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JoJo's Venture (Arcade)
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The game combines Capcom's trademark anime-inspired graphics, as seen in the Darkstalkers series, with the colorful characters and events of Hirohiko Araki's creation, resulting in a highly stylized and detailed visual style. It also features many of the gameplay mechanics seen on previous Capcom fighting games, such as the use of power gauges for super moves, as well as a brand new Stand Mode, where a character's Stand can be summoned or dismissed at will by the player, resulting in variations on the character's move list and abilities.
The game and its revisions were among the first pieces of JoJo-related media released in North America, exposing the series and its characters to many western players and audiences for the first time.
Gameplay
The basic gameplay mechanics are those of a standard fighting game: one-on-one battles consisting of two or three time-limited rounds, in which the goal is to deplete the adversary's Vitality Gauge using regular attacks and character-specific special and super moves. Special and super moves require the input of button combinations and/or accumulated energy, which is displayed in a Super Combo Gauge that increases every time damage is dealt or taken.
The game uses a simplified 4-button control scheme, consisting of three attack buttons (light, medium, and heavy) and a Stand button, which switches the character's Stand Mode on or off. Pressing all three attack buttons triggers a invulnerable forward dodge; pressing the three buttons while blocking pushes the opponent back a set distance.
Stand Mode
Fighting with Stand Mode on enhances a character's offensive and defensive abilities; these improvements heavily depend on the character and Stand, but the most common benefits are double jumping, absorbing residual damage when blocking special attacks, and more powerful special moves.
Stands themselves are physical extensions of their users, and thus damage and attack effects inflicted upon one carries over to its user. Like avatar/puppet-based characters in other fighting games, Stands are able to act independently of their users, allowing for several offensive gimmicks.
Most of the game's unique mechanics derive from the introduced Stand Mode. Many special moves and attacks send a combatant's Stand away from its user, making it more difficult to protect both at the same time; each character's orientation is based on their position towards their opponent, and not necessarily the opponent's Stand. If a character is damaged while their Stand is far away, the damage received is doubled. On top of the Vitality Gauge and Super Combo Gauge, there is a third gauge, the Stand Gauge, which decreases when a character's Stand is damaged and refills when Stand Mode is switched off. If this gauge is depleted, a Stand Crash occurs, leaving the character paralyzed and open to attack for a moment.
Another feature of Stands is Tandem Attack, which can be executed once a character has one stock of the Super Combo Gauge to expend. During the extended startup flash, inputs can be provided for the character's Stand; the Stand will then perform these button inputs on their own as a Program Attack, leaving the user free to do as they please and attack simultaneously. Controlling the Stand directly by performing a special move will cancel the Stand's predetermined onslaught early, however. Weapon Stand users, who are unable to separate their Stand from themselves, can instead perform a Real Time Attack, in which most of their moves can be chained into one another until the stock is emptied.
Proud Lineage Joseph has no Stand, and Evil Incarnate Dio cannot fully utilize his Stand; thus, neither can enter Stand Mode. Two of the nonplayable characters that appear in the game's single-player mode (Death Thirteen and N'Doul) are either present in Stand form only or move completely independently of their Stand.
The mechanics of each Stand create strong differences between the game's characters, and force different offensive approaches for each one. This "character-dependent gameplay" style would inspire several subsequent fighting games, such as the latter entries of the Guilty Gear series (which, interestingly enough, also contains rock and pop music references).
Clashing
If certain attacks of the same strength and intensity occur at the same time and collide, clashing occurs. This only happens with characters with an Active Stand. It is hard to see this system in action as it happens very infrequently. This mechanic would later be incorporated into future JoJo games, such as All Star Battle
In some cases, when two certain opposing special moves are performed at the very same time, a Blazing Fists Match can occur. When this happens, both combatants are prompted to rapidly tap the attack buttons to win the duel and decide who will receive damage, a feature first seen in Samurai Shodown. This feature has since been adopted and expanded in All Star Battle.
Bonus Stages and Special Battles
In some battles, special rules are applied in order to reenact certain chapters of the original manga that were unable to be adapted into the normal circumstances of the 1v1 battles.
N'Doul is not fought directly; instead, the player character finds himself on a corridor level and must reach N'Doul at the end of the level. Throughout the stage, Geb will attack, and the player must avoid the Stand's attacks by jumping or dashing.
Vanilla Ice is fought as the penultimate enemy in each character's single-player mode, but cannot be selected as a playable character. He would later be added as a playable character in Heritage for the Future and the game's [JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (PlayStation)|PlayStation port].
Mannish Boy (or rather, Death Thirteen) can only be fought in single-player mode if the player clears the first five stages without using continues and while playing as one of the heroes. His attacks exploit the dream-like nature of his stage, as well as the absence of his user. Whether the player wins or loses against Death Thirteen, they are allowed to continue the single-player mode.
Jotaro removes Kakyoin's flesh bud at the hospital immediately after defeating him as an antagonist. In the manga and anime adaptations, Jotaro takes him to the Kujo household and removes the flesh bud there.
Perhaps due to programming constraints, much of each character's story is not logically explained. One example is in Kakyoin's storyline: after encountering Jotaro, his story immediately jumps to Devo (fresh out of victimizing Polnareff) without introducing Polnareff in Hong Kong first.
