Dio Brando Returns to His Origins in New JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R Trailer

Bandai Namco released one more trailer of the upcoming fighting game JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R, showcasing one of its most popular characters.

This time around the trailer focuses on the traditional antagonist Dio Brando, but unlike the previous trailer showing him in action, this time around he returns to his early self in the first arc of the series before he was known simply as DIO.

Appropriately, he’s shown as he beats the franchise’s first Jojo, Jonathan Joestar.

You can watch the trailer below.

This follows the trailer featuring Jotaro Kujo, another focusing on Jonathan Joestar, one showcasing DIO, one starring Johnny Joestar, one featuring Noriaki Kakyoin, one starring Mohammed Avdol, one showcasing Ikuro Hashizawa, one revealing Robert E. O. Speedwagon, one starring Jean Pierre Polnareff, one featuring Lisa Lisa, one showcasing Vanilla Ice, one featuring Mariah, two showing off Kars & Wamuu, one featuring Will Anthonio Zeppeli, one showcasing Pet Shop, one focusing on Iggy,  two showcasing Jolyne Cujoh and F.F., one focusing on Ermes Costello, one starring Josuke Higashikata, one focusing on Yukako Yamagishi, one introducing Koichi Hirose, one starring Kira Yoshikage, one on Esidisi, one on Joseph Joestar, one on Diego Brando, one showcasing Hol Horse, one showing Okuyasu Nijimura, one presenting Akira Otoishi, one showcasing Funny Valentine, one introducing Giorno Giovanna, one showing Diavolo, one starring Gyro Zeppeli, one showcasing Josuke Higashikata, one showing Rohan Kishibe, and one showcasing Jotaro Kujo from Diamond is Unbreakable.

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R releases on September 2 on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC.

Incidentally, a demo has been made available on PlayStation consoles exclusively, featuring four playable characters, Jonathan Joestar, Jotaro Kujo, Dio Brando, and Jolyne Cujoh. 

If you’re unfamiliar with JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R, it’s a remaster of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle, which was originally released for PlayStation 3 in 2013 in Japan and in 2014 in the west.

The game is an adaptation of the ultra-popular manga JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure by Hirohiko Araki, which debuted in Weekly Shounen Jump all the way back in 1987, featuring characters from most of its many story arcs