MikeStrider

Katsuhiro Harada is announcing the new fighting game. What that would be is up for debate I guess. (His own game or something else like JoJo's he might want to promote himself) Edit: Free-to-play Tekken game http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2013/jun/08/tekken-revolution-new-free-play-game-announced-playstation-3-exclusive/

haha, why did I forget that.

I doubt that. And there's another VJump mention coming later in the month. And they will most likely continue with the Jump scans through to release. Plus, there's a lot of important missing characters from SBR and Stone Ocean.

That's weird, maybe a browser problem? But I could do that now. http://imageshack.us/a/img507/9507/ad1b.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img402/203/ad2rb.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img600/5616/ad3oa.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img824/5421/ad4sr.jpg

After I posted these the JJBA community site crashed lol. Online mode confirmed. And "30+ characters". http://www.dotup.org/uploda/www.dotup.org4254644.jpg http://www.dotup.org/uploda/www.dotup.org4254591.jpg http://www.dotup.org/uploda/www.dotup.org4254604.jpg http://www.dotup.org/uploda/www.dotup.org4254610.jpg

Dude, you better get lots of rest beforehand. It's now confirmed to be 10 minutes. And if you need any helpers? I'm game. http://www.famitsu.com/news/201305/31034181.html

I know what you mean, it just seems like the best path. And I really don't get it. He also wanted to "translate the whole game", which is even more curious. Anyway, I'll just leave it with that. I've been running that thread on the JJBA community forums and it's funny enough reading posts from a variety of fans.

Hmm, yeah. I do believe it's the same person. I'm guessing you had a different typesetter for the videos you released?

He said that? I can't clearly remember at this point. But yeah, do as you will. It wouldn't bother me much. Here's the HQ version. http://101.imagebam.com/download/19vW9aImCC5SctWB8OlKzg/25709/257086653/P014%20copia.jpg And I'll be on the look out in Famitsu this morning. If the next online article is to come out this week it'll be within the next hour.

Here's the low quality jump scan. New stage, the train it looks like. And more to come in VJump 6/21.

Here's a high quality version of the Cars scan. http://www.imagebam.com/image/7dd036254686214

Ah, thanks for that. The latter half of Koichi's HHA description had went over my head. The famitsu link popped up on 2ch at about 4AM PST this morning.