Some character interactions and scenes were cut in the arcade version, possibly to make the pacing appropriate to a fighting game. Many of these were later introduced in the [JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (PlayStation)|PlayStation port]'s Super Story Mode.
Many character-altering injuries were downplayed or outright cut, such as with Polnareff and Iggy.
The playable villains have very different storylines from the manga in single-player mode. Chaka, Devo, Midler, and Alessi turn on Dio in their single-player storylines, while Dio himself must face a surviving Avdol and Iggy in his storyline.
Midler is seen with a new character design as the result of a collaboration between Araki and Capcom. She has been drawn by Araki with this new design ever since.
Jotaro taunts N'Doul instead of talking to him after defeating the latter. This was properly represented later in the [JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (PlayStation)|PlayStation port]'s Super Story Mode.
DIO's explosive death is more violent in the game, as only his bloodied lower torso is left. In the manga and anime, his upper torso remains, sans his decimated head.
Name Changes
Many of the names in the game's English localization have been changed, mostly due to copyright issues.
While some of its sound effects have been borrowed from the Darkstalkers series, the unique sound effects used in this game have been recycled several times in other titles from Capcom, including Capcom vs. SNK 2, Capcom Fighting Evolution, Marvel vs. Capcom 2, and even the Street Fighter IV series.
Regarding the Darkstalkers series, Evil Incarnate Dio uses a voice filter similar to that used by one of the games' characters, Jedah Dohma (from Vampire Savior). In addition, Dio is voiced by the same voice actor as Jedah (Isshin Chiba) in this game. This adaptation is the only time Dio's voice is rendered with a filter; in all other adaptations, he speaks without any notable filters or distortions.
Some of the visual effects used in this game (particularly the sparks, dust, and super sparks) have been borrowed from Capcom's Marvel vs. series.
Homages
The game pays homage to other JoJo-related media that came before it.
The normal color scheme used for The World's armor and skin bears a striking resemblance to the one used in the 1993 OVA.
One of Avdol's alternate color schemes colors his coat red and his shirt yellow, causing him to resemble his appearance in the 1993 and 2001 OVAs. Joseph Joestar and Polnareff also have alternate color schemes that resemble their OVA appearances.
One of Iggy's special moves creates a giant wave of sand that flows in the opponent's direction, similar to how he attacks Vanilla Ice in the 1993 OVA.
DIO’s Road Roller super move has him pummel a steamroller repeatedly until it explodes. The explosion aspect mirrors the 1993 OVA, where DIO instead uses a tank truck that explodes after he pummels it.
Besides being based on Part 3 (Stardust Crusaders), this is the first game to have elements from more than one JoJo part.
Part 1: Wang Chan is used for Evil Incarnate DIO's child form when he is affected by Alessi's Stand ability; a shot of the Stone Mask appears when a Stand Crash occurs; and both versions of DIO have Space Ripper Stingy Eyes as a special move.
Part 2: Proud Lineage Joseph is based on Joseph's appearance in Battle Tendency, and as such uses several techniques from the part; Caesar appears in Proud Lineage Joseph's version of one special move, while Lisa Lisa appears in Old Joseph's version of it.
Part 4: One of Jotaro's alternate color schemes colors his coat, hat, and pants white, causing it to resemble his Part 4 outfit; one of DIO's alternate color schemes colors The World pink and blue, giving it an appearance similar to Crazy Diamond.
Part 5: On the world map used in the single-player mode, Italy is marked by Giorno Giovanna's ladybug brooch.
In turn, later JoJo games pay homage to this game.
In All Star Battle, Dio Brando's Space Ripper Stingy Eyes HHA uses the same animation as DIO's version of the move in this game. Furthermore, DIO's HHA move in ASB functions similarly to Shadow DIO's "Checkmate!" super move.
All Star Battle has two DLC costumes for Jotaro and Polnareff based on promotional material for this game.[2]
GioGio's Bizarre Adventure, another JoJo game developed by Capcom, features an orchestral rendition of Polnareff's theme as the background music for Chapter 11-1. In addition, some cutscenes use the villain intro theme from this game's single-player mode.
Iggy's second special is a reference to the Shun Goku Satsu move used by Akuma in the Street Fighter series. This is further evidenced in the game's debug mode, where an unused graphic shows the kanji for the word dog (犬, inu) stylized in a similar manner to Akuma's kanji for heaven (天, ten).
Another connection to Street Fighter can be found in the animation used for the round announcements, as the ripple effect is borrowed from Ryu's Shin Shoryuken move in Street Fighter III: The New Generation.
Localization
As JoJo's Venture marks the first time that a JoJo game was released outside Japan, the game changes the names of several characters to avert possible legal issues. Most of these localized names have never been used since.
The blood in the game is colored white in Western releases, and DIO's defeat in the single-player mode is changed from his upper half exploding to him being sent flying off-screen (where he presumably dies).
Miscellaneous
Four of the game's voice actors return to voice different characters in All Star Battle: Mitsuaki Madono (Kakyoin), Hōchū Ōtsuka (Young Joseph), Sho Hayami (Vanilla Ice), and Toru Okawa (Joseph Joestar). Madono voices Part 8's Josuke, Hōchu voices Hol Horse, Hayami voices Enrico Pucci, and Okawa voices Weather Report.
