High School was never this HYPE! - Rival Schools: United By Fate

[@plasticbutler]

Akira was wearing the helmet because she needed to join an all-boys school in order to look for her brother, Daigo. This game does have story elements. A LOT of it. You have pick characters of the same school to see the story mode.

[@MegaDaffy]

What they said. The story only shows up when you pick certain teams.

[@TFFurryMaster]

And each character has 2 different story mode endings, good and bad (although for bad it was just a text narrative). And all of them are canon (with the exception of Hyo)!

[@lightningonlycommentsonce5824]

From that little snippet, I'm just going to take a shot in the dark and say that the story is complete shit. I mean, it is a fighting game and Anime. But, That's honestly one of the dumbest shit I've ever heard lmao.

[@nomeatbag]

@@lightningonlycommentsonce5824 bruh the story is actually really good.

[@nikkixx7964]

Or just look in the instruction manual :)

[@aguchamp7766]

If High School was this cool!... ...I'd still be too introvert to enjoy it.

[@SAPProd]

The Japanese version had a visual novel-like school sim that let you create a character you would then develop throughout the game. Was ahead of its time for the western market but now we would eat it up hard!

[@MarquisLeary34]

I almost bought a JP Playstation and import copy of this game from this basement store just to be able to experience this.

[@fugitiveunknown7806]

A patient friend who could read Japanede had us all run through and make characters. Your custom characters moves were based on who you were friends with. The best was a male character who befriended Tiffany and would yell out "Beautiful...Wonderful....Exciting!" I ended up making a swordmaster who had a thing with Hyo. To get a story, I think you have to play with an actual school team?

[@toiletsinjapan9933]

I never played it, but it seemed better than the half-baked board game in project justice

[@Lightspeeds]

If my playthroughs of Modern Fire Emblem is any inclination, there's your base for a revival.

[@fugitiveunknown7806]

@@toiletsinjapan9933 Make your own character was pretty amazing for a fighting game.

[@RA1218]

Love this channel! Found it recently and haven't looked back.

[@MLPGamer636]

@Colton Zolman Well then, Let's Rock!

[@ShaoShimigami]

I would kill for a hd remastered of rival schools and project justice. Those games were my shit. Also a hd remastered of tech romancer would be lit.

[@MLPGamer636]

And, while we're at it, I want HD remasters of Virtual-On and Gundam Battle Assault 2.

[@ponderingForever]

@@MLPGamer636 Considering the last new(ish) Virtual-On entry was just 2018 I can see development interest still coming from it.

[@similaritiesendhere]

Why not just put more of these characters in SFV? If Sakura fits in...

[@awanfarrell2880]

Me too. I want it as a collection. On the switch and ps4 and ps5

[@similaritiesendhere]

@@awanfarrell2880 Going back to what I said, the fact that no one asked for anymore RS characters in SFV shows Capcom how interested people are.

[@Flounderboy15]

1:11 Exactly. You can experiment with small budgets to see if people will buy cult-classic Capcom properties.

[@CJBlogman]

In arcade mode, you have to pick a "canonical" team to get the story cutscenes like Batsu and Hinata or Roy and Tiffany

[@darwinthebold]

Picking people from the same school follows a storyline. So for Roy Tiffany and Boman for USA, Akira, Edge, and Gan for Getto High, etc

[@THENAMEISQUICKMAN]

So basically like King of Fighters? That's fair enough.

[@Samano-N-games]

Yep, As a Former Owner of All three games, Of Course... Mix Matching characters will give you a regular Arcade Gameplay. I dunno, maybe he's just playing the game for the sake of playing with it, it doesn't seem he cares about the concept the game revolves around.

[@Samano-N-games]

Sort of, KOF has endings but no story in between the lines.

[@CJBlogman]

Ninjacop Ex Actually all of the KOF games have in between match cutscenes with the game exceptions of 98 and 2002 which are dream match games.

[@Zer0defence]

Capcom hates good things. Rest in peace. Power stone, rival schools.

