| “ | Show your head... | ” |
— Vinnie, Sift Heads 2
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Vinnie is the main protagonist of the Sift Heads game series. He is a legendary bounty hunter and veteran assassin, the primary target of various criminals and mafia organizations. He first appears in Sift Heads as the main protagonist, a playable character in Sift Renegade 3 and as the unseen main antagonist in Sift Renegade 3: Defiance, and as a main character in Sift Heads World and Sift Heads Cartels. He reappears in Sift Heads Reborn as one of the three main playable characters.
Being the leader of a group of Assassins and named the best bounty hunter in all of the United States of America, Vinnie can boast about being the toughest around. No one has ever gotten past him. Being able to manipulate any gun with ease, it's no surprise that he has been accused of some of the worst carnages.
Background[]
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Early Life[]
Vinnie was born as an only child in Florence, Italy.
When Vinnie was 2 years old, his father was killed in a gunfight between two rival clans in Italy. His mother wanted to forget this incident and moved from Europe to America to start a new life. Vinnie received his first taste of money conning the cons themselves in the streets of Chicago. What was simply a hobby to him, turned into a profession. His name would spread like wildfire among locals as the best bounty hunter in the area, and eventually, the world.
Sift Heads[]
Vinnie as a temporary member of the Red Mafia.
Vinnie seeing the view.
In the Dan Café, Vinnie was reading his newspaper while getting some coffee. He receives a call from a higher-up in a Mafia he was temporarily serving, the Red Mafia. 5 minutes later, he goes to the trunk of his Cuda, getting his Dragunov for an assassination. Vinnie was tasked to kill a Grey Mafia member who was selling in Red Mafia territory. The Grey Mafia member exits a building and approaches a car, but before he could give them the goods, Vinnie puts a bullet into his head, forcing the men in the car to leave immediately. Later on, in the desert, he was attacked by the same men in the car from earlier in a hit-and-run. Vinnie takes out his .45 Desert Eagle and makes short work of them by killing the ones in the front.
Vinnie during an attack in his Cuda.
Vinnie returns to the Red Mafia Headquarters and gives the boss the goods, and the boss tells him to keep it, and Vinnie takes it as a payback for his Cuda. The boss tells him that he needs him for one last mission, as his son, Tony, was captured by the Grey Mafia. Vinnie silently drives to the Graytie Bar to find someone named "Angelo". He picks up a glass shard and finds him playing Poker with some of his men in the bar. Vinnie shoots the light above them and kills everyone, except for Angelo. Angelo runs off to the backdoor to escape, then Vinnie throws a chair through the window, hitting him.
Vinnie infiltrating Grey Mafia territory.
Angelo laid down on the floor, held at gunpoint by Vinnie and his .45 Desert Eagle to add pressure. Vinnie asks what he has, and Angelo tells him that he has nothing and that the guys who he was playing Poker with took all his money. Vinnie shoots him in his hand, calling him funny for assuming that he's there to take his earnings. Angelo offers his car, a GT500 in the backyard, Vinnie shoots his elbow, telling him that he wasn't there for that, but he accepts the car anyway. Angelo calls him a bastard, and Vinnie adds more pressure to the situation, with Angelo requesting him to put the gun down, only for Vinnie to shoot him in the shoulder and ask him where Tony is. Angelo starts complaining on how he could've avoid this situation if Vinnie just asked him about Tony first, but Vinnie shoots him in the arm and asks where Tony is again. Angelo tells him that Tony is being kept in a general store in Road 162, and Vinnie puts a bullet into Angelo's head, and thanking him for the information and the GT.
Vinnie interrogating Angelo.
Vinnie drives the GT500 to Road 162's general store, finding Tony in the area, tied to a chair in the store. With his modified M21, he shoots the man in front of Tony, triggering the guards to ambush him. After making short work of the 4 guards, he enters the store and meet Tony, with Tony being grateful that he'll be free from the Grey Mafia. After freeing him, Vinnie brings Tony back to the Red Mafia Headquarters. The boss tells him that Vinnie has proven his worth and now works for him, which Vinnie counters by telling him that he works for himself. The boss tells him to give his red tie to Tony before leaving, which he agrees and he starts taking the tie off. Tony loads a 1911 pistol behind him, and waits for Vinnie to give him the tie. Before Tony was able to act, Vinnie acts quickly and stabs Tony's hand with a knife, making him scream in pain. Tony points his pistol at Vinnie, only for Vinnie to hit him, take the gun, and kill the Red Mafia's leader.
Vinnie saves Tony and brings him back alive... not for long.
Vinnie drives away from the Red Mafia Headquarters, and finds out that some men from the Red Mafia were following him. He stops by a nearby alley and hides behind a garbage bin with an Uzi, waiting for his assailants. He makes short work of the 5 Red Mafia members who followed him, then he takes out the magazine from the Uzi, and even dropping it and leaving it behind.
Vinnie calling the leader of the Grey Mafia, Edmondo.