Okawa voices the narrator in the anime, and reprises his role as Weather Report in Eyes of Heaven.
Throughout the game, characters are shown to be aware of the player.
Devo outright threatens to curse the player next in his ending.
Both Evil Incarnate Dio and DIO point at the screen in one of their win poses, though DIO goes a step further and 'attacks' the screen with The World afterward.
Glitches
If a player is playing as Jotaro or DIO, they have a very small window of time to perform a time stop at the end of a round. If they are successful, time will stop as the next round starts, before the opponent can recover their health; thus, if the opponent takes damage while frozen, they will automatically lose the round once time resumes.[3]
If Avdol enters Stand Mode, plants his Ankh super move, and holds one attack button, he can remain invincible for two seconds.[4]
It is possible to moonwalk by spamming left and right before holding one of the directions.[5]
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future (ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 未来への遺産, JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken Mirai e no Isan) is an updated version of the game, released on September 13, 1999, on the CPS-3 arcade system. This version featured eight additional playable characters and adjustments to the game for balancing purposes.
Differences between JoJo's Venture and Heritage for the Future
The Guard Cancel motion was changed, now having similarity to the Darkstalkers series.
New moves for several of the returning characters. (Notably, Jotaro, who gains new variations for his Blazing Strike, among others)
A minor change to Jotaro's Puttsun Ora, now performable in the air.
DIO is now selectable from the beginning and does not require the unlocking codes as seen in JoJo's Venture. (He can be unlocked through the character select screen or permanently via the service menu previously)
All hidden characters are time-released (arcade), alternatively unlockable through the arcade game's service menu, or requires finishing the game with certain characters (console).
Vanilla Ice becomes a playable character, vastly different from his NPC mini-boss version.
In HFTF, Vanilla Ice's boss AI is more or less manageable and possibly toned down across all difficulties. In JoJo's Venture, his AI is notoriously difficult especially without the knowledge of dodging and other of the game's mechanics.
A major variation of Polnareff is available (Anubis Polnareff, referred to as Black Polnareff in the localization).
Three brand new characters are selectable (Pet Shop, Mariah, and Hol Horse).
There are four additional hidden characters (Rubber Soul, Khan, Fearless Kakyoin, and Hol Horse w/ Boingo).
The overall motif, including opening and closing credits as well as the character select theme, are different.
The "Survival" option has been replaced by a 10-battle "Challenge Mode".
Cosmetic changes for all characters, including more color variations per button, including the Start button.
As with the change of motif, the Super Combo character cutscene is now different and dynamic in nature, as is the Super Combo chime. The Tandem Attack cutscene is different as well, now resembling zooming starfield over yellow background, reminiscent of the Street Fighter Alpha/Zero series.
Some extra sound effects have been added and changed, including the aforementioned Super Combo chime, and the K.O. sound effect, new to HFTF.
Of special note is that the Super Combo chime would be reverted to JoJo's Venture in the game's Dreamcast port, and the HD Version.
During period between rounds, the current power stock amount carries over in JoJo's Venture. However, they reset back to Level 1 in HFTF, as a possible rebalancing or programming oversight.
Proud Lineage Joseph gets new sprites with clothing that matches his Part 2 appearance rather than keeping the prior Joseph's clothing.
PlayStation Version
A PlayStation port was released on October 14, 1999, which features all characters and some modes from the CPS-3 arcade version. The port is noted to have a few unnoticeable missing frames and lower quality sprites due to hardware limitations, however, it includes an exclusive "Super Story Mode" that adapts the entirety of Part 3, as well as bonus content on the PocketStation. The port does not include the "challenge mode" from the arcade version, and several visual effects had to be downplayed to improve performance on the PlayStation.
The game primarily uses the motif of JoJo's Venture, while the character select screen is from HFTF.
Super Story Mode
The Super Story Mode uses cutscenes similar to the CPS-3 game, but with major graphics downgrade. It does, however, feature characters and scenarios not found in the arcade game, most notably in character sprite form.
Failure to complete the Super Story Mode scenarios does not impede progress, and the character is allowed to continue as many times as necessary. However, some branching paths require revisiting a particular chapter to backtrack and play other chapters. If the chapter introduces a new mechanic, an instruction guide will be displayed first prior to the game's proper starting.
Several enemies that weren't present in the previous version make an appearance uniquely in the story mode, sometimes accompanied by a change in gameplay:
Gray Fly, or rather Tower of Gray, can be fought by Kakyoin in a 1v1 fight using the main gameplay. However, Tower of Gray is not playable.
Enya the Hag can be fought by Jotaro in a 1v1 fight using the main gameplay but with additional subtleties. Enya is assisted by a horde of zombies who will come from both sides of the screen. There are three variants, the classic zombie, the leaping zombie, and the baby zombie. Jotaro must fight off the zombies, avoid Justice by jumping and deplete Enya's health bar.
