Viewtiful Joe Swoops To Save 2D Gameplay

Posted by simoniker on Thursday July 3, 2003 @07:10PM from the the-japanese-are-insane dept.

Thanks to IGN Cube for running an import review of Capcom's crazed 3D-graphics but 2D-gameplay action platformer, Viewtiful Joe, which has just been released (and immediately sold out) in Japan, but isn't out in the US until October. According to the article, "Viewtiful Joe is an extremely stylized quasi-2D side-brawler .. [with] polished control mechanics.. you can effortlessly slow down time, speed it up.. the game's graphic presentation, from.. cel-styled worlds.. [to] breathtaking slow-time and speed-time effects, and fluid animation that drowns every character, is just gorgeous." There's also a US demo of Viewtiful Joe on the recent official GameCube demo disc - is this title proof that 2D gameplay can still enchant the mass market?

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Re:To answer the question.... by Hamster+Lover · 2003-07-04 05:14 · Score: 2, Interesting

Have you played this game? I got it on my GC demo disc and was mightily impressed. Soul Calibre II looks really good, but it lost its lustre after about half an hour for me. Anyone else I have shown the demo to has been impressed; one friend was so impressed with Viewtiful Joe he bought a GC that day (Zelda and Metroid Prime had a bit to do with it as well).

I am definitely going to buy it and I think it will do well. It fills a need that many games lack, namely playability. I find many 3D games feature amazing eye candy but poor playability, this games achieves both. It will be a winner.