My Hero Academia vs. Sengoku Basara

My Hero Academia vs. Sengoku Basara
Poster for My Hero Academia vs. Sengoku Basara
Developer(s)	Capcom
Publisher(s)	Bandai Namco Entertainment
Series	Shonen Jump vs. Capcom
Engine	Unreal Engine 5
Platform(s)	PlayStation 5 Nintendo Switch 2 Xbox One Windows
Release	July 14
Genre(s)	Fighting
Artist	Kohei Horikoshi (My Hero Academia) Makoto Tsuchibayashi (Sengoku Basara)

My Hero Academia vs. Sengoku Basara is a crossover fighting game developed by Capcom and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It is a crossover between the manga/anime series My Hero Academia by Kohei Horikoshi and the Sengoku Basara game series by Capcom. It is also the first installment of the Shonen Jump vs. Capcom fighting game series.

Gameplay

Like other Capcom fighting games, My Hero Academia vs. Sengoku Basara is a 2D fighting game in which players compete against each other in combat. In this game, a Sidekick system is introduced, where players can choose one character from the roster as assistance but cannot be used in combat. To defeat the opponent, players must use various attacks in their arsenal, such as Sidekick assists, special moves, and Ultimate Moves, which can only be used when the Ultimate Move bar reaches its maximum. All of the previously mentioned attacks can also be performed in the air. There is also an Awakening mechanic, which grants increased damage output, speed, and health bar regeneration for a limited time. Awakening can also be performed in the air.

My Hero Academia vs. Sengoku Basara has various costumes and cosmetics that can be purchased through the store or playing Mission mode. To purchase costumes and cosmetics in the store, players must use Coins obtained after playing Arcade or Mission mode.

Game Modes

My Hero Academia vs. Sengoku Basara has six game modes. Among others :

Story

Story is a mode where players play the game's story campaign consisting of fourteen chapters. Completing this mode gives players the freedom to choose any chapter at will.

Arcade

Arcade is a mode where players choose two characters (one to play and one as a Sidekick) to fight against a series of AI-controlled opponents before facing the final boss. Every time players complete this mode they will get a number of Coins.

Versus

Versus is a mode where one or two players can fight solo against AI-controlled opponents or against each other. Players do not earn Coins from completing this mode.

Mission

Mission is a mode where players choose two characters (one to play and one as a Sidekick) to complete various challenges given by the game. Players will get a number of Coins or costumes and cosmetics after completing this mode.

Online

Online is a mode where players can play online with other players using an internet connection. Players do not earn Coins from completing this mode.

Training

Training is a mode where players choose two characters (one to play and one as a Sidekick) to practice their fighting abilities. Players do not earn Coins from completing this mode.

Characters

In My Hero Academia vs. Sengoku Basara, the characters are divided into playable characters and non playable characters.

Playable Characters

Playable Characters are characters that can be played. Playable Characters themselves are divided into Base Characters and DLC Characters.

Base Characters

Base Characters are characters that can be played from the start of the game and are unlocked by default. There are 30 Base Characters in this game, with 15 My Hero Academia characters and 15 Sengoku Basara characters.

My Hero Academia

Deku	Bakugo	Shoto	Uravity	Ingenium
Creati	Red Riot	Chargebolt	Endeavor	Mirko
Shigaraki	Dabi	Himiko Toga	Mr. Compress	Spinner

Sengoku Basara

Masamune Date	Kojuro Katakura	Yukimura Sanada	Sasuke Sarutobi	Ieyasu Tokugawa
Tadakatsu Honda	Mitsunari Ishida	Yoshitsugu Otani	Motochika Chosokabe	Motonari Mori
Yoshihiro Shimazu	Magoichi Saika	Oichi	Tenkai	Nobunaga Oda

DLC Characters

DLC Characters are characters that can only be played through paid downloadable content. There are three waves for DLC Characters, each consisting of 6 characters (3 My Hero Academia characters and 3 Sengoku Basara characters).

Wave 1

My Hero Academia

Grape Juice

Earphone Jack

Pinky

Sengoku Basara

Keiji Maeda

Kasuga

Kenshin Uesugi

Wave 2

My Hero Academia

Tsukuyomi

Froppy

Eraser Head

Sengoku Basara

Shingen Takeda

Toshiie Maeda

Tsuruhime

Wave 3

My Hero Academia

Deku (Epsilon)

All Might

All For One

Sengoku Basara

Hideaki Kobayakawa

Hanbei Takenaka

Hideyoshi Toyotomi

Non Playable Characters

Non Playable Characters are characters that cannot be played and only appear as cameos in stages or cutscenes.

