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** ShockingPink also lets you create after-images using Mach Speed like beating on an enemy would. This allows you to break containers in the background, which contain lots of points, health and oh-so-vital VFX bar cans that extend your VFX bar.
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*** Apparently, of ALL the videos on the internet of people facing [[spoiler:Jet]], only ONE person has managed to do it on Ultra-V, and it took him THREE TRIES thanks to recording errors. In [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDuDpcjA4Ys all it's amazing goddamn glory.]]
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*** In all fairness, though, as a whole, the two-part battle against [[spoiler:Dark Kaiser and Dark Hero Jet Black]] isn't quite as bad as the fight against [[spoiler:King Blue and Young Captain Blue]]. At the very least, the former has the bosses split up by Acts (thus allowing you to save), whereas the latter is one long gauntlet, ''including'' the actual second act of that chapter, which is ''swarming'' with {{Elite Mook}}s and stage hazards out of the wazoo.

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*** In all fairness, though, as a whole, the two-part battle against [[spoiler:Dark Kaiser and Dark Hero Jet Black]] isn't quite as bad as the fight against [[spoiler:King Blue and Young Captain Blue]]. At the very least, the former has the bosses split up by Acts (thus allowing you to save), whereas the latter is one long gauntlet, ''including'' the actual second act of that chapter, which is ''swarming'' with {{Elite Mook}}s EliteMooks and stage hazards out of the wazoo.

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* FreudWasRight: Back in ''Devil May Cry'', Trish was created by the original title's BigBad [[HoneyTrap to lure Dante to his doom]], due to Trish [[IdenticalStranger sharing her appearance with]] [[MissingMom Dante's deceased mother]], Eva (a plot which ''almost'' worked). Aside from some arguable, possibly still-lingering ShipTease in the first game, the true extent of their relationship (aside from being friends and partners) was never further explored and pretty much dropped (don't tell that to the shippers, though). In Dante's story in ''Viewtiful Joe'', [[UpToEleven this is taken up a few notches]], since Dante and Trish take the places of Joe and Silvia, the latter whom explicitly tries to passionately make out with the former during the opening scene.

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* FreudWasRight: Back in ''Devil May Cry'', Trish was created by the original title's BigBad [[HoneyTrap to lure Dante to his doom]], due to Trish [[IdenticalStranger sharing her appearance with]] [[MissingMom Dante's deceased mother]], Eva (a plot which ''almost'' worked). Aside from some arguable, possibly still-lingering ShipTease in the first game, the true extent of their relationship (aside from being friends and partners) was never further explored and pretty much dropped (don't tell that to the shippers, though). In Dante's story in ''Viewtiful Joe'', [[UpToEleven this is taken up a few notches]], since Dante and Trish take the places of Joe and Silvia, the latter of whom explicitly tries to passionately make out with the former during the opening scene.



*** Unless she's fighting bosses that don't take the RHOH well in the second game, as she gets the Replay, allowing her to triple the damage of any single attack. Slow, Cool Blue Kick, then Zoom In for just as much damage in a single shot. Dr. Kranken, however, is screwed eight ways to Sunday with Replay, especially in his second form, when he takes even more damage per hit.
** Red Hot Kick, full stop. You might be surprised that, for an homage to the [[KamenRider Rider Kick]], it's not that powerful -- not so fast bucko. Use Slow-Mo and perform the Red-Hot Kick, then activate VFX Zoom. It turns Joe's attack from a simple diving kick into a ''spinning drill kick as he's covered by flames in the shape of a dragon head''. The Dragon Kick takes huge chunks off most bosses' HP, even ''stunning'' Another Joe and Alastor, and can take off almost a ''full bar of health'' from Fire Leo[[hottip:*:use Mach Speed to build yourself up to Red Hot mode, get to Fire Leo and hit him with a Dragon Kick to destroy his fire barrier]]. It also, if you're lucky, can hit enemies twice - including, once again, ''Fire Leo''. Fighting fire with fire, anyone?
*** Even better, the dragon kick is a fire-based attack itself, allowing Joe to completely bypass the puzzle portion of, once again, Fire Leo's fight--it pierces through his flame aura. It's knocked out until he dives into the lava below to regain his aura--during which time you can beat his ass like hell.

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*** Unless she's fighting bosses that don't take the RHOH well in the second game, as she gets the Replay, allowing her to triple the damage of any single attack. Slow, Cool Blue Kick, then Zoom In for just as much damage in a single shot. Dr. Kranken, Cranken, however, is screwed eight ways to Sunday with Replay, especially in his second form, when he takes even more damage per hit.
** Red Hot Kick, full stop. You might be surprised that, for an homage to the [[KamenRider [[Franchise/KamenRider Rider Kick]], it's not that powerful -- not so fast bucko. Use Slow-Mo and perform the Red-Hot Kick, then activate VFX Zoom. It turns Joe's attack from a simple diving kick into a ''spinning drill kick as he's covered by flames in the shape of a dragon head''. The Dragon Kick takes huge chunks off most bosses' HP, even ''stunning'' Another Joe and Alastor, and can take off almost a ''full bar of health'' from Fire Leo[[hottip:*:use Mach Speed to build yourself up to Red Hot mode, get to Fire Leo and hit him with a Dragon Kick to destroy his fire barrier]]. It also, if you're lucky, can hit enemies twice - including, once again, ''Fire Leo''. Fighting fire with fire, anyone?
*** Even better, the dragon kick Dragon Kick is a fire-based attack itself, allowing Joe to completely bypass the puzzle portion of, once again, Fire Leo's fight--it pierces through his flame aura. It's knocked out until he dives into the lava below to regain his aura--during which time you can beat his ass like hell.



** In ''[=VJ2=]'', try out Silvia's equivalent of the Red Hot Kick, the Cool Blue Kick, coupled with a Replay attack. This combo ''rapes'' Dr. Kranken to pieces.

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** In ''[=VJ2=]'', try out Silvia's equivalent of the Red Hot Kick, the Cool Blue Kick, coupled with a Replay attack. This combo ''rapes'' Dr. Kranken Cranken to pieces.



** Try KING BLUE on Ultra-V mode. His health bar is '''''violet''''' when you begin the fight--about '''''ten bars of health.''''' We're talking about the most tedious boss in the game with some of the nastiest attacks in town turning into a MightyGlacier. Whip those Voomerangs out pronto! They'll shave off a few bars!

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** Try KING BLUE [[spoiler:KING BLUE]] on Ultra-V mode. His health bar is '''''violet''''' when you begin the fight--about '''''ten bars of health.''''' We're talking about the most tedious boss in the game with some of the nastiest attacks in town turning into a MightyGlacier. Whip those Voomerangs out pronto! They'll shave off a few bars!



*** In all fairness, though, as a whole, the two-part battle against [[spoiler:Dark Kaiser and Dark Hero Jet Black]] isn't quite as bad as the fight against [[spoiler:King Blue and Young Captain Blue]]. At the very least, the latter has the bosses split up by Acts (thus allowing you to save), whereas the former is one long gauntlet, ''including'' the actual second act of that chapter.

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*** In all fairness, though, as a whole, the two-part battle against [[spoiler:Dark Kaiser and Dark Hero Jet Black]] isn't quite as bad as the fight against [[spoiler:King Blue and Young Captain Blue]]. At the very least, the latter former has the bosses split up by Acts (thus allowing you to save), whereas the former latter is one long gauntlet, ''including'' the actual second act of that chapter.chapter, which is ''swarming'' with {{Elite Mook}}s and stage hazards out of the wazoo.

