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great sidescrolling game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: September 13, 2004
Author: Amazon User

this is one of the most original ways to take a side scrolling game into the 3-d dominated game industry. the game takes a normal joe who's obsessed with movies and sucks him into the movie where he recieves the powers of his favorite super hero captain blue where you can slow things down and speed things up. it is really interesting how objects react such as the water levels rise and fall and propellers spin slower and faster so that a helicopter may fall out of the sky. it's a little tricky to learn these techniques at first, but they are alot of fun to use. they have an adult and a kids version and you may want to use the kids version at first to get the hang of it.

the game is difficult on adult. the levels obviously get progressively more difficult which requires you to master to superhero abilities. the bosses are interesting as well, starting of with a talking vampire bat, a rhyno, and a missile shooting shark. the game is done completely as if the pages of a comic book could move. i love cell shaded games, but this might be a downfall if you don't like such games. i have to say this is one of the best sidescrolling games released since the old castlevania and mario brothers games.

Cool

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: May 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I recently had a chance to play Viewtiful Joe for the Nintendo GameCube, and I must say, I'm very Impressed. Anyways, In the game you play as Joe, who is sucked into the "Movie World", and must battle enemy robot/skull/bat/joker things(trust me, they're cool)using Kung-Fu. After a ways through, you are granted a "henshin"(transform) ability. When your meter fills up, you transform in to Viewtiful Joe, a Power-Ranger like superhero with cool abilities. VJ can slow down time, Matrix-style, and dodge bullets and all of that great stuff. Or, VJ can go "Mach-Speed" and bash enemies at blazing, Sonic the Hedgehog speeds. If you get a chance, buy the demo...

A Viewtiful Review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: September 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is deadfelix4 reporting from the Viewtiful Joe Street Team:

Viewtiful Joe is definitely a game you will want to own. Not only is it nice to look at, but it's just pure fun. But not the kind of fun that gets old, this game has serious replay value.
Although it is quite reminiscent of old-school side scrollers, Viewtiful Joe brings a new and original sense to the genre. With the time manipulation abilities and all the cool moves you learn, this game should keep everyone satisfied for a very long time. Aside from that, it is extremely fun trying to do combos, and putting it in slow motion to make it look even more viewtiful. It is also fun (yet challenging at the same time) trying to look good for the audience to get even more points.

To top it off, there are four difficulties of increasing challenge. So basically, Viewtiful Joe is extremely fun, has good replay value, lots to achieve, great and innovating graphics, and is totally original. And might I add, the story is pretty good. Buy it as soon as it comes out.

life is viewtiful baby

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 12
Date: October 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

i love this game and u will too this is how the story unravels average joe is in the movies watching a film with his girlfreind silvia all of a sudden she is pulled in and joe must save her in movie land joe has no powers until he meets captin blue u have to fight against him 3 times to obtain the three powers

slow mo- matrix style moves make the world move slower rack up big combos
mach speed-with this power you will speed up the world to knock enemys out really fast
zoom in- the best power u zoom in and u make enemys around u freeze the attacks are much more effective in zoom in in zoom in great moves can be bought lke viewtiful forever and ukimi

joe will battle threw many enimies and the effects are crazy when u kick an enemy screws fall out of him and the bosseses are great their are 8 levels in this game witch might be the only flaw but the replay value makes up for it it reminds me of the old beatem up games the puzzles are a bit complicated at first but u will soon get used to it the graphics r like a comic book i loved it my favorite boss was gran bruce this is how i found out about the game i was in toys r us in the city and i so it on the demo thing i played for 2 minutes and i fell in love with it if u are a gamer of any age and u were waiting for a side scroller this is the game it is also 10 dollars cheaper then most other games ps. the combos r sick.

graphics-5-the best graphics in years great lighting effects detailed bosses

replay-5-this tgame has four different diffuculty levels and they unlock rewards

fun-5-addictevest game in the world get ready to not blink for a hole day while ur dead staring in amazment like i was

story-5-that joe is in a movie the hole time is weird but kool u have to feed the crowd wat they want

bosses-5-best detailed bosses i ever seen competetor with metroids bosses

style-5-viewtiful moves

sound-5-i lov da music its vietiful

OVERALL-5

IF U DONT HAVE THIS GAME YET BE ASHAMED

I'm suffering from nintendo-thumb!!! And I like it!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: October 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I'm 32 years old. I have a wife and two kids. I'm old. I grew up with games like Elevator Action, Ikari Warriors, and Mario Brothers.

Now, when I find time to play games, I play your standard FPS and RTS games. I like these games a lot, but every now and then I wish a game developer would make an old-school top-down or side-scroller game with a new-school edge.

