All-Star Battle R/Risotto Nero

"I will... not approach you. (オレはおまえに…近づかない)"

Risotto Nero (リゾット・ネエロ) was officially announced for on October 7, 2022 during the Stone Ocean anime stream as the first playable DLC for the game, as well as the first character of the Season Pass. A full gameplay trailer was later posted on October 23. He was then released on the October 27, 2022, although early access was available on the 25th for Season Pass and/or Digital Deluxe Edition holders, and could be fought - even without buying the DLC - via the "Endless Mode" in "Arcade Mode".

Having neither previously appeared in nor, he has an original moveset based on his appearance in Vento Aureo.

In the english versions of All-Star Battle R, Risotto's Stand, Metallica, is localized as "Metallic", carried on from its first official usage in Eyes of Heaven.

As Risotto's voice actor for the Golden Wind anime adaptation, Shinshu Fuji reprises his role in All-Star Battle R.

Gameplay
Risotto had 1000 health and uses the Stand (スタンド) Battle Style, although unlike what is typical of characters with this Style, he does not summon or dismiss Metallica. Instead, he camouflages with his Stand's power, increasing his evasion and making it more difficult for his opponent to track his of actions.

His Iron Deficiency mechanic applies a debuff to opponents that prevents them from dashing, running, and gaining Heart Heat, allowing Risotto to zone them more easily with projectiles. His Assassin ability also further helps him keep a distance as it makes him impervious to Throws and most projectiles, and can make it difficult for opponents to read him. Both of these make him decent on defense, although direct attacks from up-close opponents naturally nullify this. Therefore, Risotto is best played offensively at a close- to mid-range until he is able to debuff the opponent with Iron Deficiency, at which point he is a lot safer to attack from afar.

Dialogue
Outside of the All-Star Battle Mode, Risotto Nero has unique interaction dialogue for both his match entrances and victories when facing certain characters.

Due to the availability of certain voice actors, most of these interactions re-use existing dialogue for Risotto's opponents. In this case, only and  have new dialogue - Joseph because the voice actor returned for his character's "Your next line is..." interaction; Stroheim due to both characters being DLC released close to each other.

Commemorative Giveaway
In commemoration of the release of Risotto as the 1st paid DLC character for ASBR, the Japanese ASBR Twitter account hosted a giveaway of 20 sets of 3 ASBR Vento Aureo badges, although only to be delivered to addresses in Japan. The badges in question contain the ASBR render images of, , and Risotto respectively, titled the "Assassionation Team (暗殺者チーム)".

The campaign started on October 28, 2022, and lasted until November 13 at 11:59pm JST. To enter the giveaway lottery, users only had to:
 * 1) Follow the @jojo_games_jp Twitter account.
 * 2) Retweet the tweet that announced the giveaway in the first place.

However, Twitter accounts set to private were illegible for the giveaway. Unfollowing the ASBR Twitter account before the end of the giveaway also deemed users illegible. Furthermore, attempting to join the giveaway with multiple accounts caused all of those accounts to lose their eligiblity to win.

The giveaway was directly implemented by Bandai Namco themselves, with no third party involvement, and the winners of the giveaway were notified via Twitter DMs. Said winners were then announced sometime in December, 2022.

1.4.0

 * "The assassin that no one could find" and "You can find iron anywhere in this world.": Fixed so that if the same skill hits 3 times or more, the opponent now gets downed (unintended bugs)

1.4.1

 * Crouching Medium Attack
 * Delayed attack startup
 * Extended recovery time
 * Reduced knockback amount so it's now less likely for a Standing Heavy Attack to miss after this attack
 * "You can find iron anywhere in this world." and  variations
 * Reduced recovery time
 * Increased the amount of float for when opponents are launched into the air
 * "Control iron within 5-10 meters"
 * As a special unblockable attack that falls under the category of "throwing-techniques", the follow up damage caused by assists after using this attack has been reduced
 * Reversal Assist
 * Increased the number of uses from 1 to 2