Hermes Costello Alternate Costume Video (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure All-Star Battle)

Choose Hermes from the menu to minimize staring at too much posing.

Some time ago I posted about the recently-released anime fighter, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle and it's apparent single barefoot babe, Hermes Costello. Of course, this female stand-user can only go shoeless in her unlockable alternate costume, which can be seen here in this rather lengthy video. Hermes' part comes very late in the vid- pretty much almost at the very end. You can skip all the rest by simply picking her name from the menu at the start of the vid, unless you actually want to see 16+ minutes of Jojo posing madness.

I have to say that while Hermes' costume is rather fetching and her in-game model has a nice, sporty physique and quite attractive feet- I can't get past how MANNISH she is due to the art style. She actually looks like Gakushu from Ikkitousen in drag (okay, that's a bit harsh- at least she's nowhere near as bulky). Really- most of the men are more feminine than she is in terms of facial features. Well, the face really isn't our no. 1 priority anyway- hell, Mileena is hot even with her Tarkatan mug thanks to her other assets. Oh well... what can I say but good thing her feet look so nice. Heheh...

Hermes Costello Barefoot Alternate Costume (JoJo's Bizarre Adventures All-Star Battle)

Who knew there was a curvy barefoot hottie under all that mannish power?

Okay this is a bit of a surprise. Really, I'm familiar with the Jojo's Bizarre Adventure series only from a couple of episodes of the old, old anime- but I've never really read the manga. Anyway this action-packed title full of supernatural 'Stands' and their colorful users just got the fighting game treatment from Namco-Bandai, with ALL the trimmings so fans of the manga would get giddy with delight from all the fan service. Me though, I more or less thought that I would not care- I was not aware there were ANY ladies in this game's roster, much less a barefoot one.

Well, turns out there ARE actually a few ladies in the game- including a female 'JoJo' main hero. Another is the lady we are featuring now. Her name is Hermes Costello, and she is one of the good guys apparently. Anyway, now that I'm looking at her, her face and features really mix in with a lot of the other males, given the very fierce art style. As well, she's usually dressed pretty discreetly so unless you notice her perky chest, you'll probably mistake her for one of the guys (who pose like girls too often). Anyway, thankfully Hermes has an Alternate Costume in the game that has her showing off a lot more skin and has her barefoot as well. So I guess that's a nice treat for footfans who are thinking to get this new beat 'em up. She does indeed look quite fetching in her alt though. Hmmm.

The game is so far Japan-only with no word yet of a US release. The game is import-friendly apparently, so anyone liking the JoJo manga may do well to go ahead and grab a copy. Me? I'll hold off for now. But at least this thing isn't a total writeoff. Perhaps if there is at least one more barefoot alternate costume for another female I'll consider getting this. Maybe.

I STILL think the art is too mannish, but what the heck. Heheh...