Steely Dan, or rather Lovers, is fought like a side-scrolling shoot 'em up. Kakyoin and Polnareff send in Hierophant Green and Silver Chariot inside of Joseph's brain. The two Stands form a pair and must navigate two levels, either shooting Lovers clones or slashing them. At the end of each level, Lovers appears as a boss and must be defeated. The second time it appears, it also summons a mass of tentacles from the flesh bud to attack Hierophant Green and Silver Chariot, and the Stands must cut through them to damage Lovers.
Cameo or rather Judgement can be fought by Avdol in a 1v1 fight using the main gameplay. Judgement can summon clay golems of Avdol or Sherry Polnareff to assist him.
JOJO POKE
PocketStation with JoJo Poke
The PocketStation is a Japanese only memory card peripheral for the Sony PlayStation. Released in 1999, it was designed to be the company's early attempt at a handheld system. The device requires physical connection to a PlayStation's memory card slot to utilize its storage functionality, however it is also capable of running standalone software typically included as bonus content on the discs of compatible PS1 games. The PlayStation port of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future includes a PocketStation game titled JOJO POKE (ジョジョポケ), which features seven mini-games themed after Stardust Crusaders.[6]
Independent Arm (インディーズアーム): The player control's Hierophant Green's arm and moves around a square avoiding obstacles and collecting coins in numerical order. The gameplay is not unlike Centipede.
Flip over the Tarot! (タロットをめくれッ！): A memory game that involves the player flipping over tarot cards in the right order.
Speed! (スピード！): The player lines up the reticle with the arrow in order to catch Lovers with Star Platinum.
Find the Coffee Flavor! (コーヒー味をさがせッ！): A Shell game variant where the player selects the correct flavored gum.
Oh..Bravo!! (おお…ブラボー！！): A game requiring the player to stab falling coins with Silver Chariot. The coins make a sound when stabbed, reproducing Polnareff's theme in Heritage for the Future.
Run, Joseph! (走れッ！ ジョセフ): A vertically scrolling game that involves Joseph running and jumping over obstacles.
Adventure Mode (冒険モード): A game that encompasses the other six mini-games. Players complete games in order to progress forward on a "Travel Trail" map. Doing so unlocks gallery portraits of characters featured in Stardust Crusaders.
Dreamcast Version
A Dreamcast port was released on Oct 31, 1999, featuring assets and performance that matched closer to the original arcade version. Along with improved gameplay and shorter loading times, this version includes an "Alessi Mode," but does not have the "Super Story Mode" present in the PlayStation port.
The Dreamcast version features a Alessi Mode, which allows de-aged characters to be played in a set of rules (Both players fighting as the kid counterparts for the whole round or the characters turning into children during a Stand Crash). This mode is unlocked by finishing Challenge mode with Alessi.
Kid forms (Jotaro, Kakyoin - both versions, the only difference being that Fearless Kakyoin holds a painting canvas as a kid - Avdol, Polnareff, Devo, Midler, Pet Shop, Vanilla Ice, Alessi)
Young Joseph (Joseph)
Teenage Joseph (Young Joseph)
Iggy's older design (Iggy)
Disguised Fat Woman (Rubber Soul)
Boingo (Hol Horse paired with Boingo; the de-aged Hol Horse trades places with Boingo under his crate)
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure HD is a high-definition port of the game that was released for both PlayStation Network and Xbox Live.
The game, apart from upscaled graphics, includes tweaked dialogue and fonts as well. Notably, it uses the super chime from the first JoJo's Venture, similar to the earlier Dreamcast port. Transparency has also been properly applied, replacing the sprite flashing once used. There are options to use the original graphics style, however.
The HD re-release was delisted from Xbox Live Arcade and PSN in September 2014.[7] It is assumed that this is a result of Capcom no longer holding the license to create or distribute JoJo's Bizarre Adventure games, which was acquired by Bandai Namco Games.
Features
Story Mode
The HD update features the option to play in either the classic arcade-style or an “Arcade SD Mode,” which has pixel-like art like the original games. Unlike the PlayStation port, this version of the game does not include the "Super Story Mode."[8]
Online Play
The game supports online play that includes the ability to filter opponents by location and connection speed, similar to the lobby systems seen in newer Capcom fighting games such as Super Street Fighter IV and Marvel vs. Capcom 3.
The online mode introduces a new eight-player multiplayer mode where players can compete (while waiting to compete) for a chance to compete in the final showdown.
Old Joseph's Special showing flashbacks of his youth from Part 2
Kakyoin and Hierophant Green
Differences from the manga and game
Jotaro removes Kakyoin's flesh bud on the spot after defeating him as an antagonist. In the manga (as well as the anime adaptations), Jotaro takes him home and relieves him of DIO's slavery.
Perhaps due to programming constraints, much of their character story is not logically explained. One example is in Kakyoin's storyline, where after encountering Jotaro, his story shifts to Devo, fresh out of victimizing Polnareff, instead of introducing Polnareff in Hong Kong first.
Some character interactions to scenes were cut in the arcade version, possibly to make the pacing appropriate to a fighting game. Many of these were later introduced in the PlayStation port's Super Story Mode.
Many character-altering injuries were downplayed or outright cut, such as with Polnareff and Iggy.
The playable villains in the story have some of their storyline and concepts fleshed out. One example is Anubis, where the potential of betraying DIO is expounded. Most villains first introduced in JoJo's Venture will almost always turn on DIO in their Story Mode.
