
2019 · Spike Chunsoft · Crossover · Fighting
Jump Force
For the first time ever, the most famous Manga heroes are thrown into a whole new battleground: our world. Uniting to fight the most dangerous threat, the Jump Force will bear the fate of the entire human kind.
- Released
- 14 February 2019
- Platforms
- Nintendo SwitchPlayStation 4WindowsXbox One
- Genres
- CrossoverFightingRole-playingScience
- Developers
- Spike Chunsoft
- Publishers
- Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Modes
- MultiplayerSingle-player
- Perspective
- Third person
- Themes
- ActionFantasy
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 4
- Country
- Japan
- Age ratings
- ESRB TPEGI 12
- Languages
- Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian and 2 more
- Time to beat
- 38hcompletionist
- Composers
- Jérôme Leroy
About
Jump Force is a 2019 crossover fighting game developed by Spike Chunsoft and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It features characters from various manga series featured in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump anthology in celebration of the magazine's 50th anniversary. The game was released on February 14, 2019, in Japan for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and the following day worldwide in addition to Windows. A Nintendo Switch port was released worldwide on August 28, 2020.
The game received mixed reviews from critics, with criticism being directed towards its story, gameplay, and failure to deliver its promises upon launch. The game was delisted from all digital storefronts on February 8, 2022, with its online services shutting down on August 24, 2022.
Keywords
- based on - anime
- previously on - xbox gamepass
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
Jump Force is a 1-v-1 fighting game where the player controls a team of three characters from a selection of various manga series featured in the Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine. Players control one character at a time while the others are used as support, with players able to switch between them during battle. Combat functions similarly to the previous Jump fighting games, such as J-Stars Victory VS, Dragon Ball Xenoverse sub-series, Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm sub-series and One Piece: Burning Blood, with players moving around a 3D space and utilizing various combos and special moves to attack their opponents. The match ends when one team depletes the other's health bar.
Story
When the real world collides with many of the Shōnen Jump universes, humanity is invaded by the "Venoms", an army of mind-controlled villains led by Kane and Galena. In order to fight back, many heroes are recruited to join the "Jump Force" under the leadership of Director Glover and his AI partner Navigator. Though, a suspicious figure is using both the Jump Force and the Venoms as an attempt to gain a mysterious artifact and merge all worlds into one.
Frieza attacks New York City with an army of Venoms, being confronted by Son Goku; however, a stray laser blast from Frieza fatally wounds a civilian in the war zone. Trunks revives the civilian with a cybernetic device called an umbras cube, giving them the potential to be a hero like them. Frieza withdraws, allowing Goku and Trunks to take the civilian back to their HQ, where they are greeted by Director Glover. Glover explains that the manga worlds from "Jump" have somehow begun merging with the real world and using their own umbras cubes to turn evil-hearted humans into Venoms, forcing him to create the Jump Force to quell the threat; the organization consists of heroes from the "Jump" worlds, along with other people saved through the cubes.
Development
Jump Force was developed by Spike Chunsoft and published by Bandai Namco. The game is using Unreal Engine 4, and was created in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Weekly Shōnen Jump. Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama designed the original characters created for the game. Jump Force was announced at E3 2018 during Microsoft's press conference.
It was released on February 14, 2019, for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in Japan, and on February 15, 2019, in the West for the same platforms, as well as Windows. Collector's Editions for the PS4 and Xbox One versions were released the same day. A Nintendo Switch port was announced in April 2020. The Switch version, titled Jump Force Deluxe Edition, includes the downloadable content from the first Character Pass and was released worldwide on August 28, 2020.
Reception
The game received "mixed or average reviews" according to review aggregator Metacritic.
In Japan, approximately 76,894 physical units for PS4 were sold during its launch week, becoming the top-selling game that week. As of 17 March 2019, the PS4 version has sold 190,214 physical units in Japan. The Nintendo Switch version sold 15,588 retail copies during its first week on sale in Japan, making it the seventh bestselling game of the week in the country.
Awards
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Downloadable content
- Jump Force: Character Pack 2 - Biscuit KruegerJump Force: Character Pack 11 - MeruemJump Force: Character Pack 10 - Shoto TodorokiJump Force: Character Pack 1 - Seto KaibaJump Force: Character Pack 5 - Katsuki BakugoJump Force: Character Pack 13 - Yoruichi ShihoinJump Force: Character Pack 14 - Giorno GiovannaJump Force: Character Pack 12 - HieiJump Force: Character Pack 6 - Toshiro HitsugayaJump Force: Character Pack 9 - Trafalgar LawJump Force: Character Pack 4 - Majin Buu (Good)Jump Force: Character Pack 8 - Grimmjow JaegerjaquezJump Force: Character Pack 7 - Madara UchihaJump Force: Character Pack 3 - All Might
- Editions
- Jump Force: Deluxe Edition
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Years
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Licensing
- Crossovers in gamesComic book/video game crossovers
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