
A J-Stars Victory VS+ Compendium art book and set of PlayStation themes were offered as a pre-order bonus. The new release features an identical character roster to the original, while also incorporating game balance adjustments based on feedback from Japanese players. VS+ also marks the game's first appearance on the PlayStation 4, in addition to the PlayStation 3 and Vita as with its predecessor. Released in summer 2015, VS+ retains the original Japanese voice-over track and adds an additional single-player Arcade Mode not present in the original release. In December 2014, Bandai Namco announced that the game would be released in North America and Europe under the name J-Stars Victory VS+. The game's own theme song is "Fighting Stars", performed by Hironobu Kageyama, Hiroshi Kitadani, and Akira Kushida. He also stated that he originally hoped to include a much larger roster of characters.Ī limited edition " Anison" version of the game includes the theme songs from the player characters' television series, such as Cha-La Head-Cha-La and We Are!, as music that can be played in-game during battles. Since some of the characters do not fight in their series, their actions and motions had to be approved by each licensee after many negotiations. Producer Koji Nakajima stated that getting the rights to the multiple franchises was not hard, but rather determining which actions the characters make in the game was the most difficult part.

The game's adventure mode also features other non-player characters from the various series. Several other characters were announced over the following months via the Weekly Shōnen Jump and V Jump magazines, as well as characters' transformations which would be available as special moves. Luffy, and Toriko, are also featured in a Toriko, One Piece, and Dragon Ball Z collaboration which aired on Fuji TV on April 7 th, 2013.Īlso in December, it was announced that fans could vote for some of the characters that they want to be included in J-Stars Victory VS. The first three characters that were unveiled and used to promote the game: Son Goku, Monkey D. It was made to commemorate the 45th anniversary of Jump, and has been presented as the "ultimate Jump game." J-Stars Victory VS features main characters and settings from various Jump manga, both past and present, ranging from older properties such as Dragon Ball, YuYu Hakusho, Rurouni Kenshin, and Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo, current long-running series such as Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, Hunter × Hunter, Toriko, Gin Tama and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, to newer series such as Medaka Box, Assassination Classroom, and Beelzebub. The game was first announced in December 2012 under the title of "Project Versus J", in Weekly Shōnen Jump's second issue of 2013.
