Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble (PSP)

I bought this game having previously seen it on the Gamecube, and this PSP version is as good as the Gamecube's. The style of this game is very retro with colourful cell-shaded graphics which act brilliantly with the retro side-scrolling retro gameplay. You are thrown into the plot with Captain Blue has retiringfrom being a superhero and has decided to direct a movie of his own. Then to find the casting, it is where you come into the audition to show all your moves in multiples scenes. Great fun indeed. This game offers me a nostaligic platformer for retro fans in which you control a movie fan ... more

I bought this game having previously seen it on the Gamecube, and this PSP version is as good as the Gamecube's. The style of this game is very retro with colourful cell-shaded graphics which act brilliantly with the retro side-scrolling retro gameplay. You are thrown into the plot with Captain Blue has retiringfrom being a superhero and has decided to direct a movie of his own. Then to find the casting, it is where you come into the audition to show all your moves in multiples scenes. Great fun indeed. This game offers me a nostaligic platformer for retro fans in which you control a movie fan ... more

Just to point out, I do not own a GameCube. There, that should settle your mind about whether this is being written by a Nintendo fan-boy, although you may find certain biased views considering the majority of my reviews have been about the PSP. Nevertheless, it's to prove that I have not played, nor own, a copy of Viewtiful Joe on Nintendo's former money-making machine. When I came across this little diamond, I had read many views regarding its debut and the subsequent port to the PS2, but never had the chance to really sit down and actually try it out for myself. And to be fair, I'm so glad ... more