So, you've got two companies that certainly have the chops to execute a game like this. Bandai Namco, of course, have had Dragon Ball in their stable since time immemorial. If you're familiar with Spike Chunsoft, you'll know them as developers of several of Shonen Jump properties, including One Piece: Burning Blood and J Stars Victory (which you might call Jump Force a spiritual successor to). Jump Force is out now for PC, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One.Developer Spike Chunsoft and publisher Bandai Namco have commemorated the milestone with a new game called Jump Force, a beat-em-up that calls on heroes from across the JUMP world to save little old Earth. With a few tweaks and changes, Jump Force 2 could very well end up going above and beyond the expectations that were set for the first game. A sequel to Jump Force could be a game changer for anime fighting games. Cutting down on load times and using a visual style that lends itself better to an anime art style could be the key to Jump Force 2's success. The biggest criticisms toward the game are often related to its presentation and optimization. The first Jump Force laid out a mostly solid groundwork for future games to build on.
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If the Jump Force series were to steadily improve with each entry in a similar way to the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm series, fans could be in for a real treat. Most successful fighting game franchises don't end up knocking it out of the park with their first entry. This gives Bandai Namco and Spike Chunsoft a better outline of what players would be looking for in a sequel. Now that Jump Force has been around long enough, the majority of its strengths and weaknesses have been discussed at length by its player base. If Bandai Namco could reach such heights with a title that was met with mixed review scores, an improved game could perform even better. The Nintendo Switch port of the game (which only released last year), was one of the top selling Switch titles in Japan during its first week of release.
It was among the top selling games in North America in 2019, also making it one of Bandai Namco's strongest launches in the west to date. If planned correctly, Jump Force sequels could become very lucrative promotional tools.ĭespite its mixed reviews, Jump Force did manage to make an impact on the market for most of the platforms it was released on. Similarly, a sequel to Jump Force would be a great time to promote a series like Shaman King, which currently has an anime reboot being streamed on Netflix. Series like Gintama were huge icons for the publication before ending and it would be a shame for them to never get the same kind of treatment given to Naruto and One Piece.
There were a number of huge Weekly Shonen Jump titles that didn't get a spot in Jump Force that many fans would've loved to see. This frees the game up to include characters like Dai, the protagonist of Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai, giving the series exposure on a grand scale before new material for the series surfaces elsewhere.Ī Jump Force sequel could continue to promote upcoming anime while honoring the classics. One of the main purposes behind most anime games is to promote its source material, and Jump Force has the rare opportunity to do this easily with some of the most recognizable faces in anime at its disposal. To this day, Jump Force continues to fill out its roster with fan favorite characters from the many series featured in the game.
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