At its press conference today, Ubisoft announced that it will be releasing No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle for the Wii. The game, created by Goichi Suda (Suda 51) and developed by Grasshopper Manufacture, will continue the story begun in award-winning Wii title No More Heroes.

According to Ubisoft, No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle's protaganist Travis Touchdown finds himself at the bottom of the UAA (United Assassins Association) rankings and must wage war to become the No. 1 assassin once again. Among the game's features: The ability to wield not one, but two swords as well as face multiple bosses at the same time. Hey, that's twice the sword-wielding, and that's what I call awesome.

Most serious gamers regard No More Heroes as among the best Wii games ever released, so the release of the sequel is sure to garner mucho excitement and joy.  It's coming in "early 2010."

Check out the official No More Heroes 2 homepage for more details.