I actually just finished mine. But let me know if anything looks wonky. I did this in 3 1/2 hours without sleeping yet. Koichi Hirose - CV: Romi Park Battle Style: Stand (Echoes) Making his debut in Part IV. Awakened as a Stand User after receiving “The Arrow” from Keicho Nijimura. His Stand can evolve to Act 2 and Act 3 to match his mental growth. Act 1 can create sound effects and attach them to any surface/object, and subsequently make the sound it creates repeat itself. In Act 2, the sound effects are only created from the tail, and by touching the created sound effect with the tail the user increases its effectiveness. And finally, Act 3 has the ability to add weight to objects it hits, increasing their gravity. Special Attack: “The sound of cicadas goes through stone” (Transliteration; Researching the Japanese line referred me to a common spring haiku) Attacking with ACT1’s tail, numerous sound effects appear over one another, quite literally it’s telling the opponent to “soak it up!”. Special Attack: “Dojuuu” *sizzle* ACT2 throws this “sizzling” sound effect into the enemy, and when hit the opponent receives fire damage. Throw “Dohyuuu” *whoo~sh* The opponent is grabbed while ACT2 releases the *whooooosh* sound effect, literally sweeping the enemy off their feet. Counter Attack “Dogg~on” *booo~m* (kinda) Koichi charges the sound effect for a shockwave within himself, it releases on the enemy if they attack him. Special Attack: “Boyo-yo~n” *Bou~nce* ACT2 leaves the sound effect for “bouncing” on the floor. If the opponent passes over it, they get sent flying upward. Special Attack: “S-H-I-T” (ACT3. I can’t wait to hear this from Romi Park) Special Attack: “What’s with this air pressure!?” While in Body Mode, ACT3 comes out very quickly and sends out a shockwave to blast the opponent away. You also take some damage, but the opponent is sent further away from you. Special Attack: “Beat them, ACT 3!” Special Attack: “I can’t forgive you” Unique Attack: “Stop I~t!” Taunt (Yes, hmm..) Heart Heat Attack: “Echoes 3 FREEZE!!” The damage of the move itself is low, but it weights down the opponent forcing them into a crouching positiong for a certain period of time, so their movement is limited. After the pre-determined time elapses, the opponent is released. Caution though, even though there’s ample time, the opponent has some capacity to reduce the amount of time their stuck crouching. Great Heat Attack: “Did I really show some growth??” A continuous attack performed by all three ACTS. Starts off with ACT1’s sound effect attack. Then, ACT2 intensifies the previous sound attack to further the damage. Finally, it ends with a physical attack from ACT3 while saying “get heavy”, applying all damage at once. Akira Otoishi - CV: Showtaro Morikubo Battle Style: Stand (Red Hot Chili Pepper) Making his debut in Part IV, he was given Stand power from Keicho Nijimura, but Akira killed him, took the Bow and Arrow, and started making more Stand Users. His Stand, Red Hot Chili Pepper, absorbs electricity and can move any place where there is a power supply. It is a remote Stand, yet it can become quite powerful if it absorbs enough electricity. Unique Move: “Charge” Akira has a special “Electric Power” gauge above his HH meter. His performance changes depending on how much the gauge is filled by. If the gauge is at 0%, it has to be recovered or else he can’t use his Stand. With this unique move, he takes out a battery to charge his electrical power. It can be used at will when needed. Special Attack: “Spit Fire” Calls out his RC plane, and RHCP comes down from it to attack. Unique Taunt: “Light Hand Method” A special taunt for accumulating his HH gauge. Special Attack: “I’m closing in on you!” After grabbing onto the opponent, releases a torrent of electricity at the both of you. Counter Attack: “Aim here! Right here” Taunts the opponent, and and if attacked RHCP blows back at them. Special Attack: “The power of a jet engine!” Attacks the opponent with overwhelming power. Special Attack: “Upon reflection, I’m strong...” Additional attack after “The power of a jet engine!”. Sends the opponent flying with a direct attack. Special Attack: “I’d like to see a knock ou~~~t!!” Additional attack after “The power of a jet engine!” A big wind-up attack that hits from overhead. Special Attack: “High level Whack-A-Mole” Throw: “Increase the power!” (Normal Throw) Taunt Heart Heat Attack: “I only need this little finger to beat you!” An electrified RHCP closes in on the opponent from the ground, the final blow is an uppercut with his pinky. Great Heat Attack: “I’m getting de~spera~~~te!” A Stand Rush at impressive speed. Akira starts playing guitar, while his Stand performs a continuous rush of attacks from all directions. The opponent meets with a singular strong attack at the end. Akira finishes playing after the attack is over, and he is just in his own world with an “entranced” look on his face. Morioh Town Stage As previously reported, there are stage gimmicks in many stages. A “Lightning Strike” hazard can be triggered near a downed sign board. (lol, Bepsi) After Rohan (!) reads in Hayato’s memory (!) about lighning strikes, he is surprised to say the least, lightning falls after this moment. This scene is sure to make fans smile. Lightning strikes randomly in 3 locations in the stage, and deals shock damage if you’re struck. However if RHCP is hit by lightning, Akira’s “Electric Power” gauge recovers.

