Viewtiful Joe: The Complete History - SGR

[@Taikomo]

The worst thing about us never getting a true Viewtiful Joe 3 is the fact that the first two games literally tell the player, that they are part of a three part series. In the ending of the first game Captain Blue tells Joe that he would have to defend Earth two more times, and at the end of the second game Joe is about to head into a spooky looking mansion for his final adventure. And then... that adventure never came. Thanks for the video though, Viewtiful Joe doesn't get nearly as much love as it deserves.

[@pferreira1983]

Wonder why they never made the third game?

[@el-kiote]

@@pferreira1983 cause capcom

[@pferreira1983]

@@el-kiote Yeah but I wonder why Capcom never made a third game. Seems strange.

[@OnePunchYume]

I preach this fact to everyone I talk about the series to repeatedly! Give me the third game that completes the trilogy!!!

[@KingFluffs]

12:02 is when Viewtiful Joe stuff starts.

[@carlymcmurray7772]

Thank you sm 😂

[@ForeverLaxx]

And Joe still needs to find his way into Smash Bros.

[@5mi13y9]

Well if Steve and Alex can do it so can he.

[@Lumynair]

I’ve been saying this since Smash 4

[@curlydolltv]

@@Lumynair i wish he could but he isn’t relevant anymore

[@EveryMan-yz1ce]

@@curlydolltv so is your ass! Shut the fuck up!

[@EveryMan-yz1ce]

Definitely! 100% Viewtiful Joe need to be playable in Super Smash Bros.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

Viewtiful Joe 3 wasn't just a "possible discussion." The ending to both of the main games has the characters mention "the Earth will be targeted by 3 great threats" and VJ2 ended with one of the characters promising the origins of the Black Film and Black V Watch would be revealed. It was always meant to be a trilogy. And there are Easter Eggs in Wonderful 101 that reveal it to be connected to Viewtiful Joe like Silvia being an unlockable character (Wonder Cheerleader) and Wonder Pink having a quick time failure animation where she talks on the phone with Silvia about "the third installment of a Red Hot Trilogy." Kamiya wants to make it. He planned to from the beginning. But he can't without Capcom's approval and they're not really sure about it just yet

[@kuroinokamen]

OtakuUnitedStudio Not knowing who that third main threat is and the one pulling the strings really bothers me til this day. Darn it Capcom I really need to know.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

@@kuroinokamen I bet it's Kamiya. He'd make an awesome final final boss.

[@monadoboy9670]

It's a Capcom game, we will eventually get a new game in this series, the thing is that it won't be for a while.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

@@monadoboy9670 I'm not so sure. But I'm hoping so. The thing is, it's already been 13 years and they haven't even done a remake. They have other series that were more popular and lasted longer but also have gone longer without a sequel and don't appear to be likely to get one, like Commando and Breath of Fire. It just seems like they want to focus more on guaranteed best sellers like Street Fighter and Resident Evil.

[@thebestcentaur]

Never say never. Just look at Mega Man for proof. Besides, imo SFV and MvCI were such disappointments that putting Ryu & Ken in Smash is one of the best strategies Capcom's had in a long time

[@ellenburger9609]

nearly a 3 minute intro. Someone loves to hear themselves talk. Holy shit

[@jonettheonly]

Way too much talking in the beginning about stuff that has nothing to do with viewtiful joe.

[@tcgamingtimes999]

Those graphics looks so timeless, this game deserves every accolade it gets

[@strain42]

16:50 *Obligatory "Featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry Series" joke here*

[@GeorgeHale1984]

a joke older than most of the people watching

[@reloadpsi]

(Hears pronunciation of Kamen Rider) (Checks comments, of which only twelve are showing up) (Somebody's already corrected him) Yeah not surprised.

[@JohnRiggs]

Hahaha, wait, what? Thanks for the cameo.

[@slopesgameroom]

More than welcome :D

[@e69alpha]

More like Imcomplete History. no Viewtifuljoe 3

[@kylehandlon1641]

still pray for vj3 joe wouldnt lose hope neither can we

[@thebestcentaur]

Give it a rest. He can't cover something that has yet to exist

[@louischarvillanimation]

You know, I remember when the Viewtiful Joe anime was aired on the kids channel Jetix (now know as Disney XD) here in the UK. I think they never aired the final episode on that channel, which really disappointed me and my brother at the time.

