


If you aren’t familiar with Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, this game isn’t going to help fill you in. You can tell Bandai Namco knows just how much of a big deal the series is this time around – with a full physical release, a simultaneous worldwide release, and months of hype, the remastered red carpet has been rolled out for Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R. The ongoing anime adaptation is one of the most popular anime out there, and the excitement for Jojo is palpable. In the years since, though, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure has hit the mainstream globally. When the original version of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R came out around that time, the lack of hype around the series outside of Japan came across in how the game was handled – it took nearly a year to come out in America and Europe after launching in Japan, and it did so with a quiet and barely advertised digital-only release. Nine years ago, while Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure was a pop-culture phenomenon in Japan, it was mostly a cult-classic manga to most of the rest of the world.
