Capcom Releases Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble For PSP

March 22, 2006

CAPCOM®
RELEASES
VIEWTIFUL JOE^®:
RED HOT RUMBLE
FOR THE
PSP™

Viewtiful Hero Returns
With New Character, Features and Enhancements

“Henshin-is-on-the-go-go” as  Capcom® today released
Viewtiful Joe®: Red Hot Rumble for
the PSP™.  Bringing intense versus-style
action, new features and enhancements to the PSP system,
Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble has
Joe and his friends battling it out with their VFX powers to determine who
will star in Captain Blue’s latest production.  Additionally, gamers can shake
hands with “Ebony” and “Ivory” as Dante is an exclusive unlockable character
who brings his own unique moves and storyline to the scene. 
Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble
is now available at retailers across North America and carries a “T”
rating for teen audiences by the ESRB (Entertainment Software Rating Board).

In
Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble,
production on the latest Captain Blue movie is just about to begin.
Unfortunately he can’t seem to decide on the lead character. Now it’s up to
gamers to be the star of the show and ‘audition’ to see who will take the
leading role in this big action extravaganza.  An all-star cast of new
and familiar playable characters will be available in this intense
versus-fighting game including Captain
Blue Junior, Sprocket and other original characters from the popular
Kids’ WB!
animated series. With completely new
movie set designs and a four player head-to-head battle mode, there will be an
exuberant amount of action that extends beyond the silver screen.

Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble
boasts the following features:

New
‘versus’ gameplay for the Viewtiful Joe universe
–The gloves come off during the ‘audition’ as players participate in intense
versus fighting action.

All-star cast of playable characters
– Reacquaint yourself with familiar faces or discover new and original
characters from the Kids’ WB!’s
television series,  Silvia, Alastor, Sprocket, an ice princess that
intimidates people with her cold stares, and Captain Blue Junior.

Interactive environments
– In addition to new set designs, players will be able to use
background elements to attack their opponents.

Different modes of play:

• Story Mode
  – A single player mode where gamers face off against the AI-controlled
  characters and advance through the story

• Multiplayer Battle
  Mode – Duke it out wirelessly via the PSP system’s ad hoc mode
  with up to three other players and see who reigns on the big screen.

Exclusive PSP system
features:

• Dante, of
  Devil May Cry® fame, is an
  unlockable character with his own unique moves and storyline in tow.

• A single player Trial
  Mode has been added which offers an assortment of quick and
  challenging mini-games.

• Game sharing feature allows others to play selective
  stages and characters using only one disk