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* AnticlimaxBoss: After having to suffer through [[GoddamnedBoss Charles the 3rd]], [[ThatOneBoss Hulk Davidson]], [[ThatOneBoss Gran Bruce]], [[GetBackHereBoss Another Joe]], the BossRush where you have to fight ''all four of these bosses WITHOUT SAVING OR BEING ABLE TO BUY UPGRADES'', and '''''[[ThatOneBoss Fire friggin' Leo]]''''', [[spoiler:Captain Blue]] is a walk in the park unless you're playing on Ultra-V mode. It doesn't help that he has low health and that most of his moves (besides that devastating [[ThatOneAttack lightning attack]]) are pretty much the same, but do more damage.

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* AnticlimaxBoss: AntiClimaxBoss: After having to suffer through [[GoddamnedBoss Charles the 3rd]], [[ThatOneBoss Hulk Davidson]], [[ThatOneBoss Gran Bruce]], [[GetBackHereBoss Another Joe]], the BossRush where you have to fight ''all four of these bosses WITHOUT SAVING OR BEING ABLE TO BUY UPGRADES'', and '''''[[ThatOneBoss Fire friggin' Leo]]''''', [[spoiler:Captain Blue]] is a walk in the park unless you're playing on Ultra-V mode. It doesn't help that he has low health and that most of his moves (besides that devastating [[ThatOneAttack lightning attack]]) are pretty much the same, but do more damage.



** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IicZebSIvQ8 Blue the Justice]], Captain Blue's theme, is pretty catchy too.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WQ0xGg7OFo Blizzard Hazard]], an epic remix of Fire Leo's theme from the first game for the fight against Frost Tiger.

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** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IicZebSIvQ8 Blue "Blue the Justice]], Justice,"]] Captain Blue's theme, is pretty catchy too.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WQ0xGg7OFo Blizzard Hazard]], "Blizzard Hazard,"]] an epic remix of Fire Leo's theme from the first game for the fight against Frost Tiger.



** The games themselves count, but such is to be expected of a game by Clover Studios.



* EnsembleDarkhorse: Alastor, just for the ''sheer'' amount of ''DevilMayCry'' {{Shout Out}}s.

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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Alastor, just for the ''sheer'' amount of ''DevilMayCry'' ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' {{Shout Out}}s.



* FreudWasRight: Back in ''DevilMayCry'', Trish was created by the original title's BigBad to lure Dante to his doom, due to Trish sharing her appearance with Dante's deceased mother, Eva (a plot which ''almost'' worked). Aside from some arguable, possibly still-lingering ShipTease in the first game, the true extent of their relationship (aside from being friends and partners) was never further explored and pretty much dropped. In the Dante's story in ''Viewtiful Joe'', [[UpToEleven this is taken up a few notches]], since Dante and Trish take the places of Joe and Silvia, the latter whom explicitly tries to passionately make out with the former during the opening scene.

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* FreudWasRight: Back in ''DevilMayCry'', ''Devil May Cry'', Trish was created by the original title's BigBad [[HoneyTrap to lure Dante to his doom, doom]], due to Trish [[IdenticalStranger sharing her appearance with with]] [[MissingMom Dante's deceased mother, mother]], Eva (a plot which ''almost'' worked). Aside from some arguable, possibly still-lingering ShipTease in the first game, the true extent of their relationship (aside from being friends and partners) was never further explored and pretty much dropped. In dropped (don't tell that to the shippers, though). In Dante's story in ''Viewtiful Joe'', [[UpToEleven this is taken up a few notches]], since Dante and Trish take the places of Joe and Silvia, the latter whom explicitly tries to passionately make out with the former during the opening scene.



** Ukemi- basically a mulligan for a hit you take in a fight at the last second- which makes it so much easier to get a highly-coveted Rainbow V rating. However, because it only restores one heart when used, it can't undo the massive damage you might endure later on and keep your rankings flawless, which prevents it from being entirely broken. Plus, the move's hard to pull off, given you have to do it right before Joe hits the ground.

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** Ukemi- Ukemi - basically a mulligan for a hit you take in a fight at the last second- second, which makes it so much easier to get a highly-coveted Rainbow V rating. However, because it only restores one heart when used, it can't undo the massive damage you might endure later on and keep your rankings flawless, which prevents it from being entirely broken. Plus, the move's hard to pull off, given you have to do it right before Joe hits the ground.ground (using VFX Slow to better time the Zoom-in that activates Ukemi does help, though).



** Red-Hot Kick, full stop. You might be surprised that, for an homage to the [[KamenRider Rider Kick]], it's not that powerful -- not so fast bucko. Use Slow-Mo and perform the Red-Hot Kick, then activate VFX Zoom. It turns Joe's attack from a simple diving kick into a ''spinning drill kick as he's covered by flames in the shape of a dragon head''. The Dragon Kick takes huge chunks off most bosses' HP, even ''stunning'' Another Joe and Alastor, and can take off almost a ''full bar of health'' from Fire Leo[[hottip:*:Use Mach Speed to build yourself up to Red Hot mode, get to Fire Leo and hit him with a Dragon Kick to destroy his fire barrier.]]. It also, if you're lucky, can hit enemies twice - including, once again, ''Fire Leo''. Fighting fire with fire, anyone?
*** Even better, the dragon kick is a fire-based attack itself, allowing Joe to completely bypass the puzzle portion of, once again, Fire Leo's fight- it pierces through his flame aura. It's knocked it out until he dives into the lava below to regain his aura- during which time you can beat his ass like hell.

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** Red-Hot Red Hot Kick, full stop. You might be surprised that, for an homage to the [[KamenRider Rider Kick]], it's not that powerful -- not so fast bucko. Use Slow-Mo and perform the Red-Hot Kick, then activate VFX Zoom. It turns Joe's attack from a simple diving kick into a ''spinning drill kick as he's covered by flames in the shape of a dragon head''. The Dragon Kick takes huge chunks off most bosses' HP, even ''stunning'' Another Joe and Alastor, and can take off almost a ''full bar of health'' from Fire Leo[[hottip:*:Use Leo[[hottip:*:use Mach Speed to build yourself up to Red Hot mode, get to Fire Leo and hit him with a Dragon Kick to destroy his fire barrier.]].barrier]]. It also, if you're lucky, can hit enemies twice - including, once again, ''Fire Leo''. Fighting fire with fire, anyone?
*** Even better, the dragon kick is a fire-based attack itself, allowing Joe to completely bypass the puzzle portion of, once again, Fire Leo's fight- it fight--it pierces through his flame aura. It's knocked it out until he dives into the lava below to regain his aura- during aura--during which time you can beat his ass like hell.



** In ''VJ2'', try out Silvia's equivalent of the Red Hot Kick, the Cool Blue Kick, coupled with a Replay attack. This combo ''rapes'' Dr. Kranken to pieces.

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** In ''VJ2'', ''[=VJ2=]'', try out Silvia's equivalent of the Red Hot Kick, the Cool Blue Kick, coupled with a Replay attack. This combo ''rapes'' Dr. Kranken to pieces.



* GetBackHereBoss: [[CloningBlues Given who he is]] and what powers he has, this is to be expected with Another Joe.

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* GetBackHereBoss: [[CloningBlues [[EvilKnockoff Given who he is]] and what powers he has, this is to be expected with Another Joe.



** Dark Kaiser revolves around this- you have to catch up to the enormous mecha before it lays down punishment, because Dark Kaiser is invulnerable to attack until it opens its chest to unleash a missile strike, Jupiter pinball attack, or Saturn ring attack. Also, those fire dragons can't hurt you if you punch the Earth at Mach Speed and get a fire aura going. Yes, you have to ''punch out the freakin' Earth'' to keep giant flaming space dragons from burning your balls.
** Jet Black is the same, but with him, if you follow him as he flies away, it's likely you're gonna get butchered by a sudden shitstorm of attacks. WronskiFeint much?

