Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble
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| Developer(s) | Clover Studio |
| Publisher(s) | Capcom, Nintendo Australia |
| Designer(s) | Atsushi Inaba (producer) |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo DS |
| Release date(s) | JP November 2, 2005[1] NA November 9, 2005 EU February 24, 2006[2] |
| Genre(s) | Beat 'em up |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Rating(s) | CERO: All Ages ESRB: T (Teen) PEGI: 12+ |
| Media | 64MB + 64KB EEPROM |
Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble, known is Japan as Viewtiful Joe Scratch! (ビューティフル ジョー スクラッチ！ Byūteifuru Jō Sukuracchi!), is a beat 'em up video game developed by Clover Studio and published by Capcom for the Nintendo DS.
Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble looks and plays similarly to Viewtiful Joe and Viewtiful Joe 2.[3] However, the touchscreen is a key feature of the game's controls. It enables gamers to split the level in half as well as swap the top screen to the touchscreen and vice versa.
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[edit] Gameplay
In Double Trouble, there are now 6 extra bars of VFX instead of 5. The Mach Speed and Zoom VFX powers present in the other Viewtiful Joe games have been removed. In addition, players collect V-Tapes instead of V-Films. The VFX bar also seems to drain slightly faster than in other games. However, with the VFX Turbo Charger, it refills much more quickly, as well.
- Slow - Slows down the action to do more damage and begin lock-on. This is Joe's trademark power and has been in the series since the beginning, way back in the original Viewtiful Joe.
- Split - Allows the player to split the screen horizontally and can be used to drop objects on enemies as well as to jump through walls.
- Scratch - Allows the player to shake the screen around to make random pieces of debris fall on dazed enemies.
- Slide - Switches the bottom screen with the top. Slide is similar to Zoom from the first 2 games, but it also gives access to another power, Touch.
- Touch - Can be used to remove small, normally indestructible enemies, such as bats, from gameplay or to flip or turn switches in the background.
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[edit] Reception
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General reception of Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble was above average. The game has a score of 76% on Game Rankings and a 73 out of 100 on Metacritic.[5][4] IGN rated it 8.5 out of 10, stating that "The game does have its quirks, mostly boiling down to the technical limitations: it's not as fast or energetic as past Viewtiful Joe games, and the touch screen sensitivity can get a little wonky in the heat of the battle. But even with these minor oddities, this game is one of the most fun and creative ways to move a 'traditional' console game onto the Nintendo DS."[9] GameSpot had a similar opinion, rating it 7.6 out of 10. remarking that it "is a good place for the beloved superhero to break into handheld games" but that "[t]he action and puzzle-solving do feel a bit repetitive at times, and the touch screen VFX powers take a bit of getting used to."[8] Others thought it was excellent, such as 1UP.com, who rated it a B+. They stated that "Double Trouble delivers a refreshingly solid, worthwhile action romp. Joe runs, jumps, punches, and defies the laws of physics just like in the console VJ titles, and a handful of new touch-panel VFX powers provide clever twists."[6]
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[edit] References
- ^ "任天堂カンファレンス】DS最新タイトルの画像大公開！ 豊富なソフトラインナップも" (in Japanese). Dengeki.com. October 5, 2005. http://dol.dengeki.com/data/news/2005/10/5/f2dcec80b07cd9aded81e11e54400d3b.html. Retrieved on 2009-03-24.
- ^ Cifaldi, Frank (February 23, 2006). "Release This!: Week Ending February 24, 2006". Gamasutra.com. http://gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=8271. Retrieved on 2009-03-23.
- ^ "Viewtiful Interview: Clover Studio's Atsushi Inaba". GameInformer.com. May 26, 2005. http://www.gameinformer.com/News/Story/200505/N05.0526.1825.12949.htm. Retrieved on 2009-02-17.
- ^ a b "Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble (ds: 2005): Reviews". Metacritic.com. http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ds/viewtifuljoedoubletrouble?q=double%20trouble. Retrieved on 2009-03-23.
- ^ a b "Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble! for DS - GameRankings". GameRankings.com. http://www.gamerankings.com/ds/922235-viewtiful-joe-double-trouble/index.html. Retrieved on 2009-03-23.
- ^ a b Parish, Jeremy (November 15, 2005). "Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble Review from 1UP.com". 1UP.com. http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3145733&did=1. Retrieved on 2009-03-24.
- ^ la rédaction (October 27, 2005). "Trois jeux Nintendo DS testés par famitsu" (in French). Wiiz.fr. http://www.wiiz.fr/article.php?a=7237. Retrieved on 2009-03-24.
- ^ a b Mueller, Greg (November 17, 2005). "Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble! Review for DS - GameSpot". GameSpot.com. http://www.gamespot.com/ds/action/viewtifuljoe/review.html. Retrieved on 2009-03-24.
- ^ a b Harris, Craig (November 8, 2005). "IGN: Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble Review". IGN.com. http://ds.ign.com/articles/665/665435p1.html. Retrieved on 2009-03-24.
- ^ Pallesen, Lasse (December 20, 2005). "Nintendo World Report - DS Review: Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble". NintendoWorldReport.com. http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/reviewArt.cfm?artid=4470. Retrieved on 2009-03-24.
- ^ "Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble review". G4TV.com. http://www.g4tv.com/xplay/reviews/207/Viewtiful_Joe.html?detectflash=false. Retrieved on 2009-03-23.
- ^ "IGN Editors' Choice Games". http://ds.ign.com/index/choice.html.
- ^ "IGN.com presents The Best of 2005". IGN.com. http://bestof.ign.com/2005/ds/14.html. Retrieved on 2009-03-22.
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