Jump Super Stars

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Jump Super Stars
"Jump Super Stars" Top Title Screen
ジャンプスーパースターズ Janpu Sūpā Sutāzu
Release Date	08 August 2005
Genre	Fighting
Price	¥4,800 (¥4,571 excluding tax)
Developer	Ganbarion
Publisher	Nintendo
Music Composer(s)	Yūichi Hirose
Playable Characters	236 (Battle + Support + Helper)
Rating	CERO A (all ages)

Jump Super Stars is a 2D, sprite-based fighting game developed by Ganbarion and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS, released 08 August 2005 exclusively in Japan. The game features over 200 characters from various franchises in Shueisha's Jump anthologies, including a significant number from Dragon Ball. The game was formally announced in the 2004 No. 36 issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump, and received regular promotion in Shueisha magazines leading up to it release.

The game received a direct follow-up, Jump Ultimate Stars, the following year.

Gameplay

Building a playable deck (top screen) from the available characters and koma (bottom screen)

Gameplay of Son Goku fighting Jotaro (top screen) with the player's customized deck (bottom screen)

Playing similarly to games like those in Nintendo's own Smash Bros. series, up to four characters fight on multi-level, platform-based stages. Characters as classified as either fully playable battle, assist, or helper characters. Character selections are further broken down into different koma (or "panel", as in the panels making up a page in a comic book) types. All help characters are single koma, while all assist characters are either two or three koma. Playable battle characters can range from four to seven koma.

Players arrange the collected characters' koma on the 5x4 grid (with twenty available "spots") into a respective deck; each deck must contain at least one battle character, one support character, and one helper character, though the player is free to leave open spots if they choose or are otherwise unable to fill it with the available characters. Placing certain characters directly next to each other on the deck may trigger additional boosts.

Battle characters use weak, strong, and special attacks against their opponents alongside advanced options like dashing, double jumps, guards, push attacks, and special team attacks. Various items may appear on the stage granting temporary stat boosts or handicaps. Through these options, players attempt to either knock their opponent out of the ring entirety (which may involve busting through the side walls), or attack enough to drain them of their energy, with each granting a single win point.

Players unlock additional characters by playing through the game's "J-Adventure" mode.

Game Modes

• J-Adventure (Jアドベンチャー J Adobenchā): story mode
• Wireless Play (通信プレイ Tsūshin Purei): local wireless player vs. player between Nintendo DS systems
• Battle (バトル Batoru): player vs. CPU
• Deck Maker (デッキメイカ Dekki Meika): create and edit gameplay decks
• Koma Gallery (コマずかん Koma Zukan): view collected koma
• Options (オプション Opushon): adjust various game options

Characters

Jump Super Stars features over 200 characters/items from 27 different franchises, with 34 fully-controllable battle characters. Represented franchises include:

• Black Cat
• Bleach
• Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
• Buso Renkin
• Death Note
• D.Gray-man
• Dragon Ball
• Dr. Slump
• Eyeshield 21
• Gintama
• Hunter x Hunter
• Hikaru no Go
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
• Katekyō Hitman Reborn!
• KochiKame
• Mr. Fullswing
• Naruto
• One Piece
• The Prince of Tennis
• Pyū to Fuku! Jaguar
• Rurouni Kenshin
• Shaman King
• Slam Dunk
• Steel Ball Run
• Strawberry 100%
• Yu-Gi-Oh!
• Yu Yu Hakusho

Dragon Ball Characters

Fifteen characters represent the Dragon Ball franchise, with five available as fully-controllable battle characters.

Sprite	Name	Koma Variants	Forms Represented	Notes	Status
	Son Goku	1 Koma (Help) 2 Koma (Support) 3 Koma (Support) 4 Koma (Battle) 5 Koma (Battle) 6 Koma (Battle) 7 Koma (Battle)	Regular Super Saiyan	Turns Super Saiyan 3 and into Vegetto as a part of special moves	What's immediately selectable?
	Vegeta	1 Koma (Help) 2 Koma (Support) 3 Koma (Support) 4 Koma (Battle) 5 Koma (Battle)	Regular Super Saiyan	n/a	What's immediately selectable?
	Son Gohan	1 Koma (Help) 2 Koma (Support) 3 Koma (Support) 4 Koma (Battle) 5 Koma (Battle)	Super Saiyan Super Saiyan 2	n/a	What's immediately selectable?
	Gotenks	3 Koma (Support) 4 Koma (Battle) 5 Koma (Battle)	Regular Super Saiyan	Turns Super Saiyan 3 as part of the Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack	What's immediately selectable?
	Piccolo	1 Koma (Support) 4 Koma (Battle) 5 Koma (Battle)	n/a	n/a	What's immediately selectable?
	Kuririn	1 Koma (Help) 2 Koma (Support) 3 Koma (Support)	n/a	n/a	What's immediately selectable?
	Trunks	1 Koma (Help)	n/a	n/a	What's immediately selectable?
	Son Goten	1 Koma (Help)	n/a	n/a	What's immediately selectable?
	God	1 Koma (Help)	n/a	n/a	What's immediately selectable?
	Nail	1 Koma (Help)	n/a	n/a	What's immediately selectable?
	Turtle Hermit	1 Koma (Help)	n/a	n/a	What's immediately selectable?
	Bulma	1 Koma (Help)	n/a	n/a	What's immediately selectable?
	Dende	1 Koma (Help)	n/a	n/a	What's immediately selectable?
	Senzu	1 Koma (Help)	n/a	n/a	What's immediately selectable?
	Potara	1 Koma (Help)	n/a	n/a	What's immediately selectable?

