Joseph Joestar/Games

Introduction

Personality and Relationships

Abilities and Powers

History

Misc

Major Battles

• Joseph vs Straizo
• Joseph vs Donovan
• Joseph vs Santana
• Joseph vs Caesar Zeppeli
• Joseph and Caesar vs Wamuu, Esidisi, and Kars
• Joseph vs Esidisi
• Joseph vs Wamuu
• Joseph vs Kars
• Joseph vs Empress
• Joseph and Avdol vs Mariah
• Joseph and Jotaro vs Telence T. D'Arby
• Joseph vs Dio Brando

In Video Games

Famicom Jump: Hero Retsuden

Joseph makes his gaming debut as playable character on the NES title as a young man (Circa Part II), along with other Jump Heroes (such as Goku from Dragonball, Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star and Seiya from Saint Seiya).

Famicom Jump II: Saikyo no Shichinin

Joseph returns as a old man (Circa Part III) in the sequel, though takes on a lesser role as a non-playable character. (Jotaro is the representative hero from JJBA franchise instead).

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (SNES)

Joseph is one of the 6 main characters to appear on the SNES rpg game, along with Jotaro, Kakyoin, Polnareff, Avdol, & Iggy, they must fight all the enemies and situations they faced on the manga story to find and terminate DIO.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future

Joseph is a playable character in the fighting game created by Capcom. Joseph uses both his stand and hamon as part of his moveset, such as the Overdrive. Most of Joseph's moves allows him to use Hermit Purple to grab the opponent from a far distance and transfer his hamon over it to hit the enemy. Joseph's classic run away appears as his backfoward running and his special move is an uppercut that goes into an hamon combo punch where Joseph screams Lisa Lisa's name. His other special move involves grabbing the opponent with Hermit Purple and transferring all of his hamon energy to damage the opponent. Hermit purple also works as an counter attack (much like he did against Dio on the final battle of Part III).

Joseph also has his appareance from PART II as a playable character (simply called "JOJO"). In this form, Joseph's main attack is his Clacker Volleys, where he uses it as a pair of nuchakos and boomerangs. His first special move is similar to his PART III counterpart though instead of Lisa Lisa he screams Caesar's name. His other special move uses the Red Stone of Aja; by charging it with his hamon the stone will shoot an powerful hamon wave (similar to when Kars and Lisa Lisa did it during the events of PART II), "JOJO" can also use a crossbow to shoot an iron ball across the screen to hit the enemy from the other side as well as a bottle cap from a coke bottle as a projectile.

Jump Super Stars

Joseph appears as Jotaro's 3-block support koma. He uses Hermit Purple to draw an enemy toward you, creating a great chance to attack.

Jump Ultimate Stars

Although he's not playable he can be used as an support and help character in the game. In his 2-koma support, Joseph PART II uses his special ability to predict the opponents line, inflicting paralysis effect on the enemy and in his 3-koma support, now in his PART III form, he uses his stand Hermit Purple to grab the opponent and bring him near the player. His help koma gives the character the ability to see invisible characters. He has ally boosts with Yoh from Shaman King and Franky from One Piece.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure All-Star Battle (PS3 Game)

Joseph was one of the first confirmed characters to be in the game (along with Jotaro, Wamuu and Gyro). His play style focuses on charging his hamon (an ability exclusive to the hamon users in the game) and counter-attacking to increase his trick level. Joseph's move set includes throwing his clacker volleys as projectiles, using a sledgehammer to hit a downed opponent, and reenacting his "Your next line it's gonna be..." as a counter attack (the dialogue for this move is different for every character in the game). All of his attacks can be charged with hamon when performed with the style button, though this uses up the HH gauge. His HHA makes him bring out a Machine Gun to shoot the opponent and allows for a follow up of throwing them to the air and applying a direct blast of transfered hamon energy (much like the did to Straizo). His GHA involves a lengthy combo with his clackers, possibly referencing his brief barrage on Wamuu.

