GameCube

Viewtiful Joe

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

Part of the Following Groups

• Cel shaded games
• Games made into TV series
• Time Manipulation games
• Viewtiful Joe series

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User Reviews

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

The Press Says

G4 TV: X-Play	Mar 27, 2006		100
GamesFirst!	Nov 05, 2003		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. :)