The Bounty Hunter.
Vinnie enters his GT once more, and calls Edmondo, the Grey Mafia's leader, who was out at the golf club with his personal guard. Vinnie drives to the golf club to find them both to prove his sniping skills, using his modified M21. Edmondo's personal guard was talking a random person, while Edmondo passes by with his golf cart. Vinnie successfully kills them both with a single bullet from his rifle, and leaves the area and starts driving around Chicago with his GT.
Sift Heads 2[]
"Show your head..."
After some time, Vinnie meets Ben, someone who sends him contracts. Vinnie receives a new contract from Ben, the target was an old member of a New York Mafia, but there was a problem; his target is leaving Chicago on a plane, at 10:15 AM, at exactly 5 minutes. Vinnie rushes to his GT and drives quickly to a nearby building. Once there, he aims his M21 toward the tunnel, awaiting his target. Once the target showed up, he shoots him in the head.
Vinnie gets another contract from Ben, where he needs to kill someone who is running in the park wearing a headband. Vinnie enters a building after killing someone in the way, and with his M21, he kills an undercover cop, then the man who was running.
He gets another contract from Ben, where he is needed to kill an old pervert in his home. He drives by his house, and finds him having sex with someone. He shoots a window with his gun, forcing the girl to check what it was. Once the man got up, Vinnie took his chance and shot him from his car, then left.
After not getting contracts from Ben in a while, Vinnie drives to Ben's place, only to find that he had been killed by someone. Vinnie finds a note to head to "318, Seadow" and the target asks him in the note to try to catch her. During the rain, he arrives at the destination and enters the building, only to be met with a recording of the target's voice, tasking him to find her through the window. When the lightning flashes, he spots her on the window of a distant building and sifts her head. Afterwards, he goes to where she was and finds a tattoo of an 'S' on her right arm, reminding him of The Port.
Vinnie heads over to the Port for a new job where he has to steal cars and sell them. His first job is to win a race, but his opponent cheated by trying to shoot him. Before the bullet could hit him, Vinnie ducked, which allowed his race opponent to overtake him. Vinnie gets out of his GT and aims his Beretta down. He shoots the opponent's tire, then he sifts his head. His next job is to kill someone driving a lamborghini while trying to avoid alerting the cops, which he finished in a short amount of time.
His next job is in Chi-Town, and he is tasked to go to a rooftop and kill someone who owns a Chevelle. Some light was blocking his view, so he shot a sign to block the light. The owner of the Chevelle shows up and gets out of an elevator, and the first thing they got the moment they got out was something delicious for lunch; a bullet to the head.
Later on, Vinnie is hired by someone known as "Jim", who gives him contracts as well. His first contract from Jim is to protect a family without killing anyone. The family he was protecting requested for the briefcase the adversaries had, but they refused to give it to them. The 2 men behind the leader aim their Uzis to the family, intent to kill them, but Vinnie acts quickly and shoots their guns off of their hands. A sniper comes out from their hiding place, also intent on killing the family, but still, Vinnie acts quickly and kills the sniper before they did anything.
Vinnie comes over to Jim's room, only to be greeted with a trap. Vinnie shoots the light above the couch to get the snoop out of his hiding spot behind the couch, forcing him to roll to a doorway leading to the stairs. The snoop aims his gun at Vinnie, but Vinnie shoots his hand before he could shoot him.
Vinnie's next target was on the streets. Vinnie uses a powerful gun for the mission, and drives through the streets to find his target, the triad's son. Eventually, he finds him, and a gun fight occurs between the two, with Vinnie only aiming for the stomach. Eventually, Vinnie kills him by shooting his head.
After a long day of work, Vinnie returns home to watch the news while drinking alcohol. Members from the Grey Mafia drive to his home, intent on killing him. Seeing the reflection of one of them from his television, Vinnie catches the grenade the man threw into the window, and throws it back to him and killing him. Another member comes out with a turret from the van and starts shooting at Vinnie, and he starts running and dodging the bullets. He jumps out of his window and grabs a shard, then he throws it to another member's neck, who was around. Vinnie quickly enters and starts up his GT, running over another member of the Mafia who was shooting at him with a pistol.
Sift Heads 3[]
Vinnie, wanting revenge for the destruction of his home.
After surviving an ambush in his own home, Vinnie drives to the Headquarters of the Grey Mafia, in search of their current leader and wanting revenge for destroying his home, and only bringing a knife. He kills one guard, then enters the elevator. The boss, wanting to kill Vinnie, orders for the elevator to be blown up. Before he could plummet down to his death, Vinnie uses his knife to get out of the elevator, and successfully gets to a floor, but not the floor he wanted. He works his way up after killing about 11-12 guards, and finally meets the boss at the rooftop, who holds him at gunpoint. Before the mafia boss shot him, Vinnie throws his knife to his face, killing him.
