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Viewtiful Joe
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GameSpy
The less obvious part of this games greatness is its action. I really thought it was a simple action-platform beat-'em-up, but it's really much more. The gameplay has characteristics of classic 2D action-platform games, but the powers and moves
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IGN
At long last, your time has come to awaken the heroness within.
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GamePro
Frantic, exhilarating, and addictive, Viewtiful Joe is a classic and everything a game should be.
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Gaming Target
This is what action games are all about. In all honesty, this is what video games themselves are all about. Before there were incredible graphics; before there were complex and entangling storylines; before there were explicitly mature oriented games,
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GameZone
From the moment Capcom announced Viewtiful Joe just one year ago, old-school gaming fans the world over knew they were in for quite a treat. The occasional screenshots and video clips released over the months only served to confirm that fact. Now
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Eurogamer
It's a timeless piece of quality gaming that, with the exception of its visual element, would probably work on any format, past or present.
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Game Revolution
Games as stylistically compelling as Viewtiful Joe don’t come around often. Thankfully, it has the gameplay to back it up, so Gamecube owners with a taste for action should definitely pick it up. It might require superhuman gaming skills, but who
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Gaming Age
A stunning example of how creativity can blend seamlessly with gameplay without sacrificing one or the other. The top-notch gameplay coupled with out of this world superhero stunts is the freshest take on a classic side-scrolling action seen in years.
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Gamerz-Edge
Flash back to the early 90Õs ø Vanilla Ice was flooding the music scene, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was a popular new television series, and the Super NES was exploding into the video game market. Street Fighter II was the talk of the town, and a new
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My Gamer
In terms of visual presentation Viewtiful Joe lives up to its name, which the developer's define as a beautiful view. It feels like playing a comic book, with bright characters, seamy villains, and aesthetically pleasing vivid levels. The cel-shaded
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Amped IGO
Capcom is known for making quality games. Last generation, Capcom hasn't done much except for the fighting games, Resident Evil, and Mega Mans. This time around, they've been bringing a lot of support for all the consoles' especially Nintendo. They've
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Thunderbolt
As his presentation draws to a close, Inaba stops his demonstration and adds, “I like to make the type of games that I would like to play. Last year I did Steel Battalion and this year I am doing Viewtiful Joe. But if this one doesn't sell, I don't
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Game XC
Viewtiful Joe begins with an opening video, as Joe and his girlfriend
watch a movie in a theater. Unfortunately for our hero, the nefarious
evil-doer from the silver screen reaches out and snatches Joe's
girlfriend, forcing Joe to follow. The game
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DreamStation.cc
This is the basic plot of Viewtiful Joe for GameCube; it isn't complex and not real creative but it will do. Plus, you won't even care about the plot when you are kicking all the bad guys butts using slow motion, zoom in and mach speed effects. These
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GameCell UK
"It's lights, camera, action action action!
Using amazing special effects and deadly combat skills, you're going to smash through the bad guys and get the girl.
Zoom in close as you punch enemies into the air, slow down time to dodge through a storm of
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DarkZero
Certainly one of the most original games to land exclusively on the GameCube since the console’s release, Viewtiful Joe brings a welcome change with it’s unique comic book style graphics, simple combat system, and most importantly, fun gameplay. Does
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Jaded Gamer
Viewtiful Joe is one of the most refreshingly original and entertaining action games that I've played in a long time. This game tosses you into the role of Joe, a kid who's been sucked into a superhero movie to rescue his girl-
friend. Joe slips a
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XGP Gaming
To simply say this is a 'viewtiful' game to play would be an understatement.
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Digital Entertainment News
Apart from the gratuitous use of hallucinogenic substances, playing a videogame can be the ultimate form of escapism. We leap from our comfortable couches and uneventful lives into fantasy landscapes, sci-fi settings and situations that would otherwise
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N-Europe
Cell shading… now what was the first thing you thought of when you read that? Zelda: The Wind Waker? Or Jet Set Radio maybe? Well while those both use cell shading they do look different and so does Viewtiful Joe. Using the technique Capcom have
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G4
The star of the show is Joe, a movie lover and young Fred Durst look-alike. While on a date with his girlfriend, Silvia, he's so enthralled by a flick, he spurns her romantic advances. Well, he should have got some while he could, because Silvia is
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GamerDad
This has truly been a great year for gaming and it wouldn't be surprising if some of the titles released earlier this year ended up overshadowing some of the Christmas fare. On Gamecube alone there's the specter of The Wind Waker looming over every new
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Games First!
