All-Star Battle R/Diego Brando

"You wretched hicks! I'm going to stand at the apex of society! (くそ田舎者どもッ！オレは必ず社会の頂点に立ってみせる！)"

Diego Brando (ディエゴ・ブランドー) was confirmed as a playable character alongside, , and during the Street Date trailer. With his addition, there are technically 3 playable versions of Dio in the game.

His moveset is similar to that of his appearance, with modifications made 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, Diego's Stand, Scary Monsters, is localized as "Frightening Monsters", carried on from its first official usage in Eyes of Heaven.

As Diego's voice actor since Eyes of Heaven, Takehito Koyasu reprises his role in All-Star Battle R as well. Like with the majority of the roster that have returning voice actors from Eyes of Heaven, voicelines for Diego were added and re-recorded.

Gameplay
Diego has 920 health and uses the both the Mounted (騎乗) and Stand (スタンド) Battle Styles, fighting foes with Silver Bullet and Scary Monsters. During a fight, he can use several different attacks that were featured in Steel Ball Run. Unlike most other characters that use the Stand Battle Style, Diego does not summon and dismiss another entity when utilizing his stand. Instead, Diego has several different attacks that either allow Diego to transform parts of his body into that of a dinosaur's or summon dinosaurs to attack his foes. His HHA allows him to fully transform into a dinosaur, gaining all new attacks and abilities while the transformation lasts.

As a Steel Ball Run character, three parts of the Holy Corpse will slowly appear scattered on the stage when Diego is played. He can pick up these pieces to receive progressively better blessings that boost his performance in combat. If Diego is played against, , , or another Diego, both players will have to fight over the three corpse parts as no extras will spawn in.

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

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

Music
Diego's theme is Hungry! (『飢えた者』！), and can be unlocked in-game by calling 3 Assists in a single round as in 's Johnny vs Diego Normal Battle.

Its name is a reference to Johnny Joestar's explanation on why Diego will beat Gyro Zeppeli in the third stage of the Steel Ball Run race in Chapter 32 of Steel Ball Run. Johnny specifically says that Diego "is someone who's hungered!"

1.3.0

 * Dodge [Mounted] (Background and Foreground)
 * The activation of the move has been standardized for all characters.

1.4.0

 * Throw Escape
 * Adjusted to standardize character advantages and disadvantages when being throw escaped.

1.4.1

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

1.6.0

 * Crouching Medium Attack [Dismounted]
 * This attack now launches opponents.
 * Fixed cancel timing to now cancel after the second hit.
 * "My speed is supreme." special
 * Increased forward movement.
 * "You hesitated!" special
 * This special now crumples opponents.
 * Removed Diego's collision while attacking, allowing him to move through opponents.
 * Increased size of hitbox.
 * Increased forward move distance.
 * "Gouge" skill
 * Delayed attack start-up.
 * version: Will still combo if comboed from a attack.
 * version: Will still combo if comboed from a attack.
 * version: Will still combo if comboed from another skill that bounces the opponent off the ground.
 * This change also affects the assault assist as this is the skill it uses.
 * Shortened invincibility period when Diego possess 2 or more Holy Corpse parts.
 * Decreased damage when used while Mounted.
 * Decreased number of hits when used while Mounted.
 * "Useless, useless!" skill
 * Skill can now be activated in the air.
 * The skill cannot be used when jumping backwards.
 * Adjusted lower-body invincibility period.
 * Adjusted invincibility period for aerial and mounted versions when Diego possess 2 or more Holy Corpse parts.
 * "Reversal Assist"
 * Decreased stocks from two to one.

Trivia

 * Like most of the new ASBR characters that made their first playable appearance in Eyes of Heaven, Diego's model and color scheme are taken from his Eyes of Heaven counterpart. However, his render is now the one once used by his parallel world self.