The police arrive to the area, signaling the time for Vinnie to leave. Vinnie grabs the mafia boss' Beretta and runs and jumps off to the roof another building, landing safely. He kills another 12 guards, and heads up using a lift. Once he was up, he encounters a police officer, who was holding a baton and a shield, who tells him to drop his weapons or the snipers will kill him. Vinnie refuses to, and defeats the cop, then he asks how the police are faster than usual. The cop answers that they sent by an officer known as "Ralph Ducan", and after getting the information, Vinnie kills him. After killing the cop, Vinnie finds a sniper rifle on the ground and takes out the 5 snipers, finally able to proceed. He jumps down to the ground by sliding down a pipe, and enter the sewers.
In the sewers, he finds a code, "7438", which would be important later on. He gets attacked by a few sewer rats and he just kills them. He finds a door that would close due to faulty mechanics, and shoots the door's gear to keep it open when the door is up and open. He finds a locked door requiring a code and uses the four numbers he found earlier. Vinnie enters a dark room and turns on the lights, and finds a fuse. He opens the fuse with his knife and presses the button, opening an entrance to the police headquarters and he climbs up the ladder. In the police headquarters, he takes a shotgun and kills about 12-16 enemies, and finds the files regarding Ralph Ducan.
Vinnie heads over to another police headquarters, trying to find Ducan. He looks at the computer in the room he broke into via zipline, and finds out he is at the rooftops after hearing the sounds of a helicopter. Once he arrived at the rooftops, he started being shot at by Ducan, who was in a helicopter. Vinnie finds another sniper rifle on the ground and uses it to stop the helicopter's rotors from turning by repeatedly shooting it. After a while, Vinnie succeeds in stopping the rotors, and the helicopter crashes, killing Ducan.
Before the events of Sift Heads 4, and after Sift Heads 3, Vinnie meets a woman who seemed to have had the same glasses as him at a beach.
Sift Heads 4/Sift Renegade 3[]
Vinnie bored in his home, with his girlfriend, Shorty.
A few days after the death of Ralph Ducan, Vinnie sat down on his couch watching his television with Shorty, and only had a breath of boredom. Shorty gives him an idea for a vacation, and Vinnie accepts the offer to sift heads for some contracts in other countries.
Vinnie in a slum building, preparing to kill a member of the Yakuza.
His first contract in Japan was a Bloody Bath, where he kills a person who was in their bath tub from the window. His second contract in Japan was a Shadow of Traditions, which was commissioned directly from the Yakuza to him. He was ordered to kill a member of the Yakuza who was starting a rebellion, and he killed him from a nearby slum building. His third and final contract in Japan was during an Asian Meal, where he was ordered to kill a Yakuza leader, in which he had to be discreet and kill him by having him stab himself with his chopsticks.
Sift Heads 5/Sift Renegade 2[]
Returning to Chicago, Illinois after sifting international heads, he chases down 2 targets in a car. One of the targets throws a brick to his GT500, breaking his windshield. Vinnie grabs his Beretta and shoots the back window of their car with 5 bullets, then proceeding to kill both targets.
Later on, in Hotel Hana, South Lawndale, he receives his next target, someone known as the Ghost Gambler. He tells Shorty about it, and she tells him that she'll be staying at the hotel just in case he needs healing. He heads out to find the Ghost Gambler, and goes to the Mikies Bar first. Vinnie asks the Bartender to see if the Ghost Gambler is around, but all he knows is that someone who has information about the Ghost Gambler was in the back. He goes to the back and encounters a prostitute, who was abandoned by her man and guarded by 4 men. He speaks to the prostitute for info about the Gambler, in which he refuses to pay for information from a prostitute. The guards attack him, and Vinnie makes short work of them. After killing the guards, the girl tells him that the Gambler is hiding just beside the bar.
He enters a slum building, finding a sniping spot to kill the Ghost Gambler, but he was attacked by 6 of the Gambler's guards, who were all buying time for the Gambler to leave. Vinnie heads downstairs to get the Gambler food, shooting him from his car's window and killing him. Afterwards, he leaves the area to find new jobs in new areas, only to find himself to face a familiar enemy; the Grey Mafia. In the south central part of Chicago, he meets an old friend, Darwen, who still has his old Barrett in the shed in his backyard.
On the second floor of another slum building, he encounters an old man mopping the floor. Vinnie asks why he lives in a dirty and rotten neighborhood, and the man tells him that he didn't have a choice, and that his 2 sons were forced into the Grey Mafia's crooked world and later assassinated after a job. The man tells him that the leader is still around, counting his cash and thinking that he owns the streets, in which Vinnie disagrees.
Vinnie enters an old factory to kill some snipers guarding the Grey Mafia. He kills the 6 snipers, allowing him to enter the Grey Mafia Headquarters safely without any risk of being assassinated. He kills the 6 guards who were indoors, heads out to the side and kills one, and proceeds downstairs and kills 2 more guards, and finally entering their leader's office. The Grey Mafia Boss tells him that they are not the only ones who wants his head, in which Vinnie offers to talk about the Boss' head being sifted. The Boss tells him that the Yakuza has taken control of the east side of Chicago, and Vinnie sifts the Boss' head.
