Viewtiful Joe

**Shin Johnpv** · 09 Oct 2003, 11:58 PM

Originally Posted by burgundy

Level 5(?) boss spoiler...

Nice DMC reference...the boss is named Alastor and has moves like Stinger, Round Trip and High Time. I also read he can be opened up as a playable character.

your assumption is correct

**Melf** · 10 Oct 2003, 12:02 AM

Originally Posted by Tragic

What is HMD anyway?

Henshin of Mass Destruction!!

I got mine today. $50 everywhere here. Pwnd.

**Tragic** · 10 Oct 2003, 12:10 AM

Originally Posted by Melf

Henshin of Mass Destruction!!

I got mine today. $50 everywhere here. Pwnd.

And what's "henshin" mean again?

**MechDeus** · 10 Oct 2003, 12:17 AM

I see nothing about the t-shirt on Capcom's site. Anyone else see it, perhaps I'm blind?

Originally Posted by Captain Vegetable

Something that I've noticed is Capcom's new propensity toward intermission power-upping. It was done in P.N.03, and now it's in VJ. Maybe Mega Man X7 will have something similar, though I can't think of how they'd implement it.

Don't forget DMC, Chaos Legion, and prior Megamans with Dr. Light's shop. X7 doesn't, IIRC.

**Scourge** · 10 Oct 2003, 12:26 AM

Got mine today. $40. Bought it at Sam Goody. But I went in EB while I was at the mall and the clerk said "Viewtiful Joe is selling like MAD!!" I think that's a good sign, a single store's sales or not.

This game kicks much ass. I really like how the beat-em-up action feels like platforming/puzzle solving almost because of how the speed up/slow down functions work. Reminds me a tiny bit of Silhouette Mirage, though I'm sure that's a bad example since they really don't play alike at all. The "puzzles" in some cases remind me of Klonoa. I like how you can buy powerups when you finish a section, too. The controls are really kinetic, if that makes any sense. It's easy to get into that "zone" where everything flows really fast and smoothly. I really like the different types of enemies too, with their different types of attacks and powers; makes you have to think quickly on the fly of the best way to kill them. A couple of times I've gotten stuck not knowing what to do, then I realize there's a puzzle type element I need to solve and things are peachy. Great game! I'm actually surprised there's as much platforming as there is, but then again, I've kept myself from reading too much on this game and didn't play the demo, so I was almost a complete newbie on it today!