Dans une Interview accordée au magazine Cube, Atsushi Inaba de Capcom déclare être déçu par les ventes de Viewtiful Joe sur GameCube au Japon, il espère que le jeu se vendra mieux aux USA et en Europe. L'homme dément la rumeur de Dead Phoenix transformé en Kid Icarus. Atsushi Inaba annonce être en train de travailler sur un jeu 'cool' avec des graphismes, un gameplay et une bande sonore incroyables 'Vous ne serez pas déçu' déclare-t-il. Atsushi Inaba aimerait beaucoup développer la suite de Viewtiful Joe, il a déjà pas mal d'idées dans sa tête mais il faut patienter.

CUBE: Are you pleased how well Viewtiful Joe has done so far ?

Atsushi Inaba : The game didn't sell as well as I hoped in Japan. Compared to what other GameCube games sell I guess it has done okay, but I think that it deserved to sell more. I think the game will do very well in the US and Europe thoguh as the character design and the gameplay is much more suited to the West.

CUBE : Can you shed any light on the rumours that Dead Phoenix might be turned into a Kid Icarus Nintendo collaboration ?

Atsushi Inaba : Haha, I hadn't heard that rumour! That's definitely not happening!

CUBE : Can you tell us what you're working on next ?

Atsushi Inaba : All I can say is that it's something very cool, with super gameplay, super graphics and super sound. You won't be disappointed.

CUBE : Can we expect a sequel to Viewtiful Joe ?

Atsushi Inaba : I would love to do a sequel. There are already many ideas in my mind, but we'll have to wait and see.

(Source : Cube)