"Viewtiful Joe 2" was developed by "Team Viewtiful", a part of Capcom's subsidiary Clover Studio. The game was produced by Atsushi Inaba and directed by Masaaki Yamada. Hideki Kamiya, the director of the original "Viewtiful Joe", contributed to the storyline scenario of the sequel. At the time, Kamiya was signed on as director of "Ōkami", but he wanted to write the story of "Viewtiful Joe 2" to ensure continuity. Kumiko Suekane once again supervised the character designs, and Masami Ueda and Sayaka Morita co-composed the game's soundtrack. Suleputer released the soundtrack on a double album titled "Viewtiful Joe + Viewtiful Joe 2 Original Soundtrack" in Japan on December 22, 2004, which includes the musical scores from both games.