Bandai Namco revealed that it will be releasing new DLC characters for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure All-Star Battle R and released the roadmap detailing the content for the future. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure All-Star Battle R has over 50 playable characters, and a generous dose of Easter eggs to satisfy fans of Hirohiko Araki's work.Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R is a fighting game released this year by Bandai Namco and developed by CyberConnect2, the same studio known for creating the .hack game series and several Naruto fighting games. All-Star Battle R is a remake of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle, a game released in 2013 for PS3. It brings new gameplay mechanics like Support Attack, Assault Assist, and Reversal Assist, and new playable characters. And according to the new announcement, the big meeting of the Jojo's will soon have even more playable characters.On December 1 the game will add two free DLC characters, and the first will be Wheater Report, one of Jolyne Cujou's best allies in Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. First seen as a man without memories, Wheater Report is able to manipulate the weather and/or atmosphere with the powers of his Stand. The other character will be Father Pucci (Final), the loyal follower of Dio Brando who is able to manipulate people's minds and souls through his Stand. Pucci will be the same as his version in the original All-Star Battle, where his Stand evolves during battle into C-Moon and Made in Heaven.
Bandai Namco also released the roadmap for Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R, revealing the future content players can expect from the game. The roadmap begins with Risotto Nero, the Metallica Stand user. Risotto's arrival will be followed by the releases of Wheater Report and Father Pucci (Final) in December 2022, and the new Stage Kennedy Space Center which was removed from the original game at launch to avoid spoilers. The rest of the roadmap content has not been disclosed at this time, but the content has great potential to add to the list of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R Easter eggs that only die-hard fans noticed.
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R is competing at The Game Awards 2022 for Best Fighting Game along with DNF Duel, The King of Fighters 15, MultiVersus, and Sifu. Last year fans finally saw the long-awaited premiere of the anime adaptation of Stone Ocean, which returned this year for its second part and will have a conclusion. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R has cool mods that added to the present and future official content have the potential to continue to keep the franchise's momentum positive.
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R is available on PC PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.