| JoJo's Bizarre Adventure | |
|---|---|
 Official English logo used by Capcom and All Star Battle | |
| Developers | Cobra Team, Capcom, Anchor, CyberConnect2, Drecom, Historia |
| Publishers | WinkySoft, Capcom, Bandai, Bandai Namco Games |
| Platform | |
| First release | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 1993 |
| Latest release | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R 2022 |
| Parent series | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure |
Several video games based on long-running manga and anime series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure have been released. The first, which used the series's title, was a role-playing video game based on the third story arc, Stardust Crusaders , and was released in March 1993 for the Super Famicom. On December 1, 1998, Capcom released an arcade fighting game, which was also adapted from the third arc; the game was titled simply JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (though it was released as JoJo's Venture in the west), with an updated version titled JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future released later that year. The arcade game was ported to both the PlayStation and Dreamcast on October 14, 1999, [1] and a high-definition version was released for PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade on August 21, 2012. [2] These fighting games were the first pieces of JoJo related media released in North America, exposing the characters to many western players for the first time.
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A third Capcom game based on Vento Aureo , the fifth story arc, titled GioGio's Bizarre Adventure , was released for the PlayStation 2 on July 25, 2002, combining the arcade game's fighting gameplay with cel-shaded 3D environments. [3] The game was slated for an international release, but ultimately never left Japan. Bandai then acquired the video game rights to the series. Developed by Anchor Inc. and published by Bandai, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood was released on October 26, 2006 for the PlayStation 2. [4] The story is based on the first arc, and the gameplay is similar to GioGio's Bizarre Adventure.
At a July 5, 2012 press conference celebrating the 25th anniversary of JoJo, the creator of the series, Hirohiko Araki, announced JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle for the PlayStation 3, produced by CyberConnect2 and published by Bandai Namco Games. [5] Released on August 29, 2013, the game is a 2D fighting game that takes inspiration from Capcom's arcade titles. The same developer and publisher would later release JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven , an arena-based fighting game that itself takes mechanics from All Star Battle, on December 17, 2015. [6] In 2017, a mobile game was released in Japan to commemorate JoJo's 30th anniversary. The game featured free manga panels available in black-and-white and in color, and included a virtual pet game starring Iggy, one of the main characters of Stardust Crusaders. [7] In the summer of 2018, a battle royale arcade game titled JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Last Survivor was scheduled to be released, [8] but it was not released in arcades until December 18, 2019. [9]
Before the first JoJo game was released, Bandai released a Weekly Shōnen Jump crossover adventure game titled Famicom Jump: Hero Retsuden on February 15, 1989. Joseph Joestar, the protagonist of the second arc, Battle Tendency , is one of the playable characters, while Santana and Speedwagon made cameo appearances. Its sequel Famicom Jump II: Saikyō no Shichinin , released on December 2, 1991, features Jotaro Kujo as a selectable character. Joseph, Avdol, Kakyoin and Polnareff also appear in this game. Both games were available on the Famicom. Characters from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure were also featured in the 2005 Nintendo DS Weekly Shōnen Jump crossover game Jump Super Stars and its sequel Jump Ultimate Stars , including Jotaro and Dio Brando as playable characters.
In 2014, as the JoJo anime was being popularized, Bandai added Jonathan and Joseph Joestar to the roster of J-Stars Victory Vs . In 2019, prior to the launch of Jump Force , the Stardust Crusaders versions of Jotaro and Dio were announced to be added to the roster of playable characters. [10] [11] Giorno Giovanna was later added to the game as DLC. [12]
