Genre
Perspective
Non-Sport
MobyRank MobyScore
GameCube
91
4.0
PlayStation 2
91
3.2

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


Merchant Title Platform Price  
Amazon
Viewtiful Joe GameCube $3.25  
Viewtiful Joe PlayStation 2 $3.00  
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Viewtiful Joe    
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User Reviews

Mad Japanese crazy superhero action! GameCube Garland (14)
Viewtiful Joe is an impressive form of art that also happens to be a great yet challenging game. GameCube diglot.net Bronze Star Contributing Member (27)
Side Scrollers Return GameCube Game22 (42)
Classic platforming action returns. New console, new look, same great fun GameCube Shadowcaster (240)
Lives up to the name: Viewtiful GameCube reyo (17)
Wow! GameCube Martin Greenberg (3)

The Press Says

Gaming Age GameCube Oct 07, 2003 A 100
Deeko GameCube Oct 10, 2003 10 out of 10 100
GameDaily GameCube Dec 31, 2003 10 out of 10 100
GameSpy PlayStation 2 Aug 23, 2004 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 100
Game Freaks 365 GameCube Jan 01, 2005 9.6 out of 10 96
NintendoWorldReport GameCube Jul 22, 2003 9.5 out of 10 95
IGN GameCube Oct 03, 2003 9.5 out of 10 95
Lawrence GameCube Oct 08, 2003 95 out of 100 95
NintendoWorldReport GameCube Oct 07, 2003 9.5 out of 10 95
1UP GameCube May 09, 2004 8.5 out of 10 85

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Trivia

If you hold down the X button, Joe will throw up a bomb, jiggle it on his knee, and whistle the first 6 notes of the Mario theme. If you do it in mid-air, he'll whistle another part of the Mario theme. If you do it in Slow Motion, he'll whistle another part.


This entry was contributed by Kartanym Bronze Star Contributing Member (9910) and crbr (2171)
 

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