Teen
ESRB Rating
Genre
Perspective
Non-Sport
91
MobyRank
100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
4.0
MobyScore
5 point score based on user ratings.

Description

Joe is your normal everyday guy, watching movies and hanging out with his girlfriend, Silvia. But when Silvia is sucked into a movie reel by an evil force, Joe's life is turned upside down. It's up to you to take everyman Joe and turn him into a superhero to end all superhero's and save his girl.

With a heavy dose of comic books, Viewtiful Joe is a action packed 2D side-scroller inside a 3D world, that will have you using the amazing abilities of the hero in question as you slice and dice the many enemies on screen with VFX special moves, such as Slow and Mach Speed.

You'll have the chance to earn 'Viewtifuls', which will boost your abilities with new killer moves and special items. You'll need them as you progress further into the seven episodes and big bosses at the end of each.

Alternate Titles

  • "红侠乔伊" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
  • "Viewtiful Joe Revival" -- Japanese budget re-release.
  • "Viewtiful Joe: A New Hope" -- Japanese PS2 Title
  • "Red Hot Man" -- Working title

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User Reviews

Mad Japanese crazy superhero action! Garland (14) 3.83 Stars3.83 Stars3.83 Stars3.83 Stars3.83 Stars
Viewtiful Joe is an impressive form of art that also happens to be a great yet challenging game. diglot.net Bronze Star Contributing Member (27) unrated
Side Scrollers Return Game22 (42) 4.83 Stars4.83 Stars4.83 Stars4.83 Stars4.83 Stars
Classic platforming action returns. New console, new look, same great fun Shadowcaster (237) unrated
Lives up to the name: Viewtiful reyo (17) 4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars
Wow! Martin Greenberg (3) 3.83 Stars3.83 Stars3.83 Stars3.83 Stars3.83 Stars

The Press Says

G4 TV: X-Play Mar 27, 2006 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 100
GamesFirst! Nov 05, 2003 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 100
GameZone Oct 22, 2003 9.4 out of 10 94
DarkZero Dec 31, 2003 9.2 out of 10 92
Game Revolution Oct, 2003 A- 91
ntsc-uk Jul 09, 2003 9 out of 10 90
Armchair Empire, The Oct 26, 2003 9 out of 10 90
GameCell UK Jan 20, 2004 9 out of 10 90
1UP May 09, 2004 8.5 out of 10 85
The Video Game Critic Dec 16, 2003 B- 67

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Trivia

Most of the names of the stages are puns regarding famous movie names: "Some Like It Hot", "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea", "The Great Escape", "Midnight Cowboy" and "The Magnificent Seven". But I won't spoil the jokes here. :)


This entry was contributed by Kartanym Bronze Star Contributing Member (9905) and crbr (2171)
 

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