Vinnie goes to the Oasis Plaza near the Port, and encounters 2 Yakuza members on the outside waiting for him. He enters the plaza and is greeted by 4 Yakuza members, who were also waiting for his arrival. After making short work of them, Vinnie enters an office with a computer, showing that he will be receiving a message from his next target.
Vinnie encounters the note sent by his target.
Returning to Hotel Hana, he finds a note and a shuriken attached to his door with blood on the shuriken. It was a note telling him that Shorty was taken by his next target to bring him to the Junkyard, which was at the east side of town. He discovers the name of his new target, Kiro, assuming him to be a serious enemy.
Vinnie drives to thee Junkyard, finding Shorty tied to a chair, which was attached to a hook with a rope. Kiro reveals himself to Vinnie, showing how glad he is to have caught his attention. Vinnie tells Kiro that his clan betrayed him by ordering him to kill his brother, and that he should get out of his site before he decides to kill him. Kiro taunts Vinnie, and he starts running around the Junkyard, slowly getting closer and/or farther from Vinnie, while Vinnie pulls out his Beretta. Kiro runs right under Shorty, and Vinnie shoots the rope that was attached to the chair and hook, causing the chair and Shorty to fall right on top of Kiro. Vinnie unties Shorty from the chair and gets the chair off of Kiro. He tells him that he let Kiro live because there is no reward for his death.
Kiro gets up and holds onto his katana to stay up, telling him that Vinnie will pay for the death of his brother. Vinnie, who held him at gunpoint with his Beretta, tells him how what he says is ironic for someone who has also murdered hundreds of family members just like him, considering that what they're both doing is considered "business". Vinnie tells him that Kiro should find the one who was really after his brother, telling him that he was just a Paid Contractor. Kiro speaks, but before he finishes, Vinnie tells him to stop crying like a newborn and to smile, considering he is the famous Kiro who almost killed the famous Vinnie. Then, Vinnie tells him that no one has gotten that close to him before and that he should celebrate his "amazing" attempt and to stop harrassing him, or else Kiro's name would perish in thee archive of his exploits.
Vinnie meeting Kiro after he assassinated one of the Yakuza leaders.
Later on, Vinnie saves Kiro from a Yakuza leader who held him at gunpoint by sniping the leader with his Barrett. After Kiro makes short work of the leader's 2 men, he slides down the wall of a building with his katana, meeting Vinnie, who was smoking, once he was on the ground, offering him some kind of partnership. Vinnie tells him that it's more than just partnership, and it was a chance to work with a professional and make a lot of money. Kiro agrees, and Vinnie welcomes him to the team. Afterwards, they're both attacked by Yakuza members. Some had pistols, while others had katanas. Kiro faces them off in close-range with his katana, while Vinnie makes short work of them with his SPAS-12 Shotgun. They both eventually finish them all off, and Kiro finally avenges his brother.
Sift Heads World/Sift Heads Reborn[]
Deadly Newcomer[]
In a warehouse, Vinnie and Kiro were talking while Vinnie was washing his car. Kiro states that Vinnie seems to be someone who likes to live in the past, as the warehouse, radio, and Vinnie's car were old school. Vinnie tells him that his "rundown car" is a collection piece and would beat his bike any day. Kiro tells him that Vinnie looks like a retired bounty hunter until Vinnie's phone suddenly rings. Vinnie tells him that he is far from being retired and picks up the call from Shorty. Shorty tells him to come to a place near the old port in urgency. He starts up the car and leaves the warehouse with Kiro.
They arrive, and Shorty tells them that the Red Mafia has regrouped and seem to be ready to take on Chicago. Kiro remarks at how Shorty is still at least young, and Vinnie suggests that they take a look with the binoculars, where they spot 5 guards.
Vinnie after taking Alonzo's Desert Eagle after Kiro cuts his arm off.
After spotting the guards, Vinnie opens the trunk of his car, showing a Glock, a Walther P99, and four-pointed shurikens. Vinnie takes out the 5 guards, and is eventually caught by the current Red Mafia boss, Alonzo, who assumes that he came alone and holds him at gunpoint for making their profits go down since 2006. Kiro comes out with his katana and cuts Alonzo's right arm. Vinnie catches Alonzo's Desert Eagle and shoots him in the head.
A week later, Vinnie, Shorty, and Kiro discuss about Alonzo in the safe house after reading the news about Alonzo's survival. Vinnie admits that he missed Alonzo, and how he took a bullet to the head and still continued to breathe. Kiro jokes about Alonzo's arm getting cut off, while Shorty suggests that they take him out for good.
Vinnie goes out into the streets of Chicago to go to the Red Mafia Headquarters. Once he arrived, he states that Alonzo should make one last wish before his death. He kills the 7 guards present in the building, only to find that Alonzo is not there and call Shorty to tell her the news. Shorty suggests that they should find the Black Fox, and Vinnie goes on a search to find him.
