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| 9 | ''[=JoJo's=] Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle'' is a fighting game by Creator/CyberConnect2 made in conjunction with the 2012 anime based on the manga ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' to celebrate the series' 25th anniversary in Japan. The game was released in Japan on August 29, 2013, later getting a surprise Western release with Europe getting it first on April 25, 2014, and North America getting it a few days later, on April 29, 2014. [[http://www.destructoid.com/jojo-s-bizarre-adventure-has-new-content-for-the-west-269719.phtml The North American version is primarily digital, with a limited number of physical copies available. However, it also has exclusive features such as Arcade mode and a shortened Campaign mode energy recharge time.]] |
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| 11 | The battle system is what you'd expect from a traditional best-out-of-three fighting game: two characters fight to the last and the first to win two rounds is the winner. All characters have associated command grabs, special attacks, a PracticalTaunt that drains a bit of the enemy's Heart Heat Gauge, and two Super Moves: a one-bar Heart Heat Attack and [[LimitBreak a three-bar Great Heat Attack]]. Every character also has an associated style, which determines which moves are available to them and how they fight: |
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| 13 | * '''[[ThePowerOfTheSun Hamon]]:''' Exclusive to Jonathan, Zeppeli, Joseph, Caesar, Lisa Lisa, and Old Joseph, they can use breathing in order to charge their HH Gauge or strengthen their attacks. Hamon-powered attacks are quite effective against Vampire characters. |
| 14 | * '''[[VampiricDraining Vampirism]]:''' Exclusive to Dio Brando, DIO, and Vanilla Ice, they can drain another character's health in order to restore their own. Instead of dropping the health bar, non-Rippled hits they receive will instead turn into silver health, which is health they can recover with one of their moves. As for Ripple-powered moves, they directly drain their health. |
| 15 | * '''[[SuperMode Mode]]:''' Exclusive to the Pillar Men, they can enter into two different special states (a basic one and an "enhanced", more expensive one) that gives them stronger attacks at the cost of draining their meter, making them vulnerable once said meter runs out. Much like Vampirism, Mode characters get silver health when attacked and they're also vulnerable to Ripple-powered attacks. |
| 16 | ** This style was significantly changed in the remake. Special states no longer drain HH gauge while active (although the enhanced one still require one HH bar to activate) and last indefinitely; in exchange, they deactivate on knockdown, and don't allow the characters to gain HH meter while active. |
| 17 | * '''[[FightingSpirit Stand]]:''' Effectively a combination of StanceSystem and AssistCharacter, this style is used by most of the cast. Stand characters can activate their Stand to assist them in battle in different ways, usually by having "User Mode" and "Stand Mode" stances, giving them access to new moves and the opportunity to separate Stand and user to launch a pincher attack. The downside is that damage to the stand translates to damage to the character, meaning that (in most cases) the character's hurtbox becomes noticably bigger. |
| 18 | ** Some Stand-style characters, however, lack the normal stance system. Instead, those particular characters have {{mechanically unusual|Fighter}} extra options for offense and/or defense, unique for each fighter. |
| 19 | * '''[[MountedCombat Mounted]]:''' A Stance System exclusive to Johnny, Gyro, and both versions of Diego Brando. These characters can fight on their own but can also call their horses at will. Riding the horse will give them new moves, provide increased resistance to knockdown, and make them immune to grabs. However, while on a horse they cannot grab the opponent, collect items (such as the Holy Corpse parts) from the ground, or regenerate their Guard Gauge. |
| 20 | * '''[[BadassNormal Ogre Street]]:''' Exclusive to Speedwagon, effectively another Stance System style where he can switch between two {{Assist Character}}s at will (Tattoo and Kempo Fighter), each of which gives him a new moveset. Unlike the Stand style, attacking the assist will not stun nor damage Speedwagon, and vice-versa. |
| 21 | * '''[[StupidJetpackHitler Best Science in the World]]:''' A Stance System exclusive to Stroheim. Allows him to switch between [[MoreDakka Heavy Machine Gun Mode]] and [[LightEmUp UV Laser Mode]]. Stroheim can only stay in UV Laser Mode so long as his UV Laser Gauge isn't empty. The UV Laser Gauge slowly drains while in UV Laser Mode, and slowly fills while in Heavy Machine Gun Mode. |
| 22 | * ''' Bro and Mammone:'''[[note]]consistently—but incorrectly—rendered as the plural "mammoni"[[/note]] Exclusive to Prosciutto and Pesci, this style is essentially a combination of the standard Stand style and Speedwagon's Ogre Street style: in Stand Mode, Prosciutto fights like an average Stand style user (albeit with a mechanic that allows him to afflict debuffs on his opponent through RapidAging), and in User Mode, Pesci acts as an AssistCharacter. |
| 23 | * '''[[LovecraftianSuperpower Baoh Armed Phenomenon]]:''' Exclusive to Ikuro Hashizawa, a.k.a. Baoh, he can use a portion of his HH Gauge to give his moves [[ImmuneToFlinching super armor]], making them unable to be overpowered by his opponent's moves. |
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| 25 | In addition, when a character has a quarter of health or less remaining, they [[ComebackMechanic enter into a special state]]: |
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| 27 | * '''[[CriticalStatusBuff Rumbling Mode]]:''' Turns the health bar red and increases attack and defense. Used by most of the cast. |
| 28 | * '''[[{{Determinator}} Resolve Mode]]:''' Turns the health bar yellow, increases defense, and makes the characters ImmuneToFlinching when not attacking. Exclusive to Part 5 characters (with the exception of Risotto and Diavolo) and Ermes from Part 6. |
| 29 | * '''[[GradualRegeneration Baoh Armed Phenomenon]]:''' Used exclusively by Baoh, once his health bar falls below certain thresholds (75%, 50%, and 25%), his health bar turns violet and he gets RegeneratingHealth, healing faster the lower his health is. |
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| 31 | The game received a sequel in 2015: ''VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureEyesOfHeaven''. |
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| 33 | An UpdatedRerelease titled ''[=JoJo=]'s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R'' was released in September 2022 for the Platform/PlayStation4, Platform/PlayStation5, Platform/XboxOne, Platform/XboxSeriesXAndS, Platform/NintendoSwitch, and Platform/{{Steam}}. This version has an expanded cast of fifty-one playable characters at launch (with at least nine extra characters being added as DLC), gameplay adjustments, and updated art design and re-recorded voice lines to better match the Creator/DavidProduction anime series. The most important gameplay feature is the addition of an AssistCharacter in the form of one of the playable fighters. These fighters can be summoned a limited amount of times per match, but they can [[ComboBreaker break]] and extend combos. |
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| 35 | Most of the moves and stages highlight important plot points. These can be found in these two pages: |
| 36 | * [[DevelopersForesight/JoJosBizarreAdventureAllStarBattle Game's page for]] DevelopersForesight. |
| 37 | * [[MythologyGag/JoJosBizarreAdventureAllStarBattle Game's page for]] MythologyGag. |
| 38 | Because of this, ''beware unmarked spoilers''. |
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| 40 | [[folder:Playable characters]] |
| 41 | !!Introduced in ''All-Star Battle'' |
| 42 | ''Italics'' indicates DLC. |
| 43 | |
| 44 | # '''''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Phantom Blood]]''''': Jonathan Joestar, Will Anthonio Zeppeli, Dio Brando |
| 45 | # '''''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Battle Tendency]]''''': Joseph Joestar, Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli, Wamuu, Esidisi, Kars (Ultimate Lifeform), ''Lisa Lisa'' |
| 46 | # '''''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]''''': Jotaro Kujo (Star Platinum), Muhammad Avdol (Magician's Red), Noriaki Kakyoin (Hierophant Green), Jean-Pierre Polnareff (Silver Chariot), Hol Horse[[note]]assisted by J. Geil[[/note]] (Emperor + Hanged Man), DIO (The World), ''Iggy (The Fool)'', ''Old Joseph Joestar (Hermit Purple)'', ''Vanilla Ice (Cream)'' |