No PV at the event, but they said there will be one next month. The demo over the weekend is an updated version of the one from 2/16, no newer characters were added to it. There's not much to it but a source from 2ch should be making a report about it soon. Details from the show. To be clear, they referred to this show as a "talk show". The next new character reveals will be from Part 2 and Part 4. Seeing as how it's "All Star", a lot of content from every Part will be in the game. All of the playable characters are finished, they're now in the final Bug Checking phase of development. The next PV will show the culmination of everything up to this point. (meaning all of what we've seen, not the full game) The Director was saying "It's fun to get reactions from people when I pick this or that character." (Just trying to explain the excitement you feel when selecting characters to show off) Details on new characters will appear in Jump and Ultra Jump at least once every month. The system is very much like JoJo (cryptic) Work on the project originally began 7 years ago. :D

Re-posting some stuff I put up in the JJBA community forums. More Machi Asobi event news http://www.machiasobi.com/events/bannam.html Namco Bandai will have a big presence. Not just with ASB but also with Taiko Drum Master and God Eater 2. There will be game stations and visuals for the games on-hand at the festival as well as at the nearby CC2 Store in Tokushima. CC2 president and director of ASB Matsuyama will also be around. Game stations are up from "5/3 @noon - 5/5 @4pm". And the bigger news. http://www.machiasobi.com/events/bannamcc2.html There will be a stage presentation 12/4 noon Japan time. 12/3 8pm US west coast time. Hiroshi Matsuyama will be there alongside some of the Namco Bandai producers. They even described Matsuyama as "the guy who can't stop talking about JoJo's". Now this won't be totally about ASB, there's other games at this event here, but I'm expecting good things. PV5, anyone? Guest producers Yusuke Tomizawa (God Eater series) Noriaki Niino (ASB) Hideo Baba (Tales series) I'm gathering that the event won't be as closely guarded and photography isn't banned. At least I haven't seen signs of that yet. And blonde Koichi. http://i.imgur.com/7vLtXe0.jpg

Here are the sources where the previous info came from. http://106.imagebam.com/download/5QU4egoSi9fL0Cmm8j8T2w/25018/250176786/05.jpg http://102.imagebam.com/download/_sye0MhvGs11-6Qa2Pn5RQ/25018/250176906/06.jpg

I was assuming the former, but at this point your guess is as good as mine.

I bring this up cause I was a bit worried Stylish Move would come out too easily when you're on the defensive. But I guess we'll see when we can get a better idea on how the systems are.

The regular dodge mechanic (foreground/background sway) is assigned to the X Button by default. Maybe "Dodge" isn't the correct terminology for it. http://www.famitsu.com/images/000/021/004/50500dc28627c.html

I had an inquiry for SoWL and/or Pete. I still had a hard time understanding this excerpt from one of the old articles on Famitsu that talked about the battle system, specifically about how Stylish Move is initiated. Mainly because this article was early info and didn't really tell you much on how things work exactly. http://www.famitsu.com/news/201209/13020986.html "相手の攻撃をタイミングよくガードするとポーズを決めて華麗に攻撃を避ける"スタイリッシュムーブ"が発動" I'm of the opinion that it works something like Just Defend or Perfect Guarding. Did we ever get any confirmation on how you're supposed to initiate Stylish Move? Sounds like just pressing back with parry-like timing. I was hoping it would also require pressing the Dodge button in tandem.

CC2 will be hosting another ASB gameplay event, this time during the Machi Asobi anime festival on May 3rd-5th in Tokushima City Japan. It's unclear as of yet, but this event could be more of a public affair this time. http://machiasobi.com/ http://machiasobi.com/events/cc2.html Machi Asobi also has it's own Nico Nico channel.

Here's my take on ACDC's HHA and GHA. It's much easier to tell now with the anime. HHA: A single attack within an instant (Wordage may vary, I'm still trying to decide) From what I've gathered online, it's something like. 「あっ」と言う間　Which would literally mean (within the time it takes to say "Ah-"), denoting a split-second swiftness. I've noted that in episode 17, the line is taken from Joseph when he examines the corpse of Loggins. This after seeing the kick that killed Loggins, as reproduced by the middle panel in the Famitsu article. GHA: I'll light you on fire and let you bake! Taken from the ACDC/Joseph fight obviously. This is one of the lines ACDC speaks before being taken over by Joseph's gameplan. Your choice of wordage may vary.

Yes they do and every character has their own taunts. The manga panel reaction pictures are priceless too.

Dio does his "stop time punch Kakyoin through the chest" punch to Giorno at 3:13. You have to freeze frame.

Yum so many lines.