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''Jump Force'' is a Japanese
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and published by
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featuring characters from various
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'' anthology in celebration of the magazine's 50th anniversary. The game was released on February 14, 2019 in Japan for
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port was released worldwide on August 28, 2020. The game received mixed reviews from critics.


Premise

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
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partner Navigator. But 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.


Plot

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attacks
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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 "
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" 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. The group is divided into Alpha, Beta and Gamma teams; Son Goku leads Alpha (along with
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, Zoro and Gaara) to fight off the invading Venoms,
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) to reclaim the territory from the Venoms, while
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, Sasuke, Trunks and Sabo) for stealthy reconnaissance. The new hero, who serves as the game's player character, is asked to join one of the divisions to help repel the invasion. Light Yagami, whose Death Note lost its powers by the merging of worlds has also joined, secretly intent on restoring it. The Jump Force discover other heroes being mind-controlled by umbras cubes charged with evil energy. They free the heroes and recruit them, taking the cubes for inspection. Duplicates of the Jump villains made of the dark umbras cubes also appear, along with the real ones, adding to the confusion. After an amnesiac girl named Angela is rescued, several members of the Jump Force suddenly become possessed by evil auras during missions, leading them to suspect a traitor is among them. While Sanji is initially blamed, the culprit is revealed to be Angela, who is a disguise for the evil Galena. She steals the collected umbras cubes and gives them to her master Kane, a man seeking to wipe out humanity in revenge for the deaths of his family. The player pursues and defeats Kane, but Glover reveals himself as Prometheus, the true mastermind behind the merging of the worlds and Galena's true master, having used Kane to sow chaos across the worlds. Having outlived his usefulness, Galena seemingly kills Kane and proceeds to stall the heroes to allow Prometheus to continue his plans. The heroes defeat Galena, only for Prometheus to absorb her afterward. The heroes confront Prometheus, who reveals himself to be a "keyman" charged with showing the real world the stories of "Jump", but grew tired of humanity's vices and attempts to merge the real and the Jump worlds together in order to guide humanity in the right direction. He steals the player's cube for its good energy, planning to use it to balance the evil energy he collected from the villains to become a god. The villains form a temporary truce with the heroes, while a still-alive Kane uses the last of his strength to give his cube to the player and Goku empowers them further with the energy from all of the Jump Force, allowing them to destroy Prometheus. However, Prometheus's death does not separate the realities, leaving Earth still under threat from the ''Jump'' villains. At Trunks' suggestion, the player character becomes the new Jump Force director and continues to protect humanity. Meanwhile, Light finds an umbras cube left behind by Prometheus, planning to use its dark energy to re-power his Death Note.


Gameplay

''Jump Force'' is a 1-v-1
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where the player controls a team of three characters from a selection of various
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'' 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 game, such as ''
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'' 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.


Characters

The game's launch roster features 40 playable characters from 16 series, with 14 additional characters available as downloadable content via Character Passes and three added as part of a free update for a total of 57 characters. In addition, players are allowed to create their own unique playable character, customizing them with abilities, outfits and accessories earned through gameplay.


Playable characters

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Non-playable characters

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Development and release

''Jump Force'' was developed by
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. The game is using
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, and was created in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''. ''
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'' creator
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designed the original characters created for the game. ''Jump Force'' was announced at
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during Microsoft's press conference. It was released on February 14, 2019 for
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in Japan, and on February 15, 2019 in the west for the same platforms, as well as
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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.


Discontinuation

On November 10, 2021, Bandai Namco announced the discontinuation of the game. It was delisted from digital stores along with its downloadable content on February 8, 2022, and the shutdown of its online servers happened 10 months later on August 24, 2022.


Reception

The game received "mixed or average reviews" according to review aggregator
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Sales

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. In North America, the game debuted at number two on NPD's monthly sales chart for February 2019, behind only ''
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''. ''Jump Force'' is North America's fourth best-selling game of 2019 (behind only ''
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'', ''Anthem'', and ''
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''), and had the third highest launch month sales for a Bandai Namco game in the territory. In Europe, ''Jump Force'' debuted at number four on the weekly UK charts, with the PS4 version accounting for 74% of launch sales. It debuted at number one on the weekly Italian charts, and at number three on the weekly Switzerland charts, behind the other two new releases of the week, '' Metro Exodus'' and '' Far Cry New Dawn''.
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estimates that the PC version sold between 50,000 and 100,000 units worldwide on the
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platform, as of 23 March 2019. And between 200,000 and 500,000 units as of 22 December 2020.


Awards


References


External links


Jump Force Japanese official website

Jump Force North American official website

Jump Force European official website
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