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Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle breaks out in Japan August 29

JC Fletcher — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:00:00 EST

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle - that's the new Jojo game from Namco and CyberConnect2, not the HD re-release of the Capcom fighter - will be released in Japan on August 29. Along with the announcement, Namco sent out the dynamic, exciting, and surprisingly long trailer above.

There's no news on a release date for North America, as the game has not yet been announced for release outside of Japan. A trademark found in September for "All Star Battle" suggests that Namco may be planning a localization, however.

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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle director aiming for casual appeal

Jordan Mallory — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:00:00 EST

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle director and CyberConnect2 president/CEO Hiroshi Matsuyama wants his company's first entry into the JoJo's mythos to be as casual-friendly as possible, Joystiq was told during a Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 event held last week.

When asked if he hoped that All Star Battle, the new JoJo's fighter being developed for Namco, would be accepted by the competitive fighting game community (or if that was even a goal for the project), Matsuyama responded via translator that he "actually prefers JoJo to become a game that casual users can pick up and play, because if you appeal to the 'maniac' users too much, it becomes too niche, and the people who can play this game become very limited."

Matsuyama referred to fans of the JoJo series as 'maniac' at one other point during the event, and at both times the term was said with a cheerful inflection. Here's hoping that the director's goal of creating an accessible fighting game involves making it accessible in countries that aren't Japan.

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Namco trademark points to US release for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle

Jordan Mallory — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 21:00:00 EST

CyberConnect2's upcoming manga adaptation/fighting game JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle (not to be confused with Capcom's recently released JoJo's Bizarre Adventure HD on XBLA and PSN) may see the light of day on North American shores, should a recently filed trademark serve as any indication.

The trademark itself (Serial No. 85723902) was submitted by Namco Bandai and only covers the words "All Star Battle," which is interesting considering that the trademark for "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" has been abandoned since 2010. At any rate, the trademark covers usage of the phrase in relation to computer games, arcade machines and other "amusement arcade services."

We're not willing to interpret those definitions as meaning that an arcade version of All Star Battle is in the works, but this trademark's existence does support the notion of a North American release. We've reached out to Namco Bandai for comment by freezing time and dropping a road roller in front of their offices.

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Rumor: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure HD coming from Capcom

Jordan Mallory — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:21:00 EST

Achievements for an alleged HD version of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, one of the strangest and most unique fighting games of the 20th century, have appeared on 'chievo database Xbox360Achievements. The list, which makes reference to gameplay mechanics like Stand Crushing and specific character abilities like Mahrahia's magnetism, also mentions Xbox Live-enabled multiplayer and to-be-expected Story and Challenge modes.

Capcom is listed as the publisher, while CyberConnect2 is surprisingly listed as the potential port's developer. CyberConnect2 is currently in the process of developing Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle for Namco Bandai. We've reached out to Capcom for comment and will be keeping an ear to the ground for more on this as it develops.

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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle on the way from Asura's Wrath dev

JC Fletcher — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:00:00 EST

Japanese manga Jojo's Bizarre Adventure is being adapted into a video game once again. However, this time, Namco's publishing instead of Capcom, and development is by Naruto fighting game developer (among other things) CyberConnect2 - so don't expect Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle to use the same style of gameplay as Capcom's arcade/Dreamcast fighter.

The first trailer reveals that the PS3-exclusive All Star Battle is rendered in 3D, and features a variety of characters we're sure you'll recognize from the manga, including teeth guy. If you don't recognize anyone (like us), the game is tied to a new TV anime coming this year, so we'll have a chance to acquaint ourselves.

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