Jump Force

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Jump Force (ジャンプフォース, Janpu Fōsu) is a Fighting game developed by Spike Chunsoft and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment featuring characters from various manga series featured in the Weekly Shōnen Jump anthology in celebration of the magazine's 50th anniversary. The game released on February 15, 2019 for Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The game's ultimate edition provided players with three days of early access and became available on February 12, 2019.

Summary

When the real world collides with many of the Shōnen Jump universes, humanity is invaded by the "Venoms", an army of mind-controlled villains lead by Kane and Galena. In order to fight back, many heroes are recruited to join the "Jump Force" under the leadership of Director Glover and his A.I. partner Navigator. However, a suspicious figure is attempting to gain the Onyx Book and conquer all worlds.

Gameplay

Jump Force is a 3-on-3 tag team arena fighting game. Players control one character at a time while the others are used as support, with players able to switch between them during battle while sharing a single health bar. Similar to J-Stars Victory Vs, these fighters can move and fight in all directions within a 3D arena. Characters have three special skills and an awakening skill which functions as an ultimate attack. Awakening skills can be performed when the player's awakening gauge is at 50% or more, and the gauge only builds up when the player takes damage. Each stage can also transition to a different location during battle if a character has 50% or more awakening gauge and heavy smashes the other player twice. The match ends when one team depletes the other's health bar.

Characters

The game's launch roster features 40 playable characters who come from 16 different series. Eleven additional characters are planned to be added via downloadable content for a total of 51 characters. Three original characters designed by Akira Toriyama called Kane, Galena, and Prometheus are antagonists of story mode. In July 2019, Kane and Galena were released as playable characters. Light Yagami with Ryuk from Death Note also appear in the story mode as non-playable characters. Players can create their own character, customizing them with different hairstyles, costumes, and accessories earned through gameplay.

Playable

Black Clover
  • Asta
Bleach
  • Ichigo Kurosaki
  • Rukia Kuchiki
  • Renji Abarai
  • Sosuke Aizen
  • Toshiro Hitsugaya (DLC)
  • Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez (DLC)
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations
  • Boruto Uzumaki
City Hunter
  • Ryo Saeba
Dragon Ball
  • Son Goku
  • Vegeta
  • Piccolo
  • Trunks
  • Frieza
  • Cell
  • Buu (DLC)
Dragon Quest: Dai no Daiboken
  • Dai
Fist of the North Star
  • Kenshiro
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Jump Force
  • Avatar (Create a character)
  • Kane (DLC)
  • Galena (DLC)
Hunter × Hunter
  • Gon Freecss
  • Killua Zoldyck
  • Kurapika
  • Hisoka Morow
  • Biscuit Krueger (DLC)
My Hero Academia
  • Izuku Midoriya
  • Katsuki Bakugo (DLC)
  • All Might (DLC)
Naruto
  • Naruto Uzumaki
  • Sasuke Uchiha
  • Kakashi Hatake
  • Gaara
  • Kaguya Otsutsuki
  • Madara Uchiha (DLC)
One Piece
  • Monkey D. Luffy
  • Roronoa Zoro
  • Vinsmoke Sanji
  • Sabo
  • Boa Hancock
  • Blackbeard
  • Trafalgar Law (DLC)
Rurouni Kenshin
  • Kenshin Himura
  • Makoto Shishio
Saint Seiya
  • Pegasus Seiya
  • Dragon Shiryu
Yu-Gi-Oh!
  • Yugi Moto
  • Seto Kaiba (DLC)
Yu Yu Hakusho
  • Yusuke Urameshi
  • Toguro

Non-Playable

Death Note
  • Light Yagami
  • Ryuk
Jump Force
  • Navigator
  • Director Glover
  • Prometheus

Trivia

  • DIO can only be playable on nighttime stages. The game automatically forbids daytime stages if he's selected by any player.
  • Both Jotaro and DIO were planned to be playable characters alongside Dai from Dragon Quest in J-Stars Victory Vs. Yoh Asakura from Shaman King was also planned to be an assist character. Aside from Yoh, the other three characters were made playable in Jump Force.
  • Dragonball's Son Goku calls Jotaro by his name during the character introductions before the fight starts. However, while its possible to hear him saying Jotaro's name, the english subtitles do not address this for unknown reasons.
    • This also makes Goku one of the few characters in the game that directly acknowledges a character from a different property outside of story mode [others include Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star (Sasuke Uchiha), Izuku Midoriya from My Hero Academia (Goku, only in the english subtitles) and Ichigo from Bleach (Pegasus Seiya)]

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