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** Dark Kaiser revolves around this- you this--you have to catch up to the enormous mecha before it lays down punishment, because Dark Kaiser is invulnerable to attack until it opens its chest to unleash a missile strike, Jupiter pinball attack, or Saturn ring attack. attack that traps you in a confined space. Also, those fire dragons can't hurt you if you punch the Earth earth at Mach Speed and get a fire aura going. Yes, you have to ''punch out the freakin' Earth'' to keep giant flaming space dragons from burning your balls.
** [[spoiler:Dark Hero Jet Black Black]] is the same, but with him, if you follow him as he flies away, it's likely you're gonna get butchered by a sudden shitstorm of attacks. WronskiFeint much?



** Try KING BLUE on Ultra-V mode. His health bar is '''''violet''''' when you begin the fight- about '''''ten bars of health.''''' We're talkin about the most tedious boss in the game with some of the nastiest attacks in tow turning into a MightyGlacier. Whip those Voomerangs out pronto! They'll shave off a few bars!
* HilariousInHindsight: The Six Machine preceded the ''[[TengenToppaGurrenLagann Gurren Lagann]]'' mecha, which shares a lot of similarities.

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** Try KING BLUE on Ultra-V mode. His health bar is '''''violet''''' when you begin the fight- about fight--about '''''ten bars of health.''''' We're talkin talking about the most tedious boss in the game with some of the nastiest attacks in tow town turning into a MightyGlacier. Whip those Voomerangs out pronto! They'll shave off a few bars!
* HilariousInHindsight: The Six Machine preceded the ''[[TengenToppaGurrenLagann ''[[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Gurren Lagann]]'' mecha, which shares a lot of similarities.



* {{Memetic Sex God}}dess: Silvia, Sprocket, and Trish.

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* {{Memetic Sex God}}dess: Silvia, Sprocket, MemeticSexGod: Well, Godd''ess'' in the case of Silvia and Sprocket. Carried over from ''Devil May Cry'', we also have Dante and Trish.



* NightmareFuel: Killer Hands. In-universe, too, as Joe [[CrowningMomentOfFunny is far from enthusiastic about being hugged]].
* SpiritualLicensee: This makes a excellent game adaption of ''LastActionHero'', but with {{Toku}} themes instead. See X meets Y for more.

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* NightmareFuel: Killer Hands. In-universe, too, as Joe [[CrowningMomentOfFunny [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments is far from enthusiastic about being hugged]].
* SpiritualLicensee: This makes a excellent game adaption of ''LastActionHero'', ''Film/LastActionHero'', but with {{Toku}} themes instead. See X meets Y for more.



*** Or so you might think. Try facing him on Ultra-V mode or without any clue how to knock out his aura. Plus, the icy breath attacks leave you trapped in a block of ice and helpless unless you button mash like crazy. To add to that, don't let Frost Tiger stay on the upper level of the battleground- he'll freeze the platforms above and leave a nice big pillar of ice blocking the path below each time he gets a chance, thus cutting of your escape route, forcing you to either smash the ice, which is painfully durable, trick him into demolishing the ice, or keep wailing on him so he doesn't get a chance to freeze anything- because he'll also freeze the item boxes that contain precious cheesburgers!!
** Also Gran Bruce, to some extent: his (hard-to-dodge) bite attack lasts forever until you break free, which can potentially kill you, even at full health. Mashing buttons or the D-pad will do you no good; only the ''left analog stick'', in a game where the D-pad is encouraged, will let you escape (PS2 version).

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*** Or so you might think. Try facing him on Ultra-V mode or without any clue how to knock out his aura. Plus, the icy breath attacks leave you trapped in a block of ice and helpless unless you button mash like crazy. To add to that, don't let Frost Tiger stay on the upper level of the battleground- he'll battleground--he'll freeze the platforms above and leave a nice big pillar of ice blocking the path below each time he gets a chance, thus cutting of your escape route, forcing you to either smash the ice, which is painfully durable, trick him into demolishing the ice, or keep wailing on him so he doesn't get a chance to freeze anything- because he'll also freeze the item boxes that contain precious cheesburgers!!
cheeseburgers!!
** Also Gran Bruce, to some extent: his (hard-to-dodge) bite attack lasts forever until you break free, which can potentially kill you, even at full health. Mashing buttons or the D-pad will do you no good; only the ''left analog stick'', in a game where the D-pad is encouraged, will let you escape (PS2 ([=PS2=] version).



*** Don't attack; let him come to you and dodge his low swipe three times in a row. He'll then charge like a bull at you. Get out of the way and he'll careen into the wall, dizzying him and giving you a window of opportunity to attack before he pulls out his axe again. If you don't break his axe, you can get him stuck in that loop for the whole fight.

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*** Don't attack; let him come to you and dodge his low swipe three times in a row. [[BullfightBoss He'll then charge like a bull at you. you.]] Get out of the way and he'll careen into the wall, dizzying him and giving you a window of opportunity to attack before he pulls out his axe again. If you don't break his axe, you can get him stuck in that loop for the whole fight.



** The second fight against Another Joe is one of the hardest bosses in the game, especially when he's flying around on his own Six Machine, [[ItGotWorse until you defeat him and meet with Fire Leo.]]

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** The second fight against Another Joe is one of the hardest bosses in the game, especially when he's flying around on his own Six Machine, [[ItGotWorse [[FromBadToWorse until you defeat him and meet with Fire Leo.]]



** Underworld Emperor Alastor. He has more health than Alastor is his regular form, you can't recover from the first battle against him, and his [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks ROUND TRIP!]] attack is faster and seemingly more devastating than before. And when his health is halfway gone, he tends to abruptly spam his [[ThatOneAttack VORTEX!]] attack. The only upside to this fight is that [[spoiler:you have the opportunity to get cheeseburgers by breaking one of the floating blocks of stone]].
** Jet Black is a full-out nightmare. It's already bad enough facing him for the first time when you don't know the key to beating him, but you also have to start the fight ''de-powered'' and rely either on Joe's two fists or, more likely, Silvia's boxing glove because of the added range it has. This while Jet has cresent-shaped boomerangs whirling around him- which are damn near impossible to avoid with "Slow" disabled. If you get hit, you take ''double damage'' because you're stuck in plain ol' human form... which hurts your ranking each time you get injured... And he ''spawns another boomerang each time you land a hit.'' ''Four times.'' What happens if you take too long to hurt him or run away? He spams a super-damaging energy blast almost guaranteed to hit you. Guess what else? As soon as you wear him down and get your powers back, you launch right into the final battle with ''no chance to recover your HP.''
*** Said battle involves Jet spawning an aura a la Fire Leo/Frost Tiger that lowers the damage your hits do. You have to counter it with the respective aura of either Joe or Silvia, forcing you to switch out from Joe to Silvia when you don't want to if he materializes the electric aura instead of a fire one. Why's that? Joe can deliver a rape-tastic series of uppercuts to Jet as he tries to run away while Slow and Zoom are both active. And even if you manage to knock out his aura and get a shot a doing some ''real'' damage to him, Jet summons his own dark aura, which ''can't'' be countered, and then screws around with his very own Slow and Mach Speed effects. In Slow, it's nerve-wracking trying to avoid his sword slashes- some of which aren't able to dodged via V-Take and get you stuck in a CycleOfHurting if he lands the attacks. Worse, the gravity is effed up, forcing you to use Mach Speed to decend to the floor-just as Jet catches you to take a slash at your health. Mach Speed is pure horror, considering it allows him to become a LightningBruiser with his katana. Then there's his BeamSpam attacks all over place, including the aformentioned huge one. And finally, Jet's mimics the Red Hot/Cool Blue Kick by sending a two-way shockwave from his katana, which fans out into two dragons and can't be dodged, only outran. Good luck, [[PrecisionFStrike motherfuckers.]] You'll need it.

