Viewtiful Joe Double Trouble

An action-movie hero's work is never done! When the bad guys descend on

Movieland, Joe rushes to the rescue, ready to crush the villains with

his new powers.

Features

Exciting cel-shaded, platforming gameplay that is synonymous to the

series

All-new storyline set within the "Movie Studio" theme park

Introducing Joe's little sister, Jasmine, an aspiring actress who gets

caught up in the movie action

New touch-screen based VFX powers

When a mysterious crime syndicate descends on the set of Captain Blue’s

newest movie and makes off with the film, Joe rushes to the rescue,

ready to crush the villains with his new powers and retrieve the stolen

footage.

This game stays true to the Viewtiful Joe roots of delivering sweet

action with speed effects that can blow your mind. OK, maybe mind

blowing is going a little far, but you catch our drift. You play the

game on the bottom screen and the top screen always displays a close-up

view of Joe and his actions. It's almost as if you're directing the

movie on the bottom and others can watch the top screen as a movie over

your shoulder. Charge them admission.

This version of the Viewtiful one features several VFX powers including

several that are touch screen specific. You don't need to use your

stylus, in fact, your finger is recommended. One of the new powers is

called "scratch" and you do exactly that, you make a scratching motion

on the screen. The scratch technique brings props and production

equipment falling from the sky and onto your enemies. There's also

"split" which is a puzzle mechanism that lets you slow down time, draw a

line on the screen and then rearrange objects on the top part of that

split. Maybe you move a safe from a shelf to over your enemy's head.

That's a headache when it comes crashing down.

The big payoff comes via the "Joe Camera." This move lets you pull down

the upper screen (the one that's giving you close-ups of your action on

the bottom screen) to literally give Joe a helping hand. You may need to

flip a switch to open a door, but you need a close up of the switch to

access it. Once you pull the screen down, you can use your finger (or

stylus of course) to flip the switch.

Bottom Line

Viewtiful Joe is turning into a great action-platformer franchise and

the DS version looks almost as good as the GameCube titles. That's quite

an accomplishment.