Travis Touchdown (Japanese: トラヴィス・タッチダウン, Hepburn: Toravisu Tacchidaun) is a fictional character and the main antihero of the video game franchise No More Heroes.
Certain other details of Travis are based on Suda, including the sound of a key ring jingling in his pocket and his love of cats.
[14] 27 years old in No More Heroes, he collects wrestling masks, and learns a number of lucha libre moves from his mentor, Thunder Ryu.
While No More Heroes features multiple Star Wars parodies, IGN editor Scott Lowe comments that the two have subtle differences.
III is present as well, along with the Blood Berry[16] In No More Heroes, Travis becomes a hitman, referred to in-game as an assassin, after he runs out of money to buy video games.
However, he is subsequently killed by Travis' half-sister, Jeane, who details how she had previously murdered his parents because of their father's sexual abuse.
In No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle, Travis rejoins the UAA to avenge the death of Bishop, his friend and the owner of a video store.
[18] On the album The Outer Rim, tracks 1 and 5 both feature conversations between Travis and Sylvia, who, unlike their ambiguous relationship in No More Heroes, are both deeply in love with each other.
[19] Jason Hill of the Sydney Morning Herald described Touchdown as an "absurd, shallow, and pitiful creature", commenting that he is an analogue to gamers.
[21] Nintendo Power listed Travis as their 15th favourite hero, stating that he is kind of like them, except that they aren't "lewd, beam katana-wielding assassins".
[22] Game Zone editor Stephen Woodward compared Travis to everyday people living in an uber male fantasy, citing him being an otaku and being a luchador fan.
[23] PALGN editor David Low described Touchdown as what gamers want to be, though commenting that Suda 51 "accidentally" incorporated the nerdy aspects of his personality into his character.
[25] Game Informer editor Matt Miller suggested that there is a connection between sex and extreme violence with Travis, citing a scene where he waits to confess his love to a woman only after she has blown her head off with a grenade.
[6] Game Style editor Garry Webber described him as an unashamedly geeky otaku as well as an amoral contemptuous assassin, but added that this was why he was so likable.
[33] G4 TV editor Matt Kiel stated that Travis is an especially noteworthy aspect of the quality plot, adding that while he's amoral and a jerk, he is one of the most likable video game characters in a long time.
[11] Destructoid editor Jim Sterling commented that the close relationship between Suda and Hideo Kojima, whose character Solid Snake had already been added Super Smash Bros. Brawl, makes it possible that he could appear.
He added that while Snake was from a Mature-rated video game, he fit in well; Travis' personality would make him too difficult to include, despite his fighting style being similar to other Smash Bros.