| 47 | # '''''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]]''''': Josuke Higashikata (Crazy Diamond), Okuyasu Nijimura (The Hand), Koichi Hirose (Echoes), Rohan Kishibe (Heaven's Door), Akira Otoishi (Red Hot Chili Pepper), Kosaku Kawajiri[[note]]assisted by Tama and Hayato Kawajiri[[/note]] (Killer Queen Bites the Dust + Stray Cat), ''Yoshikage Kira (Killer Queen + Sheer Heart Attack)'', ''Shigekiyo "Shigechi" Yangu (Harvest)'' |
| 48 | # '''''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]''''': Giorno Giovanna (Gold Experience + Gold Experience Requiem), Bruno Bucciarati (Sticky Fingers), Guido Mista (Sex Pistols), Narancia Ghirga (Aerosmith), Diavolo (King Crimson + Epitaph), ''Pannacotta Fugo (Purple Haze + Purple Haze Distortion)'' |
| 49 | # '''''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]''''': Jolyne Cujoh (Stone Free), Ermes Costello (Kiss), Enrico Pucci (Final) (Whitesnake + C-Moon + Made in Heaven)[[note]]This version was removed from the base roster in ''R'' and then later re-added in a free update[[/note]], ''Narciso Anasui (Diver Down)'' |
| 50 | # '''''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun Steel Ball Run]]''''': Johnny Joestar (Tusk), Gyro Zeppeli (Ball Breaker), Funny Valentine (Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap) |
| 51 | # '''''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureJojolion JoJolion]]''''': "Josuke Higashikata" (Soft & Wet) |
| 52 | # '''''Manga/{{Baoh}}''''': ''[[GuestFighter Ikuro Hashizawa]]'' |
| 53 | |
| 54 | !!Introduced in ''All-Star Battle R'' |
| 55 | |
| 56 | # '''''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Phantom Blood]]''''': Robert E. O. Speedwagon[[note]]assisted by Tattoo and the Kempo Fighter[[/note]] |
| 57 | # '''''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Battle Tendency]]''''': ''Rudol von Stroheim''[[note]]Season 1[[/note]] |
| 58 | # '''''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]''''': Mariah (Bastet), Pet Shop (Horus) |
| 59 | # '''''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]]''''': Yukako Yamagishi (Love Deluxe), Jotaro Kujo (Part 4) (Star Platinum: The World), ''Keicho Nijimura (Bad Company)''[[note]]Season 1[[/note]], ''Yuya Fungami (Highway Star)''[[note]]Season 2[[/note]] |
| 60 | # '''''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]''''': Trish Una (Spice Girl), Prosciutto and Pesci (The Grateful Dead + Beach Boy), Ghiaccio (White Album + White Album Gently Weeps), ''Risotto Nero (Metallica)''[[note]]Season 1[[/note]], ''Leone Abbacchio[[note]]assisted by Guido Mista and Narancia Ghirga[[/note]] (Moody Blues)''[[note]]Season 2[[/note]] |
| 61 | # '''''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]''''': Enrico Pucci (Whitesnake), F.F.[[note]]assisted by Weather Report[[/note]] (Foo Fighters + Weather Report), ''Weather Report (Weather Report + Heavy Weather)''[[note]]Added in free update[[/note]] |
| 62 | # '''''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun Steel Ball Run]]''''': Diego Brando (Scary Monsters), ''Alternate World Diego (THE WORLD)''[[note]]Season 1[[/note]] |
| 63 | # '''''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureJojolion JoJolion]]''''': ''Wonder of U''[[note]]Season 2[[/note]] |
| 64 | [[/folder]] |
| 65 | |
| 66 | [[folder:Stages]] |
| 67 | # ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Phantom Blood]]'': Dio's Castle |
| 68 | # ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Battle Tendency]]'': The Battlefield |
| 69 | # ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'': DIO's Mansion, El Cairo City, Cairo Bridge [''R''] |
| 70 | # ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]]'': Kira Estate, Morioh Town, Cape Boing-Boing [''R''] |
| 71 | # ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]'': Naples Train Station, Rome, The Colosseum [''R''] |
| 72 | # ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'': Green Dolphin Street State Prison, Kennedy Space Center[[note]]In ''R'', the stage was omitted from the base game, but it was made available post-launch via a free update.[[/note]] , Everglades [''R''] |
| 73 | # ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun Steel Ball Run]]'': Philadelphia Seaside, Rocky Mountain Village [''R''] |
| 74 | # ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureJojolion JoJolion]]'': Wall Eyes |
| 75 | [[/folder]] |
| 76 | ---- |
| 77 | !!This video game provides examples of: |
| 78 | * AffablyEvil: Toru is actually pretty nice for a ruthless villain, even offering to treat his opponents' wounds if they agree to stop following him, and planning to use the New Locacaca to restore Stroheim's human body for no reason other than because he could. |
| 79 | * AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield: Final Pucci's reward if he can evolve his Stand into Made In Heaven. Has the added bonus of slowing his opponent's movements to a crawl. |
| 80 | * AnachronismStew: Par for the course in a multigenerational crossover, but some examples stand out: |
| 81 | ** One of Kosaku Kawajiri's round win animations has him using his cellphone to call his boss and apologize for being late. He can do this regardless of when and where the fight is located, even if it's in a time before cellphones were invented, in an area remote enough that he wouldn't get reception, ''[[BreadEggsBreadedEggs both]]'', another country, or ''[[SuperCellReception another dimension]]''. |
| 82 | ** Ghiaccio also calls Melone in one of his round-win animations under the same circumstance than Kosaku. |
| 83 | ** Mariah can weaponize cut power lines and cars even in areas and eras where they should not be able to be found such as Victorian England and ''the very end of the world''. |
| 84 | * ArtEvolution: ''R'' took a few pointers from ''Eyes of Heaven'' as far as its visual presentation goes, primarily with having characters emulate their respective anime adaptations more. While the Part 3 representatives were already updated in ''EOH'' to reflect their anime having finished at the time, this marks the first time Parts 4-6 got updates to have their color schemes and voice work reflect those of their anime. |
| 85 | * AscendedExtra: |
| 86 | ** Speedwagon acted as the game's narrator in the original game but was PromotedToPlayable in the ''R'' UpdatedRerelease. |
| 87 | ** Prosciutto and Pesci appeared in the original ''All Star Battle'' as part of a Situation Finish in the Naples Station stage before being PromotedToPlayable. When they fight in that stage, the Stage Hazard and Dramatic Finish will be disabled. |
| 88 | ** Ghiaccio was merely the commentator for the original game's glossary before becoming a playable character for ''R''. |
| 89 | ** In the original ''All Star Battle'', Weather Report was just a Stage Hazard on the Green Dolphin Street State Prison stage, while in the base game for ''R'', he serves as F.F.'s Heart Heat Attack. However, he was PromotedToPlayable in ''R'' post-launch via free DLC. |
| 90 | ** Similarly to Ghiaccio, Abbacchio was the operator for the Sound Test screen before being added to the game in Season 2 of its DLC. |
| 91 | * AscendedMeme: The yes/no options on confirmation screens are both memetic: Telence T. D'Arby's "YES! YES! YES!" and Rohan's "''Daga kotowaru''/I refuse." In English, the latter is translated as "Like Hell I will!" |
| 92 | * AssistCharacter: |
| 93 | ** J. Geil (with Hanged Man) for Hol Horse and Tama (with Stray Cat) and Hayato Kawajiri for Kosaku. |
| 94 | ** ''R'' introduces one as a universal mechanic, with any other member of the roster able to be picked as assists. In addition, Speedwagon has Tattoo and the Kempo Fighter, Prosciutto has Pesci, and Weather Report assists F.F. |
| 95 | * AwesomeButImpractical: |
| 96 | ** Giorno and Kars' transformation [=GHAs=]. While both offer new moves, properties, and increased mobility, it's far too easy for players to shoot themselves in the foot if their opponent smacks them before the transformation is finished. However, this can be circumvented with certain moves (those being Giorno's HHA and Kars' "Shatter Against The Wall") that place distance between the player and the opponent, buying time for the transformation to occur, with only a few characters (Baoh, Part 1 Dio, and possibly Akira Otoshi) able to stop the process (with the former two having [=HHAs=] composed of a fast beam like a projectile, and Akira able to have Chili Pepper reach the other side of the stage using "Wack-a-Mole Champion"). |
