Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble

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Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble
RedHotRumble.jpg
North American GameCube box art
Developer(s) Clover Studio
Publisher(s) Capcom
Director(s) Masaaki Yamada
Producer(s) Atsushi Inaba
Composer(s) Mizuhata Shuichi
Naoto Tanaka
Series Viewtiful Joe
Platform(s)
Release
September 29, 2005
  • GameCube
    • JP: September 29, 2005 [1]
    • NA: November 8, 2005 [2]
    • EU: February 24, 2006 [3]
    • AU: March 10, 2006
    PlayStation Portable
    • NA: March 22, 2006
    • JP: March 23, 2006 [4]
    • PAL: May 26, 2006 [5]
Genre(s) Fighting, beat 'em up
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble, known in Japan as Viewtiful Joe: Battle Carnival, [lower-alpha 1] is a video game for the GameCube and the PlayStation Portable. It is a slightly mission-based platform fighter/beat 'em up somewhat similar in style to Super Smash Bros. Melee and Power Stone , though it uses a modified engine from the previous games, featuring characters and powers from the Viewtiful Joe games and anime.

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Plot

In this game, based on the anime series, Captain Blue is working on his latest film, and in order to determine who will get the lead role, he holds a battle tournament between those who are auditioning. However, as the player progresses through the films, it seems that some strange things are afoot, as unauthorized equipment keep showing up and things seem a bit too dangerous. Suddenly, Rachel is possessed by the equipment, transforming into Tsukumo. He silently arranges to sabotage the picture by stealing and replacing props and putting the crew in increasingly dangerous situations. He is enraged that all the mechanical cameras, microphones, and other movie-making devices are never given an actual role in the very movies they help to make. After Tsukumo is defeated, Joe explains that the equipment plays an integral part in the process, so he leaves happily. Blue, meanwhile, decides to make Tsukumo the star of his picture, much to everyone's surprise.

Development

The game was originally announced under the title Viewtiful Joe: VFX Battle, and early reports stated that it was to be released for the PlayStation 2. [6] Producer Atsushi Inaba noted that the game was inspired heavily by Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. Melee . Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble was originally developed as a two-player game rather than a four-player game. [7] The PlayStation Portable version of the game features Dante from the Devil May Cry series as a playable character, along with several additional costumes based on characters from Devil May Cry and Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble .

In Japan, the game featured a bonus stage set in the offices of V Jump magazine, which published the concurrently-produced Viewtiful Joe manga. In North America, the GameCube version featured in-game advertising promoting the Johnny Rockets restaurant chain. [8]

Reception

Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble has received mostly mixed to average reviews from critics. The GameCube version of the game currently has a Metacritic score of 62 out of 100 and a GameRankings score of 63%. [9] [10] The PSP version of the game boasts slightly higher scores of 63 out of 100 and 66% on the two websites respectively. [11] [12]

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: ビューティフル ジョー バトルカーニバル, Hepburn: Byūtifuru Jō Batoru Kānibaru

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