Jump! Ultimate Stars details dished

Famitsu reveals that the forthcoming DS game will incorporate 300 characters from 40 Shonen Jump properties.

Famitsu.com, the online extension of Japan's biggest gaming magazine, today provided a peek at Jump! Ultimate Stars, the fighting game for the Nintendo DS based on the wildly popular weekly Shonen Jump! comic digest.

Famitsu reveals that Jump! Ultimate Stars will draw on 40 Shonen Jump! series, both past and currently running, and will feature a mind-boggling 300 characters. The properties incorporated into the game range from internationally famous action series such as Dragonball Z and One Piece to comedy titles like Kochikame and Dr. Slump.

Players will be able to connect with the Wi-Fi feature for head-to-head matchups. According to Famitsu, the game will feature signature moves for each character, items, and complex stages, which sometimes include areas that can be reached only by breaking down walls.

Jump! Ultimate Stars will be released on November 23 in Japan and is being developed for Nintendo by Ganbarion Co. Ltd.

59 Comments

  • Manchild159

    Posted Jan 27, 2009 5:58 pm PT

    My First Import

  • triplejk33

    Posted Jan 22, 2009 9:56 pm PT

    BLuFAlc0n, that's one reason why it's better.
    but a PSP is a fair superior system to the DS.
    DS features: pictochat*, game sharing*, online*. * - must be like 200 feet away (that's nothing)
    PSP features: internet, video, picture, music, local or internet online, ablilty to connect to the PS3 system and play PS1 games.

  • BLuFAlc0n

    Posted Nov 6, 2008 9:40 am PT

    This game is one reason WHY THE DS are better than PSP's!! The ultimate FIGHTING GAME! This game is the best game for the DS! and SSBB for Wii!

  • kazekage1234

    Posted Jul 6, 2007 8:25 am PT

    July 9th :3

  • Jaioxung

    Posted Jul 4, 2007 2:43 pm PT

    Until Monday ,June 9th you can import this from playasia.com for $29.90. Thats a steal.

  • cliffdiving

    Posted Mar 31, 2007 4:01 pm PT

    anyone know how much it would cost and where to find it? cant let something like this pass!

  • Katosepe321

    Posted Feb 7, 2007 9:35 pm PT

    OMG 300 characters! now we just need that in SSBB =P

  • BDKMRV

    Posted Nov 28, 2006 8:35 pm PT

    is this coming to the US?

  • BabySpec

    Posted Oct 15, 2006 2:40 pm PT

    Keep dreaming risi37, Nintendo publishes this game so there is no way in hell it can go to PSP and it's almost impossible to release an english version because the animes' license belong to different developers. Like Dragonball belongs to Atari and One Piece to Bandai.

  • gamerboydana

    Posted Oct 12, 2006 5:46 pm PT

    I think it would be cool if they had like a Japanese to English setting. seeing how many U.S. people imported it.

  • japongt

    Posted Oct 5, 2006 5:38 pm PT

    For PSP? Heh, stop dreaming, Nintendo rules and will keep ruling with games like these .

  • gwarlito

    Posted Oct 2, 2006 2:06 pm PT

    This won't be coming to the US unfortunately, because I would buy it in an instant if it had and English edition.

  • dounowhatiam

    Posted Sep 30, 2006 9:29 am PT

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  • paranoiasurviva

    Posted Sep 29, 2006 11:16 pm PT

    OMG, teh Awesome. Im importing this one for sure

  • tienchiha

    Posted Sep 29, 2006 7:08 pm PT

    "300 characters?! Geez. On the DS? One has to wonder how simplified the fighting would be. Too bad this doesn't seem like a US possibility...of course I don't play fighting games on portables anyway."

    They made about 100 work on the first Jump! game, so why not. And no the fighting wasn't simplified.

  • jo-l92

    Posted Sep 29, 2006 12:50 pm PT

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    yes i´m going to import

  • Dualmask

    Posted Sep 29, 2006 11:11 am PT

    300 characters?! Geez. On the DS? One has to wonder how simplified the fighting would be. Too bad this doesn't seem like a US possibility...of course I don't play fighting games on portables anyway.

  • jmac777

    Posted Sep 29, 2006 10:42 am PT

    English?.....

  • Gribb85

    Posted Sep 29, 2006 6:46 am PT

    Sorry guys but it won't come to the US merely because they don't believe there is a market for it and getting trademark permissions would be a nightmare. But for just over £20 you could import it using ebay. I did that with the last superstars and didn't regret it, is a nice little portable smash brothers clone, and for anime fans its perfect.