In a bar, he finds one of the Black Fox's men and asks him if he could know the whereabouts of the Black Fox. He was silent at first, and then throws the table at Vinnie and runs out of the bar through the exit. Vinnie gives pursuit and shoots his leg, making him trip. Vinnie tells the man that running is useless, and the man tells him that the Black Fox will find him and kill him for what he has done, and Vinnie kills him. He finds another one of the Black Fox's men with a pair of binoculars in the slum buildings and ambushes him in the alley. The man refuses to tell him of the Black Fox's whereabouts, and was eventually killed by Vinnie. In another set of slum buildings, he finds another one of the Black Fox's men, offering to race him for his whereabouts and refusing to pay for the race. After winning the race, he is told that he will get a call soon.
Eventually, he does get a call from the Black Fox, who tells him that he's getting on his nerves. Vinnie arranges a meeting with the Black Fox in an hour in the slum buildings on the north side of the town.
The Treacherous Return[]
Alonzo's Reinforcements[]
Cold Memories[]
An Exotic Job[]
Illicit Association[]
The Hidden Chapter[]
After Vinnie, Kiro, and Shorty become a part of the United States of America's Most Wanted list, a man known as Johnson receives a call from Alonzo, congratulating him for spreading his outstanding footage about the Bounty Hunters. He is appreciative, and still counts on his protection from the Mafia, fearing the fact that Vinnie is tough. He gets a knock on his door, and hangs up on Alonzo to see who is knocking.
Vinnie breaks into Johnson's apartment.
Before he could even check, his door is blown up by Vinnie with a SPAS-12 Shotgun, angered by the fact that he was compromised by the press. He continuously shoots Johnson with his Shotgun while Johnson hides behind his couch. Later, Johnson runs into his kitchen and knocks down his fridge to hide from Vinnie, while he continues to shoot Johnson with his Shotgun. After a few more shotgun shells are fired to Johnson's right hand, Vinnie takes him by the neck and Johnson tries to negotiate with him. Johnson fails to try to negotiate with Vinnie, who already knows about everything. Vinnie hits his head with his head, with Johnson landing on the window and breaking it. Vinnie punches him in the face 21 times, and Johnson dies. Vinnie exits Johnson's apartment, meeting back with Shorty and Kiro, who asked to know if Johnson is dead, with Vinnie confirming his death.
It turned out that Sergeant Mahoney had promised the public that he would capture Vinnie and had ordered a manhunt.
Ultimatum[]
After the news about Vinnie killing the Commissioner started spreading like wildfire, Vinnie, Shorty, and Kiro were in a high-speed chase with the police. An officer bashes onto Vinnie's GT, then another officer on a motorcycle shoots them from behind with a Walther P99, angering Kiro. Vinnie tells him not to kill them and gives Shorty a FAMAS, and tells her to stop the cops without killing them. After Shorty is overwhelmed by reinforcements, she was shot in the arm by a sniper, surprising Vinnie. After Kiro jumped out of the car and attacked an officer, Vinnie faces a roadblock, which he successfully penetrates. He passes by a bridge that was about to lift up to stop them from escaping and lands dangerously, but they left Kiro behind and arrested.
Vinnie drives to Darwen's, and once they arrive, he picks up Shorty from the GT and enter Darwen's home. Vinnie wakes Darwen from his drunken state, and tell him that he was compromised, Shorty is injured, and they need a temporary place to stay. Later on, Vinnie and Darwen share some alcohol while Vinnie smokes. Vinnie heads upstairs and looks through the blinds, seeing Alonzo's henchmen. He goes downstairs and picks up the FAMAS to kill Alonzo's men from the windows, and he kills a total of 13 from the windows. One of Alonzo's men blew up the front door and entered, facing Vinnie all by himself, only to be killed. Then, Vinnie goes to the kitchen with an M21 Snipe Rifle and sift 12 of Alonzo's men.
After finishing them off, Vinnie apologizes to Darwen for the destruction of his house, which Darwen brushes off and forgives him for. Vinnie tells Darwen that some of Alonzo's men are still breathing out front, and Darwen hands him a SPAS-12 Shotgun. Vinnie goes to the front with his Shotgun, and kills the remaining 3 henchmen mercilessly.
Vinnie looks over at his broken GT, and remarking how he needs a new means of transportation. He sneaks around eventually find a Dodge Charger 1969, calling it the call of the beast. He walks over to it and breaks the window to enter. Once he enters, he looks at how sweet the inside of the car is, and he starts connecting wires to start the car. Once the Charger has started, he heard news about Kiro's ongoing delivery to the capital to be sentenced and drives off to the outskirts of Chicago.
