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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven Game's Release Date, More Part IV Characters Revealed

This year's 42nd issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is revealing the release date and more playable characters for the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 fighting game on Monday. The game will ship on December 17 in Japan.

The new playable characters are from Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable, and include: Rohan Kishibe (voiced by Hiroshi Kamiya), Okuyasu Nijimura (voiced by Wataru Takagi), and Kōsaku Kawajiri (voiced by Rikiya Koyama).

Shonen Jump also reveals that those who purchase the game's first edition will receive a download code to play as Part IV's Jōtarō Kujo. The Part IV Jōtarō character will not be available in story mode and can't be played as a partner character with Part III's Jōtarō.

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)
• Dio Brando from Part I: Phantom Blood (voiced by Takehito Koyasu)
• 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)
• LiSA LiSA from Part II: Battle Tendency (voiced by Atsuko Tanaka)
• 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)
• 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)
• Mohammed Avdol from Part III: Stardust Crusaders (voiced by Kenta Miyake)
• Mariah from Part III: Stardust Crusaders (voiced by Ayahi Takagaki)
• Pet Shop from from Part III: Stardust Crusaders
• Dio Brando from Part III: Stardust Crusaders (voiced by Takehito Koyasu)
• Vanilla Ice from Part III: Stardust Crusaders (voiced by Shō Hayami)
• Josuke Higashikata from Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable (voiced by Wataru Hatano)
• Yukako Yamagishi from Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable (voiced by Chinatsu Akasaki)
• Kōichi Hirose from Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable (voiced by Romi Park)
• Shigekiyo Yangu from Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable (voiced by Kappei Yamaguchi)
• Akira Otoishi from Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable (voiced by Showtaro Morikubo)
• Yoshikage Kira from Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable (voiced by Rikiya Koyama)
• Rohan Kishibe from Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable (voiced by Hiroshi Kamiya)
• Okuyasu Nijimura from Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable (voiced by Wataru Takagi)
• Kōsaku Kawajiri from Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable (voiced by Rikiya Koyama)
• Jōtarō Kujo from Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable (available via download code)
• Giorno Giovanna from Part V: Vento Aureo (voiced by Daisuke Namikawa)
• Guido Mista from Part V: Vento Aureo (voiced by Kenji Akabane)
• Pannacotta Fugo from Part V: Vento Aureo (voiced by Hisafumi Oda)
• Narancia Ghirga from Part V: Vento Aureo (voiced by Yūko Sanpei)
• Diego Brando from Part VII: Steel Ball Run (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 his Part I incarnation.

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.