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 (240) 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

GamesAreFun.com (GAF) Oct 19, 2003 10 out of 10 100
Digital Press - Classic Video Games Feb 08, 2004 10 out of 10 100
Gaming Age Oct 07, 2003 A 100
UOL Jogos Oct 17, 2003 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 100
Thunderbolt Games Mar 01, 2004 10 out of 10 100
NintendoWorldReport Jul 22, 2003 9.5 out of 10 95
N-Europe Nov 03, 2003 9 out of 10 90
Eurogamer.net (UK) Oct 13, 2003 9 out of 10 90
AceGamez Nov 09, 2003 9 out of 10 90
Game Shark Oct 23, 2003 B+ 83

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Trivia

The Japanese PlayStation 2 version is called Viewtiful Joe: A New Hope, after the "new" subtitle of Star Wars.


This entry was contributed by Kartanym Bronze Star Contributing Member (9909) and crbr (2171)
 

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