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** [[spoiler:[[TrickBoss Underworld Emperor Alastor. Alastor]].]] He has more health than Alastor [[spoiler:Alastor]] is his regular form, you can't recover from the first battle against him, and his [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks [[spoiler:[[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks ROUND TRIP!]] TRIP!]]]] attack is faster and seemingly more devastating than before. And when his health is halfway gone, he tends to abruptly spam his [[ThatOneAttack VORTEX!]] [[spoiler:[[ThatOneAttack VORTEX!]]]] attack. The only upside to this fight is that [[spoiler:you have the opportunity to get cheeseburgers by breaking one of the floating blocks of stone]].
** [[spoiler:Dark Hero Jet Black Black]] is a full-out nightmare. It's already bad enough facing him for the first time when you don't know the key to beating him, but you also have to start the fight ''de-powered'' and rely either on Joe's two fists or, more likely, Silvia's boxing glove because of the added range it has. This while Jet [[spoiler:Jet]] has cresent-shaped crescent-shaped boomerangs whirling around him- which him--which are damn near impossible to avoid with "Slow" disabled. If you get hit, you take ''double damage'' because you're stuck in plain ol' human form... which hurts your ranking each time you get injured... And he ''spawns another boomerang each time you land a hit.'' ''Four times.'' What happens if you take too long to hurt him or run away? He spams a super-damaging energy blast almost guaranteed to hit you. Guess what else? As soon as you wear him down and get your powers back, you launch right into the final battle with ''no chance to recover your HP.''
*** Said battle involves Jet spawning an aura a la Fire Leo/Frost Tiger that lowers the damage your hits do. You have to counter it with the respective aura of either Joe or Silvia, forcing you to switch out from Joe to Silvia when you don't want to if he materializes the electric aura instead of a fire one. Why's that? Joe can deliver a rape-tastic series of uppercuts to Jet as he tries to run away while Slow and Zoom are both active. And even if you manage to knock out his aura and get a shot a doing some ''real'' damage to him, Jet summons his own dark aura, which ''can't'' be countered, and then screws around with his very own Slow and Mach Speed effects. In Slow, it's nerve-wracking trying to avoid his sword slashes- some slashes--some of which aren't able to dodged via V-Take and get you stuck in a CycleOfHurting if he lands the attacks. Worse, the gravity is effed up, forcing you to use Mach Speed to decend descend to the floor-just as Jet catches you to take a slash at your health. Mach Speed is pure horror, considering it allows him to become a LightningBruiser with his katana. Then there's his BeamSpam attacks all over place, including the aformentioned aforementioned huge one. And finally, Jet's mimics the Red Hot/Cool Blue Kick by sending a two-way shockwave from his katana, which fans out into two dragons and can't be dodged, only outran. Good luck, [[PrecisionFStrike motherfuckers.]] You'll need it.it.
*** In all fairness, though, as a whole, the two-part battle against [[spoiler:Dark Kaiser and Dark Hero Jet Black]] isn't quite as bad as the fight against [[spoiler:King Blue and Young Captain Blue]]. At the very least, the latter has the bosses split up by Acts (thus allowing you to save), whereas the former is one long gauntlet, ''including'' the actual second act of that chapter.
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* AnticlimaxBoss: After having to suffer through [[GoddamnedBoss Charles the 3rd]], [[ThatOneBoss Hulk Davidson]], [[ThatOneBoss Gran Bruce]], [[GetBackHereBoss Another Joe]], the BossRush where you have to fight ''all four of these bosses WITHOUT SAVING OR BEING ABLE TO BUY UPGRADES'', and '''''[[ThatOneBoss Fire friggin' Leo]]'''''. Even [[spoiler:Captain Blue]] is a walk in the park unless you're playing on Ultra-V mode. It doesn't help that he has low health and that most of his moves (besides that devastating [[ThatOneAttack lightning attack]]) are pretty much the same, but do more damage.

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* AnticlimaxBoss: After having to suffer through [[GoddamnedBoss Charles the 3rd]], [[ThatOneBoss Hulk Davidson]], [[ThatOneBoss Gran Bruce]], [[GetBackHereBoss Another Joe]], the BossRush where you have to fight ''all four of these bosses WITHOUT SAVING OR BEING ABLE TO BUY UPGRADES'', and '''''[[ThatOneBoss Fire friggin' Leo]]'''''. Even Leo]]''''', [[spoiler:Captain Blue]] is a walk in the park unless you're playing on Ultra-V mode. It doesn't help that he has low health and that most of his moves (besides that devastating [[ThatOneAttack lightning attack]]) are pretty much the same, but do more damage.
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** Just about all the boss themes in the first game; [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azvG9rdH14c Alastor's theme]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqS3IWPB11g&feature=channel&list=UL Fire Leo's theme]] clearly stand out the most. [[ThatOneBoss Even if the bosses are a pain in the ass]], at least your ears will be happy.

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** Just about all the boss themes in the first game; [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OjJ_64d_vU Another Joe's theme,]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azvG9rdH14c Alastor's theme]] theme,]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqS3IWPB11g&feature=channel&list=UL Fire Leo's theme]] clearly stand out the most. [[ThatOneBoss Even if the bosses are a pain in the ass]], at least your ears will be happy.
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** Frost Tiger. As hard as Fire Leo is, at least he didn't ''constantly'' run away shooting up fireballs from the ground. If you fail to make Frost Tiger dizzy by dodging his attacks ''the first time'', he runs away and engulfs his body with frost again. [[ThatOneBoss Fire Leo is frustrating because he's so hard to beat]]; [[GoddamnedBoss Frost Tiger is frustrating because he never stays still]].


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** Underworld Emperor Alastor. He has more health than Alastor is his regular form, you can't recover from the first battle against him, and his [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks ROUND TRIP!]] attack is faster and seemingly more devastating than before. And when his health is halfway gone, he tends to abruptly spam his [[ThatOneAttack VORTEX!]] attack. The only upside to this fight is that [[spoiler:you have the opportunity to get cheeseburgers by breaking one of the floating blocks of stone]].
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* AnticlimaxBoss: After having to suffer through [[GoddamnedBoss Charles the 3rd]], [[ThatOneBoss Hulk Davidson]], [[ThatOneBoss Gran Bruce]], [[GetBackHereBoss Another Joe]], the BossRush where you have to fight ''all four of these bosses WITHOUT SAVING OR BEING ABLE TO BUY UPGRADES'', and '''''[[ThatOneBoss Fire friggin' Leo]]''''', [[spoiler:Captain Blue]] is a walk in the park unless you're playing on Ultra-V mode. It doesn't help that he has low health and that most of his moves (besides that devastating [[ThatOneAttack lightning attack]]) are pretty much the same, but do more damage.

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* AnticlimaxBoss: After having to suffer through [[GoddamnedBoss Charles the 3rd]], [[ThatOneBoss Hulk Davidson]], [[ThatOneBoss Gran Bruce]], [[GetBackHereBoss Another Joe]], the BossRush where you have to fight ''all four of these bosses WITHOUT SAVING OR BEING ABLE TO BUY UPGRADES'', and '''''[[ThatOneBoss Fire friggin' Leo]]''''', Leo]]'''''. Even [[spoiler:Captain Blue]] is a walk in the park unless you're playing on Ultra-V mode. It doesn't help that he has low health and that most of his moves (besides that devastating [[ThatOneAttack lightning attack]]) are pretty much the same, but do more damage.

