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J-Stars Victory VS+ Game's English Video Showcases 'Craziest Assists'

Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe began streaming a new English trailer for its fighting game Shonen Jump's J-Stars Victory VS+ on Thursday. The video shows some of the assist characters featured in the game.

The assist characters shown includes Bleach's Rukia, Sakigake!! Otoko Juku's Heihachi Edajima, Hunter X Hunter's Hisoka, Gintama's Kagura and Sadaharu, Pyu to Fuku! Jaguar's Jaguar Junichi, Kuroko's Basketball's Tetsuya Kuroko, the Sket-Dan (Sket Brigade) from Sket Dance, Medaka Box's Misogi Kumagawa, Neuro - Supernatural Detective's Neuro, D.Gray-man's Allen Walker, Nisekoi's Chitoge Kirisaki, To Love-Ru -Trouble-'s LaLa, and Haikyu!!'s Shōyō Hinata.

The PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Vita game will feature the original Japanese audio track with English subtitles. More than 50 characters from at least 32 titles appear in Shonen Jump's 45th anniversary game in Japan. The premise of the game is "J Battle Festival, a dream festival that happens once in 45 years" and assembles heroes who exemplify friendship, hard work, and victory.

In the spirit of friendship, the game supports 2 vs. 2 team battles in dream matches that cross the borders between titles. Players can unleash combination attacks never possible until now, some with the help of support characters.

Hironobu Kageyama, Akira Kushida, and Hiroshi Kitadani sang the game's theme song "Fighting Stars." The game includes characters from One Piece, Dragon Ball Z, Toriko, Naruto Shippūden, Hunter X Hunter, Reborn!, Rurouni Kenshin, Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, Saiki Kusuo no Psi Nan, Chinyūki -Tarō to Yukaina Nakama-tachi-, Pyu to Fuku! Jaguar, Medaka Box, To Love-Ru, Nisekoi, Beelzebub, Assassination Classroom, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Jigoku Sensei Nube, Neuro - Supernatural Detective, Kuroko's Basketball, D.Gray-man, Sket Dance, Fist of the North Star, Tottemo! Luckyman, Haikyu!!, Sakigake!! Otoko Juku, YuYu Hakusho, Bleach, Kochira Katsushika-ku Kamearikouen-mae Hashutsujo, Gintama, Saint Seiya, and Dr. Slump & Arale-chan. The game include stages from One Piece, Dragon Ball Z, Toriko, Naruto Shippūden, YuYu Hakusho, Bleach, Kochira Katsushika-ku Kamearikouen-mae Hashutsujo, Gintama, Saint Seiya, and Dr. Slump & Arale-chan.

Bandai Namco Entertainment shipped the game in Europe on Thursday, and will ship it in North America next week on Tuesday. Those who pre-order the game in North America and Europe will get a J-Stars VS+ Compendium book with art for the 52 characters in the game. The pre-order bonus will also include PlayStation themes for the PS4, PS3, and PS Vita.