Capcom has had a bad year so far. Devil May Cry 2 was a disappointment, Auto Modellista could have been a lot better, P.N.03 left a lot to be desired, and the half-dozen or so Mega Man titles released this year didn’t cut the mustard. That is why,
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PALGN AU
Remember the days of simple games such as beat ‘em ups and 2D platformers? Viewtiful Joe takes these old game types, and mixes them up with some popular elements from new games. It's one of those very rare games that offer up 3D graphics, but restricts
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Four Fat Chicks
If you can overlook the annoying aspect of having to start over and only being able to save at the beginning of a new episode or when you quit the game, you will experience an amazingly hard but also wonderfully fun game.
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The Laser
Capcom has been releasing some innovative titles for the Gamecube lately and this new title is no exception. In the game, Viewtiful Joe's protagonist is an average Joe, who takes his girlfriend on a movie date to see the latest film from his hero,
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Armchair Empire
Talk about a game that’s firing on all cylinders, Viewtiful Joe is one high-octane ride.
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Gamers Hell
There is an interesting tendency amongst gamers lately. Older games get popular again; on e-bay games that are no longer in production, especially so for an obsolete system, are sold at prices that most people would have called insane only a few years
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Gaming Nexus
With Capcom’s recent releases in the past couple months, all have left me feeling like I had just been beaten up by the school bully who then proceeded to take my lunch money as I lay there with a bloody nose. P.N. 03 for the GameCube was plagued by
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Next Level Gaming
The game just takes you back in the days of the SNES and Sega Genesis. Viewtiful Joe features great graphics, kicking sounds, and just some of the greatest gameplay to come along in a very long time.
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Games are Fun
Hideki Kamiya may have directed macabre masterpieces like Resident Evil 2 and Devil May Cry to great effect, but he seems more at home with the side-scrolling action game, Viewtiful Joe. A high-school dropout, Kamiya is a larger-than-life individual
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N-Insanity
Viewtiful Joe is an artistic playground. As an artist myself I can say this is interactive art.
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Cyber Gaming Net
Into Liquid Sky
As great as the visual package is, the audio package delivers just as well. The voice acting does wonders with the well-written and witty script and the sound effects all feel just perfect.
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Deeko
The game mechanics are solid and innovative, leaving you with many inventive ways in which to scrap with your foe. The graphics are simply phenomenal, creating a look and feel that teeters more towards art than simply backgrounds and characters.
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TotalVideoGames
Lawrence
The normal Joe is at the theater with his squeeze Sylvia. She wants to make out and he wants to stay glued to his "Captain Blue" movie. After she makes him miss the big ending of the movie where Captain Blue dies, Sylvia gets kidnapped by the on-screen
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Gamecritics
It's an amalgamation of one-trick ponies (cel-shading, time bending, old school nostalgia tickling) to make a fulfilling, satisfying and jaw-dropping experience. Meet the new action game, better than the old action game.
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GameCube Cafe
Let’s face facts here folks, at Wii Café, it’s easy to admit that we root for the underdog. The Gamecube, as a system, is much weaker in popularity and sales than the PS2 and XBox, and it doesn’t look like those numbers will change anytime soon.
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Cubed3
Have no pre-illusions, you have never been here before, this is something of a new ground in a spoof to the old. Unshamefully nodding towards the over-zealous world of movie making and watching Viewtiful Joe is a marriage of cultures that leap about your
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Nintendojo
The new VFX system is something every gamer has been dreaming of and Capcom delivers with amazing detail and astoundingly smooth control. After only a year of waiting, Viewtiful Joe is not only everything you’ve been hoping for, it’s everything
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GameNow
The graphical style is truly innovative, something I haven't been able to say about a game in a long time - it truly looks like a manga come to life.
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GameSpot
Viewtiful Joe is a really impressive achievement.
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