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

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Viewtiful Joe GameCube $2.98  
Viewtiful Joe PlayStation 2 $3.00  
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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

GameSpy PlayStation 2 Aug 23, 2004 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 100
GamesFirst! GameCube Nov 05, 2003 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 100
Digital Press - Classic Video Games GameCube Feb 08, 2004 10 out of 10 100
GameSpy GameCube Oct 08, 2003 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 100
GameZone PlayStation 2 Aug 30, 2004 9.5 out of 10 95
NintendoWorldReport GameCube Oct 07, 2003 9.5 out of 10 95
N-Europe GameCube Nov 03, 2003 9 out of 10 90
N-Zone GameCube Sep 01, 2003 90 out of 100 90
Boomtown GameCube Jan 22, 2004 8 out of 10 80
Netjak GameCube Nov 17, 2003 5.5 out of 10 55

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Trivia

In level 2, "some like it red hot" there are bill boards with playguy displayed on them with a scantly clad women, which is a blatant product replacement for "playboy"


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

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