    Definatly recommended

  • japanesegoth

    Posted Sep 29, 2006 6:15 am PT

    dumbness...maybe if i was a japanophile i'd like it since it would automatically seem 10 times better than it actually is.

  • risi37

    Posted Sep 29, 2006 2:31 am PT

    i want this in english and for psp

  • Foppe_

    Posted Sep 29, 2006 12:39 am PT

    Looks like another game I have to import.

  • jakeboudville

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 11:49 pm PT

    interesting

  • comthitnuong

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 8:46 pm PT

    seems alright...ill track it

  • nestea_king

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 7:44 pm PT

    OMFG this is the best news for me like all year! Shoneen Jump is the best thing to ever have been created!

  • glitchgeeman

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 7:34 pm PT

    OMFG, that's a lot of characters. Also, there's probably a higher chance of being ran over by a truck tomorrow than there is of this game ever coming to America. The licensing would be crazy. Imagine trying to get the rights to each and every Shonen Jump character EVER. That would be pure insanity.

  • TryMe01

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 7:16 pm PT

    yes all DS games are region free and no, the game will not come out in the states (did the first one come out in the US, or any where else as a matter of fact)

  • sentay0

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 6:43 pm PT

    Hope this comes to the states.

  • ansem120

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 6:08 pm PT

    aren't all ds games import friendly?

  • a0me

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 5:40 pm PT

    Famitsu is a gaming mag, not a game developer/publisher.

  • dennis_phong

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 5:19 pm PT

    sounds great, loved the first one hopefully this one is just as good

  • chibi-acer

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 5:13 pm PT

    It would be awesome if Famitsu made it import friendly and included an English language option. Pretty rare in most games, but they could totally drive sales that way.

    Edit: Hmm...actually I guess they would be making it export friendly if they did that. Hehe

  • REVOLUTIONfreak

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 4:41 pm PT

    whoa! Thast just as good as SSBB being online!....well almost. This might be my first import

  • Homsar13

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 4:16 pm PT

    wow, my brother has Jump Super Stars, he's gonna want to get this.

  • MatthewNintendo

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 3:51 pm PT

    So glad I got superstars, the sequel will be awesome. one word, import.

  • faridmon

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 3:14 pm PT

    the first one was great, everyone who said its not great is just too negetevly paranoid, this will be better, defenetly more Bleach character , the first one was had one bleach character, ichigo, i want others Nintendo!

  • MrPuzzlez

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 2:52 pm PT

    I haven't even got a chance to play the first one, which I heard was friggin awesome.

  • linkdragon642

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 2:24 pm PT

    finally, some news. i can't wait to get this.

  • FallenOneX

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 1:38 pm PT

    I just want to know how well the WiFi will work here in the states. Hopefully, enough people will import to ease that pain. And I'd rather be a "japanophile" than a "Maddenophile". (You know, the people that buy Madden every single year sight unseen.)

  • gamingfreak47

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 1:22 pm PT

    DX DANGET! I want that game so friggen badly my eyes are bleeding. but because of all the companys that own the english versions of the animes it would get stuck in legal limbo if they tried

  • metalclay128

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 1:15 pm PT

    woot! i'm a japanophile =P. anyway, defintely looking foward for the import. the only reason i like jumpsuperstars is because it reminds me soo much of ssb. and it has anime characters, cool

  • neoand12

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 1:01 pm PT

    it will never come to the states

  • jkljh

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 12:57 pm PT

    the first "jump" game was horrible, unless you are a japanophile. this new "jump" sounds about 300 times worse

  • metdevthegamer

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 12:50 pm PT

    Neat. I might import this one.

  • musicgenerator

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 12:22 pm PT

    this is cool, but what is the point of reporting it. I mean we know it will never ever come out here.

  • Sir_Crocidile

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 12:21 pm PT

    Heh ya 300 characters, with the vast majority being support only just like the original. Well as far as ds games go, this is the one I have been looking forward to the most. I hope they update current running character's move sets.

  • Devilshelper666

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 12:17 pm PT

    of course it won't come out over here, but it's still awesome as hell!

  • Shakrano

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 12:16 pm PT

    Well. Import it is I'm guessing

  • Rai

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 12:13 pm PT

    yet will never see the light of day here...well officially that is...

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