[@thebigidea9659]

Darkstalkers,Breath of Fire series,Red Earth

[@amfram]

They could literally port Darkstalkers Resurrection to modern consoles and make a load of money from old fans, same with Super Turbo and 3rd Strike Online. Or just give us a collection of old lesser known Capcom fighters like their beat em up bundle

[@Crazy-sr1pr]

Capcom only cares for Street Fighter, Resident Evil and Devil May Cry those the Capcom trinity games that brings in a lot of money them other games are all just memories now.

[@personaphantom5543]

@@Crazy-sr1pr Yup say what you will about Namco but at least they try like the Soulcalibur games barely sell anymore after the third game shot the series in the foot but they never gave up on that franchise. If SC was owned by Capcom or Konami there would be no Soulcalibur 4 to 6 because it would have gotten the pachinko machine fate after SCIII.

[@TheJVH]

@VoiceOfDizzy They‘re masterworks all, you can‘t go wrong.

[@poohhardy11]

"i wish there was more story" ....then pick an official team. Kof rules, non official teams get the nothing story

[@610Hobbies]

I remember everyone (including me) losing their shit when Tiffany showed up as a background character in SFV thinking Rival Schools cast was gonna be included, but nope.

[@zakkybounce]

Someone send this man Project Justice so he can cover it!

[@Watheverable]

Man, this was my jam on ps1! Bushido Blade too!

[@dominiquesaunders7002]

I got both games on disc

[@MixMasterLar]

Dawg I love Bushido Blade so much

[@metalslugfest]

I would drop $100 for a new Bushido Blade instantly.

[@MixMasterLar]

@@metalslugfest shit if they crowdfunded it I'll go insta-broke to make it real

[@dealt]

I read about this game in the mags when it came out. A few years later I finally got to play it at a Capcom Nickel City arcade. I had a blast with it. Tech Romancer was discovered that day as well. Early 2000s. Good times.

[@apollolux]

Bwhoaa, Tech Romancer! I'm surprisingly disappointed I haven't touched my copy or even my Dreamcast in general for years. :(

[@hypewrecker8767]

We could have had a Rival Schools animated series look like the intro was going for.

[@Rognik]

I know there was actually a Rival Schools manga released. I never saw it translated into English, but I think I saw a French version. Thankfully, my French is slightly better than my Japanese.

[@boosh6509]

Lol dude, this game, Project Justice on DC, Tekken Tag and MvC2 was every hang out when I was in high school.

[@shooter2409]

Finally someone's playing Rival Schools again. The gameplay was tight, the OST was great.

[@fightinggames4ever976]

I would love Rival Schools characters in Street Fighter have a DLC season with just Rival Schools characters making their playable debut Street Fighter, Final Fight and Rival Schools coexist in the same universe.

[@darwinthebold]

Well.... Kyosuke appears in Capcom vs SNK 2 .. not quite a cross over, though ^^;

[@GrantPattersonPlaysGames]

Project Justice is one of my favorite games of all time. It’s the sequel to this.

[@Coyoda]

Holy smokes, I just realized something later on. Roy kinda has a power wave and power geyser...but he also has a shoryuken. And his hair style reminds me of Ken's son Mel, but his clothes colors are pretty much identical to Terry Bogard....Hmmmmm. (Not really serious but, still, it's a funny thought.)

[@TFFurryMaster]

Yeah, he was definitely conceived as a homage to Terry. He's an American transfer student with a jacket-style uniform, blonde, has a brawling fighting style with a powerful punch and ground shockwave attacks, and he mostly speaks in broken english when fighting.

[@caiomesquita268]

So Roy is just basically Terry and Ken's love child?

[@MisterFael]

I remember the two at the bottom from Namco X Capcom.

[@jbFromNYC]

5:10 Roberto is like, "What Happun?!" 😄😄😄

[@Rromantiq]

When it comes to the story in this game you have to pick a team from the same high school to get the interactions and from the last time I played this I had found out characters have multiple endings in this game but it depends on if you defeat Raizo with a level 7 super attack you'll find that Hyo is a pretty funny dude.

[@SAPProd]

Heck yeah, more Rival Schools/Project Justice! Get people talking about Rival Schools! Capcom needs to at least port the games to modern digital stores for us!

