All-Star Battle R/Weather Report

"The only thing I live for is getting my revenge on that scumbag! (オレの唯一の生きる希望は、ヤツとの決着をつけることだ)"

Weather Report (ウェザー・リポート) was announced for the game alongside and the Kennedy Space Center stage on November 25, 2022. He released on December 1st, 2022, as a free character along with the update to coincide with the release of the final set of episodes for the Stone Ocean anime.

His moveset is similar to that of his appearance, with modifications and new aspects added to better fit him in with All-Star Battle R's different style of gameplay.

In the English localization of All-Star Battle R, Weather Report and his Stand's name are both localized as "Weather Forecast", carried on from its first official usage in.

Having voiced Weather Report in the Stone Ocean anime adaptation, Yuichiro Umehara reprises his role in this game. As Yuichiro Umehara replaces Weather Report's Eyes of Heaven voice actor, Toru Okawa, voicelines for Weather Report were added and re-recorded.

Gameplay
Weather Report has 900 health and uses the Stand (スタンド) Battle Style, fighting foes with Weather Report. During battle, he can use a variety of abilities that were featured during the course of Stone Ocean.

Special Interactions

 * For his assist attacks, Weather has special dialogue depending on who summons him, calling out their names. These characters are:, , and.

Dialogue
Outside of, Weather Report has unique interaction dialogue for both his match entrances and victories when facing certain characters.

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

Music
Weather's theme is Torrential Downpour Warning (集中豪雨警報発令), and can be unlocked in-game by landing the "Torrential Downpour Warning" skill in 's Weather Report vs  Normal Battle.

Its name is taken from the story arc in Stone Ocean where Weather Report demonstrates his ability to rain frogs from the sky in an attempt to save Jolyne Cujoh, Torrential Downpour Warning.

1.4.1

 * Jump
 * Standardized the animation lead-in to jumping with other characters to reduce imbalances due to differences in jumping.

1.5.0

 * "Got you pinned!" special
 * Changed so that move now pulls guarding opponents.
 * Shortened recovery period.
 * The move is no longer unblockable. (unintended bug)
 * "I'm blowing in!" skill (grounded and aerial versions)
 * Changed so that if the same skill hits 3 times or more, the opponent now gets downed.

2.0.0

 * "Weather Report" special
 * Increased duration.
 * Reduced burn damage to offset the increased duration.
 * Fixed a bug where if this special was activated right as time was stopped, it would continue to reflect projectiles in stopped time.
 * "Got you pinned!" special
 * This special can now pull opponents up off the ground.
 * "Don't you dare touch me! I'll kill you!" skill
 * Added Guard Point to Weather's upper body during startup.
 * "I'm blowing in!" skill
 * Fixed a bug where Weather would slide backwards if he was effected by a pulling skill while using this skill instead of forward.
 * Adjusted the recoil animation to fix an issue where if a Crouching Heavy Attack was used on an opponent that was in a groundbounce state from the aerial or  versions of this skill, they would be forcibly downed. Now they will stay in the groundbounce state.
 * "The Devil's Rainbow! It's Heavy Weather!" HHA
 * Opponents no longer take reduced damage due to normal Super Armor damage reduction.