On the outskirts of Chicago, Vinnie finds the truck and car that is guarding Kiro from escaping and blocks them off ahead of them. He sets up his M21 Sniper Rifle and shoots at the right tire of the police car, then both of the front tires of the truck to stop it. After stopping both vehicles, he approaches the truck. A police officer from the car slowly lift his Walther P99, but Vinnie senses it and aims his shotgun toward the officer to stop him. Once he reached the back of the truck, he looks at Kiro and tells him he looks stupid.
Vinnie with a Desert Eagle, ready to take on the Red Mafia Hideout.
After freeing Kiro, Vinnie drives them back to Chicago and eventually arrive at the Red Mafia's Hideout. Kiro asks him what Vinnie will do, in which he simply says he'll put a bullet into Alonzo's head. Kiro tells him it isn't easy, since the area is heavily guarded. Vinnie uses his binoculars to scan the area. He scans 8 men, and takes them out with his M21 Sniper Rifle. After clearing the area, Vinnie suggest that he and Kiro should split up to find Alonzo and Yuuma. Kiro runs off and Vinnie pulls out his Desert Eagle.
Vinnie kills 3 henchmen outside the entrance. He enters through the hideout's garage and kills 2 henchmen. He enters a corridor and kills 4 henchmen. Then, he enters an office, killing another. He goes through a hallway and enters a storage room with 2 henchmen, and kills them. Vinnie goes through a door that leads outside, but there were too many guards, so he switched to using his M21 Sniper Rifle to kill the 6 guards that are in the way.
Vinnie in the Red Mafia Hideout.
After proceeding further, Vinnie enters what seems to be a warehouse and finds a Rocket Launcher. He goes through another door, and kills more henchmen who were in the way. While he was busy clearing the area, Alonzo suddenly shoots him in the head, getting him down for a little while. Yuuma praises Alonzo for successfully "killing" Vinnie, and Kiro jumps in and kills Yuuma by slicing his head into two. Alonzo shoots Kiro's hand, getting him down on his knees and looking over his hand. Alonzo threatens Kiro for cutting his hand off and was about to kill him, until Vinnie got up and launched a rocket to Alonzo.
Vinnie killing Alonzo with 10 bullets from his Desert Eagle.
After blowing up the area and weakening Alonzo greatly, Vinnie holds him at gunpoint, telling him to say his goodbyes while Alonzo tells him to die in hell. Alonzo badmouths Vinnie constantly until he was finished shouting. Vinnie did what he said to Kiro; he put a bullet into Alonzo's head, killing him mercilessly, and for good.
After it was all over, Vinnie picks Kiro up and open the warehouse door. Kiro asks him what they should do now, and Vinnie tells him that they need a new hideout. Vinnie finally takes off his glasses, and they walk to their vehicles to return to the city.
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Sift Heads Cartels[]
Prologue[]
Vinnie, coming out of his disguise and revealing himself to Luzio and Rino.
While Luzio and Rino were in search for Vinnie, he shows up in front of them all so suddenly after acting as a homeless person in need of money, and coming out of his disguise with dual Desert Eagles. They start an intense gunfight, in which Vinnie struggles to fight back. After a long fight, Vinnie drops his Desert Eagles and makes his escape from them with the help of Kiro in a train, acknowledging them to be tough opponents.
Vinnie makes a stop at Chicago's gun shop, saying that he underestimated his new enemies and that Alonzo looks like a child compared to them. Vinnie sets out to find their weaknesses and goes to Shorty at the safehouse.
Vinnie aiming at Luzio and Rino during the gunfight.
After arriving at the safehouse, Shorty gives him an old friend; the Beretta. Shorty tells him that if he needs something more powerful, he should head to Darwen's. Vinnie heads out to Darwen's home for a new toy, hoping for a surprise. After entering Darwen's home, he was surprised to see that Darwen left his door unlocked, but notes that he is far more dangerous than his own enemies. Vinnie follows Darwen downstairs, and he is given a new rifle with a scope.
After receiving his new toy, Vinnie heads out to meet his informant in the city. When he arrives, his informant was killed by members of the Red Mafia in a car. After dealing with the four of them, he picks up the informant's phone, finally getting the information he needed; a plantation in Brazil.
Vinnie flies to Brazil and goes to find the Red Mafia's plantation, with the intention of destroying it, one way or another. He searches around in three locations. Two of them were nothing, and the last one was where it is. He uses his binoculars to see how many guards there are. He kills the 7 guards with his rifle, and an additional 3 guards, and proceeds to the plantation. He finds an all-terrain vehicle and uses the vehicle to his advantage as he burns the plantation to harm the Red Mafia's finances.
After burning the plantation, he heads over to the village and calls Shorty and notifies her that the plantation is all burned and millions are lost from the Red Mafia. Vinnie tells her that he'll be taking the next flight to Chicago soon, but unknown to him, Luzio and Rino were both at the safehouse and have Shorty at gunpoint.
Cartels - Act 1[]
In desperation, Vinnie killed anyone in his way.
After discovering that Shorty was kidnapped, Vinnie went on his own to find her by himself. He searched all around the city to find her, and eventually found a trail which led him to a place he wanted to avoid; the Crips. There, he found himself cornered and held at gunpoint.
