Madara Uchiha, Freeza, Akainu, Shishio are playable in March 19 PS3/Vita game

This year's eighth issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shueisha Jump magazine is announcing on Monday that rivals from the Naruto Shippūden, Dragon Ball Z, One Piece, and Rurouni Kenshin series are joining the roster of Namco Bandai Games' J-Stars Victory Vs. "team battle action" video game. Specifically, Naruto Shippūden's Madara Uchiha, Dragon Ball Z's Freeza, One Piece's Akainu, and Rurouni Kenshin's Makoto Shishio are all playable characters.

The opening movie will assemble the various heroes together. The magazine teases that V Jump magazine will reveal more playable characters on Tuesday. In addition to the playable characters, the magazine also teases that certain other Jump characters (such as Naruto's Kakashi and Sakura) will appear in quests in the game's adventure mode.

The character roster in this Shonen Jump 45th anniversary game includes:

One Piece

Monkey D. Luffy

Boa Hancock

Dragon Ball Z

Son Goku

Vegeta

Toriko

Tor iko

iko Zebra

Naruto Shippūden

Nar uto Uzumaki

uto Uzumaki Sasuke Uchiha

Bleach

Ichigo Kurosaki

Rukia (support)

Rurouni Kenshin

Kenshin Himura

Kochira Katsushika-ku Kamearikouen-mae Hashutsujo

Kankichi Ryōtsu

Gintama

Gintoki Sakata

Kagura (support)

Sadaharu (support)

Yu Yu Hakusho

Yūsuke Urameshi

Hunter x Hunter

Gon Freecss

Chinyūki -Tarō to Yukaina Nakama-tachi-

Tarō Yamada

Medaka Box

Medaka Kurokami

Misogi Kumagawa (support)

Katekyo Hitman Reborn!

Tsunayoshi Sawada (with Reborn)

Beelzebub

Tatsumi Oga (with Beelzebub)

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure

Jonathan Joestar

Joseph Joestar

Jigoku Sensei Nube

Meisuke "Nuubee" Nueno

Assassination Classroom

Koro-Sensei

Saint Seiya

Seiya

Pyu to Fuku! Jaguar

Jaguar (support)

To Love-Ru

Lala (support)

Nisekoi

Chitoge Kirisaki (support)

Kuroko's Basketball

Tetsuya Kuroko (support)

Sket Dance .

Bossun (support)

Switch (support)

Neuro - Supernatural Detective

Neuro (support)

D.Gray-man

Allen Walker (support)

Hironobu Kageyama, Akira Kushida, and Hiroshi Kitadani are singing the game's theme song "Fighting Stars." A free augmented-reality (AR) app lets you see the Jump heroes in your surroundings on the PS Vita.

The PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita game will arrive on March 19. A regular copy of the PS3 version will cost 7,980 yen (about US$80), while a limited edition will cost 10,980 yen (about US$110). The normal edition of the PS Vita version will cost 6,980 yen, while a limited edition copy will retail for 9,980 yen (about US$100).