Your Next Words are “Don’t Insult My Hair, You Deadbeat Father!”

Ok, let’s start these off with the video I can embed. This is a special circumstance of Josuke’s Insulted Hair Mode where he doesn’t run out of his invincible rage. This is apparently a story battle against Rohan for Josuke, and this is a really good representation of what it is that happened during that fight. That combo meter just keeps on going forever. I was almost disappointed that it didn’t reach 500, but watching Josuke in his unstoppable rage is always fun.

Now to the other two. These are Nico, so through Polsy we go [Edit: Nevermind. YouTubes are go. I will leave the Polsy links for completion sake. The Josuke one even has subtitles. And now the Joseph one does too.]. This first one is the full collection of every character’s insult for Josuke’s hair. This includes Fatty, but this was apparently too soon to get Iggy and Fugo in on the fun. There’s also a demo of Insulted Hair Mode being used at the end, so check that out as well.

Second video, the whole collection of every Joseph “Your next words are” quote. There’s apparently one for everyone. Like the above, I’m not solid enough with listening to translate for you, but having Joseph call Zeppeli on “HEY, BABY,” Valentine on his “Dojyaaan,” and Abdul on his “YES, I AM,” down to imitating his voice were pretty cool. Oh, and there was that we get to hear Sugita pull a “WRRRYYY” on Dio. That was pretty fantastic. Once again, this is soon enough to contain Fatty but not Iggy or Fugo. That’s too bad in this case. Since he was able to WRY on Dio, I would have loved to hear him say, “Your next words are… Woof.” If he used actual words, that means Joseph can hear Iggy’s inner monologue, and that would mean Joseph can read the minds of dogs. Ok, that would be fine too.

I Wrote This Creed on my Back so I’d Never Forget I’m Trying to Become a Vampire

ZOZOTOWN is releasing a two new JoJo shirts. The graphics are cute in how straightforward they are. It’s also fun that they list Jonathan and Dio’s lifespans below their names. It might be hard to see on those pictures, but if you look at the close up of the graphics (Dio – Jonathan,) Dio’s is listed at 1867 – ∞.

Nice as the chance to walk around with burning, shonen spirit or Dio’s unrelentingly glorious visage on your chest, the real fun is on the back.

Really, I like the contrast. Jonathan’s is that nice, uplifting quote that I could see being a t-shirt slogan, but Dio’s is just, “Humans suck, so I’m going to become better than all of you could ever imagine.” It is as though he designed the shirt himself. I’m almost disappointed that it’s just Dio’s face and not that shot of him pulling the knife on Jonathan.

The shirts are both available through ZOZOTOWN in three sizes and three colors, black, gray, and white, for ¥5,040 ($49.24.) Jonathan’s shirt is here, Dio’s shirt is here. Walking around with “URRRRRRY” on your back is sure to grab some attention.

(Thanks to the post on Araki-JoJo. © Hirohiko Araki, Shueisha, The JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Production Committee, and ZOZOTOWN)

The All Star Guide to All Star Battle and New ASB Move Lists

Guys on the JoJo Forum go all out. User mikestrider is leading their ASB thread and has started the translation and preview efforts on a lot of fronts. It’s got all the preview videos plus the subbed PV 3, all the current Famitsu articles, demo videos, move lists as they become translated, all that good stuff. Recently, he added the initial parts of his translation of PV 4. Directly quoted:

Dedicated to all those who love JoJo.

It’s the birth of the ultimate JoJo Game.

The Dream Match that everyone has dreamed of.

Father & Daughter

Jotaro: Hey girl, are you a new Stand user?

Jolyne: Looks like you’ve lost some of your ability.

Jotaro: I don’t know you are but you’ve got quite the attitude.

Jolyne: It still feels like my father.

Gang & Delinquent

Giorno: I’m prepared to pave the way.

Okuyasu: Shut up, Topknot! *gestures* Look!

Avenger & Avenger

Hermes: What’re you doing, bastard!

Polnareff: The tip is quite sharp, huh?

Wind & Flame

Abdul: Flames are flawless.

Wham: Read the wind. Hear the whispers in the air.

RERO & RERA

Gun & Gun

Hol Horse: Let’s see which one of us is faster!

Mista: I’ll destroy that mouth of yours!

Mudamuda & Dorarara

DIO: That head of yours looks like cow shit.

Josuke: What was that about my head??!

DIO: WRRRYYYYYYY!!!

Oh, Dio. If only you knew he danger pulling that against Josuke. I don’t really understand how Giorno’s hair equates out to a topknot, but it’s Okuyasu, so maybe I’m not supposed to.

Along with this is that there is a new Famitsu article. Now that we’ve gone through what are probably all the character reveals (if there are anymore, they’ll probably be DLC like Kira), we’re starting to get move lists.

This is Jotaro and Star Platinum’s move list. The other lists in the articles are for the first characters revealed for the game: Joseph, Wham, and Gyro.  I’m very encouraged by these lists because I didn’t know how the combos and controls would work. Seeing that they’re based on circle motions with the stick, Capcom-like, relieves me because that’s a command system I can do or at least understand.

I don’t know if these are full move lists. I feel like they might be a little scant, but these are only for special moves. There’s probably a lot more if you look into things like target combos and that sort of thing. Each character’s Heart Heat, Grand Heat, and Style Moves have been revealed. Wham gets two styles: One for Sandstorm protector, which probably gives him higher defense; one for Holy Sandstorm mode, which probably gives him higher attack.

Everyone’s Heat moves are about what you’d expect. Jotaro’s is especially hilarious because he has three different ORA listed and his Heart Heat is just ORAORAORAORA! But what’s nice is that the moves aren’t just generically named or that CC2 tried to come up with a cool name. Jotaro’s Grand Heat is “It’s Because You Really Pissed Me Off,” the move he killed Dio with. Joseph’s is “It’s a Deceptive Trick,” which is really just Joseph being Joseph. The lists are cool, and we’re only getting more.

Along with all the other information, he’s also posted all of the stages. I’m bringing up the Cairo Bridge, ripped straight from Heritage for the Future, because I don’t think I have before and the stage hazard is awesome.

The only thing that can improve this is if there’s an accompanying one where Dio throws the Senator at you.

There’s also a quick shot of the Prize Star Book, a book with gameplay basic, alternate colors, taunts, that sort of thing, which is a translation in progress, and a quick shot of the PS3 custom theme that comes with ASB. Get Dio all over your TV. He wouldn’t want it any other way.

So it’s a pretty good comprehensive info dump on ASB. Check it out for even more information. I know I will be.

(Thanks to Goon Kurtofan for cross posting this)