A budget re-release of the game for the GameCube titled "Viewtiful Joe: Revival" was released in Japan in late 2003, adding a "Sweet Mode" to decrease the difficulty setting from the original game's "Kids Mode". A PlayStation 2 port of "Viewtiful Joe" was released by Clover Studio in 2004. It was released in Japan with the subtitle "A New Hope". The release added the character Dante of "Devil May Cry" as an unlockable character. The PlayStation 2 version does not feature progressive scan seen in the GameCube version. The game was also re-released under Nintendo's GameCube Player's Choice label in 2004 in North America and Europe.