My Hero One's Justice 2 Review

A lot of anime fans were very excited when My Hero One's Justice 2 came out in 2018. It promised fast-paced 3D arena battles with characters from the popular My Hero Academia series. Even though it looked good and had a good mix of heroes and villains, the game lacked depth, polish, and important single-player content. The reviews were mixed.

Die-hard anime fans liked it, but fighting game fans weren't impressed. Now we come to its follow-up, My Hero One's Justice 2, which came out in 2020. This was a straight continuation that added more characters, fixed up the way combat worked, and added more content and chaos. It wasn't perfect, though. Hardware problems on the original Switch, camera problems, and frame drops kept it from being truly great.

The Nintendo Switch 2 version comes out in 2025. It's a re-release that doesn't change the core of the game but makes almost everything better. My Hero One's Justice 2 shines in a way it never quite did before. It now has faster loading times, better graphics, more reliable performance, and tighter controls. At its core, it's the same game, but this new platform gives a beloved arena fight new life and makes it feel complete.

Some of the biggest fights and emotional arcs from My Hero Academia's third and fourth seasons are shown in the game's story mode, which starts right after the events of the first season. From the students moving into the rooms to the intense Shie Hassaikai arc, the story does a good job of following the anime's structure.

You can play as both a hero and a villain. The game splits the mission so that you can see the story from the points of view of both Deku's classmates and the League of Villains. This duality not only adds variety to the gameplay, but it also gives us a more detailed look at the series' complicated moral landscape.

That being said, this story isn't perfect. In this format, important story points are sped up, and emotional parts of the anime don't always hit as hard. The story parts of the game are told in the style of a comic book, with voiceover, limited animation, and stylized graphics. It's stylish and works, but it doesn't have the dramatic punch of the cartoon.

For people who have never played the game before, it might seem like there are a lot of characters and events happening quickly, with not much time spent explaining the characters' quirks, goals, or world-building. You might feel too much to handle if you haven't watched Season 4. But for people who love the show, the ad tells the story in a way that is true to the show and feels like a celebration of the show's legacy.

My Hero One's Justice 2 is a 3D arena fighter at its core. You can choose a main fighter and two sidekicks, then fight quickly across settings that can be destroyed. Whether you're playing as All Might and flying across the screen or as Todoroki and firing icy barrages, the game is more about flashy effects than deep gameplay.

However, that's not a complaint—the chaos is planned and part of the fun. With basic attack buttons, quirk attacks, guards, dodges, and a Plus Ultra meter that feeds your super moves, the controls are still simple and easy to use.

The Nintendo Switch 2 version makes the experience a lot smoother. Load times are much shorter, input feels smoother, and the action rarely stutters, even when there is a lot of visual noise. The new hardware's extra power helps keep the action steady, even when the damage is at its worst and venues fall apart in the middle of a fight. It's quick, clean, and feels great in handheld mode, with clear graphics and buttons that respond quickly.

There are a lot of choices to choose from when it comes to content. The story campaign lasts for several hours and has both good and bad endings. Mission mode is one of the game's main features. It requires you to build a hero agency and complete increasingly tough grid-based combat challenges.

The free battle and arcade modes are more like standard fighting games, while the training mode lets you try out different combos and team combinations. You can also play with other people online, and it works better than ever thanks to improved network support on the Switch 2. The matching is faster, and there is a lot less input lag.

My Hero One's Justice 2 is all about the fights. They may look like a crazy explosion of punches, kicks, and explosions, but there's a rhythm to the chaos. Light attacks, special quirk moves, unblockable hits, and sidekick aids are all used by each character.

You should keep an eye on your Plus Ultra meter, chain simple button combos, and use the environment to your advantage as the fight goes on. In order to keep going and beat your opponent, you need to use aerial combos, wall running, and arena changes.

My Hero One's Justice 2 is a fighting game that puts ease of use first, so there's no need for difficult directional controls or command strings. As little as a few button hits are all it takes to do crazy combos and Plus Ultra attacks.