| 97 | ** Final Pucci has his entire moveset geared around getting to Made In Heaven. While Made In Heaven itself is [[PurposelyOverpowered completely worth the investment]], [[DifficultButAwesome it's extremely hard to reach it]]. Even getting C-Moon is very difficult, as the 14 Phrases needed to activate it are said very slowly and leave Pucci vulnerable. Once you get C-Moon, though, getting Made In Heaven isn't too hard. Provided there isn’t a wall in the way, C-Moon’s Easy Beat combo in Stand mode puts enough distance between Pucci and his opponent to activate Made In Heaven. |
| 98 | * BadassNormal: Robert E. O. Speedwagon, introduced in ''R'', can go toe-to-toe with Pillar Men, Vampires, and Stand and Hamon users without much hassle. He comes with two {{Assist Character}}s, Tattoo and the Kempo Fighter, both of whom also qualify. |
| 99 | * BerserkButton: When a character pushes Josuke's, he enters a powered-up state. |
| 100 | -->'''Josuke:''' ''WHAT THE HELL DID YOU SAY ABOUT MY HAIR?!'' |
| 101 | * BigOMG: Old Joseph's taunt, both exclaimed normally and PunctuatedForEmphasis. |
| 102 | * BlindIdiotTranslation: The German version of the original game used the English version as a foundation, and apparently, they had no clue about the references, as a result, they translated as much as possible from English to German, even proper nouns and names. It starts as "Stand" being translated as "Kraft" (which means "Power" or "Might" in a purely physical sense) and spirals downward from there. This doesn't count for ''R'', which got a complete re-translation. |
| 103 | * ButtMonkey: Everyone insults Josuke's hair. Even [[MirrorMatch Josuke himself]]. |
| 104 | * ButtonMashing: The game has an "easy beat" mechanics that allows player to make an easy combo ending with a Heat Heart Attack if they mash the light button. |
| 105 | * CastOfSnowflakes: The game mixes aspects of Araki's evolving art style without completely succumbing to [[OnlySixFaces homogenization]], and as a result, there's a lot of diversity. This is easily seen when comparing [=JoJolion=] Josuke and Jotaro. Canonically, they are nearly identical to each other, with the same body type. In the game, they're more or less on opposite sides of the appearance spectrum. |
| 106 | * CastFullOfPrettyBoys: Most of the male heroes in the [=JoJo=] universe are attractive as a given. But the character roster for Part 5 in the original game was composed ''exclusively'' of this-- even BigBad Diavolo is handsome, young-looking, trim and muscular. ''All Star Battle R'' broke this trend by adding Trish Una to the roster and having Prosciutto share his slot with [[{{Gonk}} Pesci]]. |
| 107 | * ColourCodedForYourConvenience: There are 4 {{Palette Swap}}s for all character's normal costumes, and then 2 for every alternative costume they have. Note that not all characters entirely change from color to color. This also applies to the Stands, who only have two colors each: P1 and P2, carried across both alternative colors and costumes. |
| 108 | * ColorCodedTimestop: Dio's is yellow. Jotaro's is white. Diavolo's time ''skip'' is of course red. |
| 109 | * CombatPragmatist: Joseph. One of his [=HHAs=] has him just whip out a tommy gun to blast his opponent. |
| 110 | * ComboBreaker: |
| 111 | ** Some characters, if attacked, can spend two bars of meters to negate the damage and break the enemy's combo. DIO (Part 3) and Diavolo will dodge the attack by using their [[TimeStandsStill respective]] [[CosmicRetcon abilities]], while Giorno will counter-attack his opponent at the cost of taking a bit of damage. |
| 112 | ** ''R'' introduces a universal "Reversal Assist" mechanic, where the assist character will knock away the opponent. The catch is that it can be used only a limited amount of time during a match; it causes no damage; and it requires a longer cooldown than a normal assist. |
| 113 | * ComebackMechanic: |
| 114 | ** When most characters get low enough health (30%), they enter Rumbling Mode, where their health meter turns red, and their attack power, meter gain and Guard Gauge are improved. A select few[[note]]Giorno, Bruno, Mista, Fugo, Ghiaccio, Prosciutto, and Ermes[[/note]] instead get Resolve Mode at lower (20%) health, where their health meter turns yellow, and they get significantly higher attack power, [[NoSell super armor]] while not attacking, and gain more Heart Heat meter when attacked. |
| 115 | ** Mista also has an unique boost in Resolve Mode, which allows his bullets to pierce through any non-super projectiles. |
| 116 | ** Ikuro gets an unique Mode where his health bar turns purple and gets RegeneratingHealth instead. |
| 117 | ** Fugo gets a new move that he can only access while in Resolve Mode. This move lets him evolve Purple Haze into Purple Haze Distortion without spending meter, when he can usually only do so by using his Great Heat Attack. |
| 118 | ** Jonathan has a move called "[[LastDitchMove My Final Hamon]]" which can revive him from defeat with 20% health and give him permanent Hamon-infused attacks at the cost of locking out his HH meter. |
| 119 | ** Valentine can expend 3 HH bars to [[WeHaveReserves have D4C replace him]] with a full-health Valentine at the cost of all his corpse parts and the usage of his HH meter. |
| 120 | ** Bruno [[LastChanceHitPoint auto-revives]] in Resolve Mode if he's about to lose the match for one last chance to win. |
| 121 | ** If Yukako is knocked out and is about to lose the match, but she has at least 1 bar of the HH gauge, she will revive herself; on top of that, her hair will turn white, and [[SuperMode Love Deluxe]] becomes permanently active. The drawback is that her HH gauge gets disabled. |
| 122 | ** Wonder of U has a unique "Calamity" mechanic that significantly improves his attacks the lower his health gets. This is on top of having access to the regular Rumble Mode. |
| 123 | * ContinuityCameo: Tons of them. Comes with being a game based on a LongRunner franchise: |
| 124 | ** The menus have, among others, Robert E.O. Speedwagon, Wang Chan, Rudol von Stroheim, Oingo and Boingo, Ringo Roadagain... |
| 125 | ** Nukesaku as a stage hazard of the DIO's Mansion stage. |
| 126 | ** Wilson Phillips as part of the stage hazard in the Cairo Streets stage. |
| 127 | ** Yoshihiro Kira as a stage hazard of the Kira Estate stage. |
| 128 | ** Reimi Sugimoto as part of the Morioh stage's Situation Finish. |
| 129 | ** Pesci and Prosciutto, as both the stage hazard and Situation Finish of the Naples' Train Station stage. |
| 130 | ** Secco as the stage hazard of the Rome Streets stage. |
| 131 | ** Green Baby is part of Final Pucci's stand Whitesnake's evolution to C-Moon. |
| 132 | ** Weather Report as the stage hazard of the Green Dolphin Street Prison stage. |
| 133 | ** Emporio Alnino as part of the stage hazard of the Kennedy Space Station stage. |
| 134 | ** Lucy Steel and Stephen Steel as the stage "hazard" of the Atlantic Coast stage. |
| 135 | ** Yasuho Hirose and Joshu Higashikata as both the stage hazard and Situation Finish of the Wall Eyes stage. |
| 136 | * CuttingOffTheBranches: There has been a great debate inside the fandom if Giorno keeps his "Gold Experience Requiem" Stand, or if it returns to its "Gold Experience" form. In the game, it's temporary, except during the Story Mode fight between Fugo and Giorno, where Giorno [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard has permanent GER throughout the fight]], implying it is indeed permanent and is just [[PowerCreepPowerSeep temporary during Versus Mode for balance reasons]]. |
| 137 | * DamageOverTime: |
| 138 | ** Fugo's virus capsules can temporarily poison whoever they hit - including Fugo himself. |
| 139 | ** Final Pucci's C-Moon can inflict a similar effect with certain moves. Using them again will immediately end the effect. |
| 140 | ** The stage hazard in Dolphin Street Prison is a [[ItMakesSenseInContext rain of dart frogs]] that cause temporary poison if you are under it when it falls. Weather Report has a similar move in his moveset. |
| 141 | * DamnYouMuscleMemory: The R1 Button is used to charge the HHA meter for Hamon users when you hold it down; for Stand users (whose HHA meter charges as they perform hits), ''one'' press of the R1 button turns your Stand On, and one more turns it off. This can cause mistakes at the worst times if you start using another type after using one type too long. |
| 142 | * DeathFromAbove: The Dramatic Finish of El Cairo Bridge in ''R'' involves the unlucky loser being crushed by a steamroller. Since this is also part of Part 3 DIO's moveset, this is disabled when he's one of the fighters. |
| 143 | * DefyingTheCensors: In the Western release of ''Eyes of Heaven'', Stroheim's default outfit was {{Bowdlerise}}d, [[https://static.jojowiki.com/images/f/f0/latest/20220803213607/EU-US_Stroheim_EoH.png removing his SS General uniform]]. In all versions of ''All Star Battle R'', however, his SS General uniform is [[https://static.jojowiki.com/images/2/22/latest/20230119142603/Stroheim_ASB_R.png kept intact]]. |
