JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R
Developer: CyberConnect2 Publisher: Bandai Namco Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X Released internationally: September 1, 2022 (Windows), September 2, 2022 (consoles) Released in JP: September 1, 2022 (consoles), September 2, 2022 (Windows) This game has unused animations. This game has unused code. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused music. This game has unused sounds. This game has unused text. This game has regional differences.

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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R is a remaster of the original JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle, in which players can battle using characters from the first 8 parts of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, as well as Ikuro Hashizawa (a.k.a. Baoh) who remains from the first game.

Due to being a port of the PS3 game, it contains many unused files that remain from it, among some other things.

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Unused Animation

Rush Mode Animation

Like the original game, a wide variety of characters have an unused rush mode. They also have rush mode voicelines which can be viewed in the Sound Test mode.

• Will A. Zeppeli
• Joseph Joestar
• Caesar A. Zeppeli
• Wamuu
• Kars
• Noriaki Kakyoin
• Muhammad Avdol
• Hol Horse
• Yoshikage Kira
• Kosaku Kawajiri
• Koichi Hirose
• Akira Otoishi
• Pannacotta Fugo
• Enrico Pucci
• Enrico Pucci (Final)
• Ikuro Hashizawa

Unused Code

Speedwagon Guide Character

GuideCharParam.bin.xfbin reveals that Robert E. O. Speedwagon was originally intended to reprise his role as the guide character for the game's Mode Select menu, but he never shows up in the final version, despite the remaining data.

More evidence that this inclusion was originally intended can be seen in the unused voicelines and graphics sections.

Unused Voice-lines

Speedwagon Guide Character

In v_sys_etc.acb/awb and messageInfo.bin.xfbin, many unused voice-line audio and text for Robert E. O. Speedwagon can be found which reflect his potential role as the guide character for the game's Mode Select menu.

His audio files in v_sys_etc.acb/awb differ from that in ASB and explicitly mention the new "All-Star Battle Mode", a mode only present in ASBR. This is solid evidence that Speedwagon was considered to be the menu's guide character at some point in the game's development.

Japanese	Romaji	English
オールスターバトルモードだ	Ooru Sutaa Batoru Moudo da.	That's All-Star Battle Mode.

Here's the full list of his unused voice-line text:

