No More Heroes is an “assassin action” game series in which you take on the role of assassin Travis Touchdown as he faces off against other assassins in order to reach the top of the United Assassins Association (UAA) rankings.

There he encounters a huge artificial metropolis floating in the sea, and a mysterious flying object high above the city. What crazy dangerous assassins will he have to face in this strange new world?

Travis’ beloved Beam Katana and wrestling moves are back and better than ever!

In addition to Robin Atkin Downes and Paula Tiso returning to their roles as Travis Touchdown and Sylvia Christel, No More Heroes III features an all-new original score composed by musician and actor Nobuaki Kaneko of the band RIZE.

Original series lead character designer Yusuke Kozaki is back as well!! Also featuring boss characters designed by Masanori Ushiki, with Kenichiro Mizuno taking on design duties for the character of Damon.

The action-packed movie features new details on the game’s main storyline – the “Galactic Superhero Rankings” and how Travis came to be involved – as well as the “Ranking Battles”, which comprise a wide range of game styles, including action, shooting, horror, RPG, and more.

In addition to the video, the studio shared the following new details highlighting both the return of classic activiites and all-new additions that await fans when No More Heroes 3 launches this August:

Fight your way to the top of the Galactic Superhero Rankings!

The legendary assassin Travis Touchdown makes his glorious return to the Madness! Our hero Travis must make it to the top of the Galactic Superhero Rankings in order to stop the evil Prince FU and his ten alien assassins from taking over the Earth.

Earn money to enter ranked battles!

To enter into each subsequent ranked battle, you’ll need to pay a pretty steep fee. Travis must take on various missions around town to make the money needs to fight. An invitation to the next fight will be sent once the required fees have been transferred via ATM.

Use your skills to dominate your opponents!

Enjoy even more hardcore slash-‘em-up action as you use the Joy-Con’s intuitive controls to wield Travis Touchdown’s trusty Beam Katana along with a slew of pro wrestling techniques!

Also, featured for the first time in the series, Travis can now use his new Death Glove to activate a variety of skills, allowing for more strategic battles. Furthermore, you can now customize the new Skill Tree and try out different Death Glove Chip combinations to find the play style that works best for you.

No More Heroes III is coming to Nintendo Switch on August 27, 2021 for $59.99