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Jump Ultimate Stars Nintendo DS (Japanese version) | 
| From: Nintendo
Category: Video Games
Buy New: $69.99
New (1) Used (1) from $45.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 4304
Platform: Nintendo Ds
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
UPC: 490237051553
EAN: 0490237051553
ASIN: B000KZ5JAG
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand New. Playable in all ds system, All language and text will be in Japanese. Ship from NY
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| Features:
| • | Japanese Version. Text and language in Japanese | | • | Compatible with US Nintendo DS | | • | 300 Different Characters. 2-4 Players | | • | 300 Different Characters from Nintendo of Japan and Jump Magazine | | • | Supports Wi-Fi Battles, which allows gamers all around the world to combat against each other |
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Product Description
Jump Ultimate Stars is the sequel to one of the best selling games of 2005, Jump Super Stars. It is the second collaboration between Nintendo of Japan and Jump magazine, this time incorporating 300 characters from 40 Shonen Jump properties. The "Koma" battle system will still be used in this sequel with the original 4-by-5 grid and touch screen support. However a number of improvements have been made, including calling support characters into battle via L/R button, without using the touchpad. Characters can now cling on to ledges when falling adjacent to them and some of the stages include areas that can be reached by destroying walls, even the floor and ceiling. As another major improvement, Jump Ultimate Stars now supports Wi-Fi battles, which allows gamers all around the world to combat against each other.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
 Fun Import March 27, 2008
When I first bought this game, I was a little cautious. The price was a little steep, but when I bought it, I had a lot of fun with it. The manga frame-based system works very well. If you understand Japanese fluently, you won't have a problem with this. However, theres no option for English, so you have to rely on guides(I used GameFAQs, which was very helpful).
Theres a wide variety of characters from a wide variety or manga (from Ichigo 100% to DBZ, theres a lot represented here). While the game is advertised as having over 300 characters, only 20 or so are playable, the rest are "support" and some are just there as to boost other characters. Theres a system involving gems used to "evolve" you characters, making them stronger (all these Evolutions relate to the mangas they're in, like Goku evolving into Super Saiyen 50 or w/e). Some of these characters suck to play as, and some are ridiculously overpowered, but that comes with every game.
The playable characters are organized by 3 attributes, Strength, Intelligence, and Laughter. These play out and have their weaknesses Rock Paper Scissors style (Str. beats Int. beats Laugh. beats Str). While this evens out the game a little, a lot of times its obvious who is going to win even though the game hasn't started yet, which can ruin it a bit.
Also, this game has an online function, but I think it requires you to be in japan, because I haven't gotten it to work yet. From what I understand, playing online reaps separate rewards, so if you can get online, you can get something out of it.
Overall, the system is a little complex when you first start, but once you get used to it, it becomes easy to understand and apply, and even though I didn't get the online feature to work, It could be different for others who bought this.
awesome October 29, 2007
if you like super smash brothers, or manga, or anime, or ALL!
this is the manga/anime version of mario super smash.
 Enjoyable for any shonen lover August 6, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great smash bros. game play coupled with shonen stars like Allen Walker and Light Yagami. Worth every cent.
Weeeeeeell July 30, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Over all a very good game. Stays true to Jump and is very good for anyone who is big fan. At first it is hard to get through the Japanese but its worth it!
Bullet points for series comparisson. July 30, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I'm not going to get in to the nitty gritty of how the game plays and such since it's essentially the same as the original. I do have a full review of the original game if you feel like learning the ins and outs of the game, I encourage you to read that review and others for a more in depth look at the game.
PROS:
+ There's more characters and series featured in this game. On the plus side there seems to be more of a diversification of usable characters. In the previous game it seemed as if there was more of a focus on the popular series (Naruto, Bleach, Dragon Ball...) featured in the game were as this one seems to have some more obscure things taking a front seat.
+ Koma Evolution vs. Koma Completion. I'm not going to lie, in the original game having to fill in the blanks was down right annoying without having a fluent understanding of Japanese. I have a decent grasp on Japanese and it still grated my nerves considerably. In this game you simply earn the one square koma via certain objectives and from there you can purchase the larger versions of the given koma by spending points which you earn from fighting. They also use this system to unlock new levels, new evolutions for other koma, questions for the quiz mode, info about various series, unlocking new worlds, and a couple of others I'm probably forgetting. This is probably the best addition in my opinion.
+ More intuitive menus. This is probably arguable, but I like the ways the menus are layed out and the way you can sort and access your deck building options much more in this one. The filters for deck building are better organized and use more English which makes for a much more pleasant deck building experience.
+ The comboing works out a lot better in this game in my opinion. Only certain characters were particularly good melee fighters in the original but here it seems that just about every character has at least one respectably useful combo now.
CONS:
- While some may like the decreased difficulty, and that really doesn't take away from the game, it does as a side effect make for a shorter game. Fully clearing the orignal was quite a task and in this itteration it's far more feasible.
- It seems to me, and I'm pretty sure on this but can't entirely prove it or back it up, but special moves in general have been nerfed. Just about anything can knock you out of a special move now which generally I wouldn't care about but the AI as always spams support characters which at the very least will require you to basically relearn or evaluate how and when to use specials.
- The levels are far more annoying in this game. This is probably my major gripe with this game. There's tons of new environmental hazards and a large number of the level layouts are just stupid and lack good brawling areas. In some instances the level is a greater opponent than the character you're actually fighting.
- The AI seems to either be incredibly intelligent or obtusely stupid. Characters seem to have a bad habit in this game of avoiding fighting you the player, but don't hesitate for a second to brawl amongst themselves. This is particularly annoying because the AI seems to "kill steal" you far more than was the case in the original. This could just be my perception of things due to the general down grading of special skills so maybe I'm just used to whomping the computer a bit harder.
GIVE OR TAKES:
+/- The way you travel around is now series to series in a planet to planet kind of way. Personally I don't like this method quite as much but I can't really call it a knock against the game since some people will probably really like this. I really like the way the map looked and everything in the original and having planets floating in space just seems kind of bland.
+/- Some of the general challenge of the game is gone. It's easier to unlock all of the pieces, and navigating the map is more simple. I'm not positive but I think some of the harder objectives have been removed and some of the original hard objectives are now considerably more easy, especially the avoid getting hit ones.
+/- Some characters have been sufficiently retooled to the point where characters you liked from the original are no longer going rub you the right way. Naruto stands out in my mind, the Rasengan isn't as quick as it used to be and doesn't launch nearly as much but then you have characters like Kenshin who now have some far more practical specials.
And there you have it, my quick thoughts on the original vs. the new version. It's a great game but I'm kind of torn between which game I like better. I highly recommend this game as long as you are willing to deal with the Japanese in any way you see fit.
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