[@holdenmuganda97]

The combo move at 6:46 is the Eva combination attack that Shinji and Asuka used on an angel in Evangelion.

[@SigmaJump]

Glad to see this series gettin' some love and attention. Made a Roberto costume for this year's convention season before, well, the season got cancelled.

[@LovelessYayaoi]

Roy's pose at 18:29 made me think of Miles Edgeworth and I don't know how to feel about that

[@MattMcMuscles]

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[@lasz1979]

I still have my copy, bought it brand new at a killer price like 15 dollars a few months after it came out, I believe the guy didn't care much for it, since it still had the original wrapping.

[@GenericSoda]

Akira is my favorite female character design that Capcom has ever made, and in a more just timeline than our own she would have been in every Capcom crossover game. Also since you mentioned Itsuno I'm pretty sure he pushed for another Roval Schools on Twitter a year or two ago.

[@Jomijan]

I wanna live in that timeline. :(

[@GenericSoda]

@@Jomijan me too buddy Me too

[@GenericSoda]

@@JesusSaves86AB I dunno about that take, the fighting game market right now is more diverse and fresh than it's ever been. 2D, 3D, platformers, even the playstyles and aesthetics in todays market has tons of ideas on display. That's not to say Rival Schools has no place, it's got its own take on Pokken-esque mix of 2D meets 3D and its sense of humor is something that no other fighter on the market shows off quite so flamboyantly.

[@SonofaBooth]

You Tell’em Matt! Just like you said! Capcom doesn’t need a AAA budget to create a new Power Stone or Rival Schools. Nor does Capcom need millions to create HD Compilations of forgotten franchises that need to be resurrected. Why can’t they understand this! Another awesome episode btw! Not sure if you played GodHand yet but I would be down if you planned to play that game.

[@tossingturnips]

This was probably my favorite PS game growing up. I played it so danged often. Roy was also definitely my boy, but I also loved kicking ass with Kyoko. What an underrated title. I wish Capcom would give it the love it deserves.

[@SAPProd]

It’s been a while since I played, but I think if you play teammates from the same school, the arcade does have a proper story with dialogue in between matches which fleshes things out MUCH better, and was the best “story mode” we got for fighting games until probably MK9 over 10 years later.

[@sleepymermaidariell337]

I would LOVE if they did a remastered rival schools! i used to love this game

[@Mariofanatic22]

I love Rival Schools I got the Japanese version of the game honestly didn't expect to like it as much as I did

[@GR.Gear_Lock]

Roy--also known as high school Cody before he beat up punks in Final Fight with Guy, got imprisoned because he was too strong, busted out of prison just to have some fun against Seth/S.I.N. in SF4, and then becoming Mayor after Haggar retired and nominated him out of prison again. Classic Capcom character lore.

[@eherexx1965]

I had a copy of this for PS1 back in the day (98-99). I loved the homerun mini game. Rival schools is one of the games I remember foundly of my youth. Like a youth, i traded it for a boxing bag. How ironic, I know. To find a good copy is nearly $100. Mint is damn near 300. Hopefully one day I'll come across a copy to play with my kids. Thanks for the memories and keep up the good work brother. 😎👍

[@Red-in4fx]

Thanks for this Matt. I spent countless hours playing the Japanese version of this game with the extra characters like Nagare.

[@SmrtPhonRtistCF]

The rival schools opening is tight, I even plan on making a original English cover recording for it soon, I wrote some lyrics.

[@phoenixomega3641]

in the arcade mode, there is story. to get the story, you need two people from the same school. and each chapter would actually tell the story. and there was a good and bad ending depending on if you finished the bosses with a team up attack.

[@soerpoet340]

You talking about Tech Romancer somehow reminds me of Cyberbots, one of the mecha fighting game developed by Capcom, featuring Jin Saotome

[@baserocks1]

Game was ahead of its time

[@MarquisLeary34]

Oh, and THERE IS A STORY MODE! You have to select only certain teams to do it though. You can't mix schools.

[@SSJasonX]

Fun Fact, Batsu's voice actor is also Joe Higashi's, Siegfried's from Soul Calibur and of course the OG voice of Link.

