According to the latest issue of V-Jump, a Japanese manga magazine, Cell and Piccolo from the rich
Dragon Ball universe will be playable in
Jump Force. That's not all, as the magazine confirms that
Death Note's Light Yagami and Ryuk will also joining the
Jump Force ever-expanding cast. The two
Death Note characters were previously teased when the game was first announced during E3 2017.
In the
Dragon Ball world, green-skinned Piccolo used to be a ruthless enemy of Goku, but he ultimately became a permanent member of the Dragon Team. The second new character, Cell, was shaped as a "perfect warrior," the ultimate creation of Dr. Gero, who came from a future timeline, designed to possess all the abilities of the greatest fighters to have ever inhabited or visited Earth.
The cast of
Jump Force has rapidly expanded and the fighting game's huge roster currently includes Sasuke (
Naruto), Vegeta & Frieza (
Dragon Ball), Zoro, Sanji, Blackbeard & Sabo (
One Piece), Ichigo, Rukia, Aizen (
Bleach), Yugi Muto (
Yu-Gi-Oh), Gon, Hisoka, Kurapika, Killua (
Hunter X Hunter), Ryo Saeba (
City Hunter), Kenshiro (
Fist of the North Star), and Pegasus Seiya & Dragon Shiryu from
Saint Seiya.
Universes collide as legendary manga heroes and villains are transported to our reality. Massive battles fill epic locales as good and evil clashes, while humankind hangs in the balance.
Jump Force will be available for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC February 15, 2019.