ultimate goal is Denji's destruction But Denji towards Makima and Travis towards Sylvia are way more similar. Searching for boobies, sex and violence in a really nuance way

The resemblance in their respective relationship dynamics is superficial. Their actual characters and motivations are way too different.

Ehh makima was pretending to be makima in the sense she was the control devil pretending to be caring and loving person. Sylvia is Sylvia a con artist

The way you wrote this, honestly you should be making these videos because this is extremely well thought out.

he's become death metal

Maybe all will be revealed as you play the game(s)

They turn Henry into more of a psycho. Might be a commentary on how the brothers are different. Travis puts the past behind him and tries to build a new life. Henry on the other hand finds more info on the past which contradicts the games cannon driving him to devolve into a true murderous monster. The violent past might not only refers to the plot but also Suda's previous violent and confusing games. The type of story Travis tries to escape.

@@benjamincuevas9627 Travis killed his past, where Henry only dived in deeper. In this way he reflects Jeanne in NMH1

It's a long process. This only ended up being long by chance. I can't promise I'll make long content in the future consistently but it may happen

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Press X to doubt, we'll get No More Heroes 4ever in a decade or two.

@@D.AblosFamilia I'm inclined to believe suda, he's not like sakurai who says he's done only to go ahead and make another game. Suda tends to be more firm in his decisions to end franchises / stories he's written, He tells the story he wants and when he's done he moves onto whatever story / genre he wants to tackle next

Suda talks in riddles sometimes. He likes to be upfront but let you read between the lines. No More Heroes is over. The theme, the story of Travis, essentially reached its end. All that’s left is for him to help his son and daughter who will take center stage as the main characters of their own story. There can’t be another No More Heroes since Travis killed his past. He’s beyond a legend now too. All that’s left is Henry.

*Sweating*...It's coning...soon? Maybe...? I'm waiting on DLC LMAO, need to wrap up that henry story, but I do wanna talk about the parallels of Fu and Travis and the energy they bring to each scene they're in.

@@BeyondAnimation Take your time, man.

i felt at the time there wasnt much to talk about with Henry, I see now that he is a foil to travis and after the events of NMH3 it makes it harder to tackle. Hopefully we get DLC to wrap up HIS arc

@@BeyondAnimation for sure

Aye, like literally his entire character is just being what Travis isn't and I think that's pretty intentional. We basically learn nothing about him beyond what is necessary to set up cliffhangers and then the story as quickly moves on from him. Like; I think in No More Heroes 3 he's kind of a direct riff on Vergil from DMC a power-obsessed nutter who basically brings hell on earth to be the strongest based on a childhood turma,. This Henry is basically that without context, a parody of whatever Travis isn't at the moment. Is anything Henry says real? Does it matter? Hard to say, he's a character invested so hard into his niche that there's nothing really about him. XD

Peep my latest video then it's this and my nmh3 video combined

@@BeyondAnimation sick! Thank you for the heads up! Will do!

His theme slaps tho

Which one was Harvey again?

@@JadenRockz99 destroyman

@@JadenRockz99 fact checked myself. It was the theatre/magic guy

@@JadenRockz99 the boss whose name is harder to pronounce then the actual fight

Suda is weird

Just for style, TSA was meant to be an "Indie" game.

Who me? Couldn't be

I think suda had parody the dante and vergil rivalery

you should watch this and you need make a henry video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-acGnIzT9C3U.html

good eye, i'll be doing a video on NMH3 in the future so there's a chance henry will be talked about again

@@BeyondAnimation I forgot to say that Suda was a Capcom worker

yessir, Killer7

I respect the opinion

@@BeyondAnimation xD i get why people do not like it. 😁👍 Do not worry there is not going to be a in defense of NMH2

Intro plays

He's our No More Hero

I had to become Travis to make this video...

Fr for some reason Jeanne is the younger sister the dad killed the mom and they didn’t even knew eachother existed before nmh1

@@pinhead5467 maybe touchdown is also a fake family? Brainwashing would actually explain why travis legitimately didnt know he was dating his sister in the past

He didn't take part in any more ranking fights

Honestly. Nmh3 ending wasn't what I expected at all.

@@BeyondAnimation Same. Some questions answered, YET MANY MORE MADE. Just like Suda51 and I wouldn't have it any other way.

When I made this video there was none

Fun fact in the Japanese dub he is zoro

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We'll get em next time

nmh 2 and 3 are nowhere near as good as the first in the series, after finishing nmh2 I was just insulted for how bad it is compared to the first in the series and especially after how bs is the ending for me is not even canon the spirit of the first game is totally absent at least for me, the first nmh story was cohesive and had a sense but overall it was a better game, don't know what happened after a lot of aspects I love about the game are missing and both normal enemies and assassins fights felt way weaker that the first game, it's such a shame...

yes

He is. If you haven't played Travis strikes again (you should) the new bishop is his brother

@@BeyondAnimation Isn't it his younger brother?

@@zeiicypher6667 you're right I'll edit my comment

I'm making a video about fu and Travis and Henry's arc will be touched upon In that

@@BeyondAnimation holy shit less gooo!!keep the good work man also be careful bro making long videos isn’t easy I could only imagine but shiiiiiiii7 I’m excited!!!!!!

There will be no last of us 2 and the last jedi slander here, I love both of them and after playing no more heroes 2 those are what I compare them too, especially last of us 2 because they have similar themes

@@BeyondAnimation sure they have similar themes but the execution of them is where the quality come from, the little that it adds compared to executing the simpler, more fundamental aspects to any piece of media well. From what I've seen here, NMH 2 does it far better than LOU2 because doesnt try and overestimate how deep it is

Hey, I disagree, being someone who played both games.

@@BeyondAnimation eh fair enough, you have more authority over judging it than I do. I certainly dont want to play/watch it to gather evidence from the criticisms i have seen. besides youtube comments is hardly the most convenient spot for a debate

Last jedi is good, no more heroes is good. I see no problem in comparing. Also I forgot about that. I can't even remember fighting him

@@BeyondAnimation I think last jedi had a lot of room for improcedente But hey people like different things

@@BeyondAnimation also the quintet are 5

i talk about him in the NMH2 segement

As in why are they there or?

@@BeyondAnimation How, since you see all three of their heads.

@@BeyondAnimation Yes. I mean, you see shinobu and Sylvia's heads on platters, so I'm confused. Are those heads fakes so he could scare Travis or something? That scene sent chills down my spine.

@@Micah.Lau.navi. yes their fakes, In the same scene henry shows up, and his head was on the plate and the narrator of the whole game is Slavia, not fo mention they're all I travis strikes again that takes place after 2 and before 3

@@BeyondAnimation K, thx.

I think sorachi and suda are quite similar with how bizarre they structer thier stories and how thier all able to mix comedy, 4thwall breaks and seriousness while it all feeling consistent. All the over the top things that happen in NMH could easily happen in Gintama and vice versa. I'd even chuck Yakuza into the mix. I haven't played to much MGS but I think Kojima takes him self much more seriously than Suda does.

​@@BeyondAnimation No Kojima has more in common with him

@@BeyondAnimation no not really

@@BeyondAnimation fucking Damn you don't think what you do, I mean don't judge something you don't know

@@BeyondAnimation also Kojima could do the thing or he did this already

I disagree Dante and Travis don't act alike

and also and also deadpool is similar to travis touchdown i mean both are similar to each other

This video has a sequel in the works, Henry is coming!

Who?