CRC32 ID	Japanese	English
d3af3a85	おせっかい焼きのスピードワゴンが 各モードを案内してやるぜ！	Speedwagon here! I'll give you a rundown of each game mode!
64b2fb81	どのモードをプレイするんだ？	So which mode will it be?
bd94b88c	どのモードで遊びたいんだ？ オレに教えてくれよ！	Which mode ya wanna play today? Don't be shy, now! Tell me!
0a897988	遊びたいモードを選びなよ	Go ahead and pick your mode.
6155a15e	バーサスモードだ	This is Versus Mode.
d648605a	人間やコンピュータを相手にバトルができるぜ	Step right up and fight against the computer or other players here!
d3182744	畜生、おれも戦いてぇーぜ	You lucky bastard! I wanna fight too!
6405e640	1人で遊ぶモードが充実してるぜ	There's plenty of ways to play on your own.
bd23a54d	プラクティスモードだ	This is Practice Mode.
0a3e6449	ここでならバトルのコツをつかめるぜ	You can hone your battle skills here.
b7832b71	バトルの基本はしっかり身につけるこったぜ	Make sure you master the battle basics!
009eea75	この中にいる奴らはやたらえらそーに威張ってて、 おれは気にいらねー	The guys in here are so full of themselves! I just can't stand them!
dc31c825	ショップ＆ギャラリーモードだ	Here's the Shop and Gallery Mode.
6b2c0921	いろんな資料を閲覧できるぞ	You can check out all kinds of cool stuff in here.
b20a4a2c	貯まったゴールドで買い物もできるぜ	You can buy stuff with the gold you saved up.
05178b28	この中にいるのは子どもだ… どうして子どもがこんなところにいるんだ？	A couple of brats run the show in here. The heck do they think they are?!
0047cc36	カスタマイズモードだ	This is Customize Mode.
b75a0d32	気をつけな！　中にいるヤツはこすずるいぜ！	Careful! The guy in here's as sly as a fox!
6e7c4e3f	オプションモードだ	This is Options Mode.
d9618f3b	ゲームに関する設定をすることができる	You can mess with game settings here.
64dcc003	ここでゲーム環境を好きなよーに設定できるぜ	Set up the game however you like here!
d3c10107	中の奴とはあんまり関わり合いにならねー方が いいかもなぁ～	If you want my advice, I wouldn't give the guy in here the time of day!
00f0d1f7	いよし！	Okay!
b7ed10f3	おう	Right.
6ecb53fe	楽しんできなよ	Have fun!
d9d692fa	ズバァーっと決めたな	Go for it!
05a096e9	ああ～ん？	Huh?
b81dd9d1	また来てくれよな	Don't be a stranger!
0f0018d5	おれはいつでも待ってるぜー	I miss you already!
7a8e1ec0	じゃあな。また寄ってくれ	Okay. Catch you later.
cd93dfc4	クールに去るぜ	Stay cool, baby.
14b59cc9	オールスターバトルモードだ	That's All-Star Battle Mode.
a3a85dcd	バトルをクリアすると色んな報酬が貰えるみてえだ	Looks like you'll get all sorts of prizes by winning battles.
a6f81ad3	変わった組み合わせのバトルもあるみてえだぜ	Some of the matchups are pretty out there.
11e5dbd7	バトルをクリアして全ての報酬を集めな	Win battles and scoop up all the prizes.
c8c398da	アーケードモードだ	This is Arcade Mode.
7fde59de	コンピュータを相手に８回連続バトルができるぜ	You can battle the computer 8 games in a row.
c26316e6	体力が尽きるまで闘い続けるバトルもあるぜ	Or keep fighting until your health runs out.
b3796ca3	オンラインモードだ	This is Online Mode.
7a390301	世界中の強い奴と闘えるぜ	You can face experts from all over the world.
cd24c205	腕に自信があるなら試してみるといい	If you think you've got what it takes, try it out.
14028108	ランキングで１位を目指すのも良いかもな	Try securing the number one spot!

Unused Graphics

Guide Characters

Multiple guide character UI files that were present in All-Star Battle remain unused in ASBR.

• 

  Terunosuke Miyamoto

• 

  Reimi Sugimoto

• 

  Robert E. O. Speedwagon

• 

  Steven Steel

• 

  Tsuji Aya

• 

  Donatello Versus

Like most of ASBR's graphics, they are of higher quality than the ASB ones, but most of them otherwise go unchanged. The exception to this is Speedwagon, who was recoloured to fit his color scheme from the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime adaptation by David Production, suggesting that there was consideration of using this UI in ASBR.

ASB	ASBR

Final Pucci Placeholder Image

Before the game even released, a placeholder image was leaked of Final Pucci's Victory Pose 2. It shows Final Pucci's old design with the first anime textures for his clothes along with the old version of Made in Heaven. The kanji "仮" translates to "temporary".

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Unused Music

The full theme for the ASB story mode remains in ASBR, although unused. However, it can be certainly heard in Tournament mode before any fight occurs

Regional Differences

For versions of All-Star Battle R that allow a language toggle between Japanese and other languages, the following differences can be shown by simply switching the game language to Japanese.

Caution Screen

For the Japanese version of the game only, a unique caution message is shown featuring Robert E. O. Speedwagon. This shows before the company logos on the game's boot.

Path: data.cpk/data/ui/boot/boot_logo.xfbin/cautions.dds

Translation (unofficial): It is I, the meddlesome Speedwagon! While you're playing games, make sure the room is well-lit and that you're as far away from the TV screen as possible, you rich amateur! Plus, make sure to take 15 minute breaks for every hour you play for the sake of your own health!

These kind of caution messages are common amongst Japanese releases of video games, and typically state similar things.

Bandai Logo

For the Japanese version only, there is also a difference in the logo for Bandai Namco, with the Japanese variant only being the standalone Bandai logo.

Japanese	Other

These images are both found in boot_logo.xfbin, titled bandai.dds (Japanese ver.) and bng.dds respectively.