![]() ![]() Battles takes place between up to four competitors, with multiple rulesets and win conditions available, along with plenty of items to turn the tide of combat. Of course, the most popular series' such as Naruto, One Piece and Dragon Ball feature heavily, but the game moves through the worlds so quickly that you'll never get overfamiliar and bored.Īs for the actual fighting, it's certainly not as fast-paced and smooth as Super Smash Bros, but it's the best fighting game on the original DS. The main game sees you moving through space to different Jump-themed worlds, featuring manga as diverse as JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Dr Slump and Pyu to Fuku! Jaguar, representing Shonen Jump through the years. I couldn't find any halfway acceptable Jump Ultimate Stars screens, so here's a picture from Jump Force, which is shit. ![]() Unlocking new characters etc in the original Super Stars required a confusing "manga construction" system which basically necessitated not only Japanese language skill, but extensive knowledge of Jump manga, while here it's been replaced by a much more coherent and traditional shop system using multiple types of gems to buy more "komas" - panels from manga, which can unlock new playable characters, support characters and myriad other items and features. Not only was it massively expanded, but it was much friendlier for importers like me. But the real stonker was its sequel, Jump Ultimate Stars, the kind of game you get once in a blue moon. The original pre-Z Dragon Ball. And of course, my favourite To Love-Ru.Īnyroad, I started reading One Piece recently because I remember liking what I'd seen of it, and it reminded me of playing Jump Superstars for DS back in the day, purchased on import after the UK Nintendo Official Magazine, in its good pre-Future Publishing years, praised it to the heavens as a delightful manga mash-up in the vein of Smash Bros. ![]()
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