JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Shooting Star Lineage

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Shooting Star Lineage is a crossover fighting game released for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4, and a spinoff of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga series.
==Gameplay==
Shooting Star Lineage uses a gameplay system inspired by, and closely resembling, that of Dragon Ball FighterZ; the game is a 3v3 fighting game where each player controls a team of characters. The game is a six-button fighter. Players can use Light Attacks (L), Medium Attacks (M), and Heavy Attacks (H), as well as special Star Actions (S) that are unique to each character, and two Assist buttons (A1 and A2) that call in their inactive fighters to attack. The goal is to deplete the health meters of all three enemies using a combination of regular attacks, special moves, and stylish Supers that can be executed at the cost of your team's "JoJolity" meter. JoJolity can also be spent on EX Specials, powered-up versions of standard special moves inputted using the Heavy Attack button.
The game also features a number of mechanics that all characters can take advantage of:
* Strike A Pose: While it may seem like a conventional taunt on the surface, holding the Pose for an extended period of time can generate JoJolity. Some characters can gain other benefits from Striking A Pose, too! It can be performed by pressing H+S.
* Overpower: A mighty punch that shatters the enemy's defense, knocking them backwards. Overpowers are effectively the game's version of traditional grabs, as a universal answer to guard. They're reliable, but have a fair bit of start-up and leave the user wide open if they miss.
* Golden Guard: Golden Guard is a special type of guard that can be performed at any time simply by holding 4S. It nullifies chip damage from all sources, pushes the enemy back farther when you block their attacks, and even reduces the user's blockstun by a couple frames, but it costs JoJolity to maintain. No JoJolity means no Golden Guard!
* Team Tandem: A technique that lets you call an ally in and "program" them with a set sequence of attacks to unleash, rather than having them just unleash a single preset attack. Team Tandem costs more JoJolity to use the longer an attack string you program, and can be interrupted before it's over if the ally is hit even once by an enemy attack, so be careful with when you use it! It can be performed by pressing either Assist button and S at the same time.
==Roster==
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Shooting Star Lineage/Phantom Blood | Phantom Blood
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Shooting Star Lineage/Battle Tendency | Battle Tendency
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Shooting Star Lineage/Stardust Crusaders | Stardust Crusaders
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Shooting Star Lineage/Diamond is Unbreakable | Diamond is Unbreakable
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Shooting Star Lineage/Vento Aureo | Vento Aureo
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Shooting Star Lineage/Stone Ocean | Stone Ocean
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Shooting Star Lineage/JoJolion | JoJolion
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==Dramatic Finishes==
Victor(s) 	Victim(s) 	Cutscene
Dio Brando DIO 	Any Character 	      Dio freezes the enemy in place with vaporization, then reels back and prepares his Space Ripper Stingy Eyes... but before he can, DIO stops time and walks in front of him. After he pummels the enemy with The World, time resumes, and DIO casually tilts his head to the side as Dio's eye beams fly past him and hit the enemy in midair, obliterating them.
Robert Speedwagon Ermes Costello 	Any Character 	      Using one of Kiss's stickers, Ermes duplicates Speedwagon's hat. He hurls them both into the enemy, hitting with one in their front and one in their back. As the hats saw into their body, the sticker gets pulled off by their rotation, and the violent re-merging of the hats causes the front one to get pulled straight through the enemy's torso and out their back.
Bruford Chaka 	Any Character 	      Chaka throws the Anubis sword to Bruford, who catches the blade. Wielding both his own sword and Anubis with his hair, he carves up the enemy with incredible speed, finishing by impaling the enemy through the chest with Anubis. Chaka walks up and yanks his sword out as the enemy collapses.
Tarkus Trish Una 	Any Character 	      Tarkus leaps backwards, his chain stretching unnaturally after being softened by Trish's Spice Girl. With her perched on his back, he leaps forwards, using his chain as a bungee cord to accelerate himself forwards and drop-kick the enemy at incredible speed.
Mikitaka Hazekura Narancia Ghirga 	Any Character 	      The enemy tries to hide from Narancia, holding their breath to avoid being detected by Aerosmith... but Mikitaka, hiding on their feet as a pair of sneakers, simply lets out a sigh. Using Mikitaka's CO2 to find the enemy, Aerosmith appears before them and drops a bomb, which Mikitaka makes the enemy jump into to obliterate them.
Guido Mista Narancia Ghirga Pannacotta Fugo	Any Character 	      The enemy finds themself gagged and tied up, wearing a pair of glasses with one of their eyes held open while their face points directly towards the sun. As they're tortured, Narancia, Mista, and Fugo do a bizarre dance.
