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Viewtiful
Joe
It’s
kinda funny.For the
longest time plenty of gamers have been crying from the highest point in
the city how graphics aren’t important.It’s the gameplay that’s king…though these same people tend
to forget this rule good and quick when defending their console of
choice, but I digress.Nowadays,
though, it can easily be argued that visuals matter in games depending
how you look at it.Fancy
aesthetics for the sake of fancy aesthetics will get you nowhere without
some decent gameplay, but having the visuals serve some sort of a role
in how the gameplay works could have potential.It seems that Capcom agrees as they have one such game trying to
tap into this on the Gamecube by the name of Viewtiful Joe.
The
game starts off with Joe at the movies with his girlfriend, Sylvia, as
they watch Joe’s favorite movie, Captain Blue.Somehow Sylvia gets herself sucked into the movie and now it’s
up to Joe to go in there after her and save the day.As he makes progress in the game, Joe begins to acquire new
special attacks that actually manipulate the visuals of the game such as
messing with it’s speed or just doing an ultra stylized attack that
lays waste to whomever is unfortunate enough to get in its way.
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Atsushi
Inaba (producer of Steel Battalions) and Hideki Kamiya (director of
Devil May Cry and Resident Evil 2) are both working on this game,
certainly a bit of a departure from the more gritty titles they’ve
been working on of late.At
this time the game is slated for an October 2003 release.
Features:
·Innovative
platform game action
·Vividly
comic and funky cartoon-style visuals
·Customize
visual effects by executing stylish and visionary moves while playing :
Slow
down – “Slow Power” inflicts detailed attacks and moves
Speed
up – “Mach Speed” provides lighting speed fists of fury
Zoom
– Enhance the fighting experience by getting up close and person to
the action
