Astro, Natsu Fuji, Baku Furukawa, SEKITOVA, and the rapper duo Okumura who collaborated with Abo on the game's sushi song. When it comes to choosing the composers for the upcoming game, Abo stated that he looks into a passionate composer with a nice personality who can make unique tracks with great quality, rather than based on their fame. Release No More Heroes III was announced at E3 2019 as part of the Nintendo Direct showcase, featuring a reveal trailer of Travis battling alien invaders. Leading up to the reveal Suda advised people to tune into E3, tweeting concept art of FU and new versions of the Santa Destroy insignia, one which served as a homage to the Joy Division album Unknown Pleasures. A new story trailer, which started out as a fake title called Goddamn Superhero, premiered at The Game Awards 2019, with CG co-production by animation studios Shirogumi and Kamikaze Douga. During the 2020 New Game Plus Expo event, Suda humorously presented new gameplay combat footage of No More Heroes III partially obscured by his superimposed body giving out a mock interview unrelated to the upcoming title, discussing his plans to play other Nintendo Switch games during the COVID-19 pandemic quarantine. On September 9, 2020, the game was delayed to 2021 due to the effects that the COVID-19 pandemic had on game development. Darick Robertson, the illustrator best known for comics such as The Boys and Transmetropolitan, was announced to be providing illustrations to promote the game, including the game's cover artwork. No More Heroes III headlined the Nintendo Direct Mini Partners Showcase on October 28, 2020, which showed off an unobscured representation of gameplay, as well as confirming the return of Badman from Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes, and Shinobu Jacobs. The trailer was followed by the announcement of ports of No More Heroes and No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle that would release the same day for the Nintendo Switch. The game was featured on the February 2021 Nintendo Direct showcase, showing new footage of bosses and the return of side missions, as well as confirming the game's release date. A selection of the game's main cast and voice actors was confirmed at this time, including the return of Bad Girl and Henry Cooldown. Marvelous, who are publishing the game in Japan, announced a No More Heroes III dedicated livestream event for April 8, 2021, hosted