Cioccolata Secco 	Any Character 	      Secco emerges underneath the enemy, grabbing them by the ankles and pulling them deep under the earth. As they rapidly dive downwards, the mold consumes the foe's body. Satisfied with their work, Cioccolata throws sugar cubes into the air, which Secco leaps out to catch in his teeth, and the two sit down to watch a video of the enemy's death while Cioccolata caresses Secco's head.
Jonathan Joestar 	Robert Speedwagon 	      Speedwagon hurls his hat into Jonathan. He blocks it with his forearms, but uses the opening to charge forwards and defeat Speedwagon with a single powerful kick to the face.
Jonathan Joestar 	Dio Brando 	      Jonathan prepares a Scarlet Overdrive, whirling around with his fist bathed in flames. Dio attempts to block the punch with his ice, but it slips straight through his defenses and slams him in the chest. Hamon explodes out of his back and he's sent flying backwards.
Joseph Joestar 	Caesar Zeppeli 	      TBA!
Joseph Joestar Caesar Zeppeli 	Esidisi 	      Joseph and Caesar charge towards Esidisi and place their fingers on his body - Joseph on his head and leg, Caesar on his middle. The two synchronize their breathing and blast him with two types of Hamon at once, incinerating his body.
Kars 	Lisa Lisa 	      TBA!
Muhammad Avdol 	Jotaro Kujo 	      Avdol uses his Red Bind to pull Jotaro against the bars of his jail cell, but he escapes by smashing the cell's toilet and using the water to extinguish the flames. Enraged at being attacked, Jotaro breaks out of the cell... and Avdol stops attacking, having succeeded in his goal of getting Jotaro to come out of the cell.
Jotaro Kujo 	Noriaki Kakyoin 	      Kakyoin binds Jotaro in place with Hierophant's tentacles and attempts to finish him off with an Emerald Splash... but Star Platinum easily deflects the attack, before grabbing Hierophant by the neck, pummeling it in the face, and uppercutting it into the ceiling and through several floors of the building they're in.
Jotaro Kujo 	Rubber Soul 	      TBA!
Hol Horse 	Muhammad Avdol 	      As Avdol is facing down Hol Horse, The Hanged Man uses a puddle behind Avdol to stab him in the back. Making full use of the opening, Hol Horse fires a homing bullet directly into Avdol's forehead.
Jean Pierre Polnareff Noriaki Kakyoin 	Hol Horse 	      Polnareff and Kakyoin are surrounded by homeless men, with The Hanged Man jumping between their eyes to attack the two. Kakyoin flicks a coin into the air to draw the homeless men's attention, then throws up a cloud of dust to make them close their eyes. As The Hanged Man jumps from an eye to the coin, Silver Chariot slices it in half, defeating it. Terrified by the sight, Hol Horse turns tail and runs away.
Iggy 	Jean Pierre Polnareff	      Polnareff tries to skewer Iggy, but The Fool entombs Silver Chariot in stand, leaving Polnareff helpless as Iggy leaps onto his face and proceeds to tear his hair out.
Jotaro Kujo 	Iggy 	      Star Platinum grabs Iggy by the neck, reels back, and hurls the dog into the horizon at incredible speed like a makeshift baseball.
Jotaro Kujo Iggy 	N'Doul 	      N'Doul drops his cane in the chaos of the fight. When he retrieves it, he loses track of Jotaro briefly. He turns out to be right behind N'Doul. As the atmosphere intensifies, Iggy gets more and more nervous, and finally lets out a yell. At that sound, Jotaro and N'Doul both summon their Stands... but while Geb only manages to knock off Jotaro's hat, Star Platinum lands a resounding blow against N'Doul's ribcage.
Joseph Joestar Muhammad Avdol 	Mariah 	      Mariah magnetizes both Joseph and Avdol, burying the two under mountains of scrap metal from the street... but by positioning themselves on either side of Mariah, the two pull themselves together with that magnetic power, crushing her between them and shattering her bones.
DIO 	Noriaki Kakyoin 	      In a last-ditch effort to defeat DIO, Kakyoin sets up his 20-Meter Emerald Splash. DIO effortlessly deflects the emeralds with just his hands for a little while, then activates The World. In frozen time, he casually walks up to Kakyoin and blows a hole through his chest with a single punch.
Jean Pierre Polnareff 	DIO 	      Polnareff leaps high into the air and brings Silver Chariot's rapier down into DIO's head, skewering him and lodging him in the ground.
Jotaro Kujo 	DIO 	      Jotaro gives DIO a moment to recollect himself before their final offensive. DIO, desperate to claim victory, flings blood into Jotaro's eyes before summoning The World to finish Jotaro with a kick. Star Platinum slams its fist into The World's leg, stopping the attack and completely shattering DIO's Stand.
Koichi Hirose 	Yukako Yamagishi 	      Yukako is blasted onto a cliff overlooking the sea. As Koichi approaches her, her hair springs to life and wraps around ACT2... but the movement causes the cliff to crumble. Before Yukako falls directly into a jagged rock at the sea below, ACT2 places a "BOING" on the rock, causing it to bounce Yukako to safety.
