Jump Ultimate Stars

"Super Smash Bros. Meets The DS"

Of course everyone's heard of Super Smash Bros. Well you have if you're a real gamer. Well what if I told you there's a similar game on the DS that has anime characters instead of Nintendo characters, 100s of playable characters, and intense multiplayer. Don't believe me? Well get ready to be proven wrong.

Graphics 8/10
The graphics are good on the DS, but if they were graphics on the PSP you're be more disapointed with them. It's not in 3-D if that's what you were expecting. It's actually a 2-D side scroller. Now before ou start hating on it please remember this one rule....Games aren't always about the graphics. Anyway, there's 100 playable characters! What more could you want?

Gameplay 9/10
This is the best part of the game. The gameplay. Duh. So anyway, the gameplay is very enjoyable and will keep you playing the game for years. That's right, years. However, the enemy AI can be very stupid at times. If you're playing a Ranking game or a Vs. game and you go into sudden death the enemy will, at times, jump off the edge....On accident...I hope...But usually they're aware of there surroundings.

Campaign 7/10
The campaign is...Well...Not the great part of the game. If you don't know Japanese and you didn't get this game used, you WILL have a hard time. However, If you get it used and most of it's done you will have a breeze beating the rest of it. But the campaign can be very enjoyable at times...What? You're expecting me to tell you the story? Well I would...If I knew Japanese...Which I don't...So look it up or something. But I will tell you the things I know. You're fighting on planets like in Kingdom Hearts Chain Of Memories....That's all I know cause I was too lazy to look up the story myself.

Controls 10/10
The controls are great! No problems really. That's all I have to say about that...

Multiplayer 8/10
The multiplayer is pretty good. If you have bad connection you will have lag issues. But the multiplayer is very intense and enjoyable. I'd say I like it more than Super Smash Bros. Brawl...Well probably not, but still it's very good. You can choose your own deck and if you choose it first you can choose the settings and stage. Oh, there's one thing I forget to mention you use something called a deck which is like a little comic book page and that's what you use to switch characters through out a battle.

Overall 10/10
Overall, this game couldn't get any better. The only things I would like to see in a sequel is better AI, and for it to be released in the US. Hopefully Nintendo will release it in the US considering the fact that they're are many anime freaks in the US. But I don't want to get my hopes up cause they're might not even be a sequel.

Reviewer's Score: 10/10, Originally Posted: 08/05/09

Game Release: Jump Ultimate Stars (JP, 11/23/06)