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Zonic · Apr 16, 2015

Namco has confirmed that the US will be getting the game on June 30 for US & June 26 for EU via a new trailer & the description mentioning the following:

"Pre-order your physical copy at GameStop to get the J-Stars COMPENDIUM that includes art and information on all of the characters and franchises included in the game."

Pic of the book, via UK trailer, indicating it's both US & EU:

It seems it will be available at "select retailers", so not just GameStop. It seems to be similar, if not the same one that Japan got.

Edit: It seems according to Gematsu, there'll also be "downloadable themes across each Playstation platform". Japan got PS3 themes, so we might be getting those as well?

Another announcement was that PS3/4 versions will get retail releases, but for the US, Vita will be digital-only. EU will get a retail release for all versions.

Siliconera also has an article confirming a few other things, such as the fact the roster is completely the same as the Japanese version, so nobody got added nor removed, there are no English voiceovers, & no anime songs, i.e Anison Edition.

ViciousDS · Apr 16, 2015

Holy shit!

Madao · Apr 16, 2015

please have the preorder bonuses Amazon!

Shizuka · Apr 16, 2015

Time to pre-order the Vita version from Europe.

-Horizon- · Apr 16, 2015

Madao said:
please have the preorder bonuses Amazon!

oh god please let this happen!

dakkumauji · Apr 16, 2015

Expected we won't get the anime songs.

No surprise they'll still try and release a PS3 game retail ~_~

Ibuki · Apr 16, 2015

Probably just a small booklet, but I'm still excited. The game coming out sooner than I thought is also a pleasant surprise.

Zonic · Apr 16, 2015

I'm sure Amazon will be included in the "select retailers". Also noticed they have the PS3 version listed as $40 while GameStop is $50. So uh, which is the correct price?

pizzacat · Apr 16, 2015

Any pw3 news, btw thanks for making a thread on it. People sleep on anime shit

Ibuki · Apr 16, 2015

Zonic said:
I'm sure Amazon will be included in the "select retailers". Also noticed they have the PS3 version listed as $40 while GameStop is $50. So uh, which is the correct price?

I thought $40 was the msrp for that version. If it is the GameStop one will change before release.

Shizuka · Apr 16, 2015

pizzacat said:
Any pw3 news, btw thanks for making a thread on it. People sleep on anime shit

August 2015, judging from another trailer recently uploaded.

-Horizon- · Apr 16, 2015

Wait wait wait. Vita is digital only?

New002 · Apr 16, 2015

Vita digital only?

Boooooooo. I want to pre-order a Vita physical edition at Best Buy

Shizuka · Apr 16, 2015

-Horizon- said:
Wait wait wait. Vita is digital only?

There is always Europe. Another one to add to my "retail-only" list.

Living Proof · Apr 16, 2015

This had lukewarm reception in Japan, right? My familiarity with the series only includes one game on the DS, but I'm vaguely interested in giving it a go on a bigger screen.

Prelude. · Apr 16, 2015

Zonic said:
Another announcement was that PS3/4 versions will get retail releases, but Vita will be digital-only.

Europe's getting a Vita physical release, right? I think I've read it somewhere but I'm not sure.

Edit: ^ Yeah, nice.

Zonic · Apr 16, 2015

For you EU folks, the release date of June 26 was confirmed as well.

Ibuki · Apr 16, 2015

Shizuka said:
August 2015, judging from another trailer recently uploaded.

Was that a date for UK or am I just crazy?

-Horizon- · Apr 16, 2015

Shizuka said:
There is always Europe. Another one to add to my "retail-only" list.

Ahh, good point. Thanks for the tip

Will probably have to import.

Lee Chaolan · Apr 16, 2015

The no songs is a bummer, but the fact the roster is complete intact is very nice.

Shizuka · Apr 16, 2015

Zonic said:
For you EU folks, the release date of June 26 was confirmed as well.

Since you mentioned Europe on the OP, it'd be nice to mention the Vita version isn't DD-only in Europe.

Zonic · Apr 16, 2015

Shizuka said:
Since you mentioned Europe on the OP, it'd be nice to mention the Vita version isn't DD-only in Europe.

Taken care of.

Snipping a pic of the book cover from the EU trailer.

Shizuka · Apr 16, 2015

Ibuki said:
Was that a date for UK or am I just crazy?

This trailer was uploaded to the Namco America channel. With an August 2015 release.

Zonic · Apr 16, 2015

Namikaze · Apr 16, 2015

Living Proof said:
This had lukewarm reception in Japan, right? My familiarity with the series only includes one game on the DS, but I'm vaguely interested in giving it a go on a bigger screen.

J Stars is a totally seperate series from JSS/JUS. Different developers, different combat etc.

The gameplay is shallow but overall pretty fun.

Shizuka · Apr 16, 2015

Zonic said:

I wonder if Europe is getting that book as well.

