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. The game is a sequel to '' My Hero One's Justice'' and based on the

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Production and release

A sequel to '' My Hero One's Justice'', it 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

. 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 ''

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'' 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 '' Jeuxvideo.com'' 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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