All-Star Battle R
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R (ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 オールスターバトル R, JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken Ōru Sutā Batoru R) is a fighting game based on the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure franchise, developed by CyberConnect2 and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It will be playable on the PlayStation 4, the PlayStation 5, the Nintendo Switch, on Steam, on the Xbox One and the Xbox Series X & S. All Star Battle R is a remastered version of the 2013 fighting game JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle with 9 new playable characters and updated voice acting as well as new game mechanics added to the core gameplay.
A first trailer of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R was released for the Playstation State of Play on March 9, 2022, with an announced release date of early fall of the same year.
The colorization and voice acting of the characters in All Star Battle R is noticeably different from that of All-Star Battle as the characters and Stand colors have been modified to closely follow the color schemes in the various anime adaptations of the series. In addition, the japanese voice actors working on the anime seem to have reprised their roles in All Star Battle R.
Gameplay
The gameplay of All Star Battle R is based on the 1v1 2.5D fighting game style of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle. Mechanics such as the Easy Beat, Stylish Dodge, Heat Heart Attack and Rush Mode (ラッシュモード, Rasshu Mōdo) have been confirmed to return in this game.
An additional important mechanics has been added to All Star Battle R with players seemingly being able to select 2 characters to play during a match. The extent to which that second character will be playable in-game hasn't been confirmed yet, although the nature of the HUD implies that the second character will not be fully playable but instead be an assist character with a limited number of available attacks.
Stages
Characters
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R will have 50 characters, with most if not all characters from "All-Star Battle" returning and addititional characters that haven't been announced yet.
