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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven's Story Mode Detailed, Original Character Teased

This year's 45th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is announcing on Monday that Bandai Namco Entertainment's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven fighting game will have an original character. The magazine shows the character's silhouette, and describes the character as having long hair and wearing a white coat, and having a connection to "Heaven." The magazine will reveal more details on the character in future issues.

The magazine is also unveiling a new visual for the game's story mode, and reveals some screenshots from the game's story. The story mode will feature characters from all eight parts of the manga jumbled together in an original story that manga creator Hirohiko Araki supervised himself. The story will open with Jotaro and Dio's fight. The scan also shows a screenshot of both the young and old Joseph Joestar together in one scene, and another screenshot of Jotaro and Giorno standing together.

Bandai Namco Entertainment previously streamed a third promotional video for the game in September.

The character lineup 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)
• Jotaro 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 Sho 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)
• Jotaro 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 Yuko Sanpei)
• Jolyne Kūjō from Part VI: Stone Ocean (voiced by Miyuki Sawashiro)
• Hermes Costello from Part VI: Stone Ocean (voiced by Chizu Yonemoto)
• Enrico Pucci from Part VI: Stone Ocean (voiced by Jouji Nakata)
• Weather Report from Part VI: Stone Ocean (voiced by Toru Ohkawa)
• 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. Those who purchase the game's first edition will receive a download code to play as Part IV's Jotaro Kujo. The Part IV Jotaro character will not be available in story mode and cannot be played as a partner character with Part III's Jotaro. Those who purchase the game from Lawson will get a product code for a set of custom voice victory lines for the Part IV characters Josuke Higashikata, Koichi Hirose, and Okuyasu Nijimura.

Sony will release a themed PlayStation 4 console for the game. Those interested can pre-order the console starting in October from the Sony Store website. The PS4 will come in either Jet Black or Glacier White colors, and the HDD bay cover will feature one of three different designs featuring Dio, Jotaro Kujo, or a gathering of various characters. The bundle will include the PS4 game with the first-edition bonus extra (Part IV Jotaro Kujo as a playable character).

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 game will ship for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 on December 17 in Japan.

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.