| 144 | * DemotedToExtra: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zigzagged.]] Weather Report went from playable character in ''Eyes of Heaven'' to F.F.'s AssistCharacter in ''R'' to free DLC character shortly after the last part of the ''Stone Ocean'' anime was released. |
| 145 | * DifficultButAwesome: Final Pucci starts off slow and weak, [[MagikarpPower but has the ability to upgrade his stand from Whitesnake to C-Moon, and eventually into the]] PurposelyOverpowered Made In Heaven (and his stand evolutions are retained in-between rounds). Made In Heaven slows the enemy's overall speed to the point of making it impossible to land a proper combo while Pucci can move as normal; you can see where it's going from there. However, this takes a ''really'' long time, and involves a lot of special tasks that leave him wide open to attack. Plus, certain characters can nullify Made in Heaven: Giorno Giovanna with Gold Experience Requiem is immune to its effects, while Kosaku Kawajiri can reset Made in Heaven back to Whitesnake with his GHA, "Bites the Dust". Pucci's moveset is also full of attacks designed to knock his opponent down and away, or just keep them occupied while he performs the required tasks. |
| 146 | ** Counter based HHA or GHA. It's much harder to connect since you need to catch your opponents' melee attacks, not grabs or projectiles. But those skills deals more damage than regular HHA or GHA. Diavolo's GHA is particular can deplete ''three quarters'' of his opponents' health. And in ''R'', Whitesnake Pucci's can as well, plus it even renders the opponent's HH Gauge unusable for good measure, so even if by some miracle the opponent does survive, they won't be able to make a comeback unless Pucci landed his GHA with almost no health remaining. |
| 147 | ** Wamuu is difficult to use, with his combos having significantly less margin for error than most characters on the roster. However, if you do master playing as him, he's a very strong character with a high damage output. |
| 148 | * DisneyVillainDeath: Several stages have Dramatic Finishes where the opponent falls down to their defeat/demise. These are Part 1 Dio's Mansion and Part 3 Dio's Mansion (but solely for non-vampiric characters). The original game also had the Kennedy Space Center, an exaggerated version of this. ''R'' adds the Boing-Boing Cape stage and the Part 7 village stage, another exaggerated version. |
| 149 | * DoesntLikeGuns: Referencing his own fight with Mista, Ghiaccio expresses a distaste for guns when set against Johnny and Hol Horse in his extra battles in ''R''. |
| 150 | * DoppelgangerAttack: Abbacchio's gimmick. Every time he uses a special move in Stand Off mode, Moody Blues (disguised as Abbacchio) will use the previous special move that Abbacchio used. |
| 151 | * DownloadableContent: |
| 152 | ** For the vanilla version, the DLC characters are, in availability order: Yoshikage Kira, Shigekiyo Yangu, Panacotta Fugo, Iggy, Old Joseph Joestar, Lisa Lisa, Narciso Anasui, Vanilla Ice, and Ikuro Hashizawa. |
| 153 | ** In addition, there's also the possibility of non-character content, such as Jotaro's "Looks like I've found an idiot" taunt, a code for which is included in a character guidebook for the game. |
| 154 | ** ''R'' added extra characters in two different packs. The first one consisted of Risotto Nero, Rudol von Stroheim, Keicho Nijimura, and Alternate Universe Diego Brando, with Weather Report, Enrico Pucci (Final) and the Kennedy Space Center stage added for free after Part 6 of the anime ended. A second pack included Leone Abacchio, Yuya Fungami and Wonder of U |
| 155 | * DraggedOffToHell: The Situation/Dramatic Finish for the Morioh town stage is the victim suffering this after looking back in the ghost alleyway. |
| 156 | * DubInducedPlotHole: [[http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e315/Tiger_Stripe/goddamnit_zps53ee69ab.png While Joseph's famous countertaunt works just fine for everyone else, the localization goofs up on the subtitles for when he does it to Ermes.]] While the voices remain the same thing, Joseph's subtitles have him guess that she'll say "Your foe is right here!" Ermes' subtitles, however, say "Come at me bro!" while her vocals remain unchanged. And yet despite the subtitle goof meaning that Joseph guessed the wrong line for the first time in his life, Ermes still takes a cut to her HH gauge. The UpdatedRerelease fixes it with Joseph now saying "Come at me, bro!" when his "Your Next Line Is" skill is used against Ermes. |
| 157 | * DubNameChange: |
| 158 | ** The English version has a fair amount of name changes for playables and [=NPCs=] alike. Araki himself apparently approved the lot of them. The Pillar Men use their romanized names (Wamuu, Esidisi and Kars) whilst Santana from Part 2 has been renamed "Santviento" to match the Crunchyroll subs (An earlier press released showed it was "San Tan" at first.) |
| 159 | ** [[http://i.imgur.com/eLfkv4o.jpg Josuke's "Crazy Diamond" is renamed "Shining Diamond" in the overseas version.]] While the Music/PinkFloyd reference is still there, it's more subtle. Furthermore, Josuke's life bar nametag has a "4" on the end of it to differentiate him from Gappy. |
| 160 | ** Bruno Bucciarati's Stand Sticky Fingers has been renamed "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID7kigWJzAM&t=1m40s Zipper Man]]". |
| 161 | ** Yoshikage Kira's Stand, Killer Queen, is renamed "Deadly Queen" while his Stray Cat assist is also renamed "Feral Cat". Weirdly, one of the European newsbites as well as one of Bandai-Namco EU's combo videos still has it named Killer Queen. Stray Cat would be given its canonical name in ''R''. |
| 162 | ** Tonio Trussardi's Music/PearlJam Stand is renamed "Opal Jam" in the original release, and "Pole Jam" in ''R''. |
| 163 | ** Formaggio's "Little Feet" is renamed "Tiny Feet". |
| 164 | ** Ghiaccio's Stand, White Album, is renamed "White Ice". |
| 165 | ** Koichi's "Echoes" Stand has been renamed "Reverb". |
| 166 | ** Akira's "Red Hot Chili Pepper" is shortened to "Chili Pepper". |
| 167 | ** Minor villain Terunosuke Miyamoto's "Enigma" Stand is renamed "Misterioso". |
| 168 | ** Giorno's Gold Experience is renamed "Golden Wind", same as Part 5's main name. Strangely enough, the other Prince reference, Josuke's Soft and Wet, remains unchanged. |
| 169 | ** Abbacchio's Stand "Moody Blues" is renamed "Moody Jazz". |
| 170 | ** Jolyne's Stone Free is renamed "Stone Ocean" |
| 171 | ** Ermes Costello's Stand "Kiss" is renamed "Smack". |
| 172 | ** Jean Pierre Polnareff is named "Jean Pierre Eiffel" in the original release of the game, however his canonical name is used in ''R''. |
| 173 | ** Vanilla Ice is changed to Cool Ice. |
| 174 | ** J. Geil is changed to "Centerfold", the name of a song by Music/TheJGeilsBand. |
| 175 | ** Enrico Pucci was written as "Father Pucchi" in one of the early builds, though a [[http://cms.namcobandaigames.com.php53-8.dfw1-2.websitetestlink.com/sites/default/files/styles/game_media_large/public/game/38/screenshots/jjbaasb-screen8.jpg?itok=0_8N0P1u screenshot]] from the North American Namco Bandai site writes his name as Enrico Pucci. His Stands, Whitesnake, C-Moon, and Made In Heaven are renamed to Pale Snake, Full Moon, and Maiden Heaven respectively. C-Moon is called "See Moon" in ''R''. |
| 176 | ** Narancia's Aerosmith is renamed "Li'l Bomber" |
| 177 | ** Mista's "Sex Pistols" is now "Six Bullets" |
| 178 | ** Pesci's Beach Boy Stand is renamed "Fisher Man" |
| 179 | ** Diavolo's "King Crimson" is now "Emperor Crimson" |
| 180 | ** Minor villains Oingo, Boingo, Devo and Enya retain their "Zenyatta-Mondatta", "Soul Sacrifice" and "Enyaba" renames from the Viz manga release. |
| 181 | ** Narciso Anasui has been renamed Narc Anastasia, though his first name goes back to its original name in ''R''. His Stand, Diver Down, is renamed "Diver Drive". |
| 182 | ** Dirty Deeds Done Dirty Cheap, the stand, is simply referred to by its shorthand, "[=D4C=]" (and the glossary claims that [[BlatantLies nobody knows what it means]]). The move of the same name is renamed to "Filthy acts, at a reasonable price". |
| 183 | ** Sugar Mountain has been renamed "Snow Mountain" |
| 184 | ** Tarkus and Bruford are now "Tarukus" and "Blueford", matching the Crunchyroll subs. |
| 185 | ** Melone's "Baby Face" is now "Babyhead" |
| 186 | ** Risotto's Metallica is now "Metallic". |
| 187 | ** Weather Report and his Stand of the same name are changed to "Weather Forecast". "Heavy Weather" remains the same in the game, however. |
