JoJo's Bizarre Adventure HD (2012) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure HD

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is a fighting game developed by Capcom based on Hirohiko Araki's Japanese manga of the same title. The games were developed by the same team that is responsible for the Street Fighter…

67 12 August 2012

What JoJo's Bizarre Adventure HD is

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure HD is an arcade game developed by Capcom and released in 2012. It is available on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It runs on Capcom Play System III (CPS-3).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Based on the manga's third main story arc, Stardust Crusaders, the game follows a Japanese teenager named Jotaro Kujo, who has developed a supernatural ability known as a "Stand". Approached by his grandfather, Joseph Joestar, Jotaro learns that this power is the result of the influence of the sworn enemy of the Joestar family, a vampire named Dio. As his mother's life is put in danger when she starts developing a Stand that she can't control, Jotaro and Joseph go on a quest to destroy Dio so they can cure her.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It supports multiplayer for up to 2 players online. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure HD is the tenth of 24 entries we hold in the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series. It arrived 6 years after JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood. The next entry was JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle in 2013. Its critic score of 67 is almost exactly the series average of 67. The highest-rated entry is JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R at 80.

See all 24 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure games in release order →

How it was received

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure HD holds a critic score of 67 out of 100. That places it above 30% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 3 points below the year average.

What it launched against

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure HD launched on 12 August 2012, within three weeks of Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Sleeping Dogs and Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Sleeping Dogs, Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition.

Official trailer