New scenarios were also written for Fearless Kakyoin, to explain his lengthy hospital stay just for the game, in his case, being haunted anew by Death Thirteen while recuperating. Meanwhile, Young Joseph was given a new storyline in the HFTF update, gaining a rivalry with Alessi. The rest of the cast, except for Mariah and Midler, were given storylines consistent with their source material.
Midler is seen in a new character design that has been the result of the collaboration of Araki and CAPCOM, at the latter's request. She has been drawn by Araki in this new design ever since.
However, in the Stardust Crusaders anime adaptation, her character design was reverted to the manga appearance.
Jotaro taunts N'Doul instead of talking to him after defeating the latter. This was properly represented later in the game's Super Story Mode.
In the English version of the game, the Super Story Mode sequence of Cameo has Polnareff and Avdol simply dropping pebbles and other debris on his breathing pipe. The Japanese version retains the two urinating into his breathing pipe.
Steely Dan's brutal punishment by Jotaro in Super Story Mode is remarkably shorter than in the manga. This is probably because of memory constraints in the PlayStation, where the mode is only available. In addition, much of the scenes depicting Jotaro's suffering from the hands of Steely Dan was cut.
Enya is killed after being defeated by Jotaro in Super Story Mode, whereas in the manga and anime, Steely Dan executes her.
In the Japanese version, on N'Doul's bonus stage, he reacts to the dead helicopter pilot watch's alarm and cuts his hand. This was cut in the English version, but can be enabled.[9]
DIO's explosive death is more violent here, where only his bloodied lower torso is left. In the manga and anime, his upper torso remains, sans his decimated head.
If the game is set to certain regions or the game's regulation is set to enabled or, in the HD remake, expressions are disabled, DIO simply flies off-screen to his doom.[10]
Perhaps due to being untranslatable in a fighting game, Joseph's prank on Jotaro shortly after being revived was cut as well. This scene is simplified in Jotaro's ending into Joseph being revived without the prank.
While D'Arby's minigames are rigged on the first play to lose all the time when played in the gallery, it is possible to legitimately win in D'Arby's minigames. There are reports, however, of people winning legitimately on D'Arby's minigames on the first try in Super Story Mode, without resorting to bluffing in his poker game.
Name Changes
Many of the names in the game's English localisation have been changed due to copyright or other issues. The following are name changes that are significant:
Proud Lineage Joseph (誇り高き血統ジョセフ) was renamed as JoJo.
Evil Incarnate Dio!! (邪悪の化身ディオ!!) was renamed as Shadow DIO.
Anubis Dual-Wielded Polnareff (アヌビス二刀流ポルナレフ) was renamed as Black Polnareff.
Fear Transcended Kakyoin (恐怖をのり越えた花京院) was renamed as New Kakyoin.
J. Geil was renamed as J. Gale.
Enya was renamed as N-Yah.
Devo the Cursed was renamed as D'Bo, the Cursed One.
Vanilla Ice was renamed as Iced. However, the English version still references the original namesake with his new win quote "You had a problem, I just solved it".
Mariah was renamed as Mahrahia, an exaggeration of her original name.
Kenny G was renamed as Ken-E Gee.
Steely Dan was renamed as S-Terry Dan, a distortion of the original name.
Oingo and Boingo were renamed as Oing and Voing.
Empress was renamed as The Empress, though not much was changed.
Anubis was given two different names: the Anubis Sword and the Anubis Stand.
Some characters had only one letter changed, like Chaka to Chaca, Rubber Soul to Robber Soul, Iggy to Iggi, Khan to Kan, Arabia Fats to Alabia Fats, N'Doul to N'Dool, Cameo to Kameo, Holy Kujo to Holley, and Alessi to Alessy.
The characters introduced in the Heritage for the Future update have no A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) at all. It wasn't until the PlayStation port that Capcom gave those characters A.I for the Super Story Mode.
While some of its sound effects have been borrowed from the Darkstalkers series, the unique sound effects used in this game have been recycled several times in other titles from Capcom. It has been reused in Capcom vs. SNK 2, Capcom Fighting Evolution, Marvel Vs. Capcom 2, and even in the Street Fighter IV series.
Regarding the Darkstalkers series, DIO in both his playable versions uses a type of voice filter akin to one of the games' characters, Jedah Dohma (from Vampire Savior), alongside also being voiced by the same voice actor as Jedah (Isshin Chiba) in the same fashion. This adaptation/form of media is the only one where Dio's voice was rendered as such, as in all other cases he speaks normally without any notable filters/distortions.
Some of the visual effects used in the game, particularly the sparks, dust, and super sparks have been borrowed from Capcom's Marvel VS series.
Homages
The game pays homage or picks up inspirations from other JoJo-related media that came before it:
The normal color scheme used for The World's armor and skin bears a resemblance to the one used on its appearance in the 1993 OVA. The color scheme on its armor even uses the same one from the OVA.
One of Avdol's alternate color schemes turns his coat red and shirt to yellow, similar to his appearance from the 1993 and 2001 OVA. The same goes for Joseph Joestar, Polnareff, and Anubis Polnareff, both of them having alternate color schemes that resemble their OVA appearance.
