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For those getting the international version of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle, there will be changes in the localization area.

Siliconera reported that Namco Bandai will be changing names of various characters but will be working with JJBA's manga publisher Shueisha "to make sure that the localized names for the characters fit with [creator] Hirohiko Araki’s intentions 'while not offending any party'." The Japanese hit effects found in-game will carry over to at least the US version of the game with no changes.

The series is known for having characters and stands featuring names based on various bands, musicians, songs and albums. The international versions of both CPS-III games JoJo's Venture and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage For The Future received localization changes to many of the character names including Vanilla Ice (pictured above), which was changed to Iced.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle will be arriving in 2014 for North America, Europe and Australasia on the PlayStation 3.