[@1Thunderfire]

I just picked up Viewtiful Joe the other week and I'm in the process of getting back not only Cube games I previously owned, but ones I've never owned as well. I've also recently got Super Monkey Ball and Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg. The GameCube was awesome.

[@ShoneDaddy]

Yea I never had a GameCube, but I’ve been playing all the games I wanted to play but never got to, on an emulator on my PC. VJ, Snash Bro’s melee, Mario sunshine, luigis mansion etc.

[@AJTComicsBrand]

"Resident Evil : The Complete History". needs to happen.

[@luisclaudiofugolin6250]

One thing that should be said is that the aesthetic of the main hero is based on a japanese series called Nebula Mask Machineman, a very campy and successful hero back in Japan in the 80's.

[@MellowGaming]

I would love a HD collection of the Viewtiful Joe games. Even if it was just a Switch thing rather than being pushed to 4k on PS4 and Xbox One. It's easily one of the best spectacle fighter games ever made.

[@MenWithVen]

To this day I still can't beat the first level on Viewtiful Joe. That helicopter....

[@Lando-kx6so]

Silvia's playable in the 1st game but unlockable

[@floydwilliams2414]

Somebody let Capcom know it's time for a new Viewtiful Joe game and he should be in Super smach bros ultimate!!

[@rehfeuge]

2:45 is when he finally talks about the game.

[@TechMetalRules]

Most criminally underrated series. It's disgusting that it hasn't been ported to modern systems.

[@alexgomez6723]

It was reasonably popular back when it released, but nowadays, yeah. Not many remember it.

[@C0ldIron]

Joe is still my favorite ps2 game that to the point I still have it.

[@ericbadder1552]

Bill gates being behind the making of xbox is like ronald mcdonald being behind the making of your mc nuggets

[@jamarforsythe7262]

Wonderful 101 and Viewtiful Joe are connected, Wonder-Cheerleader is Sylvia, also Poseman is Joe, even Wonder-Pink while on the phone with Sylvia in an easter egg is talking about Joe. how'd you miss this? Also way to much content padding, if I pull just relevant and related info from this video it would total about 12 mins

[@linkno1]

If I remember correctly, the addition of Dante changed some things in the game. Sylvia was replaced with Trish, I think demon Virgil may have replaced a boss, dialogue was changed. I can't remember exactly but I do remember it was more than your typical skin swap a lot of 'guest characters' tend to get.

[@Elementa2006]

At the height of its popularity an Indy wrestling promotion in Japan gave of its wrestlers a Viewtiful Joe gimmick, costume and all

[@H3FTYTOA5T]

Yaaaaaaaas wasn't expecting this at all Slope :) you legend.

[@1017trap]

At work I randomly think of a really old game or tv show that I haven’t seen or thought of in years and today.. Viewtiful Joe was one of them.. nice video man!

[@slopesgameroom]

Really appreciate that mate glad you liked it

[@TheTribalgame]

I wish this series would return. Either with a new title or an anniversary rerelease.

[@supercharliegalaxy]

I always feel like Wonderful 101 was a spiritual successor.

[@oreofoxgamerx6028]

Your right

[@johngayden7488]

It’s kamen (common) rider not k-men rider

[@DavrenHelsmere]

I'm so glad you covered Viewtiful Joe! It was my very first video game (specifically the PS2 version) and, along with Sonic, was one of the main things that forged my personality, so it was so great learning the full history of the franchise!

[@HomieJared]

Oof yay, a full history of one of my all time favorite games!

[@Funem]

Absolutely loved Viewtiful Joe on the Gamecube and even the DS, it needs to make a return.... Henshin A Go Go Baby,

[@samwest1097]

Nice documentary. Thanks for this. I am a faithful member of the Viewtiful Cult.

[@NinjaKIngAce]

Back in the Gamecube era, I foolishly believed that 2D side-scrollers were dead, that any game that wasn't fully 3D, wasn't worth my time, and even scoffed at Viewtiful Joe when it first saw it, only to immediately eat my words once I actually played the game. I hope someday Capcom completes the trilogy, and releases a proper 3rd installment. I personally like Red Hot Rumble, but it's not enough to fill the void

[@darkstardarin]

Viewtiful Joe is SO much more fun on PS2. Also Joe & Sylvia shared Slow and Zoom, not Mach Speed.

