PSP Gamer Makes Surprising Discovery After Throwing Out 13 Year Old Sofa

Summary

A formerPlayStation Portablegamer discovered a copy ofViewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumbleon PSP in their cushions after throwing out their 13-year-old sofa.Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumbleis a spin-off ofCapcom’sViewtiful Joebeat ‘em up franchise. Whereas the main seriesViewtiful Joegames are beat ‘em ups, though,Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumblehas more in common with Nintendo’sSuper Smash Bros.series.

Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumblelaunched in 2005 for the GameCube, with thePSPversion dropping a year later. Unfortunately, both versions of the game earned mixed reviews from critics at the time of their release. The PSP version ofViewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumblehas a 63 overall score on review aggregate site Metacritic, though it fared somewhat better with fans, earning a 7.6 overall user score. The game goes for around $20-$30 on eBay, even if one just has the loose UMD.

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Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumblemay not be the most popular game on the PSP, but it was still a nice surprise when Reddit user CasmsVR found the game in the cushions of their 13-year-old sofa that they were throwing out. CasmsVR found theirloose UMDofViewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumblein the sofa, though it’s unknown if they have the box and manual still lying around. The UMD appears to be in decent shape considering it’s been lost in a sofa for all these years, though CasmsVR indicated that their PSP didn’t have the same luck.

Anyone feeling nostalgic from this discovery and wanting to playViewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumblefor themselves may be disappointed to note that the game is still trapped on the PSP and GameCube. In fact, pretty much the entireViewtiful Joefranchise is stuck on generations-old consoles. DespiteCapcom’s history of re-releasing, remastering, and remaking its older games, it hasn’t done the same forViewtiful Joeand at this point it’s unclear if it ever will.

Even ifViewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumbledoesn’t get the remaster treatment, there’s still a slim chance it could make a comeback through other means. Sony has beenadding PSP games to its PS Plus Premium subscription serviceon a regular basis, and so there’s a chanceViewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumblecould be added to the service. Other classic Capcom games have been added to PS Plus Premium already, like the originalResident Evil, so one has to imagine thatViewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumbleis on the table, though fans shouldn’t hold their breath.