Okuyasu Nijimura 	Akira Otoishi 	      Okuyasu rapidly scrapes away at Red Hot Chili Pepper as its power drains away, rapidly weakening it and reducing its speed. When it's completely helpless, The Hand swipes through it one last time, carving its body in half.
Yoshikage Kira 	"Shigechi" Yangu 	      Shigechi's attempt to flee from Kira takes him into a school. He sees Josuke and Okuyasu in a classroom and tries to get to them... but Kira, having already turned the classroom's doorknob into a bomb with Killer Queen, uses it to completely obliterated Shigechi's body.
Jotaro Kujo 	Yoshikage Kira 	      "Now that I'm looking at it... good grief, what an ugly watch. But you don't have to worry about that anymore... because soon, your face is going to look even worse!" With those words, Jotaro summons Star Platinum and barrages Kira with punches.
Jotaro Kujo 	Kosaku Kawajiri...? 	      Kira comes close to triggering Bites The Dust, but Jotaro manages to freeze time before he can. After shattering Kira's thumb, he takes a moment to breathe... before, with a roar, Star Platinum unleashes its barrage. When time resumes, Kira is sent flying.
Bruno Bucciarati Vinegar Doppio 	Secco 	      Secco takes Doppio hostage, threatening to melt his body unless Bucciarati backs off. Bucciarati simply opens a zipper in Doppio's chest to punch straight into Secco's gut without harming him.
Vinegar Doppio 	Jean Pierre Polnareff	      TBA!
Vinegar Doppio 	Jean Pierre Polnareff	      In erased time, Diavolo flicks his blood into Polnareff's eyes to prevent him from seeing his own blood droplets. Then, he moves behind Polnareff, and punches him straight through the chest when the flow of time returns.
Giorno Giovanna 	Vinegar Doppio 	      Having unleashed the power of Gold Experience Requiem successfully, Giorno strikes Diavolo with a punch volley to send him flying into a river. Though Diavolo seems to survive, he then finds himself fatally stabbed by a homeless man in the sewer... then finds himself under a surgeon's knife with no anesthesia... then finds himself hit by a car... Trapped in an endless loop of deadly experiences, the last shot of him is of him, terrified, as a harmless-looking little girl approaches.
Jonathan Joestar 	Cioccolata 	      Jonathan's body is ravaged by mold, and Cioccolata thinks he's victorious... but as his arm crumbles, he unleashes a Zoom Punch that launches his now-disembodied arm into Cioccolata's face, knocking him out with a single blow. Now missing an arm, he falls to his knees, exhausted but victorious.
Robert Speedwagon 	Noriaki Kakyoin 	      Kakyoin attempts to put up his 20-Meter Emerald Splash to prevent Speedwagon from approaching. Instead of falling for it, however, Speedwagon hurls his razor hat forwards, weaving it through Hierophant's barrier with ease and slashing Kakyoin's eyes with the attack.
Joseph Joestar 	Narancia Ghirga 	      Joseph snares Aerosmith with Hermit Purple and, with some effort, hurls the Stand back at Narancia. Hamon coursing through the plane sets off one of its bombs before Narancia can redirect its course, and though Narancia notices the CO2 production of Joseph's Hamon breathing on his radar, it doesn't prepare him for the explosion. "Don't give me that look, kid! I can't help it that I keep causing plane crashes!"
"Shigechi" Yangu 	Joseph Joestar 	      Having noticed Joseph's string trap earlier in the fight, Shigechi triggers it himself after getting Harvest to shift the strings around, immobilizing Joseph long enough for Harvest to swarm over him, sting him repeatedly, and steal his wallet.
Akira Otoishi 	Rudol von Stroheim 	      Red Hot Chili Pepper slams one claw into Stroheim's gut, sapping electrical power from his cyborg body to gain strength. Then, he wrenches the claw to the side, tearing the cyborg's body in half. Akira places a foot on Stroheim's unconscious body and plays a triumphant note.
Cioccolata 	Dire 	      Dire catches Cioccolata in the opening stages of the Thunder Cross Split Attack, forcing his arms apart... but before the move hits, Cioccolata just detaches one of his arms. When Dire falls out Cioccolata's arms, Green Day's mold activates and consumes his body.
Vinegar Doppio 	Mikitaka Hazekura 	      Doppio starts to receive a "phone call" from his Boss, and his high-pitched trilling triggers Mikitaka's allergies. In order to stop Doppio from making the noise, Mikitaka uses his power to turn into a phone... which Doppio ignores. By the time Doppio finds a nearby rock to take his call with, Mikitaka has passed out.