| 188 | ** Keicho's "Bad Company" is renamed to "Worse Company". |
| 189 | ** Yuya's "Highway Star" is renamed to "Highway Go Go". |
| 190 | ** While Wonder of U retains its name[[note]]as the song its named after is called "The Wonder of You"[[/note]], the two Rock Insects it possesses have their names slightly altered to "Dee dududu, De dadada" and "Obla dee, Obla da." |
| 191 | ** "Situation Finish" is changed to "Dramatic Finish". |
| 192 | * EndGameResultsScreen: The ending screen shows how well the player did by giving grades to Time, Life and Quality, as well as the character striking a pose and saying something. |
| 193 | * EvenTheSubtitlerIsStumped: What does "[=D4C=]" stand for? In the Japanese text, it's a shortening of Music/DirtyDeedsDoneDirtCheap, but according to the English localization of the game, nobody knows. |
| 194 | * EvilLaugh: |
| 195 | ** Dio Brando lets one out at the end of his GHA after he shatters the frozen remains of his opponent. |
| 196 | ** Kars has one as a taunt. In ''R'', his roar as he transforms into his UltimateLifeform during his GHA is changed into a roar that transitions into a full-on laughter as he finishes transforming. |
| 197 | ** Akira lets out a deranged cackle during his HHA. |
| 198 | ** Kosaku!Kira delivers his post-Bites the Dust laugh at the end of his GHA. |
| 199 | * EvolvingAttack: |
| 200 | ** When Johnny uses an HHA, Tusk will evolve to its next Act, or if he uses the GHA, it will automatically become Tusk Act 4. Each version of Tusk has its own moveset. |
| 201 | ** The Corpse Parts that appear on the stage when he, Gyro, Valentine, and/or Diego are in play also affect the characters. Getting knocked down makes a character lose a Corpse Part.\ |
| 202 | One part gives Johnny an increased attack power, Gyro gets to use Scan, and Valentine's Guard Gauge does not decrease as much, and Diego gains access to the "Are you ready?" follow-up from "Gouge".\ |
| 203 | Two parts gives Johnny and Gyro the ability to automatically guard when using a special move, Valentine's received damage decreases, and Diego's attack power increases.\ |
| 204 | All three parts increases Johnny and Diego's HH Gauge restoration, Gyro gets the Golden Rotation, and Valentine gets [=D4C=] -Love Train- and is immune to projectile attacks. |
| 205 | * {{Fartillery}}: Iggy is able to weaponize his tendency of being a {{Gasshole}} through using "A 'nasty' habit", where he latches onto an opponent's face and farts on them. The fart cloud also results in {{knockback}}, leaving the opponent stunned on the ground for a second. |
| 206 | * FinishingMove: This game features "Situation Finishes", {{Stage Fatalit|y}}ies of a sort that are triggered when the character on the receiving end has been hit with a GHA while standing on a specific direction. |
| 207 | * ForcedTransformation: Weather Report's "Devil's Rainbow" [=HHA=] temporarily turns the enemy into a half-human, half-snail being, leaving them vulnerable to attacks while all they can do is crawl away. |
| 208 | * GameBreakingBug: A couple at launch. |
| 209 | ** If Josuke's GHA hits just before time runs out, he heals the opponent but does not reduce his health again with his punch barrage. |
| 210 | ** Not quite a bug, per se (closer to poor coding), but the game's online multiplayer has bad netcode, and as a result matches are rife with lag. |
| 211 | * GeckoEnding: Since ''[=JoJolion=]'' was still ongoing and somewhat early in its run during the game's development, its accompanying story in Story Mode was made so "Josuke" fought all of the previous [=JoJos=], including himself (and Baoh when he's downloaded), before seeking out Yasuho Hirose. His story mode ends with the series's famous "ToBeContinued" sign. |
| 212 | * GlassCannon: Jean-Pierre Polnareff is designed with this gameplay style in mind. He's reasonably fast, [[KnightInShiningArmor Silver Chariot]] has long range and above average damage, and he can [[LightningBruiser quickly chain combos together]]. The tradeoff is that Polnareff is rather frail, is prone to knockback, and has a rather big hurtbox. This is best emphasized by his HHA, "Off comes the armor!", where Silver Chariot discards its armor to create [[DoppelgangerSpin shadow clones]] for additional damage and make Polnareff even ''faster'', at the cost of being even more fragile than he was prior. |
| 213 | * GravityScrew: On the Kennedy Space Center stage, the "floor" is the wall of a building as a result of C-Moon's gravity-altering powers. Also, when hit by Giorno's HHA, Final Pucci tries to fiddle with gravity to escape, but Gold Experience holds him in place as it socks him in the face. |
| 214 | * GuestFighter: Baoh, who's from Araki's earlier work, ''Manga/{{Baoh}}''. |
| 215 | * HandicappedBadass: Johnny is actually crippled in gameplay -- he can only move by dragging himself around with his arms, using Tusk's wormholes, or riding Slow Dancer -- and he's more than capable of holding his own. |
| 216 | * HealThyself: |
| 217 | ** Both Giorno and Risotto Nero have a move where they patch up their own wounds, gaining silver health in exchange for half a bar of Heart Heat Gauge. |
| 218 | ** F.F. can use her Heart Heat Attack (which costs one full bar) to instantly recover actual health. If the full animation plays out, she'll also recover all her plankton. |
| 219 | ** Yuya Fungami's attacks will grant him back silver health if successfully executed. |
| 220 | * HistoricalInJoke: Funny Valentine on Josuke's hair: |
| 221 | -->'''Valentine:''' My God, what an awful hairdo. [[Music/ElvisPresley I'll never let my people wear such a style as that]]. The first thing I'm going to do in office is outlaw that ridiculous hairstyle! |
| 222 | * ImprobableWeaponUser: Being a staple of the series, some characters have weaponized seemingly mundane, everyday items as parts of their move sets. The best example, however, is Kosaku, who weaponizes ''Hayato'', via his Stand's "Bites the Dust" ability, but still. |
| 223 | * IShallTauntYou: All characters can taunt, of course. If a taunt is executed when the opponent is on the ground, the camera will focus on the taunting player while the victim takes a hit to their HHA meter. Joseph; Esidisi and Josuke all also have special counter-taunts: Joseph [[HeyThatsMyLine tells his opponent their next line]], which reduces their HHA meter and gives him a small buff; Esidisi breaks down crying to relieve himself from stress and unnerving the opponent, filling his HHA meter and draining the opponent's; while Josuke has his opponent taunt his hair, [[BerserkButton pissing him off]] and granting him super armor and buffed attack power. |
| 224 | * InterfaceScrew: |
| 225 | ** Rohan possesses various moves that temporarily seal some of the opponent's ability. These effects range from disabling a single attack button to disabling ''all'' attacks. |
| 226 | ** Both versions of Pucci can use Whitesnake to steal Stand Discs from the opponent. This disables some of the opponent's abilities until they recover the disk. In the original game, Pucci dropped a stolen disk if he gets knocked down, but in the remake this was nerfed to make him drop it after being hit, regardless of whether the attack was blocked or not. |
| 227 | ** One of Prosciutto's gimmicks is his aging mechanic: some of his attacks will increase the level of his "Aging Gauge", representing how he's making his opponent older and less agile. At level 1, it will disable the opponent's Stylish Dodge/Guard; at level 2, their jump; and at level MAX, their ability to dash or run. |
| 228 | ** Risotto Nero can inflict the "iron deficiency" status on his opponent, temporarily disabling their ability to run or dash. It also prevents them from filling their Heart Heat gauge. |
| 229 | * JackOfAllTrades: Old Joseph combines traits from both the Hamon and Stand styles. Like most other Stand users, he can switch between [[StanceSystem Stand Off and Stand On]], but lacks a Stand Rush ability since his Stand is tied to his own body. And like other Hamon users, he can spend meter to enhance certain moves, and charge his meter manually; but said charge is significantly slower than normal. |
| 230 | * LateArrivalSpoiler: |
| 231 | ** For those who haven't reached [=JoJolion=] in chronological order, both the game and the trailers freely spoil huge plot points, as seen in the [[MythologyGag/JoJosBizarreAdventureAllStarBattle Mythology Gag]] page. [[WalkingSpoiler Even the sole presence of some characters]] are huge spoilers for those who haven't read yet the manga or any media associated with it prior to playing the game. |
