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12-07-2022, 05:31 PM
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Add copyright law to the list of things Travis has almost sh*t onTravis Touchdown (https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-no-more-heroes-3/) and the No More Heroes (https://www.destructoid.com/no-more-heroes-series-travis-story-recap/) series both turned 15 this week and, to celebrate, franchise creator SUDA51 shared some unique information (https://twitter.com/suda_51/status/1600039940598820864) about his murderous mascot. Even longtime fans of the franchise such as myself were shocked.
My Japanese is lousy, but I can read the language well enough to recognize the characters "Ru-Ku" in the image above. That translates to English as "Luke", which alone would have been enough to make Lucasfilm's lawyers foam at the mouth. Reading through the blurb is a little tougher for me, but per a confirmed A.I, translation from NMH super fan Travis Dies Every Day (https://twitter.com/TravisDiesAgain/status/1600044053541769217), the full text reads:
"Modern Jedi Master 'Luke'. Danshiya 'Luke'. His real name is Travis Touchdown. A geek and a thug of the hitman business, I will take on any boring killing. There is no creed at all. I go to the mall four times a week. In other words, if you don't have work, you don't have time, and you don't have friends."
"He runs danshi [boy?] with homemade sabers. All [of] his weapons, Naomi is making. He is currently ranked 11th in the UAA rankings. Fanatical fan of Japanese anime, especially the witch system is a favorite. Now I love it. I love T-shirts."
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Anyone who's played the series knows that this isn't too far from how the actual in-game dialogue might sound. Other than the gun in his left hand, and the overt announcement that Travis is, in-fact, a Jedi named after Luke Skywalker, all of this could, plausibly, have been official!
And wait a minute, wasn't SUDA51's company rumored to be working on an Aliens game (https://www.destructoid.com/alien-grasshopper-manufacture-suda51-rumor/)? That franchise is just one degree of legal separation from Star Wars! Maybe gun-toting Travis with this Skywalking nickname still has a chance of making it.
The post Travis Touchdown’s original nickname was, it seems, pure Star Wars (https://www.destructoid.com/travis-touchdown-original-name-luke-suda51-no-more-heroes/) appeared first on Destructoid (https://www.destructoid.com).
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Add copyright law to the list of things Travis has almost sh*t onTravis Touchdown (https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-no-more-heroes-3/) and the No More Heroes (https://www.destructoid.com/no-more-heroes-series-travis-story-recap/) series both turned 15 this week and, to celebrate, franchise creator SUDA51 shared some unique information (https://twitter.com/suda_51/status/1600039940598820864) about his murderous mascot. Even longtime fans of the franchise such as myself were shocked.
My Japanese is lousy, but I can read the language well enough to recognize the characters "Ru-Ku" in the image above. That translates to English as "Luke", which alone would have been enough to make Lucasfilm's lawyers foam at the mouth. Reading through the blurb is a little tougher for me, but per a confirmed A.I, translation from NMH super fan Travis Dies Every Day (https://twitter.com/TravisDiesAgain/status/1600044053541769217), the full text reads:
"Modern Jedi Master 'Luke'. Danshiya 'Luke'. His real name is Travis Touchdown. A geek and a thug of the hitman business, I will take on any boring killing. There is no creed at all. I go to the mall four times a week. In other words, if you don't have work, you don't have time, and you don't have friends."
"He runs danshi [boy?] with homemade sabers. All [of] his weapons, Naomi is making. He is currently ranked 11th in the UAA rankings. Fanatical fan of Japanese anime, especially the witch system is a favorite. Now I love it. I love T-shirts."
https://www.destructoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/SudaLukeTravis.jpg
Anyone who's played the series knows that this isn't too far from how the actual in-game dialogue might sound. Other than the gun in his left hand, and the overt announcement that Travis is, in-fact, a Jedi named after Luke Skywalker, all of this could, plausibly, have been official!
And wait a minute, wasn't SUDA51's company rumored to be working on an Aliens game (https://www.destructoid.com/alien-grasshopper-manufacture-suda51-rumor/)? That franchise is just one degree of legal separation from Star Wars! Maybe gun-toting Travis with this Skywalking nickname still has a chance of making it.
The post Travis Touchdown’s original nickname was, it seems, pure Star Wars (https://www.destructoid.com/travis-touchdown-original-name-luke-suda51-no-more-heroes/) appeared first on Destructoid (https://www.destructoid.com).
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