Vinnie was surrounded by the Crips, even held at gunpoint.
He spoke to their leader about Shorty's location, with the leader of the Crips telling him to forget her and leave. Vinnie grabs his gun back from a member, shooting the Crips' leader in the chest in the process. He shoots his way out of the Hasta Club and eventually heads to a car park with a Desert Eagle.
Vinnie was shot in the stomach twice once he opened the car's trunk.
At the car park, he was met with members of the Red Mafia. He fought and shot his way through towards the higher levels of the building. It had heavy security, like they were hiding something, or someone. He gets near his destination, but was blocked by a gate, guarded by snipers. He clears the way and finally headed to his destination; a lone car with a piece of red cloth from Shorty's clothing sticking out from the trunk. Vinnie, out of desperation, opens the trunk and was only greeted with 2 shots in the gut. When he tried to get back up, he was knocked out and put in the trunk by two members of the Red Mafia.
2 days later, the two Red Mafia members brought him to a bridge. Vinnie wakes up and lights up his lighter to search his surroundings. He finds a piece of Shorty's clothing with him, and the car suddenly starts moving and falls down into the water below. Vinnie tries to get out of the trunk, and heads out by the door of the car, then he swims up to the surface. Miles away from Chicago, he searches for transportation, where he eventually found Mark's Diner, where the two members were. He enters their car, finding a sawed-off shotgun. Afterwards, he sneaks into the diner and kills the two members. He pays to the cashier, apologizing for the mess he made and takes the car keys. He drives off to Chicago to find someone; a former member of the Yakuza and a trusted ally, Kiro.
Vinnie arrives at a motel and heads to the receptionist, asking for the key to Room 6. The receptionist was too busy watching TV, so Vinnie shoots the TV, forcing the receptionist to hide in fear and give him the key. After getting the key, Vinnie heads to the room, finding Kiro, who threw a shuriken to the door in case of an enemy. Kiro tells Vinnie he was late, and he tells him that he was tricked. Vinnie tells him what happened 2 days earlier. After catching up, Kiro asked if he still had the two bullets in his gut. Vinnie was more worried about one thing; he lost Shorty's trail. Luckily, Kiro was following Vinnie and got himself a clue to Luzio and that he rents a villa near Lakeview. They immediately prepare and leave for Luzio's villa to save Shorty.
Vinnie and Kiro's assault on the villa.
Vinnie and Kiro took a bus and crashed toward the villa's gate. It was Kiro's first time on a bus, but they had urgent matters and fought their way to the entrance. Once the area was clear, they entered and Vinnie told Kiro to clear the second floor while he dealt with the first floor. Both cleared their areas with ease. Once clear, Vinnie headed upstairs and found the closet where they were keeping Shorty. He meets up with Kiro, who tells him to open the door slowly. They finally found Luzio and Rino, the latter holding Shorty at gunpoint. A brief shootout ensues, and after shooting Luzio a few times and getting Rino to aim at him, Vinnie sifts Rino's head with a single bullet, killing him. Shorty gets two Glocks and shoots Luzio out the window.
Vinnie, Kiro, and Shorty reunited.
Vinnie asks if she was alright, and Shorty tells them how she waited a while. Kiro remarks at how Luzio is a smart player, and Shorty looks over to the window where he fell. Luzio was gone. It was far from over.
Cartels - Act 2[]
Cartels - Act 3[]
Cartels - Act 4/Sift Heads Rush[]
Relationships with other Protagonists[]
Shorty[]
Vinnie met Shorty on a beach and they both fell in love with one another. Vinnie admires how Shorty is terrific at shooting and for always knowing what to do for fun. In Sift Heads 4 when Vinnie was bored after eliminating all the criminals in Chicago and there was nothing left to do, Shorty suggested that Vinnie should go on vacation by sifting heads — but on an international level this time. Another time, Vinnie received help from Shorty due to being unable to sift heads alone when he was infiltrating a base and needed backup in Shorty Covers. Vinnie cares a lot for Shorty and this is evident from the time he rescued Shorty when she was captured by Kiro (during the events of Sift Heads 5), the Crips, and the Red Mafia (during the events of Sift Heads Cartels - Act 1), and also took care of her when she was injured in Sift Heads World: Act 7 - Ultimatum.
Kiro[]
Vinnie was ordered by a chief in the Yakuza to kill Kienji, Kiro's younger brother, to cover up a conspiracy between Yuuma and the Triads. Kiro was trying to kill him after the murder of several members of the Triads, but Vinnie defeated him. He spared the defeated samurai and told him to "not to kill someone who is paid, but the one who is paying." Later, when Kiro confronted some Yakuzas, Vinnie reappeared and shot the leader, leaving the rest for Kiro. Afterwards, Kiro met with Vinnie again, as he had his own enemies as well. Eventually, Kiro decided to shake off his hatred for Vinnie and became his partner instead.