| 232 | ** ''R'' defies the trope when it comes to Enrico Pucci ''and'' Weather Report. The released version of Pucci is locked to Whitesnake only, likely due to the ''Stone Ocean'' anime as it wasn't complete at the time. Once the third and final batch of the anime was released, both characters and the Kennedy Space Center were released as free DLC soon after on December 1st, 2022. |
| 233 | * LaughingMad: An update added laughing taunts for the characters who fought the Sun Stand during Part 3. Certainly seeing [[TheStoic Jotaro]] laugh hysterically at how pathetic you are must be very unsettling... |
| 234 | * LeaningOnTheFourthWall: If Ikuro triggers Josuke's "Watch Your Mouth" parry, the narrator who speaks in Ikuro's stead will remark how Baoh finds Josuke's hair repulsive, and Josuke will still get pissed off at Ikuro, implying he heard what the narrator said. |
| 235 | * LimitBreak: |
| 236 | ** "Heart Heat" attacks require one bar and are (mostly) powerful attacks that inflict a lot of damage on enemies. |
| 237 | ** "Great Heat" attacks are more cinematic and require two bars. They also have the ability to trigger a Dramatic Finish if being used as {{finishing move}}s. In ''R'' a Great Heat Attack will consume every bar available, inflicting more damage depending on how full the meter was. |
| 238 | * MagikarpPower: |
| 239 | ** Final Pucci's moveset. He starts the match with his Stand Whitesnake, which is rather versatile but underpowered. By speaking all 14 of Dio's secret words to Green Baby, his Stand permanently transforms into C-Moon and gives him several new moves, including his GHA, which allows him to further evolve his Stand into Made In Heaven. |
| 240 | ** Johnny gains more moves the further Tusk evolves throughout the match. |
| 241 | ** {{Averted|Trope}} with Koichi, who does have this in canon, but in the game he begins the match with all of his powers unlocked. |
| 242 | * MechanicallyUnusualFighter: Aside from the characters with unique or rare Styles, some fighters who use the Stand style have unique quirks. |
| 243 | ** Hol Horse, Mariah, Guido Mista, Risotto Nero, Foo Fighters, and Baoh do not have a StanceSystem. Instead, their Style input is used to trigger a move central to their fighting styles. |
| 244 | ** Vanilla Ice and Akira Otoishi have gauges that show their Stands’ stamina. When the gauge runs out, they automatically return to User Mode. |
| 245 | ** Shigechi does have a StanceSystem with his offensive and defensive stances, but his Style input is also used to replenish his Harvest units, which are spent in certain attacks. |
| 246 | * MirrorMatch: Everyone's got unique dialogue for these too, intro and exit, and with a large number of the fighters are either confused, panicking, or just plain pissed off. Some even demand a fight right out. However, a few characters are more... nonchalant. For example: |
| 247 | ** P1 Josuke likes the P2 Josuke's style for copying him. |
| 248 | ** P1 Zeppeli comments that stranger things have happened to him, while P2 Zeppeli says his hat doesn't suit P1. |
| 249 | ** "My name is Noriaki Kakyoin." "No need to say it twice." |
| 250 | ** No matter which Polnareff wins, they believe they're far more handsomer than the other. |
| 251 | ** P2 Valentine enters with, "Hello, me. Meet the REAL me." |
| 252 | ** P1 Esidisi says a similar thing to Zeppeli, but P2 asks how how their blood/abilities are. |
| 253 | ** The Otoshis fight to see who is the real savior of rock and roll. |
| 254 | ** The [=DIOs=] muse about fear. |
| 255 | *** And in a unique case, since DIO is also modeled into the Stage Hazard of the Cairo Streets stage, you can have a fight where DIO is fighting DIO whilst getting run over by DIO. |
| 256 | ** P2 Rohan muses about how trite a MirrorMatch would be in a manga. |
| 257 | ** Kosaku is wildly confused either way, but when one is pitted against Yoshikage Kira, Yoshikage immediately decides to just blow Kosaku up. |
| 258 | ** Diavolo stating "I am emperor!" is greeted by "The emperor is I!" by Diavolo. |
| 259 | ** Both Mariahs compliment each other's legs. |
| 260 | ** Both Yukakos fight over Koichi. |
| 261 | ** F.F. considers fighting herself simply training, as her Stand body can naturally duplicate itself. |
| 262 | * ModestyShorts: Seems to be the case for Jolyne and Ermes when they wear the costumes with their skirts on. |
| 263 | * MultiSlotCharacter: |
| 264 | ** Young Joseph was part of the original base roster, with Old Joseph being added in DLC. The same situation happened with Kosaku Kawajiri and [[spoiler:his original self]] Yoshikage Kira, the former base roster, the latter DLC. Lastly there's also Dio Brando from Part 1 and DIO from Part 3. |
| 265 | ** ''R'' adds all these characters, plus the Part 4 version of Jotaro from part 3. Lastly there's Enrico Pucci from Part 6, but ''not'' the same Pucci as he was in the original release, this version of Pucci only had Whitesnake, while Final Pucci (Pucci from the original release of ''ASB'' who uses Whitesnake, C-Moon and [[spoiler:Made in Heaven)]] would later be released as free DLC. |
| 266 | * Mystical108: Rohan's theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auYMuchUa_Y "Pink Dark Boy"]], starts out as a fast-paced rock number, but around the 1:08 mark suddenly takes a slower, darker turn right before the song loops, mirroring the reveal of his hidden depraved nature in [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable the manga]]. |
| 267 | * NeverTrustATrailer: [=PV6=] showed footage of Jotaro fighting Dio, where Dio is wearing his jacketless costume. In the actual Story Mode, he's wearing the same outfit as all his other fights. |
| 268 | * NiceGuy: Giorno proves he is as sweet and kind as his biological half-father Jonathan in the "what if" DLC scenario for ''Golden Wind''. |
| 269 | * PowerNullifier: |
| 270 | ** Many moves in Rohan's arsenal temporarily disable some of the opponent's controls. His ultimate move forbids the opponent from attacking at all for a few seconds. |
| 271 | ** Pucci can use Whitesnake to steal the opponent's Stand Disc, sealing most of their special attacks and skills until they get it back. Pucci's Whitesnake-only version can also use his HHA to disable the opponent's own HHA, while his ultimate move disables the opponent's entire Heart Heat gauge. |
| 272 | * PowerCreepPowerSeep: In the JJBA universe, Stands are only visible to those who have another Stand. Here, the non-Stand users (any characters from Parts 1 and 2, plus Baoh) can presumably see them, allowing them to avoid attacks and strike at the users through the Stands. Additionally, a lot of characters are strengthened or weakened for balance reasons; most of the cast wouldn't even be able to damage the Pillar Men or vampire characters otherwise, for instance. |
| 273 | * PracticalTaunt: Every character has multiple taunts, which can lower their opponent's Heart Heat gauge when they're prone. Carefully timed taunts could be used to create special new combos. |
| 274 | ** Joseph has a special counter which lets him [[HeyThatsMyLine copy his opponent's taunt]] to gain an entire bar of his Heart Heat Gauge ''and'' increase the strength of his hamon attacks. |
| 275 | ** Josuke has a special counter where his ''opponent'' taunts him, or specifically, [[BerserkButton his hair]]. |
| 276 | ** Esidisi has a special counter where he dramatically cries, unnerving his opponent and dropping their Heart Heat Gauge by a significant degree. |
| 277 | ** Rohan has a unique counter taunt, only activated if the other character executed a successful taunt on Rohan first. This allows him to gain Heart Heat instead of losing it, but leaves him potentially vulnerable. |
| 278 | ** Akira can play a solo on his guitar. If not interrupted, this will significantly increase his Heart Heat Gauge. |
| 279 | * PromotedToPlayable: ''R'' introduces Speedwagon, Proscuitto & Pesci, and F.F. as playable characters. The former were background characters in the original ''All Star Battle'' (with Prosciutto and Pesci also being the Stage Hazard and Dramatic Finish of the Naples Train Station arena), while F.F. was an AssistCharacter in ''Eyes of Heaven''. |
| 280 | * PummelDuel: Similarly to the ''VideoGame/DragonBallZBudokai'' series and ''VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureHeritageForTheFuture'', if two stands (or Jonathan) get into a RapidFireFisticuffs duel, it devolves into this, and whoever has an advantage wins the duel and gets a free shot at the loser.[[note]]Not every Stand with RapidFireFisticuffs can enter the duel. See RapidFireFisticuffs below for which ones can and can’t.[[/note]] In the case of Polnareff, Mista and Narancia, they stab or shoot fast enough to keep up with the opposition. |
| 281 | * PurposelyOverpowered: |
