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GENERAL/STORY:
While Joe and his
girlfriend Silvia are watching a tokusatsu drama during a date, Silvia
is kidnapped by the movie's antagonist and taken into the world of the
movies: Movieland. Joe is able to follow Silvia after being picked up and
taken into Movieland by the robot Six Majin. Inside the movie, Joe must
rescue Silvia from the evil Jadow, the game's organization of villains.
To help him, Captain Blue entrusts him with a V-Watch, telling Joe to transform
into a superhero upon saying "Henshin" (Japanese for 'Transformation'),
but Joe made it into his personal catchphrase, "Henshin-a-go-go, baby!"
Joe is the star of
Capcom's hit beat-em-up action platformer, Viewtiful Joe (2003),
and the sequel, Viewtiful Joe 2 (2004). Joe has three 'VFX' powers,
Slow, Mach Speed, and Zoom in; all of which are designed to emulate camera
tricks inspired by the likes of The Matrix.
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ORIGIN:
Tatsunoko
VS Capcom
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OTHER
APPEARANCES:
Tatsunoko
VS Capcom: Ultimate All Stars
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REVIEW:
Man, I love
Viewtiful Joe!!! I've been patiently waiting for his fighting game debut since 2003,
but I knew he was destined to make it to a Capcom cross-over game! Viewtiful Joe is
of course one of my all
time favorite games... The art style, the stunning graphics, and the
amazingly fun gameplay make it a truly unparalleled experience... It's actually
quite hard to even fit into a "genre," because Viewtiful Joe practically
invented it's own genre. Epic game. 
Anyhow, Joe translated really well into a fighting game character; and actually
plays very similar to how he does in his game. It would have been cool
if he was taller though! 
Joe is clearly Tatsunoko inspired,
and looks like some sort of "midget spawn" of Hurricane
Polymar and Casshern... Hahaha. HENSHIN A GO GO BABY!
