Rising Star Games has just confirmed that No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle will be hitting the UK on May 28th for Wii, having originally been due for a unspecified April release.

“We’re really excited to announce the official European release date No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle,” said managing director of Rising Star Games Martin Defries in the recent PR release, “The original became a cult hit on the Wii when it released four years ago and the sequel is set to attract an army of new followers.”

Although it doesn’t have a confirmed western release date, the  PS3 / 360 version  the original No More Heroes is out in Japan on April 15th.

No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle has been out in the US for a few weeks now, but us Europeans have to wait a while before being able to experience Travis Touchdown’s second coming.

Make that a long while, because No More Heroes 2 isn’t set to be released in Europe until the end of April 2010. This was confirmed in a press release from Rising Star Games, the game’s European publisher.

“The first No More Heroes game fast built a reputation as a benchmark in the Wii’s capabilities, and was brave and bold enough to stand out from the crowd as an antidote to the glut of party games on the market for the console,” said Martin Defries, managing director of Rising Star Games.

So far the sequel seems to live up to the original’s reputation, receiving 5/5 from GameSpy, 9/10 from GamesRadar and an A- from 1up.

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More lulz from the ESRB was leaked onto the internet today, this time for No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle. The ESRB write-up gives us a brief glimpse into the mind of Sude 51. And NMH2 seems to have upped the ante on No More Heroes to a substantial degree. Expect to see penises, decapitations, blood and other weird things, not to mention hilarious dialogue:

“The game contains sexual overtones and partial nudity. Players can watch portions of an anime show called Bizarre Jelly; the opening credits depict a female character whose clothes suddenly disappear, revealing her bare buttocks (one-to-two seconds). Game dialogue contains sexual references, including the phrases “dirty nympho,” “the one that’s throbbing,” and “I feel like that pervy teacher in a porn.””

So expect to have loads of fun with No More Heroes 2.

The entire ESRB rating can be read after the cut.

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