[@TheGermanWizard]

appearantly if you take character from just one school and put the female one in the first place, you can get to the disco place on harder difficulty if you stay within a certain time limit

[@ultrayoshi100]

I love these videos of matt bumbling his way through a fighting game

[@videogamemiko]

omg yessss! I LOVED this game growing up. I'm so happy to see you play this old gem. c: Ahhh such sweet nostalgia. I'm sad I never got to play the second game ever, Project Justice. So mebe you can play that next?

[@r-rexe3071]

7:33 "Dance like you want to win!"

[@Kalamir5]

Play the other disk of Rival Schools, the one whit the bloopers. (I owned it on PS1, I know there is two disks). Also Tag attacks in completely invincible on start up, hence he who goes after wins.

[@lasz1979]

Was the voice actor for batsu the same as Link's in Ocarina of time? , a friend told me that but I never checked it myself.

[@MixMasterLar]

Nobuyuki Hiyama, and he did play Adult Link in Ocarina of Time (and Soul Calibur 2, since he already voiced Nightmare and Yoshimitsu) I know him better as Joe Higashi from Fatal Fury/King of Fighters but he has a long list of credits spamming gaming and anime Side note: Young Link was played by Fujiko Takimoto, who was Taki in Soul Edge/Calibur.

[@lasz1979]

@@MixMasterLar Whoa! Nice pieces of trivia there!!

[@apollolux]

Bwhoa, it's Rival Schools! Groovy stuff, Matt, only nitpick is that you said Natsu is swim team when she's actually volleyball team. Swim team wouldn't show up until the sequel.

[@malignopositusest2034]

We played rival schools for Dreamcast with the fighter sticks. Friggin amazing fun series

[@TFFurryMaster]

Also this is the first ever fighting game Capcom did with extensive voice acting. It's why porting it is apparently a licensing nightmare due to how old VA licensing and whatnot, that only the Japanese version got a PS1 Classics port.

[@morganaensland1105]

It's high time for some Tatsunoko vs Capcom Mat! You know you want it!!

[@Twardz]

Damn man, you gotta pick two fighters from the same team to see the story modes. Like Roy and Tiffany for example. Also, Gamers was a magazine in Japan, dunno if it's still running. EDIT: I'm sure enough people told you how to get story mode by now, i'd like to see you play through them on a stream or something... since you asked what i'd like to see at the end of the video.

[@raullukebenitez7033]

Just in time. I used to love this game and just recently started playing it again.

[@DoublexCoke]

I personally think backgrounds are super important, there have been many a fighting game i played where I remember the sick background way more than the game.

[@mrECisME]

Did you know have the two disk edition with the enhanced story mode and bonus modes in the USA?

[@gregeeteh-5137]

Doin great Matt, keep it up!

[@MixMasterLar]

(Unmasked)Akira and Sakura were my team when I use to play this. Had the Japanese copy I imported loke a decade ago because importing it was loke 15 dollars shipped and a domestic copy was higher even back then.

[@CraigAndrews666]

You did rival schools...MY MAN!

[@EatWave]

12:30 Fighter's Edge gave out free games and controllers to anyone who gathered up enough FE points. Most of my extra Dreamcast controllers were from that program. It wasn't bad at all, just unsustainable in the long run.

[@Friedensp4nzer]

Roy and Akira doing the Asuka and Shinji move. nice. And a character named Akira has a biker outfit. also nice.

[@DrGoomner]

When my friends come over for drinks we still boot up this game and have a blast. So sad it's just been left on the shelf.

[@Burndinorex]

Ik you arent into emulation, but Project Justice is defenitely a must play even if its emulated! Would love to see you play it on the channel!

[@JKArcade]

Are these videos locked to 720p? I can't ever seem to get 1080 or better from your channel, which is a bummer because I love your channel.

[@MattMcMuscles]

I physically can't record older games in anything higher. And...well they wouldn't even benefit from it. I have plenty of other videos that are in 1080 and higher, because they are modern games that actually support those resolutions.

[@JKArcade]

Matt McMuscles Thanks for your reply! I can't wait to see what clusterfuck you cover next on Wha Happun? Personally I'm hoping for a System Shock 3 installment one day 10 years from now when it's finished.

