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Viewtiful Joe

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it finally made it to playstation 2. i was kind of aggrivated that they only put this on gamecube at first, but not to worry, they are making a sequel for both consoles this time. 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.

This is, by far, one of the best platformers ever to hit the 'cube. It combines sleek 3-D cel-shaded graphics with a smooth 2-D environment. It's addictive, fun, and just plain crazy! It's one of the most challenging platformers in modern gaming history. I absolutely recommend this game to every single Gamecube gamer alive! The Graphics are great, the story is great, it's extremely addictive, and the music isn't bad either.

The only downside of this game is its length. I beat it in two weeks. I recommend renting it if you're a just-once gamer. You may beat it in rental time if you're a hardcore gamer, but I know that if you buy it you'll probably play it several times after you beat it.

Viewtiful Joe has to be one of the best if not the best 2d games I have personally ever played. It achieves the hand drawn look using the new technique of cell shading. Not only does it look bueatiful but it plays like a dream. I have heard people having problems with slowdown and frame rate drops on the playstation 2 version, but I haven't noticed any problem. Be wary, this game is one tough cookie, even on easy.

This is the greatest 2D game of this video game era. A great story plot, with great action and tough foes.

well worth buying this game, if you like to smoke the crazy tabaccy, this game will keep you focus during the fights in slow mow.

Viewtiful Joe is played like how Double Dragon, Battle Toads, and etc. was like. Cool how Capcom brought back the old things and even made it cooler. In this game you will play as Joe as he is sucked into the world movie, and has to stop evil while rescuing his lover

Game look simple and easy and i have judge the book by the cover. Matter of fact, the game is so hard and sometime even on easy setting it can become hard. There are a lot of repayable value in this game. great game overall 5/5 fun factor 4/5 because its a challenging game.Viewtiful Joe

Viewtiful Joe on the Gamecube is an amazing game. Great graphics, beautiful gameplay, very challenging, original idea. I got it on launch. I'm a huge fan.

This version, the PS2 version, is basically the same game with lessened graphics, an additional unlockable character, and an easier mode of play. That first bit is an annoyance, the VFX powers don't look nearly as good on the PS2, and the backgrounds look much more pixelated in this version.

The easier mode, Sweet, is an unnecessary addition. Viewtiful Joe is a difficult game, even on Easy mode I guarantee you're going to die at least twice per level, on average. But that's the point, it's a hard game, you shouldn't be able to just blow through it in an afternoon. But now you can. That just left a bad taste in my mouth.

As for the additional character... It's Dante from Devil May Cry.

I'm going to let that sink in.
Dante is in Viewtiful Joe. Unfortunately, he's the easiest to unlock, you can by beating easy mode.


Anyway, Viewtiful Joe is a beaut of a game, I highly recommend picking it up.

A fun game for the price I paid. A styllized update to the old beat-'em-ups of the 80's and 90's.

The creativity in this game is off of the charts. I was thinking about whether or not this was a 2d or 3d game but now I think it borders on 4-dimensional because you can manipulate time. Heck, let's just call it 5-dimensional with the 5th dimension being creativity! The great thing is that you can find this game in used stores for less than fifteen bucks! Why can't more games be like this? Totally worth buying.