Jump Assemble announced, a MOBA that will bring together characters from Shonen Jump magazine mangas such as Dragon Ball, Naruto, One Piece and that could be released in the West.
A new game from the legendary magazine Shōnen Jumpwhich has been publishing manga in Japan for more than 50 years, has been announced for iOS and Android phones, in a genre that has a lot to offer: a MOBA.
Is called Jump: Assembleand it is a five-on-five MOBA with characters from the most popular animes and mangas that have appeared in the weekly magazine: Dragon Ball, One Piece, Naruto, Bleach, Jujutsu Kaisen, Demon Slayer…
Siliconera brings the first details of this game, just announced in Asia… excluding Japan de moment, although they affirm that there are plans to release the game in other regionswhich opens the door for it to come out in the West.
This will be the MOBA of One Piece, Dragon Ball, Naruto, Demon Slayer…
JUMP: Assemble It is the work of DeNa, a Japanese company dedicated to mobile video games and telecommunications (the same one that has made Nintendo mobile games such as Super Mario Run or Animal Crossing Pocket Camp), and is supervised by Shueisha.
Its launch will be in 2024on iOS and Android phones and tablets, in Southeast Asia, but excluding Japan at launch.
The goal is to gradually add new regions, while the game expands with more characters, being a mega crossover of the most popular animes. But you have to like MOBAs (like DOTA 2, League of Legends, Pokémon Unite…).
Jump magazine has been producing video games for years in which characters from the most popular anime meet. Many are exclusive to Japan, but some did come out in the West, such as Jump Super Stars for Nintendo DS.
In 2019, Jump Force, a 3D fighting game created by Spike Chunsoft, was released for PS4, Xbox One and PC. The great attraction was to bring together all the stars of the manga, but its graphic appearance was very strange…