Hacking the game reveals an unused variation of DIO's mansion stage, where a window is wide open, sunlight flowing into DIO's coffin. This is a canon event referenced in the manga, mirrored by the Anime and OVA.
One of Iggy's special moves makes him create a giant wave of sand in the opponent's direction, similar to how he attacked Vanilla Ice in the OVA.
DIO’s Road Roller super move has him pummeling the steamroller repeatedly until it explodes. This reference mirrors to the 1993 OVA where DIO’s tank truck explodes after pummeling it.
Besides being based on Part 3 (Stardust Crusaders), this is the first game to have elements from more than one JoJo saga.
Part 1: Wang Chan as Shadow DIO's "child" form during Alessi's Stand ability, a shot of the Stone Mask appears when a character is Stand crashed and both versions of DIO have Space Ripper Stingy Eyes as a special move.
Part 2: Young Joseph is a playable character, Caesar appears in the Young Joseph's special move that contains several manga panel flashbacks as well as Lisa Lisa doing the same for Old Joseph's version, the Red Stone of Aja is used as one of Young Joseph's supers and the crossbow he used against Wamuu, as well as the coke bottle during his introduction scene, appears in his moveset.
Part 4: The arrow appears during Polnareff "Requiem" super, one of Jotaro's alternate color scheme recolors his coat, hat and pants white, much like his Part 4 outfit and in one of DIO's alternate color schemes, The World is pink and blue giving it an appearance similar to Crazy Diamond.
Part 5: Chariot Requiem appears as a super combo for Polnareff and one of his win quotes translates to "We'll meet again in the future...in Italy" and the icon for Italy in the story mode is Giorno Giovanna's ladybug brooch.
Iggy's second special is a reference to the Shun Goku Satsu used by Akuma from the Street Fighter series. This is further evidenced in the game's debug mode where an unused graphic shows kanji with the word "dog" (犬, "inu") stylized in a similar manner to Akuma's "heaven" kanji (天, "ten")
Another connection to Street Fighter is found in the animation used for the round announcements as the SFX is burrowed from a frame used in Ryu's Shin Shoryuken from Street Fighter III: The New Generation.
Localization
Heritage for the Future marks the first time that a JoJo-based game has seen an English release, albeit with changed names to avert possible legal issues. Heritage is notable for introducing the sometimes absurd localization to the franchise, although none of these localized names have been used since.
The game's English version logo seems to had become the de facto English logo of the entire franchise, as even All Star Battle had adapted the overall look of the English language logo, which was first seen in this game. However, as of Eyes of Heaven, all English logos of the series now follow the one introduced by Crunchyroll.
The HD version is the first console release of the game overseas in which the player can decensor the game, via the "Expressions" option. Setting it to "Original" restores red blood graphics as well as DIO's Story Mode defeat animation of him exploding violently.
For its PlayStation release, the game has sketchy censorship even in its Japanese version. It did not retain much of the violent animations in Arcade Mode, such as DIO's explosive death.
Despite Alessi's name being changed in the international release, Young Joseph's opening still has the original name. This was fixed in the console and HD versions of the game.
Cultural Impact
Other Media
Later JoJo games pay homages or made references to this game:
The underlying mechanics of All Star Battle, and by extension, Eyes of Heaven largely borrows a lot from this game.
In All Star Battle, Part 1 Dio's Space Ripper Stingy Eyes HHA uses the exact same animation (Including Dio rearing backward) as DIO's version of said move in this game, and DIO's HHA move in ASB is very similar to Shadow DIO's "Checkmate!" super.
All Star Battle has two alternate free-DLC costumes for Jotaro and Polnareff, based on promotional material for the game.[12]
GioGio's Bizarre Adventure, also by Capcom, features an orchestrated rendition of Polnareff's theme and the villain's intro theme in Story Mode from this game.
Most M.U.G.E.N. characters based on JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure are built on or completely ripped from Heritage.
Heritage still has a large, healthy community on FightCade[13]
Miscellaneous
Five of the game's voice actors, Mitsuaki Madono (Kakyoin), Hōchū Ōtsuka (Young Joseph), Sho Hayami (Vanilla Ice), Wataru Takagi (Cameo) and Toru Okawa (Joseph Joestar) return to voice different characters in All Star Battle. Madono voices Part 8's Josuke, Hōchu voices Hol Horse, Hayami voices Enrico Pucci, Takagi voices Okuyasu Nijimura and Okawa voices Weather Report.
Hayami reprised his role as Vanilla Ice in the Stardust Crusaders anime, which carried over to Eyes of Heaven. As a result, Pucci is voiced by a new voice actor.
Okawa voices the narrator in all anime seasons and reprised his role of Weather Report in Eyes of Heaven.
The game has extensive fourth-wall interactions, such as characters frequently being aware of the 'player'.
Devo outright threatens to curse the 'player' next in his ending.
Mariah flirts with the 'player' in her ending, with no story-centric dialogue in her story mode.
Anubis Polnareff attacks the 'player' after running out of victims in his ending.
Alessi talks to the 'player' in one of his win-poses.
