View the back cover and screenshots on the main NCSX website.

» The introductory story is told through black & white manga panels which set up the tale before the option selection screen appears. Battles are mission-based with each completed mission opening up new ones. An introductory exercise starts off which explains the game controls. Players may control Luffy or Naruto at the outset by tapping on their manga panels on the touch screen.

» Movement in the game is controlled through the D-pad. To proceed, destroy the target (box with a face) by using Luffy or Naruto's special attack. Special blows may be triggered by pushing the D-pad in a direction and then pressing either attack button (B or Y). To block an attack, push down on the D-pad

» Pressing the jump button in mid-jump will send the fighter jumping again for a double jump.

» To dash, double tap on the d-pad for a running start

» Similar to the first game, all of the action takes place on the upper screen while manga panels are shown on the touch screen. Tap on characters to activate them seamlessly and quickly.

» Your opponent in the first four tutorial/training missions is a square box with thick eyebrows, pursed lips, and a hard hitting left hook. If you can't read Japanese, just look for the button commands amidst the Japanese text which indicate the actions that must be performed to proceed. There's also times when you're prompted to tap the koma-screen to activate Naruto or Goku during the course of the training.

» The complete list of Shonen series featured in the game is as follows:

Black Cat
Bleach
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
Busou Renkin
Captain Tsubasa
D.Gray-man
Death Note
Dr. Slump
Dragon Ball
Eyeshield 21
Gintama
Jigoku Sensei Nube
Hokuto no Ken
Hunter × Hunter
I"s
Ichigo 100%
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Jungle King Ta-chan
Kinnikuman
KochiKame
Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro
Midori no Makibaou
Muhyo to Rouji no Mahoritsu Soudan Jimusou
Naruto
Ninku
One Piece
Pyuu to fuku! Jaguar
Katekyo Hitman REBORN!
Rokudenashi Blues
Rurouni Kenshin
Saint Seiya
Sakigake!! Otokojuku
Shaman King
Slam Dunk
Houshin Engi
Cobra
Taizo Moteo Saga
The Prince of Tennis
Tottemo! Luckyman
Yu-Gi-Oh!
Yu Yu Hakusho

NCS Preorder Description
Akin to eggs and milk, games generally have short shelf lives. In NCS' experience, if a game doesn't sell well in the first 2 weeks of release, we can expect the inventory to sit in our warehouse for 5-6 years before the stock dwindles down to more manageable levels. Sadly, some games sit in warehousing for nearly 15 years without any signs of depletion.

The majority of new game releases don't sell well. There, we said it. In addition to our surfeit of old stock, we've seen associate warehouses brimming with old games that might go into a landfill in Alamogordo, New Mexico one of these days... Then there are the superstars. Games that sell well week after week, month after month... chugging along and defying all original sales projections. Jump Superstars is one of those games. Despite being over a year old, the game trounces all other NDS releases in terms of sales volume on a weekly basis.

With that out of the way, NCS opens up preorders for Jump! Ultimate Sars which is scheduled to arrive on or around November 21. New series' fighters join some of the old series' fighters and bout it out in a battle royale of stylus poking fever. Popular characters from Dragon Ball Z, Naruto, One Piece, and Bleach are joined by somewhat less familiar heroes from Rurouni Kenshin, Dr. Slump, Hunter X Hunter, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, and many more for a total of over 300 fighters in all. To add extra challenge to the fighting, developer Ganbarion includes Wi-Fi battle functionality to ensure that one is never in want of a competitor.

Distributors mention that Jump! Ultimate Stars will include a preorder bonus. Perhaps it's another booklet. Per our usual preorder allocations, NCS expects a ??? ratio of bonus to game for Ultimate Stars. As such, only early preorders will receive the bonus.

Please note that preorders for the Japanese DS import Jump Ultimate Superstars are expected to ship on or around November 22, 2006.

Bonus only for a small amount of orders
Early preorders will include a bonus Jump! Ultimate Stars postcard booklet that's similar to the bonus given away with the original Jump! Super Stars game. Each Shonen series featured in the game is given a thick postcard which stars off with one showing the gang from Eyeshield 21 followed by I's, Ichigo 100%, Katekyo Hitman REBORN!, Captain Tsubasa, Gintama, Kinnikuman, and more. The artwork is very good and the book will be a nice collectible to add to a Shonen Jump fan's archive.

Please note that NCS only received a 1:20 ratio of bonus to game. Unfortunately, we can only include the bonus with very early preorders.

Jan Code: 4902370515572

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