BAM!!! Viewtiful Joe is one such game! It will remind you of the times when you and your buddies would go to the arcade and play your favorite game on one quarter start to finish and that meant a good half hour or more.

The gameplay is the key to the success of this game. The first thing you learn when playing this game is that you let your enemy take the first swing. When they miss you get an attack of opportunity. Go into slo-mo mode and take him/her out with a barrage of hits/kicks. This will then give you more attack of opportunities with the other enemies on the screen as long as you haven't left slo-mo mode yet. This makes for good scenes! Which makes the movie crowd happier and gives you more V-points!

That's the basic essence of the game. You want to make every scene as interesting as possible. My favorite scenes are the ones with a room full of peons. Dodge one of there blows, go into slo-mo mode, and then 'OPEN THAT CAN!!!'

I wanna see more games like this on the market! I've missed my nintendo-thumb.

A return to basics turns out to be INCREDIBLY FUN

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: August 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Games like Viewtiful Joe are sadly hard to come by these days. With all the modern technology of the consoles we are now afforded, most developers have completely forgotten their "roots". 2D gaming is a lost-passion, but thankfully every now and then a company like Capcom comes along and changes all the rules. Enter Viewtiful Joe.

What we have here is a super hero story of wonderful proportions. The game takes place on a 2d plane featuring gorgeously animated 3d characters. The style is truly unmatched and sets Viewtiful Joe aside when compared to other titles. The beatem-up action is heightened by the use of super powers. You can slow down or speed up the action, as well as zoom in. The idea is to use your power to fight "beautifully" ... or "viewtifully". Get it now? Be careful though, if you use your powers too much, you can actually lose them!

Viewtiful Joe is sure to be a hit this fall. It's available exclusively on Nintendo Gamecube. I absolutely love this game.

Pick it up as soon as it's available. Great fighting, amazing graphics and special effects, awesome combo system and tons of challenge!

Actually a nice linear game for the "higher" systems.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: January 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Much like nostalgia with cars and music, linear makes a comeback. Ok, not a comeback, but atleast a noteworthy title that we can breathe a breath of recognition and sit down and just have alittle fun and remember games of those simplier times. Like anything mass produced 3D games have become ho hum and nothing seems on the horizon of originallity. What does one do to create a decent game? Go to the past. They are doing it with fashion and about everything else with a society with an extreme case of writer's block, but you have to admit that Viewtiful Joe is fun. The graphics are fun and cartoony the voice acting is funny (at times anyway) despite poor dialogue and an even worse plot. That isn't what makes Joe tick. Joe is just fun. Stupid fun. Fun of the purest form. My only compliant is darn is this thing hard. "Hard" meaning difficult. I found myself wanting to launch the Gamecube out of the nearest window when encountering certain bosses and the game is filled with difficult little tasks that success is determined by as much luck as it is skill. It's like that one difficult jump on the original Super Mario Brothers (level 8 you know which one I'm talking about) muliplied like 100 times. You will always find yourself returning to play though after you've taken a break to cool down. This game is 4 stars in my book and it's all because of fun factor. I recommend this title completely.

Viewtiful Joe in one letter: V

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: September 26, 2004
Author: Amazon User

First of all, let's clear up the most common question everyone has about Viewtiful Joe: "What's viewtiful!?" It means "beautiful view", but its so much more than that. Its more or less one of those "gotta play it to understand it" type of things. This game abuses the bajabbers(kweheheh..what a dumb word) out of this word, but it never really gets old. Its a game that casual gamers can pick up and play, and 'hardcore' gamers can try to master it and unlock everything. I fall into the latter of the two ^^;

Graphics
*runs off and does a heelclick...in the sunset*
That's what the graphics in this game make old, crippled people do. They're awesome, one of the best styles I've ever seen. I can run Doom 3 with everything on high, but I'd still prefer Viewtiful Joe's graphics any day of the week. Including Tuesday. The graphics are cel shaded, but really 'messy'; just compare it to something like Zelda: The Wind Waker and you'll see. Its pretty hard to describe, but they're so good. Just find some screenshots.

Sound
The sound, from smashing robots to the voice overs, are quite fantastical. Especially Joe's. His voice overs are super awesome. They fit perfectly with his character and such. Some of the bosses and such can get to be pretty hard to understand, but you'll probably be able to pick up what they say after hearing it a few times. The background music is also very good, fitting, and just has a happy ring to it, in most cases. The only voice over I really didn't like was the "let's get it on" at the beginning of each level. That was annoying.

