Jump Ultimate Stars 2006

Is it still worth playing?

A crossover fighting game from Ganbarion for the Nintendo DS, released in 2006 as the sequel to Jump Super Stars, with 305 characters, 56 of them fully playable, from 41 shonen manga series. Most of the gameplay is about using manga panels that represent characters to build decks on a four by five grid. Panels come in different sizes of one to eight blocks, and there are three kinds: Battle, Support and Help panels, so a deck needs at least one of each and an assigned leader. Battle panels represent playable characters, Support panels non playable ones that attack or heal, and Help panels give boosts to the characters next to them. Each battle panel has a nature, Knowledge, Strength or Laughter, in a rock, paper, scissors relationship. Each deck needs a Leader who starts the match, and online play was added. Building a deck of manga panels is still a puzzle in itself.