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** Ukemi- basically a mulligan for a hit you take in a fight at the last second- which makes it so much easier to get a highly-coveted Rainbow V rating. However, because it only restores one heart when used, it can't undo the massive damage you might endure later on and keep your rankings flawless, which prevents it from being entirely broken. Plus, the move's hard to pull off, given you have to do it right before Joe hits the ground.



*** Said battle involves Jet spawning an aura a la Fire Leo/Frost Tiger that lowers the damage your hits do. You have to counter it with the respective aura of either Joe or Silvia, forcing you to switch out from Joe to Silvia when you don't want to if he materializes the electric aura instead of a fire one. Why's that? Joe can deliver a rape-tastic series of uppercuts to Jet as he tries to run away while Slow is active. And even if you manage to knock out his aura and get a shot a doing some ''real'' damage to him, Jet summons his own dark aura, which ''can't'' be countered, and then screws around with his very own Slow and Mach Speed effects. In Slow, it's nerve-wracking trying to avoid his sword slashes- some of which aren't able to dodged via V-Take and get you stuck in a CycleOfHurting if he lands the attacks. Worse, the gravity is effed up, forcing you to use Mach Speed to decend to the floor-just as Jet catches you to take a slash at your health. Mach Speed is pure horror, considering it allows him to become a LightningBruiser with his katana. Then there's his BeamSpam attacks all over place, including the aformentioned huge one. And finally, Jet's mimics the Red Hot/Cool Blue Kick by sending a two-way shockwave from his katana, which fans out into two dragons and can't be dodged, only outran. Good luck, [[PrecisionFStrike motherfuckers.]] You'll need it.

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*** Said battle involves Jet spawning an aura a la Fire Leo/Frost Tiger that lowers the damage your hits do. You have to counter it with the respective aura of either Joe or Silvia, forcing you to switch out from Joe to Silvia when you don't want to if he materializes the electric aura instead of a fire one. Why's that? Joe can deliver a rape-tastic series of uppercuts to Jet as he tries to run away while Slow is and Zoom are both active. And even if you manage to knock out his aura and get a shot a doing some ''real'' damage to him, Jet summons his own dark aura, which ''can't'' be countered, and then screws around with his very own Slow and Mach Speed effects. In Slow, it's nerve-wracking trying to avoid his sword slashes- some of which aren't able to dodged via V-Take and get you stuck in a CycleOfHurting if he lands the attacks. Worse, the gravity is effed up, forcing you to use Mach Speed to decend to the floor-just as Jet catches you to take a slash at your health. Mach Speed is pure horror, considering it allows him to become a LightningBruiser with his katana. Then there's his BeamSpam attacks all over place, including the aformentioned huge one. And finally, Jet's mimics the Red Hot/Cool Blue Kick by sending a two-way shockwave from his katana, which fans out into two dragons and can't be dodged, only outran. Good luck, [[PrecisionFStrike motherfuckers.]] You'll need it.
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*** Or so you might think. Try facing him on Ultra-V mode or without any clue how to knock out his aura. Plus, the icy breath attacks leave you trapped in a block of ice and helpless unless you button mash like crazy. To add to that, don't let Frost Tiger stay on the upper level of the battleground- he'll freeze the platforms above and leave a nice big pillar of ice blocking the path below each time he gets a chance, thus cutting of your escape route, forcing you to either smash the ice, which is painfully durable, trick him into demolishing the ice, or keep wailing on him so he doesn't get a chance to freeze anything- because he'll also freeze the item boxes that contain precious cheesburgers!!



** Frost Tiger. Just as bad as Fire Leo, just as ruthless, [[TurnsRed goes beserk at low health]], and the source of many a broken controller.

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*** Said battle involves Jet spawning an aura a la Fire Leo/Frost Tiger that lowers the damage your hits do. You have to counter it with the respective aura of either Joe or Silvia, forcing you to switch out from Joe to Silvia when you don't want to if he materializes the electric aura instead of a fire one. Why's that? Joe can deliver a rape-tastic series of uppercuts to Jet as he tries to run away while Slow is active. And even if you manage to knock out his aura and get a shot a doing some ''real'' damage to him, Jet summons his own dark aura, which ''can't'' be countered and then screws around with Slow and Mach Speed effects. In Slow, it's nerve-wracking trying to avoid his sword slashes- some of which aren't able to dodged via V-Take and get you stuck in a CycleOfHurting if he lands the attacks. Worse, the gravity is effed up, forcing you to use Mach Speed to decend to the floor. Then there's his BeamSpam attacks all over place, including the aformentioned huge one. And finally, Jet's mimics the Red Hot/Cool Blue Kick by sending a two-way shockwave from his katana, which fans out into two dragons and can't be dodged, only outran. Good luck, [[PrecisionFStrike motherfuckers.]] You'll need it.

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*** Said battle involves Jet spawning an aura a la Fire Leo/Frost Tiger that lowers the damage your hits do. You have to counter it with the respective aura of either Joe or Silvia, forcing you to switch out from Joe to Silvia when you don't want to if he materializes the electric aura instead of a fire one. Why's that? Joe can deliver a rape-tastic series of uppercuts to Jet as he tries to run away while Slow is active. And even if you manage to knock out his aura and get a shot a doing some ''real'' damage to him, Jet summons his own dark aura, which ''can't'' be countered countered, and then screws around with his very own Slow and Mach Speed effects. In Slow, it's nerve-wracking trying to avoid his sword slashes- some of which aren't able to dodged via V-Take and get you stuck in a CycleOfHurting if he lands the attacks. Worse, the gravity is effed up, forcing you to use Mach Speed to decend to the floor.floor-just as Jet catches you to take a slash at your health. Mach Speed is pure horror, considering it allows him to become a LightningBruiser with his katana. Then there's his BeamSpam attacks all over place, including the aformentioned huge one. And finally, Jet's mimics the Red Hot/Cool Blue Kick by sending a two-way shockwave from his katana, which fans out into two dragons and can't be dodged, only outran. Good luck, [[PrecisionFStrike motherfuckers.]] You'll need it.
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** Jet Black is a full-out nightmare. It's already bad enough facing Dark Kaiser when you don't know the key to beating him, but here, you have to start the fight ''de-powered'' and rely either on Joe's two fists or, more likely, Silvia's boxing glove because of the added range it has. This while Jet has cresent-shaped boomerangs whirling around him- which are damn near impossible to avoid with "Slow" disabled. If you get hit, you take ''double damage'' because you're stuck in plain ol' human form... which hurts your ranking each time you get injured... And he ''spawns another boomerang each time you land a hit.'' ''Four times.'' What happens if you take too long to hurt him or run away? He spams a super-damaging energy blast almost guaranteed to hit you. Guess what else? As soon as you wear him down and get your powers back, you launch right into the final battle with ''no chance to recover your HP.''

