''My Hero One's Justice 2'', known in Japan as ''My Hero Academia: One's Justice 2'', is a 2020

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developed and published by

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, and Google Stadia. The game is a sequel to ''

My Hero One's Justice ''My Hero One's Justice'', known in Japan as ''My Hero Academia: One's Justice'', is a 2018 fighting game developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One. The game is based on the ma ...

'' and based on the

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series ''

My Hero Academia is a Japanese superhero manga series written and illustrated by Kōhei Horikoshi. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since July 2014, with its chapters additionally collected into ...

'' by

Kōhei Horikoshi is a Japanese manga artist known for creating the manga series '' Ōmagadoki Dōbutsuen'', '' Barrage'' and ''My Hero Academia'', all of which have been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''. Horikoshi is ...

Production and release

A sequel to ''

'', was announced to be in development from

in an issue of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' in September 2019. The game was released in Japan for

, and

on March 12, 2020. It was released internationally on the same platforms the next day. On February 15, 2022, the game was released on Google Stadia. Various characters have been added to the game after its release via paid DLC, with the first being Hawks. In June 2020, English voice-overs were added via a free update.

Reception

Spencer Still from ''

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'' praised the characters and the combat system, while also noting that the game can be very similar to its predecessor. Suriel Vazquez from ''

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'' praised the characters and their special abilities, while also expressing criticism that the game doesn't pay attention to some of its finer details in the combat system. Jeremy Peeples from ''Hardcore Gamer'' praised the visuals and gameplay improvements over the first game, while also criticizing the game as hard to understand for someone not familiar with the main series. Clark A. from ''Digitally Downloaded'' also praised the game's characters, humor, and gameplay improvements over the first game, while also criticizing the story mode, stating that it relies too much in the original source. Dom Reseigh-Lincoln from '' Nintendo Life'' praised the story mode and customization options, while criticizing the combat and camera controls. Alessandro Alosi from ''The Games Machine'' Italy praised the characters and gameplay, but also felt that those who were not fans of the main series had better options for good fighting games. The reviewer for ''

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'' praised the game's faithfulness to the source material and the large roster of characters, while criticizing the camera and story mode as not easy to understand without knowledge of the main series. In its first week, the game sold 18,250 units on the Nintendo Switch and 6,375 units on the PlayStation 4, for a total of about 24,625 units.

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