To make a long story short, J-Stars Victory Vs. is 45 years of Shonen Jump properties crammed into one action-packed fighting game. Simply put, think Marvel vs. Capcom 2 but limited to only anime properties for this fighting game.
To say that this game is pretty much an anime fans' wet dream come true, I'm surprised that very few gaming websites are even covering this game's release at all. As of this posting, J-Stars Victory Vs. is limited to Japan-only release on PlayStation 3. So if you are dying for a copy, you're going to have to import and take full advantage of the PlayStation 3's lack of regional blocking.
Official Trailers:
This trailer is subtitled for those of you who can't read kanji. Most gameplay trailers for this AREN'T subtitled, so good luck finding any others with subs. I know that sucks royally...
13 minute trailer showing off roughly EVERY playable character in the game.
Son Goku from Dragon Ball series has a character-exclusive trailer, showing off his abilities and techniques. I'm surprised he can't do the Spirit Bomb nor go Super Saiyajin 3 in this. I suppose Super Saiyajin 1/2 is enough for this game.
One Piece's Monkey D. Luffy represents for the Strawhat Pirates. While I'm glad Luffy is in this, I kinda wish that Roronoa Zoro and Sanji made it in too.
Another English subtitled trailer that explains the tournament and shows off the single player mode, J-Adventure.
Details:
About J-Stars Victory Vs.
The game was first announced in December 2012 under the title of Project Versus J, in Weekly Shōnen Jump's second issue of 2013. It was made to commemorate the 45th anniversary of Jump, and has been presented as the "ultimate Jump game." J-Stars Victory Vs features characters and settings from various Jump manga, both past and present, ranging from older properties such as Dragon Ball, YuYu Hakusho, and Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo, current long-running series such as Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, to newer series such as Medaka Box, Assassination Classroom, and Beelzebub.
The first three characters that were unveiled and used to promote the game were Son Goku, Monkey D. Luffy, and Toriko. Also in December, it was announced that fans could vote for some of the characters that they want to be included in J-Stars Victory Vs. Naruto Uzumaki joined the list of playable characters in March 2013. Several other characters were announced over the following months via the "Weekly Shōnen Jump" and "V Jump" magazines, as well as characters' transformations which would be available as special moves. A limited edition version of the game was also announced that will include the theme songs from the player characters' television series, such as "Cha-La Head-Cha-La" and "We Are!". The game's own theme song is "Fighting Stars", performed by Hironobu Kageyama, Hiroshi Kitadani, and Akira Kushida. The game's adventure mode will also feature other non-player characters from the various series.
Gameplay
J-Stars Victory Vs. lets up to four players battle it out against one another in a gameplay and graphical style similar to those of Dragon Ball: Zenkai Battle Royale. Fighters can move and fight in all directions of a 3D battle field. Players should learn the lay of the land and formulate a battle plan with a character suited to it.
A defeated character comes back after a set amount of time passes. To win the battle, all three sections of the WIN gauge at the top of the screen have to be filled; the gauge fills one section each time an opponent is defeated. Fighters can use regular attacks, power attacks, area-based attacks, and finishing moves. Regular attacks are the main part of the battle, and all combos begin with them. Power attacks leave the user open, but they have a big impact if they connect and their power can be increased by charging them up. Area-based attacks allow to hit opponents over a wide area. By using different techniques, the player can lead his team to victory; learning each character's different power, range, and effects is the first step towards being unbeatable.
Characters
The game features 52 characters from 32 different Shonen Jump series. 39 of these characters are playable, while 13 of them can be summoned by players to provide support.
Playable characters
Assassination Classroom
Korosensei (Tomokazu Seki)
Beelzebub
Tatsumi Oga (Katsuyuki Konishi) paired with Beelzebub (Miyuki Sawashiro)
Bleach
Ichigo Kurosaki (Masakazu Morita)
Sosuke Aizen (Shō Hayami)
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (Takehito Koyasu) paired with Don Patch (Masaya Onosaka)
Chin'yūki -Tarō to Yukai na Nakama-tachi-
Taro Yamada (Motoko Kumai)
Dr. Slump
Arale Norimaki (Mami Koyama)
Dragon Ball
Son Goku (Masako Nozawa)
Vegeta (Ryō Horikawa)
Freeza (Ryūsei Nakao)
Fist of the North Star
Kenshiro (Katsuyuki Konishi)
Raoh (Tesshō Genda)
Gintama
Gintoki Sakata (Tomokazu Sugita)
Hunter × Hunter
Gon Freecss (Megumi Han)
Killua Zoldyck (Mariya Ise)
Jigoku Sensei Nūbē
Meisuke Nueno (Nūbē) (Ryōtarō Okiayu)
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Jonathan Joestar (Kazuyuki Okitsu)
Joseph Joestar (Tomokazu Sugita)
Katekyō Hitman Reborn!
Tsunayoshi Sawada (Yukari Kokubun) paired with Reborn (Neeko)
Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo
Kankichi Ryotsu (LaSalle Ishii)
Medaka Box
Medaka Kurokami (Aki Toyosaki)
Naruto
Naruto Uzumaki (Junko Takeuchi)
Sasuke Uchiha (Noriaki Sugiyama)
Madara Uchiha (Naoya Uchida)
One Piece
Monkey D. Luffy (Mayumi Tanaka)
Portgas D. Ace (Toshio Furukawa)
Boa Hancock (Kotono Mitsuishi)
Akainu (Fumihiko Tachiki)
Rurouni Kenshin
Himura Kenshin (Mayo Suzukaze)
Shishio Makoto (Masanori Ikeda)
Saiki Kusuo no Psi Nan
Kusuo Saiki (Shintarō Asanuma)
Saint Seiya
Pegasus Seiya (Masakazu Morita)
Sakigake!! Otokojuku
Momotaro Tsurugi (Hideyuki Hori)
Tottemo! Luckyman
Luckyman (Mayumi Tanaka)
Toriko
Toriko (Ryōtarō Okiayu)
Zebra (Kenji Matsuda)
YuYu Hakusho
Yusuke Urameshi (Nozomu Sasaki)
Hiei (Nobuyuki Hiyama)
Younger Toguro (Tesshō Genda)
Support characters
Bleach
Rukia Kuchiki (Fumiko Orikasa)
D.Gray-man
Allen Walker (Sanae Kobayashi)
Gintama
Kagura and Sadaharu (Rie Kugimiya)
Haikyū!!
Shōyō Hinata (Ayumu Murase)
Hunter × Hunter
Hisoka (Daisuke Namikawa)
Kuroko no Basuke
Tetsuya Kuroko (Kenshō Ono)
Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro
Neuro Nōgami (Takehito Koyasu)
Medaka Box
Misogi Kumagawa (Megumi Ogata)
Nisekoi
Chitoge Kirisaki (Nao Toyama)
Pyu to Fuku! Jaguar
Jaguar Junichi (Keiji Fujiwara)
Sakigake!! Otokojuku
Heihachi Edajima (Unshō Ishizuka)
Sket Dance
Bossun, Himeko, and Switch (Hiroyuki Yoshino, Ryōko Shiraishi, and Tomokazu Sugita)
To Love-Ru
Lala Satalin Deviluke (Haruka Tomatsu)
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