JoJo's Bizarre Adventure returns

Game2k
Monday, July 16, 2012 | 2:24 PM
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Capcom has announced JoJo's Bizarre Adventure HD, coming on August 21st on PSN for $19.99 and on August 22nd on Xbox Live for 1600MSP. This version will come with upgraded HD visuals and online features. Press release and screenshots inside.

Presse release:

JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE RETURNS FOR DIGITAL DOWNLOAD

Arcade Fighting Title Confirmed for the PlayStation® Store and Xbox LIVE Arcade with HD Graphics and All New Online Features

LONDON, UK. — July 16, 2012 — Capcom®, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today announced that JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure HD Ver. will be available to purchase on August 22nd from Xbox LIVE® Arcade for 1600 Microsoft points and from PlayStation®Network for €19.99/£15.99.

A fighting game based on the popular Japanese manga series and previously released arcade games, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure HD Ver. features stunning HD visuals and unique, original gameplay mechanics that can be seen today in other Capcom fighting titles. Fans of the series will still be able to enjoy the classic arcade style appearance with an option to play in Arcade SD Mode, preserving the high-quality pixel art seen in the original releases.

In JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure HD Ver. the story centres around the powerful Joestar family, including well known hero Jotaro Kujo. Players will be able to unleash powerful super combo’s and perform special attacks with their characters by executing their supernatural powers, known as Stand’s. Each character’s Stand appears in-game just as they did in the manga, offering another strategic layer of fighting and unique gameplay. For example, players can use Jotaro’s Stand, ‘Star Platinum’ to perform ‘Blazing Fist’ and attack enemies together with Jotaro, causing massive damage to the opponent.

For the first time since the original Dreamcast™ version launched over eight years ago, the ability to play against competitors online will be revived in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure HD Ver. In an online matching system fans will recognise from Super Street Fighter™ IV and Marvel® vs. Capcom® 3, gamers will be able to choose their opponents based on various factors including location, skill and connection speed. Battle points can be earned for characters and player points for individual player strengths, both of which will increase your skill and push you further up the global leaderboards.

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure HD Ver. introduces an all new multiplayer lobby system where fighters will be able to compete with up to eight players. It’s a battle of winner stays on as players fight to keep their place in the game or be forced to become a viewer as another replaces them in the battle to be champion. Gamers will also be able to share those victorious moments from their fights and learn moves from the best via the new video function that allows them to save the replay of their fight and share it with others online.

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Seth

Commented on 2012-07-16 14:59:21

$20? Are they mad?

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KORNdog

Commented on 2012-07-16 15:02:38

man, i hate those sprite filters. makes it look ugly as hell.

jhey

Commented on 2012-07-16 16:06:59

HD? Where?

eeZee

Commented on 2012-07-16 16:24:07

So...they ran everything through a cutout filter then a pencil filter in photoshop, and that makes it HD...Campcom sucks, and this game was never very good to begin with.

ebola9717

Commented on 2012-07-16 18:42:01

This is a damn crime. Calling this crap HD and charging $20. Capcom has sunk to a new low. I didn't think it was possible.

SplitTongue

Commented on 2012-07-16 18:55:03

The way i would've liked it (without the crt curvature that is). Closer to the originals than anything that Capcom (Sega/SNK btw too) has come up yet with their pseudo HD-filters.
http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/6295/mslug.png
http://postback.geedorah.com/extra/misc/SFIII%20bi...
1600MPS ? Haha good one...

Zat

Commented on 2012-07-16 18:59:43

I must agree with those filters. Damn it! Its better in old-fashioned pixel-storm style. If its not remastered, than its ok to have some pixels.

GriftGFX

Commented on 2012-07-16 19:09:49 In reply to Zat

Posted by Zat

The game will contain the "original graphics" as well. Those filters really are atrocious.

Commented on 2012-07-16 19:18:37 In reply to GriftGFX

Posted by GriftGFX

"original graphics" meaning it's just being upscaled (which btw isn't anywhere close to the original coinop's look) and that's it. Very sad.

Commented on 2012-07-16 19:41:51 In reply to SplitTongue

Posted by SplitTongue

Uh.. what exactly did you want? 1:1? Most of your new games are upscaled :P

Swordancer

Commented on 2012-07-16 21:39:47 In reply to Seth

Posted by Seth

Yes, they are mad.

moroboshi

Commented on 2012-07-16 22:50:37

There's nothing 'HD' about those visuals. Capcom need to invest in a dictionary.

Commented on 2012-07-17 10:41:07 In reply to SplitTongue

Uh.. what exactly did you want?

Emulator screenshots:

http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/6295/mslug.png
http://postback.geedorah.com/extra/misc/SFIII%20bi...

Can't be that hard to implement HQ3x / HQ4x / 2xSuperSAI / 2xSuperEagle-filters, Scanlines, CRT and cabinet emulation and make it OPTIONAL like most emulators do.
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/kopf...

deafwing

Commented on 2012-07-17 16:23:28 In reply to moroboshi

Posted by moroboshi

What did you expect? We're talking about Capcom here man ... :D
Never has a game company piloted, engineered, and mastered the art of "raping gamers and getting them to sign up for 2 or more sessions of said raping"