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<blockquote data-quote="Ristamar" data-source="post: 1184518" data-attributes="member: 1207"><p><em>Viewtiful Joe!</em> VJ breathes new life into a dying genre. Easily one of the most fun and most polished games of the year, and it's causing me to lose more sleep than usual. </p><p></p><p><strong>IGN:</strong> <a href="http://cube.ign.com/articles/452/452942p1.html?fromint=1" target="_blank">It's one of the most action-packed and genuinely entertaining games I've played in a long time on any system, and it certainly deserves to serve Capcom proud. If you're a fan of great action and side-scrolling beat-'em-ups, then run and get yourself a copy today while you still can. If for some reason you still don't own a GameCube, then don't let that be your excuse -- take advantage of the latest $99 price-point and get to know Joe, pronto.</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Gamespot:</strong> <a href="http://www.gamespot.com/gamecube/action/viewtifuljoe/review.html" target="_blank">The bottom line is that Viewtiful Joe is a really impressive achievement. It manages to simultaneously recall the simpler times of 2D platforming action games while modernizing the genre in several major ways. It pulls off its stylized gameplay without compromising the rest of the game for the sake of a few flashy moves and ideas.</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Gamespy:</strong> <a href="http://www.gamespy.com/reviews/october03/viewtifuljoegcn/" target="_blank">Viewtiful Joe is just plain cool. The game's look and action totally blew me away. I was really surprised at how much depth there was in the fighting system. Though it looks like the focus of the game is beating the snot out of everything in sight, learning how and when to optimally use Joe's powers and moves was a deep experience that I was not expecting. The game is up there with The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker as one of the best GCN games of year.</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ristamar, post: 1184518, member: 1207"] [i]Viewtiful Joe![/i] VJ breathes new life into a dying genre. Easily one of the most fun and most polished games of the year, and it's causing me to lose more sleep than usual. [b]IGN:[/b] [url=http://cube.ign.com/articles/452/452942p1.html?fromint=1]It's one of the most action-packed and genuinely entertaining games I've played in a long time on any system, and it certainly deserves to serve Capcom proud. If you're a fan of great action and side-scrolling beat-'em-ups, then run and get yourself a copy today while you still can. If for some reason you still don't own a GameCube, then don't let that be your excuse -- take advantage of the latest $99 price-point and get to know Joe, pronto.[/url] [b]Gamespot:[/b] [url=http://www.gamespot.com/gamecube/action/viewtifuljoe/review.html]The bottom line is that Viewtiful Joe is a really impressive achievement. It manages to simultaneously recall the simpler times of 2D platforming action games while modernizing the genre in several major ways. It pulls off its stylized gameplay without compromising the rest of the game for the sake of a few flashy moves and ideas.[/url] [b]Gamespy:[/b] [url=http://www.gamespy.com/reviews/october03/viewtifuljoegcn/]Viewtiful Joe is just plain cool. The game's look and action totally blew me away. I was really surprised at how much depth there was in the fighting system. Though it looks like the focus of the game is beating the snot out of everything in sight, learning how and when to optimally use Joe's powers and moves was a deep experience that I was not expecting. The game is up there with The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker as one of the best GCN games of year.[/url] [/QUOTE]
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