Viewtiful Joe

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Viewtiful Joe

Viewtiful Joe the main protagonist of the Viewtiful Joe game series is a wise-cracking hero who desperately needs an audience to maintain his abilities

Appearance

Joe is just a movie fanatic that idolizes Captain Blue, his favorite movie character. One day while watching a movie with his girlfriend, Silvia, a shadowy figure defeats Captain Blue and reaches from the screen to pull Silvia into it. Captain Blue's robot, Six Majin, is punched out of the movie by the figure, and it takes Joe back with it. Joe is confronted by Captain Blue, who gives him a V-Watch. This allows him to transform into his alter ego, Viewtiful Joe, whenever Joe says the word "henshin".

Joe obtains his name from his rival, Alastor, after he exclaims "Viewtiful!" at the sight of Joe's fighting skills.

Personality

Though holding the power of a hero known as Captain Blue, Viewtiful Joe is actually nothing less of an anime nerd meaning that he nearly freaks out when he sees the Tatsunoko characters. Other than that, he appears as a comedian rather than a heroric figure. When in battle, he does not take battles at all seriously, but gazes in triumph at the sight of victory (like as though imitating a cartoon hero). Overall, Viewtiful Joe is never serious, just clumsy sometimes.

Abilities

Viewtiful Joe has the power to slow down the movie, speed it up, and to zoom into the picture, much like camera effects seen in movies. At first, he is only able to use his powers in movies; however in Viewtiful Joe 2 he demonstrated, when in the real world, that his V-Watch will respond when in front of an audience, enabling him to transform out of the movie. His problem are apparent again in Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble, when nothing happens after he attempts to transform with nobody watching. This problem is solved when Silvia points her special camcorder, The V-Cam, at Joe. Just knowing he is being filmed inflates his already over-inflated ego to the point where he overcomes this silly handicap. Joe's arsenal also includes Voomerangs, boomerang-like blade weapon thrown from Joe's helmet; and Shocking Pink, which is a short fused bomb. To turn into his Viewtiful form, he shouts the phrase: "Henshin a Go-Go Baby!"

Hyper Combos

SIX MACHINE CANNON (air OK) Quarter-Circle Forward, Two Attacks

Viewtiful Joe calls Sexy Silvia and she brings a giant cannon to him. After a small amount of time, Viewtiful Joe fires the cannon once and the cannon flies away. Though Viewtiful Joe fires one blast and it does not deal multiple hits, it is very powerful. Viewtiful Joe is vulnerable while charging this move so use other special moves or Crossover Combinations; keep a lot of distance if you are fighting giant characters.

MACH SPEED Forward, Down, Down-Forward, Two Attacks

Viewtiful Joe poses, yells "Mach Speed" and proceeds as flames engulf him and he attacks his opponent. If the first attack lands, film edges can be seen at the top and bottom of the screen while the attack takes place; if not, then the entire combo will not take place. The film edges is around most likely due to the fact that Viewtiful Joe was like an "actor" in his game where the player makes a film out of the game. This move, like all hyper combos, will get the opponent's attention to block. Distract them with a Delayed Hyper Combination, an assist or a combo.

SLOW AND ZOOM Quarter-Circle Backward, Two Attacks

After briefly wearing a face mask and kicking the enemy, Viewtiful Joe dances like a monkey, teasing the enemy into attacking him in rage. Viewtiful Joe activates Slow, dodges the opponent's attack (as players could easily do in the original game with slow) then appears from behind. He then launches the enemy into the air, activates Zoom then poses for the camera (or in front of the players in this matter). The original name for this move was Viewtiful Forever, but mostly due to the activation in the original game, fans call it by Slow and Zoom. Like Mach Speed, distract your opponent first before you execute this move.

Quotes

Win Quotes

• "Awesome, I am simply too awesome! Today, I'm spittin' hot fire!"
• "C'mon, (Partner), say it with me! HENSHIN-A-GO-GO, BABY!"
• "I'm hot, I'm cool, I'm groovy! Who's the most viewtiful hero around? That's right, yours truly!"
• "No one can stop Viewtiful Joe! Well... Except for Silvia, maybe..."
• "Oh darn, my bad! Hang on for a sec. You think I can have a do-over? We gotta have a cooler ending than that! Pretty please?"
• "Sorry, (Opponent)! The moment you became the enemy of Viewtiful Joe was the moment fate decided that you would lose!"
• ""With a last-minute turnaround, the hero gets the girl and saves the day!" That's the way all stories should end!"
• "Yeeeeeah, baby! It's so viewtiful!"

Win Quotes (vs. Characters)

• "Puh-lease! Hot-tempered guys like you are just so passé! You're gonna have to be hot and cool like me, if you wanna stay in fashion!" (vs. Batsu)
• "You... A hero...? I don't think you really belong here, do you?" (vs. Frank)
• "Thanks for the fight, Lightan! Six Majin would definitely wanna learn some of your brutal moves!" (vs. Gold Lightan)
• "Some day we gotta team up, dude. You and I could take on the whole world!" (vs. Ippatsuman)
• "Wooow! ♪ A perfect mix of shy and sexy! You're really something! (Man, Silvia could learn a thing or two from her...)" (vs. Jun)
• "Whoa, the real Polymer!? H-O-T! Hey, hey, can you sign my helmet!? Make it out to "Joe, my No. 1 fan!"" (vs. Polimar)
• "A cute robot girl who's also a maid? You know, there's such a thing as overkill." (vs. Roll)
• "Hey... Hey... You're pretty beastly! Y-You sure you're human?" (vs. Ryu)
• "Now that's how a heroine's gotta be! Maybe you and Silvia can swap places? ...No? Dang. (vs. Yatterman-2)
• "Haha! And a new rival enters the ring! Your buddy X is gonna be green with envy, dude!" (vs. Zero)