[@MisterFael]

Speaking of Chapters, Psychic Force did the same thing, but it said Episodes instead.

[@TheJoiner]

I'm always down to see some shenanigans in Rival Schools/Project Justice/Nekketsu Seishun Nikki 2. You think I'm kidding about the third name, but no, there was an expansion to the original game that included new characters, stages, minigames, and a _full-blown school life simulator._ Sadly, JP-only.

[@phtefanphtefan3873]

You really need to get project justice, soooo great

[@KoolKatBeatz]

i made sum KILLER gameshark codes for this game...even one that gave u automatic S rating in training just for WALKING FORWARD!

[@derrickraybon2997]

This game takes me back lol. I feel mad old now lol. Awesome channel

[@ellipsis5345]

This was one of my favorite games ever.

[@HVPride]

Rival Schools is still one of my favorite fighting games! I think I’ll get out the Playstation tonight and pop this in.

[@DanteDSol]

Roy is proto-Edgewoth and I cannot unsee that now

[@michaelfavocci6722]

More Rival Schools please!

[@CocoHutzpah]

Isn't Edge just Sword Hunter Cho from Rurouni Kenshin?

[@allenluy]

My 1st fighting game on my PS1. Ahh memories

[@AssaulteedOne]

Gamers and Soft Bank are actually Japanese retailers - I'm surprised those graphics stayed in the final game for the Western release :P

[@jefferyquick3280]

If only school in real life was this exciting.

[@ShinPepsiman]

This was the best fighter capcom made. It was so over the top and crazy. Its like tekken and street fighter had a baby and MvC raised it. Itsuno would absolutely kill it if he made a third game

[@JamalGardner1]

Sorry, but the sound that plays at 0:25 is the ONLY sound that matters.

[@Rickolee]

I played this in the arcade. This was a fun game

[@eggguy20]

One thing I remember about the game for my childhood is that I had a version that had more character options. Also why can't Capcom just remake Rival School?

[@skips0]

Anyone remember Fighter Destiny for N64?

[@dealt]

Haha, yeah. I'll never forget Ushi the Cow in that game.

[@personaphantom5543]

It was the best fighting game on N64

[@skips0]

Felt like it was quite different because of the point system

[@toiletsinjapan9933]

nice job! Now go and play the visual novel minigame :)

[@zenone9698]

Who did that art of tiffany Lord on intro card.

[@majortom331]

I think Edayan did all the art in this game.

[@mysterygamer1421]

Ain't the story the teachers get brainwash or something by the principal and the students has to save the day?

[@FoxDie77777]

i always wanted an anime-manga about this

[@futaenokiwami2592]

Bruh how you gonna miss out highlighting Daigo? my fav character in the series

[@EvanTomiko]

I never got the chance to play this game. It would be nice if Capcom remake this game with modern graphics.

[@saintrocketIX]

Rival School's United by Fate is also a damn good album.

[@steevan]

best rival schools story arc is 1. Akira kazama with Gedo Gang and the All Girl gang 2. Imawano legacy , batsu , kyosuke and hyo ( they are blood related ) the rest ,meh ....

[@theArcanaOFZero]

This does have story Matt. You need to pick students from the same school to watch their stories. Else its just a random arcade fight session

[@dragonman1009]

Have you thought about revisiting Godzilla for the PS4?

[@verisperrulaias2999]

such an awesome game for its time period. super fun.*powerstone should come first though*

[@mrbanks456]

6:40 HOLY SHIT, EVANGELION REFERENCE!!

[@Coyoda]

Ok Matt...we gotta have a talk about this thing you are doing. So, Why is it that when I'm like, watching or playing certain games 2-3 days before, and then you decide to upload a video on it? You messing with me man OnO! Jkjk. Really though, this couldn't have come out at a better time. I was like....Mannnn Matt I know is a fan of this game, I wanna see him play it. And it happens. Do some Project Justice if you ever do get your hands on it!

[@IkeAurion]

Wait, what? You're from Montreal?!?

[@requiem052710]

love this game and also project justice on dreamcast

[@Turtle3o5]

Yep saw this game for Dreamcast in a local store IM BUYING IT