Viewtiful Joe

Viewtiful Joe (Japanese: ビューティフル ジョー Hepburn: Byūtifuru Jō) is a side scrolling beat 'em up video game developed by Team Viewtiful for the GameCube. It was originally released in 2003 as a part of the Capcom Five under director Hideki Kamiya and producer Atsushi Inaba.

Why It's So Viewtiful

 * 1) One of the earliest cel shaded graphic video games.
 * 2) Funny and entertaining storyline.
 * 3) Great comicbook styled art direction.
 * 4) Very cool influences from tokusatsu such as Kamen Rider and Super Sentai.
 * 5) Intense action set pieces.
 * 6) Great cel-shaded visuals and music.
 * 7) Great voice acting from likes of Dee Bradley Baker (Joe), Cristina Pucelli (Silvia), Mikey Kelley (Alastor), Kevin Michael Richardson (Fire Leo/Hulk Davidson) and even Hideki Kamiya (the game's creator and director) as Six Machine.
 * 8) Small but fun puzzles to solve.
 * 9) VFX Powers are styled after camera tricks seen in film which gives the game a unique concept.
 * 10) Combat is fast paced and very creative and styled after American superheros such as Batman and Superman.
 * 11) Many unlockable characters such as Silvia, Alastor, Captain Blue and in the PS2 version, Dante from Devil May Cry makes a guest appearance. He even has a unique interaction with Alastor in the cutscenes.
 * 12) Joe would later appear in crossover fighting games such as Tatsunoko vs. Capcom and both versions of Marvel vs. Capcom 3.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Lack of variety in boss fights.
 * 2) No progressive scan in the PS2 version and this version also features minor slowdown.
 * 3) As with most Capcom, there's a boss rush in the sixth chapter. Fire Leo can also be quite tough to beat.
 * 4) Ultra V-Rated is very challenging, most notably, the skull icons have been removed, making dodging more harder.