Vinegar Doppio 	Kosaku Kawajiri...? 	      Kira takes Doppio hostage and begins whispering the life story of his true identity in the boy's ear, hoping to use him to activate Bites The Dust and reclaim victory... but Diavolo takes control, and King Crimson manifests behind Kira and chops through his neck before he can react.
Foo Fighters 	N'Doul 	      Backed against the wall, N'Doul tries to summon Geb... but mysteriously cannot! It's revealed that F.F. is lying on the ground, slurping up all the Stand's water with a blissful look on her face. Disarmed and humiliated, N'Doul surrenders.
==Easter Eggs==
With how many bizarre abilities are showcased in Shooting Star Lineage, it's no surprise that there are character-specific interactions. Listed below are all of the special effects and resistances in the game.
* Some characters will be lightly pulled towards fighters that have been Magnetized by Mariah's Bastet, regardless of whether they're Magnetized are not, due to a significant quantity of metal on or inside their personage.
** Rudol von Stroheim is a cyborg, and thus is almost entirely made out of metal.
** Jean Pierre Polnareff (Part 5) is stuck in a metal wheelchair.
* DIO (Part 3) gains a bit of JoJolity from his Bloodthirst ability, in addition to blue health restoration, when attacking characters with Joestar blood - Jonathan Joestar, Joseph Joestar (Part 2), Jotaro Kujo, Joseph Joestar (Part 3), DIO (Part 3), Josuke Higashikata, Joseph + Shizuka Joestar, Giorno Giovanna, Jolyne Cujoh, and Weather Report. This benefit only occurs early on in the fight; after being triggered a few times, DIO will stop gaining extra JoJolity from these characters.
* Leone Abbacchio's Have Some Tea... attack's effectiveness is reduced against certain characters who are able to counter it in some way. When used against these characters, the Super move will not destroy any blue health. It will still deal damage and reduce their JoJolity.
** Giorno Giovanna can turn one of his teeth into a jellyfish to absorb all the "tea."
** Kars, in his Perfect Being form, can turn one of his teeth into a jellyfish to absorb all the "tea."
** N'Doul can separate water from the "tea" using Geb's water-manipulation powers.
** F.F. will drink anything at all as long as it replenishes her supply of water, and the "tea" will actually replenish some of her blue health when she drinks it!
** Kenzou drinks "tea" every morning anyway, believing it will give him good health... and it does! Drinking Abbacchio's "tea" will actually replenish some of his blue health!
* Narancia Ghirga's CO2 Radar ability's effectiveness is reduced against certain characters who are able to counter it in some way. When used against these characters, the radar ping will not trigger.
** Kars, in his Perfect Being form, does not need to breathe.
** Vanilla Ice is impossible to detect while inside of Cream's dimension of darkness.
** Bruno Bucciarati, after being revived by A Tiny Bit Of Fate, does not breathe.
* Conversely, Narancia Ghirga's CO2 Radar ability can also create radar pings for more abilities than just mere teleports when fighting against certain characters.
** Wamuu pings regularly while in his Wind Suit, making him easier to keep track of.
** When Shigechi uses the EX Special versions of Anything I Want or AnyONE I Want, it triggers a radar ping where the Harvest swarm will appear.
** Shizuka Joestar pings regularly while separated from Joseph, making her easier to keep track of.
** Air bubbles created by "Kosaku Kawajiri" ping regularly, making them easier to keep track of.
* Pannacotta Fugo's virus's effectiveness is reduced against certain characters who are immune to it, as long as they are on his team. When used against these characters, the virus doesn't deal any damage, but can still remove debuffs like normal.
** Giorno Giovanna vaccinated himself against the virus previously, granting himself an immunity to it.
** Any Sendo-user with at least one Ripple Charge can immediately eliminate the virus with the sunlight-esque power flowing through their body.
** Kars, in his Perfect Being form, is immune to any and all viral infections.
* Weather Report's The Devil's Rainbow attack's effectiveness is reduced against certain characters who are able to counter it in some way, as long as they are on his team. When used against these characters, the Super move will not turn them into a snail.
** Wamuu blinds himself after activating See The Wind, rendering him incapable of seeing the rainbow.
** N'Doul is blind, and thus incapable of seeing the rainbow.
** Rohan Kishibe can use his Stand ability to temporarily blind himself, rendering him incapable of seeing the rainbow.
** Bruno Bucciarati becomes blind after being revived by A Tiny Bit Of Fate, rendering him incapable of seeing the rainbow.
** Any character struck by N'Doul's Blindside Claw will be blinded for the remainder of the fight, rendering them incapable of seeing the rainbow.
** Any character struck by Josuke Higashkiata (Part 8)'s Detonate! will be blinded for a few seconds, rendering them incapable of seeing the rainbow.
==Trivia==
* Shooting Star Lineage started off as a 1v1 fighter with an assist system, but was later reworked into a "JoJo FighterZ."
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