[@Kytseo]

To be fair to people arguing Wonderful 101 is a Viewtiful Joe spinoff, there is reason in the actual game itself. One of the Wondeful Ones in the game, Wonder-Cheerleader, is named Sylvianne Lumiere, and looks like Sylvia from Viewtiful Joe, not to mention Wonder Pink, in one of the QTE fails, mentions a Sylvia and Joe in a phone call. Finally, Kamiya-san, himself, apparently, outright stated that Wonder Cheerleader IS Sylvia from Viewtiful Joe.

[@strain42]

Daniel, I promised you on Twitter that if you didn't mention this in the video I'd have to bring it up, so here goes. There's a small French game dev team called The Game Bakers, best known for the title Furi, but I know them best for the Squids series (I was a beta tester on Squids 2) and in 2013 they released a mobile exclusive swipe controlled beat 'em up called Combo Crew. While this game uses many original characters and Sammo from Squids, they did do an official license deal with Capcom to allow Joe to be a playable fighter, and for a mobile exclusive title, Combo Crew is actually a pretty fun beat 'em up. All that aside, this was a super awesome video, and a great look back at one of my favorite Capcom series. I'm still holding out hope for that Viewtiful Joe HD Collection on Switch (Joe and Silvia's colors even match the iconic Joy-Cons, that's some perfect marketing right there!) and of course, that Viewtiful Joe 3.

[@RetroGamePlayers]

Awesome looking forward to this! Capcom hit it out of the park with this one.

[@Pikachu_Tears]

12:02 is where it finally starts.

[@Compucles]

While it was OK as a kids' show, the anime wasn't all that great, and I personally didn't think it was all that faithful to the games, even when considering the need for filler, most of which was pretty bad. Only the intro arc and the last episode really follow the story beats that the game actually has very faithfully. Then they created an original character to serve as a mostly useless kid sidekick. One early episode actually introduced a very interesting side-plot involving mass kidnappings from the real world...only for it to never be brought up again. Six Machine was barely ever used and had its name inverted (although honestly, "Machine Six" is actually a better name). Wait, 51 episodes?! We only got the first season here in the U.S. I just assumed that the show was considered so mediocre that it got cancelled before it could adapt the second game. I guess that was only true of the Western release.

[@spongbros]

_Featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry series!_

[@DIASTCartoons]

Viewtiful Joe was one of my favorite game series as a kid. I wish that Viewtiful Joe 2 included a co-op mode. I really enjoyed playing Red Hot Rumble with my brothers and cousins.

[@ZetZatar]

An HD Collection would be AMAZING!

[@Compucles]

It's a cel-shaded graphics style, so would HD really do all that much for it? Then again, we got an HD remaster of "Wind Waker," so who knows?

[@mark_holden1]

One of my all time favourite games on the Game Cube. So much fun! Great video as always Dan

[@Josh-ez3mb]

A classic of my childhood, always stood out as a really unique one. Great job!

[@monadoboy9670]

Also, I'd like to point out that Sylvia is actually a playable character in Wonderful 101

[@Redblaze27]

Parunga, my favorite Street Fighter character.

[@BenjiBearPup]

Nice! Love the Viewtiful Joe games! If we get another it'd be great if it was a 3D game like Bayonetta or Devil May Cry. Would fit this series well! BTW there's another gamecube startup sound if you hold Z on 4 controllers plugged in at once.

[@HorrorHound87]

Love your Channel, Daniel Ibbertson It's so Cool and Fun with these Videos, your KickScammer videos, Etc. 🕹🎮

[@monadoboy9670]

This is hands down my favorite Capcom series, it's just so perfect!

[@darealtuck4420]

Great video man, never even played the game but you hyped me up for it

[@PostMesmeric]

Much love for this series.

[@RoIllustrations]

I loved this game series! SO underrated. I even got my younger brother hooked on these games lol

[@ShinyXHunter96]

We deserve a Viewtiful Joe 3.... I LOVED this game

[@Rick_Ibbott]

Almost forgot about these great games... The viewtiful joe soundtrack is so full of energy, still gives me goosebumps.

