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Like it’s really up to you to save the JUMP FORCE characters, and restore balance to the world. And when you’re in them, you really do feel like you’re a part of the action. It’s not your typical 3–3 fighting game, and it shows. I like the three-dimensional stages, and the unbridled range of motion you can explore. The arena mechanics are actually really engaging. But what it does do really well, are the fights. And honestly, it feels like JUMP FORCE embraces that principle, since it could care less about piecing together a plot. You come to these games for the mindless, button-mashing action. You don’t buy a game like JUMP FORCE for the story.

The story is a fever dream (Umbra cubes? Venoms? Everything Frieza’s fault?), but then again, there was never going to be a coherent reason why the champion of a children’s card game would team up with ninjas and space-faring demigods.

JUMP FORCE is the ultimate crossover event for anime fans, featuring fighters from over a dozen series. That’s not to say I can’t see the forest for the trees. I mean, what can fists and swords do against the heart of the cards?Ībout to send some losers to the Shadow Realm His playstyle is unique, managing to incorporate his dueling as physical attacks, and I knew I could have a lot of fun with his twin Dark Magicians. So when his character appeared in the reveal trailer, I didn’t need much else - that alone sold me. YU-GI-OH! was my gateway drug into the world of anime, and it’s one of the few fandoms I’m still actively involved in. I’ll admit, I bought JUMP FORCE largely because you can play as Yugi Muto. If you, like me, had eBay and were okay with perpetual confusion a la the language barrier, maybe you played these games too. And apparently, in 2014, there was a J-STARS VICTORY VS game for PlayStation 3. They were awesome 8-bit side-scrollers, chock-full of manga favorites. In the mid-2000s, Shonen Jump produced two Gameboy fighting games - JUMP SUPER STARS and JUMP ULTIMATE STARS. It’s just the first game in the series to make it to our Western shores. It wouldn’t be wrong to assume JUMP FORCE came out of left field, but that isn’t necessarily true, either. With the KILL LA KILL fighter, ONE PIECE: WORLD SEEKER, GRANBLUE: RELINK, FIRE EMBLEM: THREE HOUSES, and more on the horizon, this year looks to be the anime showdown of the decade. KINGDOM HEARTS 3 broke franchise records by shipping five million copies, and Shonen Jump’s self-congratulatory release JUMP FORCE snagged the top slot on global sales charts. It’s only March, but already two AAA titles have dominated sales and social media. JUMP FORCE Feels like a Fan-Made Game in a Full-Priced PackageĢ019 is shaping up to the year of anime video games.