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Capcom's Clover - Viewtiful Conversion, Sequel, Ookami

Posted by simoniker on from the c-love-r dept.

CuBeFReNZy writes "Game-Science has an article mentioning: 'Capcom held a meeting today to show off their newly formed development team, Clover Studio.' The team showcased their first titles: a Viewtiful Joe conversion ('will include Dante, from Capcom's Devil May Cry series, as a playable character') to the PS2, Viewtiful Joe 2 ('new co-op gameplay') for PS2 and Gamecube, and Ookami ('toon-shading engine... nature adventure') for the PS2."

25 comments

  1. Death Knell for the 'Cube coming by BigJimSlade · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Good move for Capcom, porting Viewtiful Joe to the PS2. Bad news for Nintendo, seeing a critically acclaimed exclusive title get ported to another system.

    1. Re:Death Knell for the 'Cube coming by Rallion · · Score: 3, Insightful

      I'm a diehard Nintendo fan, and want them to do well. I don't own a PS1 or a PS2, though that's as much a result of a thin wallet than of my ridiculous loyalty. But there's something about Viewtiful that makes me just wish everybody could play it.

      And I can't be unhappy when they mention a sequel!

    2. Re:Death Knell for the 'Cube coming by clu76 · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Death Knell for the 'Cube coming There have been so many death knells for the cube, I'm thinking the knell of death has lost all meaning.

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    3. Re:Death Knell for the 'Cube coming by buffer-overflowed · · Score: 5, Interesting

      It was never an exclusive, Capcom just thought the game would appeal more to GameCube owners(it's a difficult oldschool style sidescrolling 2D platformer after all) than to anyone else, so they didn't release it for other platforms.

      If you don't already own it and a Cube you probably aren't into that style of game anyway(it's a cartoon! Kiddy!).

      It evidentally did well enough that they're porting it to PS2. I get the feeling it won't look as good as it did on the Cube(since the cube is really, really good at that style of game), but hey, at least the normal people will be able to enjoy it.

      I just hope they don't tone down the difficulty to make it more accessable or compromise/tone-down the style to get it onto the technically inferior PS2, as that would pretty much ruin the game.

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    4. Re:Death Knell for the 'Cube coming by zonker · · Score: 0

      hey, now you are starting to sound like simoniker...

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    5. Re:Death Knell for the 'Cube coming by Trunks · · Score: 1

      The current rumor is that the Viewtiful Joe PS2 port is going to be a Japan-release only.

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    6. Re:Death Knell for the 'Cube coming by hooverbag · · Score: 1

      I just hope they don't tone down the difficulty to make it more accessable or compromise/tone-down the style to get it onto the technically inferior PS2, as that would pretty much ruin the game.

      I believe the original Cube version was re-released in Japan with easier difficulty settings added, while not changing the original 2.

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  2. PS2 Viewtiful Joe... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ...will run like ass with its emulated cell shading graphics.

    1. Re:PS2 Viewtiful Joe... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Emulated?

    2. Re:PS2 Viewtiful Joe... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Emulated?

      They couldn't find a way to fit enough artists inside the box to do real-time cell shading, so for now it's emulated in software.

    3. Re:PS2 Viewtiful Joe... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

      Yes, emulated. The PS2 does not support hardware cell shading. I don't know about the X-Box, but the Dreamcast and Gamecube both have the capabilities.

    4. Re:PS2 Viewtiful Joe... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      If true, it's possible to work around. It's been done; there are a handful of cel-shaded PS2 games. Auto Modellista, for example, while featuring visuals much worse than the GameCube version, is available on the PS2.

    5. Re:PS2 Viewtiful Joe... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      XBOX does have hardware cel shading as far as I know. Look at Jet Set Radio Future for example, it's one of the better uses of cel shading in a game outside of the original Jet Set Radio and Zelda: Wind Waker.

    6. Re:PS2 Viewtiful Joe... by MilenCent · · Score: 1

      Is there such a thing as "hardware cel shading?"

      Anyway, honestly, while I'm a little annoyed the game isn't GC exclusive anymore, it *is* a seriously great game. I'm just happy to see the sequel will get a GC release.

      Something I haven't seen many people remark upon is how hip the first game's story is. It's silly, corny in a winking fashion, has actually good voice acting ("Hulk DAAAAAVIDSON's in the house!"), and bona-fide laugh-out-loud moments. "Duh! There has to be a plot twist! That's where everything goes wrong *once* before the happy ending?"

      As for Dante being playable... how close was Alastor, a boss and hard-to-unlock character (though not as hard as Captain Blue) in the GC version, to Dante? He already has a number of Devil May Cry references, or so I hear.

      I saw Devil May Cry once... couldn't get into it. What I saw struck me as incredibly self-absorbed. I mean, how many times can the game say or print the words "Devil May Cry" in the first minute after turning the system on? I counted five -- and who in their right mind names their business that?

      Anyway, I'm ranting. New VJ character, cool.

    7. Re:PS2 Viewtiful Joe... by 13Echo · · Score: 2, Informative

      This is ridiculous. I'm not fond of the Playstation's inferiorities as much as the next person (Dreamcast forever!), but there is NO SUCH THING as "hardware cell shading". The "cell shading" is just applying colors to a 3D object, in a manner that makes it look like it is a cartoon instead of a "realistic" object. It's nothing new, and is certainly something that the PS2 can handle just fine. In fact, it highlights the PS2's abilities to produce high-quality 3D graphics without applying as many textures to the objects. PS2 lacks sophisticated texture compression features that the Gamecube and XBox shine at. Vietiful Joe doesn't use as many prefabricated textures for the characters. Those are instead used more often on the flat (but 3D) backgrounds in this game.

    8. Re:PS2 Viewtiful Joe... by GregThePaladin · · Score: 1

      Klonoa 2. Granted, the first was better, but 2 wasn't bad. And it was, indeed, cell shaded.

  3. This sounds like an interesting game by I+am+Emmitt+Smith · · Score: 2, Funny

    "wait till you try a little simultaneous VJ action!"

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  4. VJ Ported because.. by CuBeFReNZy · · Score: 1

    The creator of Viewtiful Joe said that he wanted to expose the game to other console players. It's questionable if SCEA will approve Viewtiful Joe 1 & 2, so it may only be a Japan game. SCEA doesn't seem to like 2-D games/ games that don't show the power of the PS2.

    1. Re:VJ Ported because.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

      It's not a 2D game. It's a cel-shaded 3D game that also happens to be an old school sidescroller. If they can actually port it to the PS2 without losing anything, it will most definitely be a display of power, not to mention skill.

    2. Re:VJ Ported because.. by GaimeGuy · · Score: 1

      Note to viewers: for more details: see Capcom.

      Mega Man Legends, anyone? :)


      Anyways, back on topic. I love the general consensus with exclusive 3rd party games.

      Game sells badly: "...Ok.... Cube owners aren't buying this. Let's ditch this system! After all, it's the fans fault for not buying the game, not ours!"

      Game is a hit: "Nice. It sold well on GC. Let's port it to the Ps2 and/or X-box!" (See: GOD:DAMM, which sold about 400,000 copies on the GC, and the X-box version sold less than 60,000. Yet, Atari is developing the sequel only for the X-box. Go figure. Two other examples: Tales of Symphonia, and Viewtiful Joe)

  5. Re:Cel shading... by DigitalBubblebath · · Score: 1


    Cel shading can be achieved by rendering a wireframe version of a polygon using thick lines, then rendering the textured/shaded polygon on top giving a nice outline around the final object.