Viewtiful Joe
There are few games that bleed with originality and style the way Viewtiful Joe did. Set in the fictional Movieland ruled by the shadowy villain organization known as Jadow, players find themselves in control of Joe, a movie buff sucked into the world and granted the power to transform into a masked hero in order to save his kidnapped girlfriend. From there, things only get crazier as players unleash lightning-fast combos, split-second dodges, and stylized finishing poses on a wide array of enemies and bosses, each more bombastic than the last.
Even today, few titles have managed to live up to the sense of originality Viewtiful Joe did, and so it’s a no-brainer to bring it back into the limelight to be experienced by a new generation of players. It wouldn’t even take that much work either: The cel-shaded art style has aged remarkably well, so most of the work for a remake could be put into polishing the gameplay up to meet the current standards and speed of stylish action titles. So come on Capcom; let’s henshin-a-go-go, baby!
Which Capcom game or franchise do you want a remake of? Let us know in the comments below, and for more on the storied developer and publisher, check out our dive into how the company’s recent moves kept it from experiencing an early collapse this generation.