Dr. Slump Characters

Three characters represent the Dr. Slump franchise, with two available as fully-controllable battle characters.

Sprite	Name	Koma Variants	Forms Represented	Notes	Status
	Arale Norimaki (w/ Gatchan)	1 Koma (Help) 2 Koma (Support) 3 Koma (Support) 4 Koma (Battle) 5 Koma (Battle) 6 Koma (Battle)	n/a	n/a	What's immediately selectable?
	Dr. Mashirito	1 Koma (Help) 4 Koma (Battle) 5 Koma (Battle) 6 Koma (Battle)	Uses Caramel Man 1 and fuses with Piccolo as part of special moves	n/a	What's immediately selectable?
	Senbei Norimaki	1 Koma (Help)	n/a	n/a	What's immediately selectable?

Stages

• Wilderness (荒野 Kōya)
• Widerness at Dusk (夕焼けの荒野 Yūyake no Kōya)
• Forest (森林 Shinrin)
• Forest at Dusk (夕焼けの森林 Yūyake no Shinrin)
• Rocky Area (岩場 Iwaba)
• Rocky Area at Dusk (夕焼けの岩場 Yūyake no Iwaba)
• Seas (海上 Kaijō)
• Seas at Dusk (夕日の海上 Yūhi no Kaijō)
• Sandstorm (砂あらし Suna-arashi)
• Desert (砂漠 Sabaku)
• Snowfield (雪源 Setsugen)
• Snowstorm (吹雪 Fubuki)
• Skies (上空 Jōkū)
• Skies at Dawn (朝焼けの上空 Asayake no Jōkū)
• Tournament Stage (武舞台 Bu-butai)
• Tournament Stage Finals (武舞台決勝 Bu-butai Kesshō)
• Tournament Stage Semifinals (最終決戦場 Bu-butai Jun-kesshō)

Codes & Secrets

TBD

Merchandise

Guide Books

Jump Super Stars received two guide books released under the "V-Jump Books" series.

Released 01 August 2005, the Jump Super Stars Official Nintendo book (ISBN: 408779332X) spans 178 pages.

Released 09 September 2005, the Jump Super Stars Master Book: Road to Victory!! book (ISBN: 4087793370) spans 352 pages.

Releases

Jump Super Stars on store shelves at Best Buy in America in 2006

Jump Super Stars was exclusively released on the Nintendo DS in Japan 08 August 2005, and has never been re-released or re-packaged.

While the game never received an international, localized/translated release, certain retailers — including Best Buy and Fry's — began stocking a small number of import games in 2006. As part of this release, Jump Super Stars was briefly available on American shelves for $49.99.

Domestic Media Coverage

TBD

Commercials & Trailers

TBD

International Media Coverage

TBD

Legacy

Following the two Famicom Jump role-playing games on the Nintendo Famicom, Shueisha/Jump crossover experiences were effectively non-existent until Jump Super Stars in 2005.

Jump Super Stars received a direct follow-up the next year, Jump Ultimate Stars, also on the Nintendo DS. The sequel expanded on the existing game setup with additional franchises and characters represented, and also incorporated online play.

Following Jump Super Stars, crossover games regularly saw releases across various platforms, generally tied in with major anniversaries. These include Battle Stadium D.O.N., J-Stars Victory Vs., and Jump Force.

As of 2006, Jump Super Stars had sold 517,514 copies according to Media Create.

Additional Notes

Special team attack featuring Dr. Mashirito fusing with Piccolo

Jump Super Stars includes a special tag-team attack with Piccolo and Dr. Mashirito featuring the two using the fusion dance from Dragon Ball to create a new character who attacks with the word botsu (meaning "rejected"). Both the original Demon King Piccolo and Mashirito were originally based on Kazuhiko Torishima, Akira Toriyama's original editor, who frequently rejected Toriyama's manuscripts.

Game Credits

Original Nintendo DS box art

See and cross reference / fact check against actual game from - https://www.mobygames.com/game/nintendo-ds/jump-superstars/credits

• Executive Producer: Satoru Iwata, Shinji Hatano
• Producer: Chikako Yamakura, Hitoshi Yamagami
• Coordinator: Yutaka Takehisa
• Director: Tōru Haga, Takao Nakano
• Game Design: Tōru Haga, Hiroshi Tsurumoto, Takahiro Hayashi
• Sub-Director: Tsuyoshi Kumagai
• Main Program: Tsuyoshi Kumagai
• Design Director: Kunio Asahara
• Program: Hiroyuki Hayashibara, Minoru Sudou, Shinji Yukitake, Haruhiko Ohtsuka, Youhei Kataoka
• Design: Kunio Asahara, Yoichi Nakano, Kōjirō Uno, Noriko Sasaki, Akihiro Okada, Suguru Matsumoto, Kana Nakao, Yasuhiro Kobayashi, Michiyo Ogata
• Design Cooperation: Avantec Co. Ltd., Tsutoshi Koide, Yoshito Nishigaki
• Sound: Yūichi Hirose
• Assistants: Satoshi Takafuji, Hiroyuki Hamada, Miyuki Tanabe, Ryousuke Miyazaki, Mishu Sugiyama, Yōko Mizutani, Hirokazu Tōbō
• Artwork: Sachiko Nakamichi, Chiharu Sakiyama, Aki Sakurai
• Publicity & Promotion: Takeshi Furuta
• Development Support: Shuichi Narusawa, Kaori Ando, Yasuhiro Matsumoto
• Special Thanks: Satoshi Yamato, Noriyuki Niwa, Yurie Satou, Mitsuaki Hagishima
• Debug: Ganbarion Debug Team, Super Mario Club