Viewtiful Joe (Patreon)

Henshin a Go Go baby! Viewtiful Joe makes its way onto Gameboy at both super speed, super slo-mo AND zoomed in (I mean, we got a 160x144 resolution here, we really gotta' cram it down to fit!)

This might be one of the few demakes I was running on 90% memory and 10% references. I remember playing the game growing up and having a blast, and revisiting it through videos the game, especially its artstyle, has aged beautifully. Squashing it all down to pixels provided to be a great challenge and it really slid into place when I leaned into the double thick lines.

(Something I'd love to do more of/meld into my own original work!)

If there's one thing I'm iffy on its that I couldn't fit Joes sprite down to a 16x24 sprite, not even a 24x24 sprite! I truly think with an action game like this, these two would have been the bare minimum to get but alas! For future demakes I'll want to focus on getting the right gameplay to screen real estate ratio right!

Onwards and upwards!