Namco Bandai Games began streaming the fourth promotional video for its J-Stars Victory Vs.”team battle action” video game on Tuesday. The 158-second video features the new theme song “Fighting Stars.”
The video begins with Akira Kushida, Hironobu Kageyama, and Hiroshi Kitadani — the “AniSon Big 3” — announcing that they finished recording “Fighting Stars.” Kageyama said that they were able to make what they think is “the greatest song absolutely full of rock ‘n’ roll and fighting spirit.”
The video also highlights new challengers in the game’s character roster: Seiya from Saint Seiya, Koro-Sensei from Assassination Classroom, Allen Walker from D.Gray-man, Neuro from Neuro – Supernatural Detective, and Hisoka from Hunter x Hunter. (The last three characters are only support characters.)
The character roster in this Shonen Jump 45th anniversary game now includes:
- Monkey D. Luffy
- Boa Hancock
- Akainu
- Son Goku
- Vegeta
- Freeza
- Toriko
- Zebra
- Naruto Uzumaki
- Sasuke Uchiha
- Madara Uchiha
- Ichigo Kurosaki
- Sōsuke Aizen
- Rukia (support)
- Kenshin Himura
- Makoto Shishio
Kochira Katsushika-ku Kamearikouen-mae Hashutsujo
- Kankichi Ryōtsu
- Gintoki Sakata
- Kagura (support)
- Sadaharu (support)
- Yūsuke Urameshi
- (Younger) Toguro
Hunter x Hunter
- Gon Freecss
- Hisoka (support)
Chinyūki -Tarō to Yukaina Nakama-tachi-
- Tarō Yamada
- Jaguar (support)
- Medaka Kurokami
- Misogi Kumagawa (support)
- Lala (support)
- Chitoge Kirisaki (support)
- Tsunayoshi Sawada (with Reborn)
Beelzebub
- Tatsumi Oga (with Beelzebub)
Assassination Classroom
- Koro-Sensei
- Jonathan Joestar
- Joseph Joestar
- Meisuke “Nuubee” Nueno
Neuro – Supernatural Detective
- Neuro (support)
- Tetsuya Kuroko (support)
Saint Seiya
- Seiya
- Bossun (support)
- Switch (support)
D.Gray-man
- Allen Walker (support)
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.
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