All-Star Battle R/Jean Pierre Polnareff

"His death's not gonna be in vain. I'm gonna fight for my life! (奴の気持ちを無駄にはしない. 生きるために闘う…!)"

Jean Pierre Polnareff (ジャン・ピエール・ポルナレフ) was confirmed to return for during the game's initial announcement trailer.

His moveset is fundamentally the same as his from, with a few tweaks being made to both balance the character and fit him into the overall gameplay tweaks that All-Star Battle R brought.

also makes an appearance as a non-playable guide character for both Arcade Mode (アーケードモード) and the Support Effect (サポート効果) menu in Ōru Sutā Batoru Mōdo (オールスターバトルモード).

Replacing Hiroaki Hirata, Fuminori Komatsu reprises his role as Polnareff's voice actor from the Stardust Crusaders anime adaptation. As with the majority of the game's roster, voicelines for Polnareff were either added or re-recorded.

Gameplay
Polnareff has 930 HP and uses the Stand (スタンド) Battle Style, fighting foes with Silver Chariot. During a fight, he can use several different attacks that were featured in Stardust Crusaders.

General Changes

 * Polnareff's run speed in User Mode has been decreased.

Costumes & Tints
Polnareff has two special costumes in the game, Special Outfit A and Special Outfit B. His default costume includes one color tint by default, and two more can be purchased through the Gallery Shop. It should be noted that the fourth color for the costume is the original color from All-Star Battle.

Dialogue
Outside of, Polnareff has unique interaction dialog for both his match entrances and victories when facing certain characters.

All-Star Battle Mode
All missions in starring Polnareff as either the Player or Enemy, in order of appearance.

Music
Polnareff's theme is Aggression and Victory (〝侵略と勝利〟), and can be unlocked in-game by buying it from the Gallery Shop for  1000 G.

Its name is in reference to what Polnareff describes his Tarot Card,, as representing in Chapter 12 of Stardust Crusaders.

1.3.0

 * Dash
 * Fixed dash momentum.
 * Standing Medium Attack [Stand On]
 * Extended hitbox to prevent attacks from not hitting under certain circumstances.

1.6.0

 * "My secret weapon!" skill
 * Changed so that the move now launches the opponent.
 * Increased damage.
 * These changes also apply to the Assault Assist since this is the skill used for it.
 * "Reap as you sow!" skill
 * Sped up activation, standardizing the start-up of the, , and versions.
 * Reduced all animation lead-ins while maintaining the reflect duration increase that occurs in order.
 * "Off comes the armor!" HHA
 * Changed so all afterimage attacks are now Highs instead of copying Middles and Lows.
 * This change is intended to make it easier for opponents to guard against difficult to block mix-ups.

2.0.0

 * Standing Medium Attack [Stand On]
 * Fixed an issue where this attack would sometimes not hit an opponent if they were near a wall.
 * "Reap as you sow!" skill
 * Fixed a bug where if this skill was activated right as time was stopped, it would continue to reflect projectiles in stopped time.