Grasshopper Manufacture inc. (Company)

Grasshopper Manufacture inc.

COMPANY» Founded 1998-03-30

Tokyo,Japan

Grasshopper Manufacture, led by Suda 51, develops many controversial games on various platforms, often incorporating new and interesting graphical elements, such as cel-shading.

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Grasshopper Manufacture was founded in 1998 by Goichi Suda (Person), also known as Suda51. The studio has been releasing games since 1999 (notable titles include Killer7 (Game) and the No More Heroes (Franchise) series). The company's name originated from the song "Grasshopper" by the Oxford indie band Ride, which Suda listened to obsessively while working on Super Fire Pro Wrestling 3. Grasshopper recently released Shadows of the Damned (Game), co-developed with EA and Shinji Mikami (Person). They are currently in the process of developing a number of games including Lollipop Chainsaw (Game) (being co-written with James Gunn), Black Knight Sword (Game) (being co-developed and published by Digital Reality), Rebuild of Evangelion: Sound Impact and Killer is Dead (Game). In January 2013, Grasshopper was acquired by GungHo Online Entertainment (Company), in turn owned by Softbank. In October 2021 Netease Games announced they had acquired the studio.

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Killer7 (Game)

9 June 2005

Killer7 follows Harman Smith, a wheelchair-bound assassin with multiple personalities that manifest as seven seemingly supernatural killers. And the premise is the least weird thing about the game.

PC PS2 GCN

No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle (Game)

26 January 2010

No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle is the second installment of Grasshopper Manufacture's surreal action series on the Nintendo Wii. Taking place three years after the original game's conclusion, the sequel streamlines many of that games features into a more tightly paced adventure.

PC NSW LUNA +1

Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes (Game)

18 January 2019

The return of Travis Touchdown in the role of assassin and Suda51 in the role of director.

PC NSW PS4

No More Heroes III (Game)

27 August 2021

No More Heroes III is the third main entry in the Suda51-led franchise starring Travis Touchdown.

PC NSW XONE +3

Silver Jiken (Game)

7 October 1999

The Silver Case is an Adventure game designed by Suda51 and released on the PlayStation.

PS1 PS3N PSPN

Blood Plus: One Night Kiss (Game)

30 August 2006

An action/adventure game by Grasshopper Manufacture based on the Blood Plus anime series.

PS2

Diabolical Pitch (Game)

4 April 2012

Formerly known as Codename D, a Kinect action game by Grasshopper Manufacture in which all of the player's attacks are baseball-themed.

XBGS

Rebuild of Evangelion Sound Impact (Game)

28 September 2011

An Evangelion rhythm game for the PSP developed by Suda 51 and Grasshopper Manufacture Inc.

PSP

Black Knight Sword (Game)

11 December 2012

A side-scrolling action game from Grasshopper Manufacture. The background moves behind the player to simulate movement.

PS3N XBGS

No More Heroes: World Ranker (Game)

30 August 2012

Create your own assassin and battle against other assassins from the series as well as other players.

ANDR IPAD IPHN

Let It Die (Game)

3 December 2016

A free-to-play souls-like ARPG with roguelike elements, developed by Grasshopper Manufacture and published by Gung-Ho Entertainment for the PlayStation 4.

PC PS4