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Iggy, Dio, Part III Joseph Join JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven Roster

This year's 25th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is revealing more playable characters on Monday for Bandai Namco Entertainment's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven PS3/PS4 fighting game.

The new characters include:

• Iggy from Part III: Stardust Crusaders (voiced by Misato Fukuen)
• N'Doul from Part III: Stardust Crusaders (voiced by Kentarou Itou)
• Joseph Joestar from Part III: Stardust Crusaders (voiced by Unshou Ishizuka)
• Dio Brando from Part I: Phantom Blood (voiced by Takehito Koyasu)

Joseph Joestar's older incarnation will use both his Stand powers and Hamon powers, and Dio will fight in his vampire style in the game.

The character lineup so far includes:

• Jonathan Joestar from Part I: Phantom Blood (voiced by Kazuyuki Okitsu)
• Will A. Zeppeli from Part I: Phantom Blood (voiced by Yoku Shioya)
• Robert E.O. Speedwagon from Part I: Phantom Blood (voiced by Youji Ueda)
• Joseph Joestar from Part II: Battle Tendency (voiced by Tomokazu Sugita)
• Caesar Zeppeli from Part II: Battle Tendency (voiced by Takuya Satō)
• Rudol von Stroheim from Part II: Battle Tendency (voiced by Atsushi Imaruoka)
• Cars from Part II: Battle Tendency (voiced by Kazuhiko Inoue)
• ACDC from Part II: Battle Tendency (voiced by Keiji Fujiwara)
• Wham from Part II: Battle Tendency (voiced by Akio Ohtsuka)
• Jōtarō Kujo from Part III: Stardust Crusaders (voiced by Daisuke Ono)
• Noriaki Kakyoin from Part III: Stardust Crusaders (voiced by Daisuke Hirakawa)
• J.P. Polnareff from Part III: Stardust Crusaders (voiced by Fuminori Komatsu)
• Hol Horse from Part III: Stardust Crusaders (voiced by Hidenobu Kiuchi)
• Josuke Higashikata from Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable (voiced by Wataru Hatano)
• Yukako Yamagishi from Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable
• Kōichi Hirose from Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable (voiced by Romi Park)
• Diego Brando from Part VII: Steel Ball Run (voiced by Takehito Koyasu)

Bandai Namco Entertainment plans to release the game in Japan this year.

Hiroshi Matsuyama returns as director at CyberConnect2, Kenei Nakasha is designing the game, and Chikayo Fukuda is composing the music. Bandai Namco Entertainment made changes to the game to increase its quality based on feedback from those who played the demo that the company released last December. Changes include a "Dual Combo" where players can use an assist character to unleash a combo attack, and improvements to the gauges and battle tempo.

The JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle PS3 fighting game arrived in Japan in 2013 and later arrived in the United States in April 2014. CyberConnect2 developed the game for Namco Bandai Games, with Hiroshi Matsuyama directing. The fighting game featured characters from all eight parts of Hirohiko Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series.