My Hero Academia

Cellophane	Can't Stop Twinkling	Tentacole	Anima	Sugarman
Tailman	Invisible Girl	Phantom Thief	Battle Fist	Real Steel
Lemillion	Suneater	Nejire-chan	All Might (NPC)	Hawks
Present Mic	Kamui Woods	Mt. Lady	Ryukyu	Fat Gum
Cementoss	Gang Orca	Burnin	Twice	Re-Destro
Trumpet	Geten	Skeptic	Gigantomachia	Naomasa Tsukauchi

Sengoku Basara

Matsu	Kanetsugu Naoe	Kotaro Fuma	Nagamasa Azai	Yoshiaki Mogami
Sorin Otomo	Muneshige Tachibana	Hisahide Matsunaga	Sakon Shima	Kanbei Kuroda

Plot

Prologue

One night in 1600, at Osaka Castle, in the middle of the darkness, three men were observing something in a "magic smoke". In the smoke, the heroes and villains of My Hero Academia are seen fighting using their "Quirks". One of the men, Motonari Mori, comments on how disgusting Quirks are and the people who use them, believing that people in the future have regressed. One man, Yoshitsugu Otani, agreed, arguing that their struggles as samurai had been forgotten and therefore, they should teach them a lesson. The one remaining man, the mysterious Tenkai, agrees but also states that they need help from the My Hero Academia universe and therefore, he believes that they should ally with the villains of the Paranormal Liberation Front. Motonari agrees, saying that they would be valuable pawns for their plan.

Chapter 1 : Deku

Meanwhile in the world of My Hero Academia, the heroes are busy fighting the villains of the Paranormal Liberation Front. Among the heroes are Deku and Bakugo who are struggling against the villains. Elsewhere, in a laboratory, Tomura Shigaraki is in the process of improving his Quirk. Unfortunately for Shigaraki, he is interrupted by the heroes who attack him and ultimately derail the process. Due to pressure, Shigaraki decides to use his Quirk Decay to kill the heroes. Because of Shigaraki's Quirk, Jaku City is destroyed, causing the deaths of many heroes and villains, with some, such as Deku and Bakugo, still surviving.

After surviving the destruction of Jaku City, Deku and Bakugo are attacked by Shigaraki who is targeting Deku. Deku and Bakugo fight him and ultimately defeat him. Shigaraki gets back up, ready to fight the two. At the same time, Shoto, Endeavor, and the surviving heroes try to help Deku and Bakugo. As everyone attacks, smoke suddenly appears and suddenly, Deku, Bakugo, Shoto, and Shigaraki disappear, confusing the heroes.

After coughing from the smoke, Deku is surprised to find he is in an ancient Japanese castle with dragon statues everywhere. In the midst of his confusion, he is suddenly approached by someone who called him an "intruder". Deku turned to the person and saw a man wearing a brown jacket and carrying a katana. Deku asks where he is. The man replied that he, Kojuro Katakura, would not answer to an intruder. Kojuro then attacks Deku, forcing him to fight back. In the end, Deku defeats Kojuro.

After defeating Kojuro, Deku is attacked from behind by a samurai dressed in blue and wearing a helmet. Fortunately, Deku managed to dodge. The samurai stated that he is in a bad mood and attacking an intruder would make him feel better. Deku asks the samurai who he is, to which the samurai replies that he is the One-Eyed Dragon, Masamune Date, much to Deku's surprise. Masamune then attacks, with Deku continuously dodging before finally fighting him. In the end, Masamune is defeated. Troops suddenly came from everywhere, surrounding Deku. Kojuro then comes to his senses. Deku then stated to everyone that he is not an intruder because he himself suddenly found himself in this place. Suddenly, Kojuro hits Deku's head from behind, knocking him out. Masamune then comes to his senses and insists on killing Deku, but Kojuro disagrees, arguing that they should interrogate him first, to which Masamune reluctantly agrees.

At Osaka Castle, smoke suddenly appeared. From the smoke, Shigaraki appears, weak and confused about where he is. Suddenly, he is approached by Yoshitsugu, Motonari, and Tenkai. Shigaraki tries to attack them, but Yoshitsugu immediately attacks him with his orb. Yoshitsugu asks Shigaraki to calm down, with Shigaraki replying who they are and where he is. Motonari states that they are Yoshitsugu Otani, Motonari Mori, and Tenkai. Shigaraki doesn't immediately believe it, remembering that the three died hundreds of years ago. Tenkai mentions that he used his magic smoke which transported Shigaraki to Osaka Castle. Despite his confusion and disbelief, Shigaraki asks what they want from him. Yoshitsugu says that he wants Shigaraki to meet someone. Inside Osaka Castle, Shigaraki meets Mitsunari Ishida, the new leader of the Toyotomi clan. Mitsunari explains that he heard from Yoshitsugu that the world Shigaraki lives in is "miserable" and that he needs an explanation from him. Shigaraki explains that in his world, people have Quirks that give them superpowers, and from superpowers, heroes and villains, like himself, exist. When asked about the Toyotomi clan by Mitsunari, Shigaraki states that not only the Toyotomi clan, but all samurai are forgotten since the emergence of the heroes. Hearing that, Mitsunari angrily destroys the room they are in, claiming that Hideyoshi Toyotomi has worked hard to build the country but they forgot him and therefore, they will pay for it. Shigaraki, who saw Mitsunari's tantrum regarding the heroes, began to become interested in him. Seeing this, Motonari realizes that Yoshitsugu is trying to build an alliance by making Mitsunari hate the heroes as much as Shigaraki, with Tenkai calling him "very clever". Yoshitsugu then approached Shigaraki and invited him to form an alliance because their enemies are the same, namely the heroes. Shigaraki replies that "He's interested", indicating his agreement.

