‘Destiny 2: Lightfall’ adds an iconic ‘JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure’ dance emote

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Destiny 2 expansion Lightfall launched this week, and players are still uncovering everything it contains – including a new emote that references an iconic scene from the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure anime.Added with the launch of Lightfall, the emote is named Torturous Dance.

The cosmetic is a reference to the fan-favourite Torture Dance that JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure characters perform in one scene of the anime’s Golden Wind arc.When equipped, the Torturous Dance lets players perform the same dance that’s seen in the show.

The emote’s in-store description – “Vocal percussion on a whole ‘nother level” – also references the Prince-inspired track ‘Canzoni Preferite’ that plays during the scene in JoJo‘s.The emote has proven popular with both Destiny and JoJo’s fans.

A tweet showing the Torturous Dance alongside the anime’s original scene has over 20,000 likes on Twitter, with users praising the faithfulness of Bungie’s recreation.They added the Torture Dance into Destiny 2 as an emote today with the description, “Vocal percussion on a whole ‘nother level.” Plus a new character called Rohan in Lightfall too lol I love you @Bungie <3 pic.twitter.com/bS5ppsyoLq— STICKER ⋆ ⁽ᴶᴶᴮᴬ₋ᴺᴱᵂˢ⁾ (@StickerTricker) February 28, 2023Amusingly, it’s not the first JoJo’s reference that Bungie has added to Destiny 2.