Both DIOs interact with the player. Shadow DIO and DIO have the Kisama, miteiru na! (You... you saw me!) gesture, with the addition of DIO attacking the 'player' with The World in his win-pose.
Joseph will sometimes show a spirit photograph of DIO to the 'player' in one of his win-poses.
Some of Vanilla Ice's win-poses will have Cream stare at the 'player' menacingly.
One of Hol Horse's win-poses has Hanged Man creep up to the player's point of view in a menacing manner. One of his moves involves him shooting the player's 'camera', creating shards of glass for Hanged Man to travel along with.
Easter Eggs
Holding Light Attack and pressing start with Kakyoin, Fearless Kakyoin, and Vanilla Ice will show a different taunt.
Chaka has a win quote that says "It was most likely when the opponent pressed start after losing to some character"
Joseph Joestar and Midler have a special intro
Iggy and Vanilla Ice have a special intro
Hol Horse has a different taunt when fighting against Polnareff
Hol Horse will say "Aye aye sir" when he shoots a single bullet with his special after the opponent is caught by the Hanged Man special
Jotaro, Joseph, Kakyoin, Devo, Polnareff, Avdol, and Fearless Kakyoin have a special intro where they yell "DIO" when fighting against DIO.
Glitches
If the player is using either DIO, Jotaro, or Shadow DIO and they are caught in stopped time, they can input the time stop command and enter or even effectively steal the stopped time.[14] This tactic was previously unknown in mainstream gameplay until made popular by the HD re-release, as an achievement. This tactic is also the final Secret Factor in the game, not counting the interlude chapters.
There is a glitch where if someone loses a round, the player can perform a time stop with DIO or Jotaro and the opponent will be frozen between rounds. If the opponent is hit during the freeze, they automatically lose the round.[15]
There is another glitch where if Avdol turns on Stand, plants his Ankh Super, and holds one attack button, he can remain invincible for 2 seconds.[16]
Chaka's VS Title that appears for some reason when challenging a glitch character. "It was most likely when the opponent pressed start after losing to some character"
Pressing up and left quickly when selecting on Avdol or up and right quickly when selecting Kakyoin in the Character Select will show glitch characters that may have originally been the slots for the unused characters. Pressing up, down, left, or right will show different character slots. Some of them are playable and will read DANGER! to the left. Selecting the first one will only say "llUB" with a black screen. The others are somewhat playable but show corrupted sprites and moves. Pressing left when on the secret character and selecting them will play Death 13's intro at the beginning of the match. When another player joins the game, the usual text shown will instead show Chaka's VS Title in Story Mode. It translates to "The beautiful blade that possesses your mind."
Pressing stand and then spamming up and down quickly with Hol Horse & Boingo will spawn a Boingo in the air that can hurt the enemy and will go away after Hol Horse gets hit or if he is off-screen. He can spawn as many as he wants.
In JoJo's Venture, it is possible to moonwalk by spamming left and right, and then holding one of the directions.[17]
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (PSX Game)
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future (ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 未来への遺産, JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken Mirai e no Isan) is an updated version of the game, released on September 13, 1999, on the CPS-3 arcade system. This version featured eight additional playable characters and adjustments to the game for balancing purposes.
Differences between JoJo's Venture and Heritage for the Future
The Guard Cancel motion was changed, now having similarity to the Darkstalkers series.
New moves for several of the returning characters. (Notably, Jotaro, who gains new variations for his Blazing Strike, among others)
A minor change to Jotaro's Puttsun Ora, now performable in the air.
DIO is now selectable from the beginning and does not require the unlocking codes as seen in JoJo's Venture. (He can be unlocked through the character select screen or permanently via the service menu previously)
All hidden characters are time-released (arcade), alternatively unlockable through the arcade game's service menu, or requires finishing the game with certain characters (console).
Vanilla Ice becomes a playable character, vastly different from his NPC mini-boss version.
In HFTF, Vanilla Ice's boss AI is more or less manageable and possibly toned down across all difficulties. In JoJo's Venture, his AI is notoriously difficult especially without the knowledge of dodging and other of the game's mechanics.
A major variation of Polnareff is available (Anubis Polnareff, referred to as Black Polnareff in the localization).
Three brand new characters are selectable (Pet Shop, Mariah, and Hol Horse).
There are four additional hidden characters (Rubber Soul, Khan, Fearless Kakyoin, and Hol Horse w/ Boingo).
The overall motif, including opening and closing credits as well as the character select theme, are different.
The "Survival" option has been replaced by a 10-battle "Challenge Mode".
Cosmetic changes for all characters, including more color variations per button, including the Start button.
As with the change of motif, the Super Combo character cutscene is now different and dynamic in nature, as is the Super Combo chime. The Tandem Attack cutscene is different as well, now resembling zooming starfield over yellow background, reminiscent of the Street Fighter Alpha/Zero series.
Some extra sound effects have been added and changed, including the aforementioned Super Combo chime, and the K.O. sound effect, new to HFTF.
Of special note is that the Super Combo chime would be reverted to JoJo's Venture in the game's Dreamcast port, and the HD Version.
During period between rounds, the current power stock amount carries over in JoJo's Venture. However, they reset back to Level 1 in HFTF, as a possible rebalancing or programming oversight.