[@stevenfox9695]

Great video! :D

[@shadowtheoblivious]

fuck the hell yes you have made my day dan this game series really is one of my fuckin faves and i really would love to eventually see it return with former clover studio guys on board

[@tracyndiyob162]

happy 20th anniversary viewtiful joe!!! :3 if/when viewtiful joe 3 happens would love kamiya's other works(devil may cry,bayonetta) being added.

[@Iceferno]

I never knew about the sequels, and haven't actually played the first game, but it comes highly recommended from a close friend. Great job on this one. :)

[@AlexiasPlaylist]

This video was... Viewtiful!

[@titaniumcranium3755]

I think viewtiful joe is least reviewed because many see it as a standard beat em up and nothing special. It's no the last if us or something deep but it was a smash hit when it came out. Problem was viewtiful joe was just some power ranger looking guy who can speed up, slow down, and set himself on fire. It's a beautiful game and much more so many don't feel like checking it out but I love this franchise. Capcom must really hate this game. Both games need a remaster on the playstation 4 and Nintendo switch and maybe a new viewtiful joe game on both consoles. Viewtiful joe doesn't fit on the xbox. Also if capcom were to finish off the franchise with one more go at the franchise, then I hope they name it viewtiful forever

[@hughmanatee7626]

I owned the gamecube in my youth and played on it whenever I could with my twin brother. Viewtiful Joe was one of the games we played. Took turns on each stage to keep it fair. Trying to "style" harder than the other to see who can be the better Joe lol In the end I just let him play while I gave him a play by play of how to make the fights more "viewtiful" and let him go at it.

[@donniechambliss1346]

Video actually starts at 3:48

[@Bob_Beaky]

I always hoped that Killer 7 would get a Wii port. The pointer controls would've been perfect.

[@W3Rn1ckz]

Hey, don't riff on early DS. Meteos was Awesome!

[@MizukiKino]

awesome another upload notification squad!!!

[@ColtGColtG]

19:43 and my ptsd and repressed rage comes flooding back....500+ hours of saves from ps1 and 2 games GONE......... I can't describe the terror of reading the letter that sony quickly sent out begging you to pull your mem cards before playing and running to my room to see if my saves were safe only to experience the soul crushing moment to find out years of my gaming efforts were gone.. FUCK YOU SONY/CLOVER!!!!!

[@fittzie]

Still waiting on Viewtiful Joe 3

[@myillusivepieceofdapuzzle429]

One of my favorite 2D Beat-em-up games!

[@EmbyHat]

Wow I remember wiping at least 3 memory cards with that Viewtiful Joe 2 demo when I was 11. It left such a bad taste in my mouth that I lost interest and never bought it haha...

[@dontegraves5051]

Opinions are opinions and not everyone has to like everything (as I found that Red Hot Rumble was nothing resembling of Smash Bros. and was kick-ass and both Red Hot Rumble and Double Trouble were very fun spin-offs that benefited from being on their respective platforms) but there are a multitude of simply inaccurate mentions in video. It's worth searching up the actual history behind the series in order to truly understand not only some of the smaller intricacies (such as Viewtiful Joe Revival and its slightly different gameplay and the anime series' very troubled localization) but also what happened to Viewtiful Joe's games and why Capcom lost faith the series, which ultimately led to them losing Clover and them entirely dissolving. Even though Viewtiful Joe had next to no real budget, Capcom, in a way, blamed the lack of impressive and sustainable sales on Clover entirely. Capcom currently has little to no faith in the series or character, despite their total ownership of it. Joe himself barely made it into Tatsunoko vs Capcom and was little more than an afterthought...another title not mentioned in video.

[@magichatgaming4044]

D'onte Graves He was in Marvel vs Capcom 3 as well though, which was a wayyy more important instance of representation

[@grumpyoldwizard]

Resident Evil 2 was the best of the series, IMO. Multiple, complete and different stores for each character and a special ending if you did them all. I loved it.

[@obscuremix8198]

I would love to see a game developed by Hideki Kamiya, Hideo Kojima and Goichi Suda. If that were to happen probably the universe would spontaneously implode. That would be awesome.

