Like with Cloe, Travis denies her affections. Shinobu is also important because, like Cloe, she openly throws herself at Travis. If these games had a mascot, it could be Kimmy Howell. No More Heroes brings the return of these games to the forefront of retail releases. Where a lot of today’s most popular games are about engrossing oneself in the most base and primitive of indulgences, games like Donkey Kong and Paperboy were all about taking on an incredibly difficult challenge and trying to outdo your rivals on the local leaderboards. That’s something that used to be at the heart of videogames, particularly the kinds of twitch-skill, work-based games that appear as job side-games in No More Heroes 2. She symbolizes the innocent-but-intense pursuit of idol worship, the dream of becoming better than your heroes. I think Kimmy’s character is the basis for the entire theme of No More Heroes 2: innocence vs. For me, though, it’s deeper than than that.

The fact that she’s cute, has an accent, and combines the school-girl archetype with the violent style of Darth Maul probably doesn’t hurt. There are probably a lot of reasons for that. Like I mentioned before, No More Heroes 2 has its share of detractors, but as far as I can tell, even the harshest critics of the game accept Kimmy Howell.

Kimmy Howell: Innocence is a double-bladed katana

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