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Dragon Ball fans already have plenty of reasons to wanna pick up Jump Force but now Bandai Namco is giving them even more of a reason by including Cell and Piccolo.

For those unfamiliar with the manga or anime series, Cell was a major villain in Dragon Ball Z series who was created by Dr. Gero as the ultimate weapon. Piccolo was originally a villain in the series before becoming an ally of Goku and his friends. Both characters will be included in the main game and not part of a DLC.

More characters will be announced in the months leading up to the games release.

Jump Force, is a fighting game that has players battle it out as an iconic characters from the Weekly Shōnen Jump. The game is set to be released for all major consoles and the PC on February 15th (to coincide with the publications 50th Anniversary).

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