His PART III also appears in the game as a DLC. "Old Joseph" still uses most of his move set from the previous fighting game, such as the hamon attacks and Hermit Purple long-range grabs, though with the addition of a new move involving Hermit Purple grabbing an oil barrel outside the screen, smashing it on the floor to make the enemy unstable for a short period of time and giving Old Joseph a chance to attack. His HHA is a counter attack, where if Joseph is hit, he will use Hermit Purple to launch into the air and perform a downward strike (the same way he did to the photographic camera in the begining of PART III). His GHA makes him use Hermit Purple much like a whip, binding the opponent and flinging them overhead into a ground slam. After launching the opponent into the air again, he pulls them towards him and finishes with a Hamon Overdrive.

Trivia

• A minor point of controversy is the spelling of Joseph's name. Both in an official profile and on his tombstone during Part 2, his name is spelled "Josef Joestar" in plain English, while in part 3 his name is given as "Joseph". One explanation for this could be that Joseph naturalized his name to appear more American at some point (many immigrants after both World Wars did this in real life).

• In the 2012 anime, the name on his tombstone was Joseph Joestar despite it being Josef in the manga.
• His catchphrases are "Oh! NO!" (used in part 2) and "Oh! My! God!" (used often in Part 3). Sometimes, this will alternate with "My God!" or other such variations.
• A running gag in Part 3 has Joseph lose parts of his prosthetic hands when the enemies attack him, but later he appears with it intact without any explanation. He probably asked the Speedwagon Foundation for a new one each time an enemy cut the one he currently had.

• He has survived four plane crashes (two in Part II and two in Part III).
• He shares the same birthday with Part 5's Bruno Buccellati.

• Joseph has appeared in 3 story arcs, tying with Dio for second place in most appearances, and behind Jotaro who's appeared in 4 story arcs.

• Joseph's personality and hairstyle may have influenced the detective manga Kindaichi Case Files, as both protagonists incorporate tricks to confuse their enemies.

• Joseph is the only person to be able to use both hamon and a stand of his own - though he makes little use of his Hamon power after obtaining his stand. Even when he did use his Hamon power, it rarely did him any good, especially when fighting The Empress and Dio, as neither was affected by his Hamon attacks, although the Hamon was able to temporarily shield him from Dio.

• His younger self is an unlockable character in the Capcom arcade game JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future, being the only character to not be from Part 3. If his younger self is affected by Alessi's stand in the arcade game, he becomes a much younger Joseph from a flashback scene in Part 2, and is seen holding a Superman comic.

• During the hijacking of Speedwagon's plane, in the manga Joseph is reading a Superman comic. Possibly due to potential licensing issues with DC Comics, in the anime adaptation Joseph is seen reading the manga Baoh, one of Hirohiko Araki's earlier works.
  • It's interesting to note that the first Superman issue came in 1938, the same year Part 2 takes place. So possibly due to a timing mistake, it was changed in the anime.
• Joseph, out of all the JoJos, had lived the longest life to date (September 27,1920-). With living up to his early 90's he outlived all the others by at least 50 years, especially since the members in the Joestar family are notorious for living very short lives (ex. Jonathan - 20, Jotaro - 40, Jolyne - 19, Johnny - 29).
  • Araki said once that he thinks Joseph is "a little dumber but still alive" when Part 6 takes place.
  • Furthermore, Joseph is the eldest living character in the JoJo universe by part 6, without any Stand power or use of Hamon to increase his longevity.
• The character Dandy J from the Neo Geo fighting game Waku Waku 7 heavily resembles Joseph's part 3 incarnation, although he uses a whip similar to Indiana Jones.
• By the end of Stone Ocean Joseph is one of three JoJo's who was not killed prior to Made In Heaven's universal reset. The other two being his son & Giorno, but It is assumed that Pucci indirectly killed them as well.
• Joseph, Josuke, Jonathan and Giorno, are the only Jojo protagonists to completly lose the battles they faced were in Jojo's Bizarre Adventure All-Star Battle League.