Review, by Jonathan Law: "Viewtiful Joe is no doubt one of the best games to be released this year, maybe the best so far."

Review, by Jeremy Peeples: "At the end of the day, Viewtiful Joe is a fun, fast, and unique gameplay experience." [Score: 99 out of 100]

Review, by Richard Clifford: "This is an incredibly well put together title and one that GameCube owners would be wise to check out." [Score: 92%]

Reviewed by: Dissectional, [4.5/5]. "It's a fresh twist on your traditional side scrolling beat 'em up."

Preview, by Bryn Williams: "The ever popular graphical style of cel-shading is inflicted once again in Viewtiful Joe, but I've never seen such good use of this technique until now."

Review, by Raymond Padilla: "Mixing classic gameplay and modern twists with gorgeous and distinct graphics, this is one of the best GCN games of 2003." [Score: 5 out of 5]

Review, by Carlos McElfish: "Aside from the a few noteworthy Nintendo-published games of recent months, Viewtiful Joe is currently the single best reason to be a proud GameCube owner." [Score: 9.4 out of 10]

Review, by Joe Mackie: "This is one of the best games on the GameCube, if not the very best, and it belongs on every gamer's shelf." [Score: 10 out of 10]

Preview, by Virgil: "Viewtiful Joe looks to be something special for us gamecube owners. Capcom is truly taking a chance with this game and I am glad we get to have it."

Review, by Snowcone: "I do have to say that this one really snuck up on me and I am glad I stuck with it."

Review, by Rei: "I believe this is one of the best platformers to come around in a while; the game play is deep and fun to master."