Proud Lineage Joseph gets new sprites with clothing that matches his Part 2 appearance rather than keeping the prior Joseph's clothing.
PlayStation Version
A PlayStation port was released on October 14, 1999, which features all characters and some modes from the CPS-3 arcade version. The port is noted to have a few unnoticeable missing frames and lower quality sprites due to hardware limitations, however, it includes an exclusive "Super Story Mode" that adapts the entirety of Part 3, as well as bonus content on the PocketStation. The port does not include the "challenge mode" from the arcade version, and several visual effects had to be downplayed to improve performance on the PlayStation.
The game primarily uses the motif of JoJo's Venture, while the character select screen is from HFTF.
Super Story Mode
The Super Story Mode uses cutscenes similar to the CPS-3 game, but with major graphics downgrade. It does, however, feature characters and scenarios not found in the arcade game, most notably in character sprite form.
Failure to complete the Super Story Mode scenarios does not impede progress, and the character is allowed to continue as many times as necessary. However, some branching paths require revisiting a particular chapter to backtrack and play other chapters. If the chapter introduces a new mechanic, an instruction guide will be displayed first prior to the game's proper starting.
Several enemies that weren't present in the previous version make an appearance uniquely in the story mode, sometimes accompanied by a change in gameplay:
Gray Fly, or rather Tower of Gray, can be fought by Kakyoin in a 1v1 fight using the main gameplay. However, Tower of Gray is not playable.
Enya the Hag can be fought by Jotaro in a 1v1 fight using the main gameplay but with additional subtleties. Enya is assisted by a horde of zombies who will come from both sides of the screen. There are three variants, the classic zombie, the leaping zombie, and the baby zombie. Jotaro must fight off the zombies, avoid Justice by jumping and deplete Enya's health bar.
Steely Dan, or rather Lovers, is fought like a side-scrolling shoot 'em up. Kakyoin and Polnareff send in Hierophant Green and Silver Chariot inside of Joseph's brain. The two Stands form a pair and must navigate two levels, either shooting Lovers clones or slashing them. At the end of each level, Lovers appears as a boss and must be defeated. The second time it appears, it also summons a mass of tentacles from the flesh bud to attack Hierophant Green and Silver Chariot, and the Stands must cut through them to damage Lovers.
Cameo or rather Judgement can be fought by Avdol in a 1v1 fight using the main gameplay. Judgement can summon clay golems of Avdol or Sherry Polnareff to assist him.
JOJO POKE
PocketStation with JoJo Poke
The PocketStation is a Japanese only memory card peripheral for the Sony PlayStation. Released in 1999, it was designed to be the company's early attempt at a handheld system. The device requires physical connection to a PlayStation's memory card slot to utilize its storage functionality, however it is also capable of running standalone software typically included as bonus content on the discs of compatible PS1 games. The PlayStation port of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future includes a PocketStation game titled JOJO POKE (ジョジョポケ), which features seven mini-games themed after Stardust Crusaders.[18]
Independent Arm (インディーズアーム): The player control's Hierophant Green's arm and moves around a square avoiding obstacles and collecting coins in numerical order. The gameplay is not unlike Centipede.
Flip over the Tarot! (タロットをめくれッ！): A memory game that involves the player flipping over tarot cards in the right order.
Speed! (スピード！): The player lines up the reticle with the arrow in order to catch Lovers with Star Platinum.
Find the Coffee Flavor! (コーヒー味をさがせッ！): A Shell game variant where the player selects the correct flavored gum.
Oh..Bravo!! (おお…ブラボー！！): A game requiring the player to stab falling coins with Silver Chariot. The coins make a sound when stabbed, reproducing Polnareff's theme in Heritage for the Future.
Run, Joseph! (走れッ！ ジョセフ): A vertically scrolling game that involves Joseph running and jumping over obstacles.
Adventure Mode (冒険モード): A game that encompasses the other six mini-games. Players complete games in order to progress forward on a "Travel Trail" map. Doing so unlocks gallery portraits of characters featured in Stardust Crusaders.
Dreamcast Version
A Dreamcast port was released on Oct 31, 1999, featuring assets and performance that matched closer to the original arcade version. Along with improved gameplay and shorter loading times, this version includes an "Alessi Mode," but does not have the "Super Story Mode" present in the PlayStation port.
The Dreamcast version features a Alessi Mode, which allows de-aged characters to be played in a set of rules (Both players fighting as the kid counterparts for the whole round or the characters turning into children during a Stand Crash). This mode is unlocked by finishing Challenge mode with Alessi.
Kid forms (Jotaro, Kakyoin - both versions, the only difference being that Fearless Kakyoin holds a painting canvas as a kid - Avdol, Polnareff, Devo, Midler, Pet Shop, Vanilla Ice, Alessi)
Young Joseph (Joseph)
Teenage Joseph (Young Joseph)
Iggy's older design (Iggy)
Disguised Fat Woman (Rubber Soul)
Boingo (Hol Horse paired with Boingo; the de-aged Hol Horse trades places with Boingo under his crate)
↑This sprite is taken from Heritage for the Future. In JoJo's Venture, Proud Lineage Joseph's torso and arms use the same sprites as his older counterpart's.
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