Viewtiful Joe
Looking back on Viewtiful Joe, Capcom’s short-lived side-scrolling beat-em-up, I was surprised at just how quickly the series came and went. The first game in 2003 was part of the “Capcom Five,” a five-game initiative from the company to bring original games to the GameCube (it was a whole drama back in the day). The sequel solidified Viewtiful Joe as a series the next year, but the spin-offs that followed in 2005 failed to set the world on fire. In the years since, creator Hideki Kamiya (who went on to co-found Bayonetta developer PlatinumGames) has said he would like to return to the franchise, whether that be with a remake of the first game or with a third entry. For now, we’ll just have to be content with the title character being playable in Marvel vs. Capcom…oh wait, they took him out in Infinite. — Kenneth Shepard