Still, you need to practice a lot to get good at spacing, timing, and working together as a team. Different quirks make for very different ways to play. By taking in blood, Toga can change into her enemy. Eraserhead can briefly get rid of quirks. To avoid strikes, Mirio delays them and teleports behind enemies. These differences make the roster interesting and new.

It's like a dance of strategy: you have to keep track of cooldowns, punish dangerous moves, and pick the right time to use your ultimate. It's not very deep in the sense of most action games, but it has more options than you might think. And how does it look? Every quirk is a real show-stopper. There are sparks, ice, fires, gravity waves, and everything else you can think of.

One of the best things about My Hero One's Justice 2 is how much charm the fights show. Each fighter feels like they are being true to themselves. The game doesn't just give them a unique look and some weird animations; it bases their whole style on their skills.

This makes a roster of 40 characters that is not only very big but also very well balanced in terms of variety. Even if the main parts of the battle stay easy to understand and simple, the little things that make each character unique bring the system to life.

But there are some problems with My Hero One's Justice 2. Even though the camera is better on Switch 2, it still has problems sometimes, especially when there are a lot of fighters in a small area or fighting against walls. It will sometimes whip behind the wrong figure, get stuck in something, or lose all track of what's going on.

These times don't happen very often, but when they do, they're annoying. There is also the odd frame stutter when several supers collide or when an arena element that can be destroyed falls down. The Switch 2 makes this a lot less of a problem, but it's still not perfect.

It's not always a big deal, though. My Hero One's Justice 2 is easy to control, the fighting flows well, and the animations are amazing. If you want an intense cartoon brawler, this is the place to go.

There are several different ways to handle experience and awards. You build a hero agency that gets better as you finish challenges in Mission Mode. With XP and in-game money, you can improve your team, unlock new skills, and get stuff that makes your stats better. You can also play in a grid-based overworld where you complete missions and get new characters to use in this game.

In other modes, XP gets cosmetic items and adds to the customization options. You're always earning something, whether you're doing cool 10-hit combos, beating a boss in less than a minute, or solving side quests. That makes even short meetings feel like they're important. You don't have to grind XP to move forward, but it does give you a reason to play as all of your characters and do old tasks again.

My Hero One's Justice 2 on Switch 2 is the best version in terms of how it looks. It has a cel-shaded style that looks clean and like anime. The character models are very detailed, and effects like fire, electricity, and ice sparkle beautifully. Plus Ultra strikes are like little movie scenes in and of themselves, full of movie-like style. The damage to the environment now happens more smoothly, with fewer jumps between floor falls, wall breaks, and arena shatters.

If you hold the Switch 2 in your hand, the OLED screen really makes the colors stand out. The new resolution makes sure that everything stays clear and understandable, and the UI is clean and doesn't get in the way. It's like night and day between this and the original Switch version.

You can expect great voice acting in both English and Japanese. The voice actors from the original cartoon are back to do the voices, and the delivery is still as lively and passionate as ever. During a fight, the characters grunt, yell, taunt, and scream. Some of it gets old after a while, but it never feels forced.

The soundtrack doesn't use cartoon themes; instead, it uses original music that fits how intense the action is. Each fight is driven by fast-paced tracks with orchestral backing and synth overlays. Key story beats are emphasized by more intense music. The sound effects are powerful, and every punch, kick, and quirk-powered attack feels like it hits hard.

The Nintendo Switch 2 version of MY HERO ONE'S JUSTICE 2  doesn't completely change the game, but it does give it the technical help it needs to do well. The experience that was once fun but flawed is now quick, smooth, and a lot of fun for fans of the My Hero Academia world. The fighting is simple to learn but has a lot of different moves, the roster is huge and stays true to the source material, and the graphics are bright and impactful.

The camera could still use some work, and the story mode doesn't have the dramatic highs of the anime, but My Hero One's Justice 2 is good in almost every other way. That being said, this is a great game to play whether you're a die-hard Deku fan or just want a colorful fighter to play on your new handheld system.