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** Jet Black is a full-out nightmare. It's already bad enough facing Dark Kaiser him for the first time when you don't know the key to beating him, but here, you also have to start the fight ''de-powered'' and rely either on Joe's two fists or, more likely, Silvia's boxing glove because of the added range it has. This while Jet has cresent-shaped boomerangs whirling around him- which are damn near impossible to avoid with "Slow" disabled. If you get hit, you take ''double damage'' because you're stuck in plain ol' human form... which hurts your ranking each time you get injured... And he ''spawns another boomerang each time you land a hit.'' ''Four times.'' What happens if you take too long to hurt him or run away? He spams a super-damaging energy blast almost guaranteed to hit you. Guess what else? As soon as you wear him down and get your powers back, you launch right into the final battle with ''no chance to recover your HP.''
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** Jet Black is a full-out nightmare. What's worse is you have to start the fight ''de-powered'' and rely either on Joe's two fists or, more likely, Silvia's boxing glove because of the added range it has. This while Jet has cresent-shaped boomerangs whirling around him- which are damn near impossible to avoid with "Slow" disabled. If you get hit, you take ''double damage'' because you're stuck in plain ol' human form... which hurts your ranking each time you get injured... And he ''spawns another boomerang each time you land a hit.'' ''Four times.'' Guess what else? As soon as you wear him down and get your powers back, you launch right into the final battle with ''no chance to recover your HP.''
*** Said battle involves Jet spawning an aura a la Fire Leo/Frost Tiger that lowers the damage your hits do. You have to counter it with the respective aura of either Joe or Silvia, forcing you to switch out from Joe to Silvia when you don't want to if he materializes the electric aura instead of a fire one. Why's that? Joe can deliver a rape-tastic series of uppercuts to Jet as he tries to run away while Slow is active. And even if you manage to knock out his aura and get a shot a doing some ''real'' damage to him, Jet summons his own dark aura, which ''can't'' be countered and then screws around with Slow and Mach Speed effects. In Slow, it's nerve-wracking trying to avoid his sword slashes- some of which aren't able to dodged via V-Take and get you stuck in a CycleOfHurting if he lands the attacks. Worse, the gravity is effed up, forcing you to use Mach Speed to decend to the floor. And finally, Jet's mimics the Red Hot/Cool Blue Kick by sending a two-way shockwave from his katana, which fans out into two dragons and can't be dodged, only outran. Good luck, [[PrecisionFStrike motherfuckers.]] You'll need it.

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** Jet Black is a full-out nightmare. What's worse is It's already bad enough facing Dark Kaiser when you don't know the key to beating him, but here, you have to start the fight ''de-powered'' and rely either on Joe's two fists or, more likely, Silvia's boxing glove because of the added range it has. This while Jet has cresent-shaped boomerangs whirling around him- which are damn near impossible to avoid with "Slow" disabled. If you get hit, you take ''double damage'' because you're stuck in plain ol' human form... which hurts your ranking each time you get injured... And he ''spawns another boomerang each time you land a hit.'' ''Four times.'' What happens if you take too long to hurt him or run away? He spams a super-damaging energy blast almost guaranteed to hit you. Guess what else? As soon as you wear him down and get your powers back, you launch right into the final battle with ''no chance to recover your HP.''
*** Said battle involves Jet spawning an aura a la Fire Leo/Frost Tiger that lowers the damage your hits do. You have to counter it with the respective aura of either Joe or Silvia, forcing you to switch out from Joe to Silvia when you don't want to if he materializes the electric aura instead of a fire one. Why's that? Joe can deliver a rape-tastic series of uppercuts to Jet as he tries to run away while Slow is active. And even if you manage to knock out his aura and get a shot a doing some ''real'' damage to him, Jet summons his own dark aura, which ''can't'' be countered and then screws around with Slow and Mach Speed effects. In Slow, it's nerve-wracking trying to avoid his sword slashes- some of which aren't able to dodged via V-Take and get you stuck in a CycleOfHurting if he lands the attacks. Worse, the gravity is effed up, forcing you to use Mach Speed to decend to the floor. Then there's his BeamSpam attacks all over place, including the aformentioned huge one. And finally, Jet's mimics the Red Hot/Cool Blue Kick by sending a two-way shockwave from his katana, which fans out into two dragons and can't be dodged, only outran. Good luck, [[PrecisionFStrike motherfuckers.]] You'll need it.

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** Try KING BLUE on Ultra-V mode. His health bar is '''''violet'''' when you begin the fight- about '''''ten bars of health.''''' We're talkin about the most tedious boss in the game with some of the nastiest attacks in tow turning into a MightyGlacier. Whip those Voomerangs out pronto! They'll shave off a few bars!

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** Try KING BLUE on Ultra-V mode. His health bar is '''''violet'''' '''''violet''''' when you begin the fight- about '''''ten bars of health.''''' We're talkin about the most tedious boss in the game with some of the nastiest attacks in tow turning into a MightyGlacier. Whip those Voomerangs out pronto! They'll shave off a few bars!



*** Said battle involves Jet spawning an aura a la Fire Leo/Frost Tiger that lowers the damage your hits do. You have to counter it with the respective aura of either Joe or Silvia, forcing you to switch out from Joe to Silvia when you don't want to if he materializes the electric aura instead of a fire one. Why's that? Joe can deliver a rape-tastic series of uppercuts to Jet as he tries to run away while Slow is active. And even if you manage to knock out his aura and get a shot a doing some ''real'' damage to him, Jet summons his own dark aura, which ''can't'' be countered and then screws around with Slow and Mach Speed effects. In Slow, it's nerve-wracking trying to avoid his sword slashes- some of which aren't able to dodged via V-Take and get you stuck in a CycleOfHurting if he lands the attacks. Worse, the gravity is effed up, forcing you to use Mach Speed to decend to the floor. And finally, Jet's mimics the Red Hot/Cool Blue Kick by sending a two-way shockwave from his katana, which fans out into two dragons and can't be dodged, only outran.
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*** Said battle involves Jet spawning an aura a la Fire Leo/Frost Tiger that lowers the damage your hits do. You have to counter it with the respective aura of either Joe or Silvia, forcing you to switch out from Joe to Silvia when you don't want to if he materializes the electric aura instead of a fire one. Why's that? Joe can deliver a rape-tastic series of uppercuts to Jet as he tries to run away while Slow is active. And even if you manage to knock out his aura and get a shot a doing some ''real'' damage to him, Jet summons his own dark aura, which ''can't'' be countered and then screws around with Slow and Mach Speed effects. In Slow, it's nerve-wracking trying to avoid his sword slashes- some of which aren't able to dodged via V-Take and get you stuck in a CycleOfHurting if he lands the attacks. Worse, the gravity is effed up, forcing you to use Mach Speed to decend to the floor. And finally, Jet's mimics the Red Hot/Cool Blue Kick by sending a two-way shockwave from his katana, which fans out into two dragons and can't be dodged, only outran.
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*** Unless she's fighting bosses that don't take the RHOH well in the second game, as she gets the Replay, allowing her to triple the damage of any single attack. Slow, Cool Blue Kick, then Zoom In for just as much damage in a single shot.

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*** Unless she's fighting bosses that don't take the RHOH well in the second game, as she gets the Replay, allowing her to triple the damage of any single attack. Slow, Cool Blue Kick, then Zoom In for just as much damage in a single shot. Dr. Kranken, however, is screwed eight ways to Sunday with Replay, especially in his second form, when he takes even more damage per hit.



*** Even better, the dragon kick is a fire-based attack itself, allowing Joe to completely bypass the puzzle portion of, once again, Fire Leo's fight.

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*** Even better, the dragon kick is a fire-based attack itself, allowing Joe to completely bypass the puzzle portion of, once again, Fire Leo's fight.fight- it pierces through his flame aura. It's knocked it out until he dives into the lava below to regain his aura- during which time you can beat his ass like hell.
** It does wonders on Frost Tiger, too. Not only does it knock out his chilling flame aura, it strips him of his icy sabertooth fangs and claws, and now he's left [[HoistByHisOwnPetard shivering and vulnerable]] instead of spamming boomerangs, icicles, and slashing you to ribbons.
** In ''VJ2'', try out Silvia's equivalent of the Red Hot Kick, the Cool Blue Kick, coupled with a Replay attack. This combo ''rapes'' Dr. Kranken to pieces.