| 282 | ** Every transformation-style GHA, like Kars's Ultimate Life Form and Final Pucci's Made in Heaven, are designed to be extremely powerful, but Giorno's Gold Experience Requiem stands out for making him the best character in the game. On top of permanent, unbreakable super armor on ''all'' of his attacks, he gains a full-screen, ''unblockable'' projectile that crumples the opponent, allowing him a full combo or combo extension afterwards, and an unconditional ComboBreaker. Unlike other transformations, it has a limited duration and only lasts for one round, but it lasts so long that allowing Giorno to get it effectively means he's already won the round anyway. |
| 283 | ** C-Moon has ''two'' unblockable attacks ''with super armor'', a projectile attack that hits opponents on the ground ''and'' in the air and a DamageOverTime effect. To wit, it's ill-advised to ever let Final Pucci complete C-Moon. |
| 284 | * RapidFireFisticuffs: |
| 285 | ** Most Stand users have at least one attack involving these.[[note]]Both Jotaros, DIO, Josuke 4, Koichi, Rohan, Akira, both Kiras, Giorno with and without Requiem, Bucciarati, Fugo, Trish, Prosciutto, Jolyne, Ermes, Anasui, F.F., Both Puccis, Johnny, and Josuke 8. Polnareff has rapid-fire stabs, and Valentine and Diego have rapid-fire hand slashes.[[/note]] Some of the non-Stand users do too, too, especially Jonathan.[[note]]Jonathan has rapid-fire punches, while Joseph has a Clacker Volley and Kars and Baoh have rapid-fire arm blade slashes that serve the same purpose.[[/note]] |
| 286 | ** If Jonathan and a Stand user, two Jonathans or two Stand users hit certain attacks simultaneously, there'll be a clash where both players must basically out-button mash the other in a fist-rush clash.[[note]]Only Jonathan, Jotaro, Polnareff, DIO, Josuke 4, Giorno, Bucciarati, Jolyne, Johnny, Josuke 8, and, strangely, Mista and Narancia can enter the barrage fight. Even stranger, other character who do have a similar attack such as Anasui's Diver Down and Koichi's Echoes Act 3 cannot engage clash, despite having more fitting moves to engage in one compared to Mista and Narancia.[[/note]] |
| 287 | * ReactionShot: A panel of the character panicking appears above the special gauge upon being knocked down and taunted. If running low on hp, they'll look really angry instead. The third version, a much more calmer one, of the panel appears when taunting Josuke or Joseph during their special taunts. |
| 288 | * ReusedCharacterDesign: An official artwork example. Diego Brando's artwork is recycled from Alternate World Diego's Eyes of Heaven artwork. Interestingly, that character art originated from the Eyes of Heaven demo where it was assigned to the ''original'' Diego Brando. In short, Diego's artwork went from Diego (Eyes of Heaven demo) > Alternate World Diego (Eyes of Heaven final release) > Diego (ASB R). Later on, Alternate World Diego would be added as DLC, complete with new artwork. |
| 289 | * SayMyName: Most Stand users' [=GHAs=] begin with them shouting the names of their Stands, combining this trope with CallingYourAttacks. |
| 290 | * {{Shoryuken}}: |
| 291 | ** Vanilla Ice has a rising punch move. |
| 292 | ** Jonathan and Ikuro also have rising punches. Ikuro's also utilizes a projectile at the end. |
| 293 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: If Wonder of U loses a match, he will get back up and teleport away. This doesn't apply to Dramatic Finishes, which play out as normal. |
| 294 | * {{Shotoclone}}: Jonathan, to an extent. He has a spammable projectile and flaming uppercut, and can spend meter to [[Franchise/StreetFighter change properties of his specials]]. However, his projectile operates more like a [[VideoGame/FatalFury Power Wave]] than a Hadoken, and he lacks a hurricane kick-type move. |
| 295 | * ShoutOut: |
| 296 | ** [[Film/TheRoom2003 "You are tearing me APART, Lisa Lisa!"]] is Young Joseph's winquote to Lisa Lisa. |
| 297 | ** One of Jotaro's taunts is translated as "[[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/u-mad You mad?]]", while Ermes shouts "[[Series/JerseyShore Come at me, bro!]]". One of Kosaku's taunts is translated as [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons "Everything's coming up Kira!"]] |
| 298 | ** One of Jonathan's Extra Speech taunt lines is translated as "[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight Your words are as empty as your soul!"]] |
| 299 | ** Vanilla Ice's default intro? "[[Music/VanillaIce Let's kick it one time.]]" |
| 300 | ** Jolyne takes some animations, including her default stance, from [[Franchise/StreetFighter Chun-Li]]. |
| 301 | *** Vanilla Ice has a {{Shoryuken}} which even mimics Ryu and Ken's animations. |
| 302 | *** The Character selection screen and Vs. LoadingScreen bring ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'', particularly its two rereleases, to mind. |
| 303 | ** Yoshikage Kira references [[VideoGame/MetalSlug Leona's explosive earrings]] with his pair for one of his moves. |
| 304 | * SinisterSilhouettes: Diavolo's first alternative costume, which is him during his fight with Bucciarati and his first battle with Polnareff. Comes in two flavors of either blue or deep red, as well as suspiciously having his hair cut short. |
| 305 | * SlapOnTheWristNuke: Many of the attacks are much less lethal than they are supposed to be, for the sake of balance. Cream and The Hand, which should be deleting their opponents from existence, merely inflict normal damage. And then there's Dio Brando, Fugo, and Valentine's [=GHAs=], which explicitly show the victim being smashed to pieces or disintegrated, yet they're back in one piece once the cinematic ends.[[note]]Even limiting the evaluation to just [=GHAs=], Dio Brando, Esidisi, Hol Horse, Mariah, DIO, Yoshikage Kira, Prosciutto and Pesci, Ghiaccio, Risotto, Diavolo, Anasui, Weather, and Baoh’s should be fatal to humans and animals. Jonathan, Zeppeli, Joseph, Lisa Lisa, Caesar, and Old Joseph’s should be fatal to vampires. Stroheim’s should be fatal to humans, animals, and vampires that were once human, though likely not the Pillar Men. Vanilla Ice, Okuyasu, Kosaku, Fugo, Johnny, Gyro, and Valentine’s should be fatal to anyone.[[/note]] |
| 306 | %% (ZCE) * SpinningPiledriver: Iggy's HHA. |
| 307 | * SpoilerOpening: Like the trailers, the opening displays some of the plot twists, battle climaxes, and even deaths from the manga, though [[FreezeFrameBonus too fast]] for a viewer to really understand all the details at first. |
| 308 | * {{Spoonerism}}: The Western version of the game subtitles Part 2 Joseph's taunt of "Happy, joy-py, nice to meet you-py!" as "Damn meased to pleet ya!" |
| 309 | * StageFatality: Triggered by using a Heart Heat or Great Heat attack: |
| 310 | ** "Dio's Castle" has the loser falling from the balcony of Dio's castle. |
| 311 | ** "The Battlefield" has the loser being trampled by vampire horses. |
| 312 | ** "Dio's Mansion" has the loser thrown out of the mansion by one of the holes made by Vanilla Ice. Vampires and Pillar men will turn to ash when they touch the sun outside. |
| 313 | ** "Cairo Streets" has the loser thrown to a water tank. |
| 314 | ** "Kira Estate" has the loser thrown to a table containing a book revealing Yoshikage Kira's nail clippings. If either Kira or Kosaku is in play and they're on the receiving end, this finisher won't trigger. |
| 315 | ** "Morioh" has the loser being sent to Reimi's alley, with the hands dragging them. |
| 316 | ** "Naples Station" has the loser hooked by Pesci's stand and the train departing with the loser hooked. In ''R'', if Prosciutto and Pesci are in play and they lose, the finisher won't trigger. |
| 317 | ** "Rome Streets" has the loser being thrown into a dumpster truck. |
| 318 | ** "Green Dolphin Street Prison" has the loser being thrown and Whitesnake stealing their memories disc. If Whitesnake Pucci is in play and he's on the losing end, the finisher won't trigger. |
| 319 | ** The original game's "Kennedy Space Center" has the loser thrown out of the arena and falling constantly. |
| 320 | ** "Along the Philadelphia's Coastline" has the loser being thrown to a warning sign that speaks about bears. |
| 321 | ** "Wall Eyes" has Yasuho Hirose screaming at the sight of the loser and Joshu Higashikata crushing their head with a huge stone. |
| 322 | ** "Cairo Bridge" from ''R'' has the loser crushed by a steamroller. If either Part 1 or Part 3 Dio is in play and they're on the losing end, the finisher won't trigger. |
| 323 | ** "Boing Boing Cape", also from ''R'', has the loser thrown to a rock spike in the ocean, only for said spike to be turned into a bouncer by Koichi's stand, which instead sends them to the ocean. If Koichi is in play and he's on the losing end, the finisher won't trigger. |
