Jump Force has a huge roster and its DLC keeps adding new characters to the game, but it's clear that the developers are relying heavily on older Weekly Shonen Jump series, rather than the new ones that are attracting hug♎e audienc♎es around the world.
Jump Force is a crossover fighting game that brings together heroes and villains from the franchises that have appeared in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. Jump Force has characters from series like One Piece, Dragon Ball, Naruto, Bleach, Yu-Gi-Oh!!, and Fist of the North Star.
The problem with Jump Force is that the roster is composed of older series, with the most recent character being Asta from Black Clover, which debuted in 2015. The second character pass has been announced, but all of its characters come from older series, including Shoto Todoroki from My Hero Academia (2014) and characters from Bleach (2001), Hunter x Hunter (1998), Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (1987), and Yu Yu Hakusho (1990).
Weekly Shonen Jump has seen a lot of its established series ending over the past few years, but these have been replaced by phenomenal new comics that have injected new life into the magazine. Series like Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Dr. Stone, The Promised Neverland, and most notably, Chainsaw Man, have been hugely popular with audiences around the world, yet they are nowhere to be seen in Jump Force.
It's understandable that Jump Force would promote characters like Goku, Monkey D. Luffy, and Naruto so heavily, considering that they were the protagonists of some of the most popular multimedia franchises of all time, but there are new characters who could use a huge promotional push in a video game. If Jump Force receives a third character pass, then characters like Denji & Power, Tanjiro & Nezuko, and Senku & Tsukasa should be the ones leading the pack. The Strawhat Pirates and the Z-Fighters are all awesome, but they've appeared in tons of video games already. The new crop of Weekly Shonen Jump heroes have earned their right to stand alongside the biggest names in the comic's history, and they should be shown to be on equal footing with them in Jump Force.
Jump Force is currently available for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Jump Force: Deluxe Edition will be released for Nintendo Switch in 2020.