** Dark Kaiser revolves around this- you have to catch up to the enormous mecha before it lays down punishment, because Dark Kaiser is invulnerable to attack until it opens its chest to unleash a missile strike, Jupiter pinball attack, or Saturn ring attack. Also, those fire dragons can't hurt you if you punch the Earth at Mach Speed and get a fire aura going. Yes, you have to ''punch out the freakin' Earth'' to keep giant flaming space dragons from burning your balls.
** Jet Black is the same, but with him, if you follow him as he flies away, it's likely you're gonna get butchered by a sudden shitstorm of attacks. WronskiFeint much?



** Try KING BLUE on Ultra-V mode. His health bar is '''''violet'''' when you begin the fight- about '''''ten bars of health.''''' We're talkin about the most tedious boss in the game with some of the nastiest attacks in tow turning into a MightyGlacier. Whip those Voomerangs out pronto! They'll shave off a few bars!



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** "CUT, CUT, CUT!" [[RageQuit Three words that proceed the breaking of a controller.]]



** The second fight against Another Joe is one of the hardest bosses in the game, [[ItGotWorse until you defeat him and meet with Fire Leo.]]

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** Frost Tiger. Just as bad as Fire Leo, just as ruthless, [[TurnsRed goes beserk at low health]], and the source of many a broken controller.
** Jet Black is a full-out nightmare. What's worse is you have to start the fight ''de-powered'' and rely either on Joe's two fists or, more likely, Silvia's boxing glove because of the added range it has. This while Jet has cresent-shaped boomerangs whirling around him- which are damn near impossible to avoid with "Slow" disabled. If you get hit, you take ''double damage'' because you're stuck in plain ol' human form... which hurts your ranking each time you get injured... And he ''spawns another boomerang each time you land a hit.'' ''Four times.'' Guess what else? As soon as you wear him down and get your powers back, you launch right into the final battle with ''no chance to recover your HP.''
*** Said battle involves Jet spawning an aura a la Fire Leo/Frost Tiger that lowers the damage your hits do. You have to counter it with the respective aura of either Joe or Silvia, forcing you to switch out from Joe to Silvia when you don't want to if he materializes the electric aura instead of a fire one. Why's that? Joe can deliver a rape-tastic series of uppercuts to Jet as he tries to run away while Slow is active. And even if you manage to knock out his aura and get a shot a doing some ''real'' damage to him, Jet summons his own dark aura, which ''can't'' be countered and then screws around with Slow and Mach Speed effects. In Slow, it's nerve-wracking trying to avoid his sword slashes- some of which aren't able to dodged via V-Take and get you stuck in a CycleOfHurting if he lands the attacks. Worse, the gravity is effed up, forcing you to use Mach Speed to decend to the floor. And finally, Jet's mimics the Red Hot/Cool Blue Kick by sending a two-way shockwave from his katana, which fans out into two dragons and can't be dodged, only outran.
Good luck, [[PrecisionFStrike motherfuckers.]] You'll need it.

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* AnticlimaxBoss: After having to suffer through [[GoddamnedBoss Charles the 3rd]], [[ThatOneBoss Hulk Davidson]], [[ThatOneBoss Gran Bruce]], [[GetBackHereBoss Another Joe]], the BossRush where you have to fight ''all four of these bosses WITHOUT SAVING OR BEING ABLE TO BUY UPGRADES'', and '''''[[ThatOneBoss Fire friggin' Leo]]''''', [[spoiler:Captain Blue]] is a walk in the park unless you're playing on Ultra-V mode. It doesn't help that he has low health and that most of his moves (besides that devastating [[ThatOneAttack lightning attack]]) are pretty much the same, but do more damage.



** Just about all the boss themes in the first game; [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azvG9rdH14c Alastor's theme]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqS3IWPB11g&feature=channel&list=UL Fire Leo's theme]] clearly stand out the most. [[ThatOneBoss Even if the bosses are a pain in the ass]], at least your ears will be happy.



** Zooming in turns Joe's punches into the Red Hot One Hundred, a speedy flurry of punches. Slowing that makes each rapid fire punch ridiculously strong, without the downside of them being, well, slow. The slowed RHOH is, without hyperbole, Joe's best move for hurting bosses; it can eliminate recurring miniboss the Joker in seconds. Sylvia gets a shoulder hit instead of that, making her sadly less powerful than Joe.

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** Zooming in turns Joe's punches into the Red Hot One Hundred, a speedy flurry of punches. Slowing that makes each rapid fire punch ridiculously strong, without the downside of them being, well, slow. The slowed RHOH is, without hyperbole, Joe's best move for hurting bosses; it can eliminate recurring miniboss the Joker in seconds. Sylvia Silvia gets a shoulder hit instead of that, making her sadly less powerful than Joe.



* GetBackHereBoss: [[CloningBlues Given who he is]] and what powers he has, this is to be expected with Another Joe.



* ThatOneBoss: DAMN YOU FIRE LEO! It's made worse by the BossRush beforehand. You have to fight all ''five'' of the previous bosses back-to-back, and you can't save in-between.

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** Another Joe is a ''very'' {{egregious}} example. He runs away from you and spams unblockable clones at you. Even if you catch him, you can only land a few punches before he runs away. However, if you attack him before he manages to perform his clone attacks, he'll won't be able to do it. The only problem is that Another Joe has quite a bit of health, and you can only attack him five times before he runs away, [[MarathonBoss making Another Joe a very long and tedious boss to defeat]].



** Another Joe's clone attacks are very devastating. Even if you use VFX Slow, you will still lose health if one of them catches you. And each clone takes away one health point. [[CurbStompBattle So if you get hit with several clones all at once...]]



** No Another Joe? He runs away from you and spams unblockable clones at you. Even if you catch him, you can only land a few punches before he runs away.
*** The second fight with him is one of the hardest bosses in the game, [[ItGotWorse until you defeat him and meet with Fire Leo.]]

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** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WQ0xGg7OFo Blizzard Hazard]], an epic remix of Fire Leo's theme from the first game for the fight against Frost Tiger.
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* AccidentalNightmareFuel: Killer Hands. In-universe, too, as Joe [[CrowningMomentOfFunny is far from enthusiastic about being hugged]].


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* AccidentalNightmareFuel: Killer Hands. In-universe, too, as Joe [[CrowningMomentOfFunny is far from enthusiastic about being hugged]].



** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IicZebSIvQ8 Blue the Justice,]] Captain Blue's theme is pretty catchy too.

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** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IicZebSIvQ8 Blue the Justice,]] Justice]], Captain Blue's theme theme, is pretty catchy too.



* FreudWasRight: Back in ''DevilMayCry'', Trish was created by the original title's BigBad to lure Dante to his doom due to Trish sharing her appearance with Dante's deceased mother Eva (a plot which ''almost'' worked). Aside of some arguable, possibly still lingering ShipTease in the first game, the true extent of their relationship (aside of friends and partners) was never further explored and pretty much dropped. In the Dante's story in ''Viewtiful Joe'', [[UpToEleven this is taken up a few notches]], since Dante and Trish take the places of Joe and Silvia, the latter whom explicitly tries to passionately make out with the former during the opening scene.

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* FreudWasRight: Back in ''DevilMayCry'', Trish was created by the original title's BigBad to lure Dante to his doom doom, due to Trish sharing her appearance with Dante's deceased mother mother, Eva (a plot which ''almost'' worked). Aside of from some arguable, possibly still lingering still-lingering ShipTease in the first game, the true extent of their relationship (aside of from being friends and partners) was never further explored and pretty much dropped. In the Dante's story in ''Viewtiful Joe'', [[UpToEleven this is taken up a few notches]], since Dante and Trish take the places of Joe and Silvia, the latter whom explicitly tries to passionately make out with the former during the opening scene.



