Earlier this year in February, Bandai Namco pulled its all-star fighting game Jump Force from the Nintendo Switch eShop and multiple other platforms.
This week, scheduled maintenance was spotted (via the Twitter account @NinStatusBot), which raised some eyebrows. This is the second phase of the shutdown. As of 24th/25th August (depending on your timezone), certain online content for Jump Force has now officially ended.
This shutdown means players can no longer log into the multiplayer lobby, participate in online events, use clan functions, view notices and leaderboards, access the in-game store and premium shop, or participate in ranked matches.
Regular online battles (quick matches and friendly) will apparently still be available, provided you're subscribed to the Switch Online service. Jump Force made its debut on the Nintendo Switch in 2020, and its removal - including the shutdown of online services, was originally announced last November.
Bandai Namco previously issued the following message, thanking players for their support:
"Our sincere thanks goes out to all Jump Force players and fans for their support; but with all good things, they must come to an end."
Did you ever play this game in the end? Would you like to see a Jump Force sequel? Tell us in the comments.
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I would like to see a sequel but doubt it due to them shutting it down to fast
Didnt this game flop?
I know scientific mutations that lasted longer than this game.
I liked Jump Force a lot, but objectively, was it a good game? No, that’s just facts.
However, the game that came before it, J-Stars, was pretty dang awesome. Unique character gimmicks, varied stages, good music, and a fanfic-like story mode, it was awesome! Henceforth, I’d love to see the next Jump crossover game take a similar route to that.
(Side note: J-stars is awesome, but it’s biggest issue is that a lot of the series in it have gotten new content since then and made much of it feel outdated, which isn’t its fault. Jump Force has this new content (at least for 2019), but very little of it was as creatively implemented as J-Stars’ things were. Now, since Jump Force’s release, a bunch of the same series’ have gotten cool new things [Ultra Instinct, Adult Naruto stuff, other spoilers for One Piece and sorta Bleach…], making Jump Force begin to feel outdated a bit too, not to mention new series like Jujutsu Kaisen and [Probably not because Bandai Namco doesn’t own the rights] Demon Slayer showing up since then.
I think the time between releases for these games has been five years since the DS one? So we’ll probably get a follow up around 2024ish, which is plenty of time for things to change in the current big series’s even more… Like Bleach coming back pleaseijustwantBleachtocomeback
When one story ended (Jump Force), another begins (Dragon Ball: The Breakers, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R, One Piece Odyssey).
Online fights in this game literally play in slow motion. Still pretty fun for single/local play, though.
Really looking forward to this. Need a good online fighter for switch
A real shame to see this game closing its doors because despite all of the missed potential and rooms for improvement it had, I still had a ton of fun with Jump Force (at least, for what was still there). Sure, there are better 3D (anime) arena fighters out there like Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 and Pokken Tournament, but there was just something about Jump Force that made me grow attached to it to a certain degree. Could it be the CaC system? The story? The massive roster? I dunno, but all I know is that this game deserved better, in my opinion.
Anyways, I wouldn't mind seeing another Shonen Jump game, provided that its presentation stays more focused on the source materials for each represented series, as well as expand on the options and the CaC system.
...but regardless of what the reviews say about Jump Force, I would much rather take a vacation with that game than spend one minute with One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows (which has not appeared on the Nintendo Switch, thankfully). Now THAT game was bad >.<
Good riddance. So much potential wasted. Then again it's Bandai so that's no surprise.
@HotGoomba I'm trying very hard to understand the joke, but I don't get it.
I thought the game was a letdown to be honest. Gameplay was decent but everything else was just meh. The Jump games on DS will always be the best.
Almost surprised that it didn't already get it's online taken down way earlier, maybe that's just me forgetting this game even existed ┐(￣ヘ￣)┌
It had its problems but I, I like this game, it was my first fighting game, (that’s not smash), and it got me to play fighterZ, and made me start anime in general. So In short, the game started a lot of things I enjoy a lot today.
@Platinum-Bucket so sad J-Stars got pulled online so quickly, but I should still have my Vita copy somewhere around.
Jump Force felt “meh” compared to J-Stars, that and the fact that the Switch got it much later than other platforms.
Sounds more like a downdate to me.
People still play this?
I would like to see a "jump ultimate stars" sequel. None of these so called jump games that came after it on home consoles have hit the mark that series did for me yet. Bring the original smash anime clone back that was on the DS in a trequel form and you have alllll my money!! That was hands down my favorite jump game. Rivals smash actually. Id even prefer it over smash if online was still a thing or it was on a home console. Sadly it's not.
Roster sucked in this game. Majority of the roster was only a handful of the popular IP that the Western audience immediately know about
A bunch of OCs didn’t help either. The last Jump game J Stars Victory Vs was better in roster IP diversity.
Its not surprised this game got so much negative reception it was gonna happen sooner or later.
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