Gameplay
Thought the other stuff was awesome? This is most likely the best aspect of this game. The combat never gets old; its just so much fun to watch. Sometimes its hard to believe that you're the one making Joe do all that - its just so crazy. Which brings me to my next point: the combat is crazy; not repetitve OR impossible, which is the best way to have it. Switching between slow, mach speed, or in combination with zoom, doing special moves, dodging and countering, and just beating the mechanical snot out the robots; while hard at first, soon becomes second nature. The enemies are well placed and chosen, and gives the game a good flow.

Story
Joe and Silvia are at a movie, she gets sucked in somehow, as does Joe, and he has to rescue her while showing off as much as possible. Its pretty much like when Chrono went in the teleporter after Marle in Chrono Trigger, except for the fact that he actually cared about her and went in of his own free will. The story isn't really the greatest thing, but it does provide the game with some of the best features(VFX), because of its movieish storyline. All the movie tie-ins are great, such as the cheering crowd when you get tons of V-points, or those little whats-its whose name escapes me at the bottom and top of the screen when you use your powers(those little holes that're on film strips).

Replay Value
Yet another of Viewtiful's strong points. One reason this lasts so long is the unlockables that are actually hard to get(but casual gamers probably won't get any of them); not ones where you can get them all in the first day of playing like most games. Plus, the combat and just about everything else just doesn't get old. This game will last you a long time.

Overall
Everything about this game is good! The only thing I think that needs improvement is the fact that its not multiplayer: another reason Viewtiful Joe 2 is going to be so viewtiful. Plus, now, its only $20 and for PS2(I think) and Gamecube. Buy it, its definitely worth it! If it had a two(or more!) player feature, it would be so much better. I can't wait for VJ2!

One of the best action games ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: October 13, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game starts out with a guy named Joe going to see his favorite super hero "Captian Blue" at the movies with his girlfriend Sivia. As they are watching the movie, the vilian of the film breaks through the screen and grabs Silvia pulling her into the movie. This place is known as Movie Land. After Silvia captured, Captian Blue takes Joe into Movie Land and tells Joe that he can no longer go on being a hero because he has been defeated. Captian Blue then awakins Joe's hero ability's and Joe becomes Captian Blues alter ego, "Viewtiful Joe". Captian Blue gives Joe 3 super hero abilitys, the first being able to slow down time so your punches will do more damage, you can slow down spinning enemys, and if someone shoots at you, you can slow down time and see the bullet so you can hit it right back at him. The second ability Joe gets is Mach Speed. Using this you can hit up to 6 enemys on the screen at once without even moving. While using Mach speed you can so up to six olusions of yourself of the screen because you are moving so fast and the olusions can actually hurt enemys. You can go though hordes of enemys in a matter of seconds with this ability. The final power that Joe gets is called Zoom In wich lets you get up close you the action. When in the Zoom In mode you get much more devestating attacks and a wider varity of moves. Another cool thing you can do is combine powers, this means you can combine the Slow Mo with the Zoom In or the Mach speed with the Zoom In. You can't combine the Slow Mo with the Mach speed however. This game is very long but you are going to get plenty of play out of this one. The reason because this game has 4 different difficulty setting and each time you beat one you get new extra. When you finish kids mode you get a music video called "Viewtiful World" that is performed by Joe and some others game characters. When you finish adult mode you unlock Silvia as a playable character as well as V-Rated mode. V-Rated mode is harder than adult mode and once you complete V-Rated mode you unlock one of the main villians in the game as a playable character as well as Ultra V-Rated mode. Once you complete this mode you get the final unlockable, Captian Blue. As you can see in order to get the full potential of this games you must go through it 4 times and trust me, this game never gets old. If you have a Gamecube or PS2 and you don't already have this game you should consider this one, I haven't had this much fun with a game in a while.

Game of the Year

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: September 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is Viewtiful_Jim from the online street team

What hasn't been said about this awesome game already? And it isn't out yet in the US! It sold out in Japan, and hopefully will sell out here! Viewtiful Joe takes you back to a time where games were fun, Challenging, and original. Every inch of this game says a lot of care was taken to give it the look it has. Cel-shading in games have gotten somewhat of a bad rep. (i.e. Wind Waker) But I couldn't see it any other way with Viewtiful Joe.

What makes this game so interesting is the special effects moves, not only do they look awesome, they actually effect the stage and surrounding environments as well as using them to attack the enemies matrix style, which is the way you get V points, by doing awesome attacks in succession. It's like Devil May Cry on a crazy cartoon trip.

In short, it is THE game to buy this fall season, it brings so many great ideas to the already done with 2-D platformer, and it's from Capcom, people who still know how to make great games.

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