JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

aka: JoJo no Kiimyo na Bouken, Le Bizzarre Avventure Di JoJo

Released

December 1998 on Arcade

Credits

66 people

Releases by Date (by platform)

1998 (Arcade)
1999 (PlayStation)

Publishers

Capcom Co., Ltd.

Developers

Capcom Co., Ltd.

Moby Score

7.0

#12,400 of 162K

Critics

70% (10)

Players

(9)

Ranking

#680 on PlayStation

Collected By

30 players

Genre: Action
Perspective: Side view
Visual: 2D scrolling
Art: Anime / Manga
Gameplay: Fighting
Interface: Direct control
Setting: Fantasy
Misc: Licensed

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Description official description

Based on the Japanese manga/anime of the same name, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is a 2D fighter from Capcom. Take on the role of one of 18 characters and battle your friends in Arcade Mode, or take on the role of Jotaro "JoJo" Kujo and his friends in Super Story Mode as they battle their way to the evil vampire, Dio Brando, in order to save the world!

A Dreamcast version also exists, but without the Super Story Mode and a couple of missing characters. Both games were ports of Capcom's arcade fighter, JoJo's Venture and its update, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

Spellings

ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 - Japanese spelling

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Credits (Arcade version)

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Planner	Shinichiro Obata Yoshifumi Fukuda (as Yo JB Fukuda) Mamoru Ōhashi Koji Shimizu
Programmer	Tomohiro Ueno Batayon (as Batayon) Hideo Sako (HDO) Tatsumi Kimoto (as T·Kimoto [Dress]) Yoshinobu Inada (as Y·Inada [INE]) Masahito Ohya (as Oh!Ya!) Yoji Mikami ('BD1')
Scroll Design	Yumiko Nakatsuka (as Nakatsuka) Hisashi Kisanuki (as Kisabon) Chie Nakayama Takatoshi Inoue (as Inoyan) Atsushi Kanno (as Kanno) Yamasan Masanori Kajita Takashi Fujiwara
Object Design	Takashi Hayashi (as Ball Boy) Q Kyoku (as Q) Kaname Fujioka (as Kaname) Tsuyoshi Nagayama (as Tsuyoshi) Norihide Fujii (as Fujii & Peliko) Hiroshi Yugen (as AHOGEN hiroshi)
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Critics

Average score: 70% (based on 10 ratings)

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Trivia

References

Most of the characters in the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series have their names in the roots of many famous (and not-so-famous!) musicians! Here's just a few:

Iggy, the dog: named for singer Iggy Pop

Devo, the Devil: named for 80s band Devo

Mariah: named for singer Mariah Carey

Midler: named for singer Bette Midler

Dio: named for an obscure band called Dio; the name also means "God" in Italian

Vanilla Ice: yes, like the rapper

Inspiration

The Super Story Mode allows you to play through a game version of Volumes 13 to 28 of the original manga series.

Version differences

There are two main differences between the PlayStation and Dreamcast versions of the game.

The PlayStation version contains a "Super Story Mode" which lets you play through the story of the manga using various characters. The Dreamcast version states on the back cover that the same mode is available, yet it's not.

The Dreamcast version contains both Jojo arcade games (Jojo's Venture and Jojo's Bizarre Adventure), and you can choose to play either one. Jojo's Venture has less characters than Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, and Jojo's Bizarre Adventure has a special Challenge mode that lets you unlock playable characters when you complete it with certain characters. The Playstation version of the game is a mixture of both arcade games.

Information also contributed by Foxhack