Vinnie holding Kiro at gunpoint after defeating him in Chicago's Junkyard.
Formerly enemies, Vinnie and Kiro eventually became trusted allies, and Kiro proved to be a formidable assassin to the gang. However, the two mostly poke fun at each other at times around. Vinnie is also annoyed by Kiro for making fun of him for living in the past; when Kiro started to ask about his age, Vinnie tells Kiro to throw himself out of the car, prompting Kiro to stop annoying Vinnie.
Vinnie also stopped Kiro from trying to kill police officers due to his fuel of rage, opting to stop them with non-lethal tactics. When Kiro was arrested, Vinnie rescued him to help him kill Alonzo and Yuuma.
During Sift Heads: Street Wars - Prologue, Vinnie started to tease Kiro for guarding the safe house. Kiro just explained that if they left the safe house unprotected, it might be blown up again.
Appearances[]
| Game | Playable | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Sift Heads | Yes | |
| Vinnie's Shooting Yard | Unknown (Possibly Yes) | |
|
Yes |
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| Shorty Covers | No | Cameo |
| Yes (Ending only) | ||
| Sift Renegade | No | Seen in the picture of the ending |
| Sift Renegade 2 | No | Appear in the beginning and near the end |
| Sift Heads World | Yes | |
| Sift Heads Street Wars | Yes | |
| Sift Heads Assault | Yes | |
| Sift Heads Cartels | Yes | |
| Sift Heads Reborn | Yes |
Characters killed by Vinnie[]
| Name | Reason | Game |
|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Cat | Ripping off his Teddy Bear, Mobo's head. (Non-canon) | Sift Heads 0 |
| A child in a nursery | Stole Vinnie's toy car. (Non-canon) | Sift Heads 0 |
| Unnamed Teacher | Just so that Vinnie wouldn't go to school. (Non-canon) | Sift Heads 0 |
| Two cops | To evade capture. (Non-canon) | Sift Heads 0 |
| Eligio White | A bounty for kidnapping the son of a police chief and underboss of gray mafia. (Non-canon) | Sift Heads 0 |
| "The Shadow" | Illegal weapons dealer and boss of gray mafia. (Non-canon) | Sift Heads 0 |
| Angelo | To save Tony on the orders of Red Mafia Boss. | Sift Heads 1 ( also remasterized) |
| Tony & Red Mafia Boss | Attempting to kill him after quitting the Red Mafia. | Sift Heads 1 ( also remasterized) |
| Gray Mafia Boss | To prove his skills and to put an end on the Grey Mafia. | Sift Heads 1 (also remasterized) |
| Ralph Ducan | For sending corrupt police units after him. | Sift Heads 3 |
| Kienji | Hired by the Yakuza. | |
| The traitor of Yakuza | To rescue Kiro. | Sift Renegade 2 |
| Mr.Johnson | For sending a video of the Police Commissioner's Murder to the media and putting his team on most wanted list. | Sift Heads World Act 0: Hidden Chapter |
| Alonzo | Killed for repeated attempts on his life. | Sift Heads World Act 7: Ultimatum |
| Rino | To save Shorty. | Sift Heads Cartels: Act 1 |
| Shigeru | Counter-strike. | Sift Heads Cartels: Act 3 |
| The leader of Crips | Tried and failed to get revenge on Vinnie. | Sift Heads Cartels: Act 3 |
Trivia[]
- Vinnie likes R&B and classic rock music, cars & weapons.
- Vinnie has been fascinated with the Mustang Shelby GT500 Eleanor for a very long time.
- Before Sift Heads World: Act 1 - Deadly Newcomer, Vinnie's favorite gun was a Beretta 92 FS. Now, it seems to have changed to a Desert Eagle.
- Vinnie's first ever kill was his cat, whose name is still unconfirmed. This is non-canon, and as of the time of writing, Vinnie's canonical first-ever kill is still unknown.
- On the Main Menu screen of Sift Heads 2, Vinnie seems to be exiting a BMW M3 instead of a Shelby GT500 E.
- His eyes are never shown throughout the entire series, usually being covered by his signature glasses.
- However, his eyes were seen in one of the game over screens in Sift Heads 2, when Vinnie was shot in the head.
- Vinnie always fights the thug who holds Claire at gunpoint in a fist fight at the end of Sift Heads World: Act 4 - Cold Memories, regardless of who the player chooses to play as at the beginning of the game.
- Vinnie has only been voiced in two games, Sift Heads, and the spin-off game, Vinnie's Rampage.
- Vinnie shows no remorse after killing Kienji (he later claimed it was merely business and never personal) but would show remorse when the Black Fox died, which shows how cold Vinnie could be, considering his past as a bounty hunter.
- Darwen makes a reference of Vinnie by saying "it isn't easy living with a natural born killer", a reference to Vinnie's own acquaintance of murder.
- Vinnie is unaware of Kiro entering the bathroom when Shorty is bathing.
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