[@Rheldread]

Platinum games released a trailer for a new game titled project g.g and when they reveal the title in the trailer it has a subtitle that says a go-go. I don't want to get my hopes up but if that trailer signifies the return of joe then I might cry but we're gonna have to wait and see if it's really him :')

[@nomuru2d]

You forgot the Easter egg that had Sylvia be in The Wonderful 101 as Wonder-Cheerleader. It IS canon.

[@faketablet5215]

Man, that's draggin' along...

[@viewtifuljoe99]

Needless to say, I'm excited for this video!

[@HeadsetGuy]

Joe's girlfriend was named Sylvia, not Cynthia. Also, who pronounces Kamen "Kay-men"?

[@RonnieBarzel]

Headset Guy As a fan of film composer Michael Kamen (“Lethal Weapon” series, “Highlander”), I’ve only heard it pronounced as “KAY-men.”

[@madmax01992]

I got hold of 1st and 2nd game in PS2 next to nothing a little while ago, and totally forgot I had them and never played them before. Look forward to giving them ago now!

[@michaellaverty7349]

Been waiting a decade for my HD ports, I am legitimately mad new generations haven't been introduced to it and the art style would look so crisp.

[@gamingforfun9000]

Nice. Hope you do another horror series for Halloween ;D

[@eyeln9ne696]

That footage was turtles in time, not the original arcade game.

[@mkloven101]

This was one of my first games ever!

[@Bobbyphantom]

I use to play this so much when I was young I thought he was a power ranger haha

[@jeffreywilliams8499]

We need Viewtiful Joe back in 2021

[@michaelbutler9043]

To hear Dan compliment Nintendo is so odd. :) Of course I'm a Nintendo kid myself but I can always appreciate his opinion because it's mostly fair.

[@lelouche25]

I'll have you know I played the living shit out of Red Hot Rumble Sir. It was the freaking best.

[@skullknight_5682]

oh man! viewtiful joe 1 & 2 are 2 of my favorite games of all time, everything clover studio did was absolutely excellent. im about to settle in for this one

[@retrohero8770]

Would love to see an Aero The Acrobat/Zero Kamikaze Squirrel Complete History.

[@Skye_pls]

Correction, In Viewtiful Joe 2, Sylvia didn't have "speed up", it was replaced with replay. She still have zoom in and slo-mo.

[@viewtifulboy]

It's not a complete history if it doesn't bring up the anime.

[@ozmarichardson6524]

N64 ran so much smoother than ps1. If they would have just committed to disks instead of cartridges it would have been thee 3d consoles. Square enix would have stayed on as an exclusive publisher on top of the incredible first party nintendo games

[@Endgame707]

They should make a viewtufel Joe movie

[@JL0ndon]

I literally squealed when i saw you were doing a Complete History of Viewtiful Joe. Even at the local game shop, the guy behind the counter was trying to convince a man to buy this game. I chimed in and told him it was worth it lol

[@the-NightStar]

No, I will not scrap Star Fox Zero. That game is great and I don't give a goddamn what ANYONE says about it.

[@AZUREREV]

Ok

[@andrewcabral963]

I wish one day we get a Viewtiful Joe 3 it left us such a huge cliffhanger in the last one.

[@sullygroot924]

I LOVE these games

[@45jacky41]

Never owned a game cube. My last Nintendo console was a 64 and even than I only had 5 games. I was playing more with my playstation.

[@1Thunderfire]

Why is it that a lot of Clover Studios / Platinum Games games have been critically acclaimed but sold not so well? Are they not so good at marketing or something? Genuinely confused and curious.

[@dontegraves5051]

Capcom tends to not like to do marketing for particular titles, due to...whatever circumstance they see fit. God Hand is a prime example. While some of it at this point can only be speculation, it is well known that Capcom DOES NOT like to front marketing costs for the localization of their games--in other words, original Japanese games that make it overseas. See Monster Hunter 3 and Sengoku Basara for more info. The short version is they simply don't do extensive marketing for games they believe won't do well overseas. Which led to Sengoku Basara being left in Japan indefinitely. No matter what anyone says, Capcom went about it the wrong way.

[@el9b]

Their hit and miss they try new things and just cause its good doesnt neccesarily lead to fame and fortune its why so many are content to shove out the same bullshit that sells every year (see call of booty,any sport game,and your ass ass creeds)