Jump Ultimate Stars Review DS

Jump Ultimate Stars, for the DS. If you have ever wished that Super Smash Bros. would come to the DS, or if you like any Anima/Manga at all, I would reccommend you read further because a Super Smash Bros. game engine mixed with over 41 Manga characters is about to come your way.


Storyline:
The game's storyline (or attempt of a storyline) has you going through the "JUMP Universe" where you must go to each planet/earth that will be a different manga. So the first planet would be for example One Piece, from there you can move to Naruto or Dragon Ball. I cant remember the exact order in my head, but you must move through each planet and reach the end of the universe to defeat an evil doctor (who is the bad guy in Dr. Slump). But nevermind the crummy storyline, its all about the gaming.


Gameplay:
This game is exactly what I say it is... Take Super Smash Bros, now put it on the DS, add Wifi ability, now replace all the Nintendo Characters with over 300 manga characters, and BLAM! you Got Jump! Ultimate Stars. I believe there is about 40 stages as well, that serves the world of each manga series. Now don't be completely deceived, there is indeed 300 characters, but only about 50-60 are playable, now, that still is a lot of characters, the rest serve as what I can compare to as assist trophies from Super Smash Bros.
Once you make your custom character roster (thats right, customize as many characters as you like as long as you can place them in a 5x5 grid) this means that you can have a max of 4 playable characters (you will see more depth of this in the video provided at the end).

But, after you have your character set, and pick on of the many levels, you play a 4 player battle (or less):

• KO:This is where you only have one stock (life) for each character you have in your "deck" during battle, whether you have one Luffy or 3 Dragon Ball Z characters, you goal is to not get killed an elimate all other characters on the screen.
  

• Stock Setting:
  Stock is where you must wear down all of your opponents health until they "die" or knock them off of the arena.
  
  
• Time:
  Attack your opponents and KO them as fast as you can to achieve the most points, and be the victor at the end of the time limit.
  
  
• Star Bull Crap:
  Here you must collect 5 stars (or be the one with the most stars) when the time limit runs out, if you die, you loose your star(s) depending on which character gets KO'd. I don't recommend this style, since...well, I don't like it.
  
  

GRAPHICS:
The graphics are a pretty good 2-D style gaming, with sprites of your favorite (and most hated) anime/manga characters.






The graphics are better than what you see here, these are just the only images I can find.And this will be obviously shown in the video.


SOUND:
The sound is of a...well, just imagine the first Super Smash Bros. Lots of grunting, item tinks, and of course the signature arena music that portrays that anime. So, nothing painful, and not that much elaborate music, though it is good. Uhh, I will resort to a score here of 8/10


Replay Value:
One of the best replay values out there, I got this game over 2 years ago, and I'm still playing the crap outta it, for two reasons:
1.) You got that SSB element here, of just wanting to play a free-for-all with your hated anime characters (ah, slaying Naruto with a passion with crappy manga characters make me happy...BELIEVE IT!).
2.) WIFI! Even with the spammers and the people that try to run away for a full minute, this game kicks ass, and you will love it, I guarantee it. You will catch up with the people that try to run, and you will (eventually) figure out the spammer and use a certain move (after experience you know how to evade such spams as Super Sayain Trunks coming at you with a sword repetitively, by jumping over and laying a sweep kick).


VERDICT!
Just buy the game, I have yet to find a person to hate on this game, even now (with all the people on the JUS board talking about Brawl Friend Codes), people are still jammin this game out, with tons of planned matches a day (go ahead and look at the JUS board at gamefaqs, you will see nothing but "1vs1 matches or tournaments").
And to help you out on where to get this (since it is never coming out in the US, and if it ain't coming out in the US, it ain't coming out wherever you live) I will save you the trouble of trying to find a reliable site, and send you this link. There is also an English patch out there for those that ABSOLUTELY MUST have to play this in English, just search "Jump Ultimate Stars Patch" in google, and you should get it. I must admit though, actually playing in English, I have learned some "first hand tutorial" things that helped my gaming action online.


The price dropped from when I got it, so you can imagine how much it was then, but I guarantee you will not be upset with this game. And you can expect that the following video review will push up your intrest in this game, if the review hasn't yet.

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