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''Rival Schools'' is a Fighting Game series made by Capcom . It focuses on students and teachers from various schools duking it out to fight for justice. Despite being rather obscure, the series is known for being a very plot-heavy game for the genre, where storylines are usually ancillary and disposable. The games always include a story mode with dialogues advancing the story before and after fights, and also include a secondary, non-fighting mode that reveal additional details about the characters and their lives. GAMES Rival Schools: United By Fate See Also: Rival Schools: United By Fate The first game in the series, ''Rival Schools: United By Fate'' (''Shiritsu Justice Gakuen: Legion of Heroes'' in Japan ), was released in Arcades and on the PlayStation in 1998. The game features 2-on-2 fights, where characters could be switched out between rounds, and the second character could be called out during the fight for team up attacks like in the '' Marvel Vs. Capcom '' series. The PlayStation version also included a second disc with several Minigame s, including a date-sim like game where a player could create a character who went through normal school life, interacting with characters from the main game and could be later used as a Playable Character in the main fighting modes. This mode was initially going to be included in the North American release of the game under the name School Life Mode, but eventually scrapped due to time constraints (the other minigames were included, though). ''Shiritsu Justice Gakuen: Nekketsu Seisyun Nikki 2'' (dubbed ''Rival Schools: Evolution 2'' by English speaking fans), an update of the game released only in Japan, included a more elaborate version of this date-sim game and two new characters. Project Justice See Also: Project Justice The true sequel, ''Project Justice'' (''Moero! Justice Gakuen'' in Japan, translated as ''Burning! Justice High School''), was released in 2000 in Japan and 2001 in the United States and Europe for arcades and the Sega Dreamcast . In comparison to ''Rival Schools'', ''Project Justice'' featured teams of 3, adding three-person team-up attacks and the ability to interrupt and stop 2-person team-ups. Like the previous game, ''Project Justice'' included a character-creation mode that came in the form of a virtual board game. CAMEOS Sakura Kasugano , representing Tamagawa-Minami High School, appeared in the first ''Rival Schools'' game. In the storyline, she, Hinata and Natsu are childhood friends. Also, ''Rival Schools'' makes many cameos in the manhwa, Seoul to Soul. COMIC A Comic Book series based on ''Rival Schools'' is being produced by UDON Studios and its first issue will be released in 2006. Originally, the comic was to be produced by Dreamwave Productions , but when Dreamwave showed signs of financial failure, the rights of the comic were sold to UDON, who already produced the successful '' Street Fighter '' comic. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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