Edit: Just checked the new OP, thanks.

Zonic · Apr 16, 2015

Shizuka said:
I wonder if Europe is getting that book as well.

It's from the UK trailer (US didn't show it), so yes.

chur · Apr 16, 2015

Got into One Piece this year. Hyped beyond belief for this.

Rnr1224 · Apr 16, 2015

I will definitely get this for vita on day 1. hopefully vita gets the limited edition!

EDIT: saw it was digital only. disappointed but ill buy it either way.

Namikaze · Apr 16, 2015

Also, the preorder book isn't the same one Japan got. The Japanese preorder book has 65 pages so I guess we'll find out what's in the NA version soon enough.

dakkumauji · Apr 16, 2015

Zonic said:

From the looks of it, looks a lot more impressive than what I thought it was going to be.

firebranded · Apr 16, 2015

Lee Chaolan said:
The no songs is a bummer, but the fact the roster is complete intact is very nice.

Knew something would have to give but would rather give up the songs myself, especially since I'll be rocking Kenshin :O

Bladenic · Apr 16, 2015

Was this game well received in Japan?

Darth_Caedus · Apr 16, 2015

This game looks so meh. It had potential too. It says it's based of Jump manga but it's actually based on Jump anime, which is annoying. Medaka is her early look instead of her later look. It also is filled with the more mainstream anime characters while other series only have one or two.

JayEH · Apr 16, 2015

Buying this for Jojo. Cool pre order bonus as well.

thepotatoman · Apr 16, 2015

Zonic said:
there are no English voiceovers

That sucks. Couldn't they at least make one exception for Goku?

HypnoDarkrai · Apr 16, 2015

A physical vita version in NA would have been nice.

Shizuka · Apr 16, 2015

HypnoDarkrai said:
A physical vita version in NA would have been nice.

By the way, is there any DLC for the game? That could complicate things for people importing a Vita copy from Europe.

Zonic · Apr 16, 2015

The fact the trailer states "52 character arts" for the pre-order book reconfirms the roster is completely the same, since that's how many characters were in the Japanese version (39 playable + 13 support).

Shizuka said:
By the way, is there any DLC for the game? That could complicate things for people importing a Vita copy from Europe.

None. Import away.

Illucio · Apr 16, 2015

Seriously? No English voice overs? Or songs?

What am I paying for then? The translation and game? Yeah, I'll just wait until it's $20 or less now. No pre-order or day 1 purchase from me now. :/

Shizuka · Apr 16, 2015

Zonic said:
None. Import away.

Then it's settled. Thank you very much for this topic and all the information, Zonic!

thepotatoman · Apr 16, 2015

Illucio said:
Seriously? No English voice overs? Or songs?

What am I paying for then? The translation and game? Yeah, I'll just wait until it's $20 or less now. No pre-order or day 1 purchase from me now. :/

Yeah. Maybe if the gameplay was actually good like in Jump Super Stars/Jump Ultimate Stars it'd still be worth getting. But for a game whose only strong suit is fan service, it's rather hard to lose features like that.

ss-hikaru · Apr 16, 2015

I WANT THAT BOOK! Is it a translated J-Stars Bible?

Zonic · Apr 16, 2015

ss-hikaru said:
I WANT THAT BOOK! Is it a translated J-Stars Bible?

Was that the one that Japan got as the pre-order bonus? It's not the same cover, I know that much. Maybe tomorrow, GameStop & maybe another retailer (i.e Amazon most likely) will update the product page and we'll learn more.

AnkiRendan · Apr 16, 2015

Hmm. Not a bad date, I suppose.

Good to see all characters are making it, despite a certain poster claiming to be a journalist and saying otherwise.

Professor Renegade · Apr 16, 2015

I can finally see who would win in a fight between Kenshiro and Johnathan Joestar.

Vaughngief · Apr 16, 2015

Illucio said:
Seriously? No English voice overs? Or songs?

What am I paying for then? The translation and game? Yeah, I'll just wait until it's $20 or less now. No pre-order or day 1 purchase from me now. :/

It's a miracle we're even getting this game. All the franchises are owned by a lot of different companies in the west, so I expected no English audio options. I'm happy we're just getting a Jump Versus title officially released over here. Hopefully if this does well we can get future installments. I'm supporting the crap out of this.

I can understand the disappointment though, but it's unrealistic with this kind of game. Heck, we don't even have the dub cast for the Pirate Warriors titles.

Zonic · Apr 16, 2015

I imagine the cost of getting the VAs for 50+ characters (not to mention finding new people for those who never got official dubs) and then trying to license all those OPs would've been too much. They would've been nice, but I doubt Namco figured it was worth the extra time & money on this sort of game, especially when they probably already took the effort in getting the rights to all those franchises.

MrSaturn99 · Apr 16, 2015

Niiiiice. I want that book.

Ibuki · Apr 16, 2015

That book looks much better than I thought.

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