When Bandai Namco and Spike Chunsoft announced
Jump Force as their next big intellectual property, anime fans have been eagerly anticipating more characters from Shōnen Jump to be revealed and, for the most part, the developers have listened and introduced characters almost on a monthly basis.
Bandai Namco has now officially confirmed that
with the addition of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's Jotaro Kujo and Dio Brando, the roster for
Jump Force is complete; which is something to be expected given that the game is only 10 days away from releasing.
Now that all of the characters in
Jump Force have been officially revealed, the game is featuring Goku, Vegeta, Frieza, Piccolo, Cell, and Future Trunks from
Dragon Ball Z, Naruto, Sasuke, Kakashi, Boruto, Kaguya, and Gaara from
Naruto, Luffy, Sanji, Zoro, Boa, Sabo, and Blackbeard from
One Piece, Ichigo, Aizen, Renji, and Rukia from
Bleach, Gon, Hisoka, Killua, and Kurapika from
Hunter X Hunter,
City Hunter's Ryo,
Fist of the North Star's Kenshiro, Kenshin and Makoto Shishio from
Rurouni Kenshin, Pegasus Seiya and Dragon Shiryu from
Saint Seiya, Toguro and Yusuke Urameshi from
Yu Yu Hakusho,
My Hero Academia's Deku,
Yu-Gi-Oh's Yugi Muto,
Dragon Quest's Dai, and Jotaro Kujo and Dio Brando from
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, plus Yagami Light and Ryuk as non-playable characters from
Death Note.
Jump Force will also be including four brand-new characters designed by Akira Toriyama: Galena, Glover, Kane, and Navigator; although only Galena and Kane have been confirmed to be playable. All of this coupled with the fact that players will also be able to create their own customisable avatar and join the fight to save the Universe; making for a very impressive roster of characters.
It is worth mentioning that Bandai Namco confirmed there would be no more announcements in regards of characters joining the
Jump Force roster until the game is released. This doesn't necessarily mean that there won't be any post-launch content coming their way. Given Bandai Namco's trackrecord with other fighting games they've published, it is very likely that this is the case and more characters will be revealed as DLC. That said,
Jump Force's roster is already worthy of admiration as it is.
Universes collide as legendary manga heroes and villains are transported to our reality. Massive battles fill epic locales as good and evil clashes, while humankind hangs in the balance.
Jump Force will be available for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on the 15th of February.