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J-Stars Victory Vs. Game Ad Showcase Goku, Gon, Seiya's Moves
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Namco Bandai Games began streaming the third commercal for its J-Stars Victory Vs. "team battle action" video game on Wednesday. The videos highlights the ken fighting techniques of four characters: Kaiō-ken (King Kai Fist) by Dragon Ball Z's Son Gokū, Jajan-ken (Jajan Fist) by Hunter x Hunter's Gon Freecss, Pegasus Ryūsei-ken (Pegasus Meteor Fist) by Saint Seiya's Seiya — and Hanage Shinken (Nasal Hair True Fist) by Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo's title character.
The April issue of Shueisha's V Jump magazine is unveiling 52 characters from the game on Friday. Some of the previously unannounced characters include Hunter x Hunter's Killua, One Piece's Ace, Yū Yū Hakusho's Hiei, and Sakigake!! Otoko Juku's Momotarō Tsurugi and Heihachi Edajima. However, the magazine does not specify if these characters are playable or support.
The character roster in this Shonen Jump 45th anniversary game already includes:
One Piece
- Monkey D. Luffy
- Boa Hancock
- Akainu
Dragon Ball Z
- Son Goku
- Vegeta
- Freeza
- Toriko
- Zebra
- Naruto Uzumaki
- Sasuke Uchiha
- Madara Uchiha
Bleach
- Ichigo Kurosaki
- Sōsuke Aizen
- Rukia (support)
- Kenshin Himura
- Makoto Shishio
Kochira Katsushika-ku Kamearikouen-mae Hashutsujo
- Kankichi Ryōtsu
- Gintoki Sakata
- Kagura (support)
- Sadaharu (support)
Yū Yū Hakusho
- Yūsuke Urameshi
- (Younger) Toguro
Hunter x Hunter
- Gon Freecss
- Hisoka (support)
Chinyūki -Tarō to Yukaina Nakama-tachi-
- Jaguar (support)
- Medaka Kurokami
- Misogi Kumagawa (support)
- LaLa (support)
- Chitoge Kirisaki (support)
- Tsunayoshi Sawada (with Reborn)
Beelzebub
- Tatsumi Oga (with Beelzebub)
- Koro-Sensei
- Jonathan Joestar
- Joseph Joestar
- Meisuke "Nuubee" Nueno
Neuro - Supernatural Detective
- Neuro (support)
- Tetsuya Kuroko (support)
Saint Seiya
- Seiya
- Bossun (support)
- Switch (support)
- Allen Walker (support)
- Kenshirō
- Raoh
- Arale Norimaki
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
- Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
- Kusuo Saikio
- Luckyman
- Shōyō Hinata (support)
Hironobu Kageyama, Akira Kushida, and Hiroshi Kitadani are singing the game's theme song "Fighting Stars."
The game will have an Adventure Mode in which players assemble characters and embark on voyages throughout "Jump World" with a ship. Players can collect "J Points" for cards in battles and adventures, and then use the resulting card deck to level up their characters and ships.
The PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita game will arrive on March 19. A regular copy of the PS3 version will cost 7,980 yen (about US$80), while a limited edition will cost 10,980 yen (about US$110). The normal edition of the PS Vita version will cost 6,980 yen, while a limited edition copy will retail for 9,980 yen (about US$100). A free augmented-reality (AR) app lets you see the Jump heroes in your surroundings on the PS Vita.
People who pre-order the game will receive the J-Stars Victory Book, a volume bound like a Jump Comics book and filled with information and visuals of Jump heroes over the years. For a limited time, a "Ani-Son Sound Edition" of the game will let players listen to 21 television anime theme songs in the game.