** Red-Hot Kick, full stop. You might be surprised that, for an homage to the [[KamenRider Rider Kick]], it's not that powerful - not so fast bucko. Use Slow-Mo and perform the Red-Hot Kick, then activate VFX Zoom. It turns Joe's attack from a simple diving kick into a ''spinning drill kick as he's covered by flames in the shape of a dragon head''. The Dragon Kick takes huge chunks off most bosses' HP, even ''stunning'' Another Joe and Alastor, and can take off almost a ''full bar of health'' from Fire Leo[[hottip:*:Use Mach Speed to build yourself up to Red Hot mode, get to Fire Leo and hit him with a Dragon Kick to destroy his fire barrier.]]. It also, if you're lucky, can hit enemies twice - including, once again, ''Fire Leo''. Fighting fire with fire, anyone?

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** Red-Hot Kick, full stop. You might be surprised that, for an homage to the [[KamenRider Rider Kick]], it's not that powerful - -- not so fast bucko. Use Slow-Mo and perform the Red-Hot Kick, then activate VFX Zoom. It turns Joe's attack from a simple diving kick into a ''spinning drill kick as he's covered by flames in the shape of a dragon head''. The Dragon Kick takes huge chunks off most bosses' HP, even ''stunning'' Another Joe and Alastor, and can take off almost a ''full bar of health'' from Fire Leo[[hottip:*:Use Mach Speed to build yourself up to Red Hot mode, get to Fire Leo and hit him with a Dragon Kick to destroy his fire barrier.]]. It also, if you're lucky, can hit enemies twice - including, once again, ''Fire Leo''. Fighting fire with fire, anyone?



** Zoomed in and Slowed down, the final hit of Dante's normal combo in the first game can ''[[OneHitKill one shot]]'' '''''[[ThatOneBoss Fire Leo]]'''''.
* GoddamnedBoss: In the BossRush rematch, Charles has 4 times as much health as the first battle. Dealing damage to him, however, is tedious and drawn-out, especially since you start the rematch with a level 1 VFX gauge

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** Zoomed in and Slowed down, the final hit of Dante's normal combo in the first game can ''[[OneHitKill one shot]]'' one-shot]]'' '''''[[ThatOneBoss Fire Leo]]'''''.
* GoddamnedBoss: In the BossRush rematch, Charles has 4 times as much health as the first battle. Dealing damage to him, however, is tedious and drawn-out, especially since you start the rematch with a level 1 VFX gaugegauge.



*** Don't attack; let him come to you and dodge his low swipe three times in a row. He'll then charge like a bull at you. Get out of the way and he'll careen into the wall, dizzying him and giving you a window of opportunity to attack before he pulls out his axe again.

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*** Don't attack; let him come to you and dodge his low swipe three times in a row. He'll then charge like a bull at you. Get out of the way and he'll careen into the wall, dizzying him and giving you a window of opportunity to attack before he pulls out his axe again. If you don't break his axe, you can get him stuck in that loop for the whole fight.



** No Another Joe? He runs away from you and spams unblockable clones at you. Even if you catch him you can only land a few punches before he runs away.

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** No Another Joe? He runs away from you and spams unblockable clones at you. Even if you catch him him, you can only land a few punches before he runs away.
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*** Even better, the dragon kick is a fire-based attack itself, allowing Joe to completely bypass the puzzle portion of, once again, Fire Leo's fight.
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* FirstInstallmentWins: While the sequels made successful sells and reviews, everybody usually says original is the best.

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* FirstInstallmentWins: While the sequels made successful sells and good reviews, everybody usually says the original is the best.
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Joe's speech after finding out that [[spoiler:Captain Blue was the villain.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Joe:''' "Captain... uh, KING Blue... You used to be cool. Now, you're nothing but a loser. I'm gonna show you what it means to be a TRUE HERO!"]]
-->[[spoiler:'''King Blue:''' "Go ahead. I WILL SNAP YOUR FOOLISH LITTLE IDEALS IN HALF!"]]
** Followed, of course, by a battle as Six Majin against [[spoiler:King Blue]] on the surface of the earth... and the planet is visibly round, indicating just how freaking big the two are.
*** And after you do all that, you get treated to a duel against [[spoiler:the original Captain Blue, in his youth]]!
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5PLEPD_tOc&playnext_from=TL&videos=6vcvuvhXP5o&feature=grec_index Just listen.]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IicZebSIvQ8 Blue the Justice]], Captain Blue's theme is pretty catchy too.

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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Joe's speech after finding out that [[spoiler:Captain Blue was the villain.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Joe:''' "Captain... uh, KING Blue... You used to be cool. Now, you're nothing but a loser. I'm gonna show you what it means to be a TRUE HERO!"]]
-->[[spoiler:'''King Blue:''' "Go ahead. I WILL SNAP YOUR FOOLISH LITTLE IDEALS IN HALF!"]]
** Followed, of course, by a battle as Six Majin against [[spoiler:King Blue]] on the surface of the earth... and the planet is visibly round, indicating just how freaking big the two are.
*** And after you do all that, you get treated to a duel against [[spoiler:the original Captain Blue, in his youth]]!
AccidentalNightmareFuel: Killer Hands.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5PLEPD_tOc&playnext_from=TL&videos=6vcvuvhXP5o&feature=grec_index Just listen.]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IicZebSIvQ8 Blue the Justice]], Justice,]] Captain Blue's theme is pretty catchy too.



** Also Sprocket from the anime, [[AbsoluteCleavage for a]] couple of big reasons if ya catch my drift.

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** Also Sprocket from the anime, [[AbsoluteCleavage for a]] a couple of big reasons reasons]] if ya catch my drift. drift.
* FreudWasRight: Back in ''DevilMayCry'', Trish was created by the original title's BigBad to lure Dante to his doom due to Trish sharing her appearance with Dante's deceased mother Eva (a plot which ''almost'' worked). Aside of some arguable, possibly still lingering ShipTease in the first game, the true extent of their relationship (aside of friends and partners) was never further explored and pretty much dropped. In the Dante's story in ''Viewtiful Joe'', [[UpToEleven this is taken up a few notches]], since Dante and Trish take the places of Joe and Silvia, the latter whom explicitly tries to passionately make out with the former during the opening scene.



* {{Memetic Sex God}}dess: Silvia, Sprocket and Trish.

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* {{Memetic Sex God}}dess: Silvia, Sprocket Sprocket, and Trish.Trish.
* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Joe's speech after finding out that [[spoiler:Captain Blue was the villain.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Joe:''' "Captain... uh, KING Blue... You used to be cool. Now, you're nothing but a loser. I'm gonna show you what it means to be a TRUE HERO!"]]
-->[[spoiler:'''King Blue:''' "Go ahead. I WILL SNAP YOUR FOOLISH LITTLE IDEALS IN HALF!"]]
** Followed, of course, by a battle as Six Majin against [[spoiler:King Blue]] on the surface of the earth... and the planet is visibly round, indicating just how freaking big the two are.
*** And after you do all that, you get treated to a duel against [[spoiler:the original Captain Blue, in his youth]]!



* NightmareFuel: Killer Hands
* SpiritualLicensee: This makes a excellent game adaption of LastActionHero, but with {{Toku}} themes instead. See X meets Y for more.

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* NightmareFuel: Killer Hands
* SpiritualLicensee: This makes a excellent game adaption of LastActionHero, ''LastActionHero'', but with {{Toku}} themes instead. See X meets Y for more.

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* GoddamnedBoss: In the BossRush rematch, Charles has 4 times as much health as the first battle. Dealing damage to him, however, is tedious and drawn-out, especially since you start the rematch with a level 1 VFX gauge



* {{Memetic Sex God}}dess: Silvia and Sprocket.

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* {{Memetic Sex God}}dess: Silvia Silvia, Sprocket and Sprocket.Trish.


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