All-Star Battle
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle (ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 オールスターバトル") is the first fighting video game made for the PlayStation 3 based on JoJo's Bizarre Adventure . It was announced on July 5, 2012 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the series. A two minute trailer featuring four characters was released as a promotion. The game contains characters ranging from Part I: Phantom Blood to Steel Ball Run. The game is in development by CyberConnect2 and will be released by Namco Bandai Games in 2013.
Gameplay
The trailer shows a 2D fighting style with 3D cellshading characters, not unlike DBZ: Budokai. CyberConnect2 is known for making the Naruto: Ultimate Storm Ninja Series.
A new article from Famitsu revealed more info about the game.
- Each character has a Style button that defines how he fights. This is different from the BB Drive in that many characters share similar Styles. For example, Jotaro's Style summons Star Platinum, while Joseph's makes him use the Ripple. Basically, it's the same old Stand button from the old JoJo, just with a more universal name.
- The gauges are health (self-explanatory), guard (depletes while guarding attacks, causing guard crush when it's empty), and Heart Heat (the super gauge). Some characters also have unique gauges over the Heart Heat one: Joseph's makes his consecutive Ripple attacks stronger, similar to Akihiko from Persona 4: Arena.
- One stock of Heart Heat gauge can be used to perform a "Heart Heat Attack", while two can be used to perform a "Great Heat Attack". For example, Jotaro's HHA is "Oraoraoraora!", his signature flurry of punches, while his GHA is "You pissed me off", which turn the screen into a manga panel and freezes time before delivering even more punches.
- You can perform a Stylish Move: the character strikes one of his poses and dodges the attack completely. It costs some Guard Gauge, but gives you a great chance to counter-attack.
- Taunting the opponent depletes the enemy's Heart Heat gauge, and has some very flashy animations, especially after you win the round.
- The game has chain combos with Weak, Medium and Strong attacks, but there is also the "Easy Beat" option. Just press the Weak attack button with proper timing, and you will perform a combo with a HHA at the end.
- The game's RC mechanic is "Puttsun Cancel". By spending some of the Heart Heat gauge after performing a special move, you can freeze your opponent for a while, either giving you time to continue the combo or make your moves less punishable.
- Tandem Attacks are still in for the characters who have the Stand style. It also still consumes some of the Heart Heat gauge.
- There are stage gimmicks, though it's not clear whether you can turn them off or not.
Characters
The playable characters revealed so far are:
- Gyro Zeppeli
- Jonathan Joestar
- Josuke Higashikata
- Giorno Giovanna
- Jolyne Kujo
- Johnny Joestar
- Guido Mista
- Rohan Kishibe appeared in the opening of the trailer but his role as a playable character is not confirmed.
Dio Brando is not shown in the battles, but he appears in the trailer "breaking the glass" before a "to be continued" legend appears.