| 324 | ** "The Colosseum" (Part 5), from ''R'', has the loser being thrown to where Chariot Requiem stands, with him picking up the Stand Arrow and walking out. |
| 325 | ** "Green Dolphin's Farmyards", from ''R'', has the loser being thrown near a [[ExplosiveLeash Like a Virgin]], that detonates after a short time. |
| 326 | ** "The Village" (Part 7), from ''R'', has the loser falling from the village. |
| 327 | * StanceSystem: |
| 328 | ** Kars has different attacks in regular and Ultimate Being mode. |
| 329 | ** Most Stand-based characters (except for Hol Horse, Mariah, Pet Shop, Shigechi, Yukako, Mista, Risotto, Johnny, Gyro, and Diego) have Stand On/Stand Off. |
| 330 | ** Polnareff’s HHA temporarily removes the armor from Silver Chariot, allowing it to land more hits on certain attacks. |
| 331 | ** Shigechi, who relies heavily on his Stand, instead has Offensive and Defensive stances. |
| 332 | ** Final Pucci is a special case, as Whitesnake, C-Moon, and Made In Heaven have different movesets while still retaining Stand On/Off. |
| 333 | ** Johnny and Gyro have Horseback Switch. ''R'' adds Diego Brando. |
| 334 | ** Johnny's attacks also depend on Tusk's current level. |
| 335 | ** Speedwagon (from ''R'') can switch which ally is currently assisting him - either Tattoo or Kempo Fighter. |
| 336 | ** While Prosciutto has the Stand On/Off mechanic, he's unique in that when his Stand is off, he's instead assisted by Pesci. |
| 337 | ** Diego’s HHA temporarily turns him into a dinosaur. In dinosaur mode, his attacks are different than his attacks in his human modes. |
| 338 | * StealthPun: Music/{{Metallica}} is shown on the ''load''ing screen - "load" is its Stand cry, as well as one of the albums put out by its namesake. |
| 339 | * TheStinger: In all of the trailers but the fifth and sixth. The first introduces Dio, the second shows off Gold Experience Requiem, the third demonstrates Jotaro's time stop, the fourth introduces Yoshikage Kira and the LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition, the seventh introduces Baoh, and the eighth introduces Vanilla Ice and Anasui while showing off more of Baoh. |
| 340 | * StoryBreakerPower: Subverted with Gold Experience Requiem, whose power is to nullify ''any action taken by an opponent''. It's not nearly as broken as it is in the story; they balance it by limiting the Requiem form to Giorno's SuperMode and turning its ability into a {{Counter Attack}} with strict timing. Also, Requiem takes three real seconds to activate. |
| 341 | * SuperMode: This is the crux of the Pillar Men's "Mode" style. Each Pillar Man has two different power-up states: a weaker one that can be toggled at will and slowly consumes the HHA meter while active and a stronger mode with a fixed duration and an entire bar of meter at once. |
| 342 | ** Wamuu has an additional, permanent super mode where he blinds himself, gaining an increase in power in exchange for a drawback (making it harder to string combos in the original game, or losing access to his other Modes in ''R''). |
| 343 | ** Yukako Yamagishi has a similar mechanic. She only has one super mode, but under certain circumstances (see ComebackMechanic) it will activate itself permanently. |
| 344 | * SuperMovePortraitAttack: |
| 345 | ** Whenever a character activates their Heart Heat Attack, the screen zooms on them prior to releasing their attack. |
| 346 | ** With Great Heat Attacks, the screen changes to a manga panel-like screen, with the activating character doing a motion. |
| 347 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: In ''R'', [[WiseBeyondTheirYears Emporio]] ends up taking [[CombatCommentator Speedwagon]]'s role as the menu guide, on account of Speedwagon being PromotedToPlayable. Strangely, Ghiaccio doesn't get a substitute of his own in the Glossary, despite also being PromotedToPlayable. |
| 348 | * TalkingIsAFreeAction: |
| 349 | ** If a taunt is executed while the opponent is knocked to the ground, the camera will zoom in on the taunting player. Doing so causes a reduction in the opponent's HHA meter. |
| 350 | ** One of Joseph's moves is a counter taunt that, if triggered, has him stop everything to [[HeyThatsMyLine guess what his opponent is going to say]]. [[ParrotExposition In a amusingly odd way]], the target only gasps in surprise after fully saying their (sometimes rather long) expected catchphrase. |
| 351 | ** One of Josuke's moves has him doing a pose that, if attacked, will have his opponent [[BerserkButton mock his choice of hairstyle]] and make Josuke enter an Enraged mode where he continuously walks forward and has increased attack. |
| 352 | * TokenNonHuman: The vanilla game originally had humans only (unless you count vampires and Pillar Men, though they look human enough). The DLC then added Iggy, a dog. ''R'' further added Pet Shop, a falcon. Technically F.F. is also non-human (being a sentient colony of plankton), but they inhabit a normal-looking human body. |
| 353 | * UnflinchingWalk: |
| 354 | ** If Josuke successfully pulls off his counter-taunt and [[BerserkButton gets his opponent to mock his hair]], he'll start stomping towards the opponent, gaining a small buff to his attack power and [[ImmuneToFlinching immunity to flinching]]. The downside is that the player's only control over Josuke's movement during this buff is jumping: he'll always march towards the opponent until the buff expires. This also means that he cannot block until he calms down. |
| 355 | ** DIO also has one, which can do many different things like ignore attacks or attack automatically if hit. |
| 356 | * VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Josuke's "heal the opponent, then beat them back down" GHA causes the opponent to stumble to their feet and inspect themselves. This includes Johnny, who is supposed to be crippled, but Josuke apparently beats him up so bad he ends up recrippled. |
| 357 | * VideoGameFlight: Pet Shop from ''R'' is based around this trope. Normally, he moves in a way similar to the other characters (he can "crouch" by landing on the ground, and "jump" by flying up and then coming back down), with a few extra tricks like an air dash. However, he can also activate "Flight Mode", which allows him to move freely in the air; however, this mode doesn't allow him to grab or block, and it consumes a stamina meter that can only be refilled when he's on the ground. |
| 358 | * WeakButSkilled: Gameplay-wise, this is F.F.'s gimmick. Her special moves inflict less damage compared to other characters, but she can quickly chain them together in multiple ways to overwhelm her opponent and catch them off-guard. The catch is that using this gimmick consumes her Plankton meter, and replenishing it leaves her defenseless for an instant. |
| 359 | * WeirdnessCensor: Some of the stages have onlookers, most of whom watch the fight, with some commenting on hazards. However, the background characters for the Cairo stage do not care about the insanity occurring right next to them. Granted, Stands are InvisibleToNormals, but they should still see such things as a man teleporting around and dropping ''steamrollers'', a woman unraveling herself into string, a man's bullets being redirected in a zig-zag pattern, or a long-dead president of the United States (but not one from this present timeline) disappearing into an American Flag or any one of the crazy things from the first two parts, but no one bats an eye. They don't even react when a car speeds ''right past'' their table. |
| 360 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: Invoked. In a case from the manga being adapted in the game, if Fugo is pitted against Giorno, Bruno, Mista, or Diavolo, the special conversations play out as if the dropped plot point of Fugo [[Main/TheMole being a spy for the Boss]] had happened. |
| 361 | * WolverinePublicity: Only for the vanilla version. With every series represented, the box art is naturally dedicated to Jotaro. This is especially true in North America; in other regions, the box art features the other [=JoJos=] in the reflections of Jotaro's jacket. In America? It's just him and Star Platinum. |
| 362 | * WorthyOpponent: In their fight in All-Star Battle mode in ''R'', Esidisi and Avdol are each impressed by the other’s abilities. Whichever one wins will commend the other as a great warrior. |
| 363 | * WritingAroundTrademarks: The game's Western release necessitated many changes to the character and Stand names to avoid legal troubles over copyrights. See DubNameChange above. |
| 364 | * WrittenSoundEffect: As part of mimicking Araki's art style, even simple hits spawn at least one. |
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