Chapter 2 : Yukimura Sanada

At Ueda Castle, a young man dressed in red is sitting facing an old man who is lying weakly. This young man, Yukimura Sanada, promised the old man before him, Shingen Takeda, to avenge their defeat against Tokugawa Ieyasu. Suddenly from behind, a shinobi/ninja appeared and greeted Yukimura. Yukimura looked at the shinobi and said his name : Sasuke Sarutobi. Sasuke asks about their training, considering Yukimura wants to prove to Mitsunari to let him ally with him to defeat Ieyasu. Yukimura agrees and, in the castle grounds, fights Sasuke until he defeats him.

After training, Yukimura helped Sasuke up. Suddenly, a soldier ran towards the two of them and reported that there is an intruder on Kai's outskirts. Together with Sasuke, Yukimura rides a horse to the outskirts of Kai. When they arrived there, they found many Takeda clan soldiers who had been defeated. When Yukimura asked who the cause was, Sasuke suddenly pushed Yukimura from his horse, causing him to be hit by an explosion and faint while the horse died. A shocked Yukimura turned towards the source of the explosion and saw Bakugo. Yukimura immediately attacks Bakugo who is thought to have infiltrated Kai and, after a fight, manages to defeat him.

After defeating Bakugo, Yukimura helps Sasuke who wakes up. Sasuke asks who Bakugo is, to which Yukimura replies that he doesn't know either. When Sasuke asks what they will do with him, Yukimura decides to take him to Ueda Castle. Meanwhile in Oshu, Deku wakes up to find himself tied up. In front of him are Masamune and Kojuro, who interrogate him regarding his identity. Without hesitation, Deku untied the rope with his Quirk, surprising both of them. Deku asks Masamune and Kojuro to calm down as he is willing to explain everything. After Deku explained at length about his identity, his world, and how he got here, a soldier suddenly came to the three of them and reported that Mitsunari, the man who had humiliated Masamune before, would be at Ueda Castle. Masamune, who heard this, became eager to take revenge on Mitsunari and told Kojuro to prepare an army. The soldier also adds that they heard that Yukimura brought a mysterious boy who can emit explosions to Ueda Castle. Realizing that it is Bakugo, Deku asks to come along. Although Masamune initially refused, after being convinced that he could help them, Masamune finally agreed.

At Ueda Castle, Yukimura observes Bakugo lying unconscious, commenting on his strange power. Sasuke then comes to Yukimura, stating that Mitsunari has arrived. Quickly, Yukimura came to Mitsunari. Mitsunari stated their previous agreement, if Yukimura was able to defeat Mitsunari in a duel, then Yukimura would be accepted as an ally. Yukimura agrees and duels Mitsunari, which Yukimura wins.

After the duel, Yukimura tries to help Mitsunari up but is brushed off. Despite this, Mitsunari recognizes Yukimura and accepts him as an ally against Ieyasu. Suddenly, a voice is heard calling Mitsunari. After turning around, everyone found Masamune, Kojuro, and Deku at the gate of Ueda Castle. Masamune states that he wanted to avenge his defeat against Mitsunari, to which Mitsunari responded by asking who Masamune is. Knowing that Mitsunari does not recognize him because he is "unimportant", Masamune angrily lunges at Mitsunari. But suddenly, Yukimura fends off Masamune's attack with his two yari. While this is happening, Deku goes inside the castle to look for Bakugo, who is followed by Sasuke. Masamune angrily demands Yukimura to step aside, but Yukimura refuses, stating that he will protect Mitsunari at the cost of his life. Because his anger could no longer be contained, Masamune fought Yukimura, only to be defeated by him.

After the fight, Mitsunari decided to leave and ordered Yukimura to prepare the Takeda clan against Ieyasu. Seeing Mitsunari leaving, Masamune tries to restrain him but is blocked by Yukimura. In the end, Masamune beats Yukimura until he is helpless, before trying to kill him with one of his katanas. Suddenly, a hand stopped the katana. When he turned around, he saw Deku holding Masamune's katana. Masamune angrily tells Deku to let him go, but Deku refuses, insisting that Yukimura has spared Bakugo, and for that, he will spare Yukimura. Kojuro then advises Masamune to leave, because Mitsunari has also left. Even though he is emotional, Masamune agreed to this, but he kicked Deku out because he was preventing him from killing Yukimura. Afterwards, Masamune, along with Kojuro and the Date clan troops, left Ueda Castle, leaving Deku, Yukimura, and Sasuke behind.