Rival Schools: United By Fate (PlayStation)

Rival Schools: United By Fate
Also known as: Shiritsu Justice Gakuen: Legion of Heroes (JP) Developer: Capcom Publishers: Capcom (JP/US), Virgin Interactive (EU) Platform: PlayStation Released in JP: July 30, 1998 Released in US: September 30, 1998 Released in EU: 1998 This game has regional differences. This game has a prototype article

Rival Schools: United By Fate is a PlayStation port of Capcom's 3D 1-on-1 school brawler, which adds two new characters to the roster. In addition to the Arcade-standard modes, it's also got new content and modes on a second Evolution Disc.

To do: More regional differences. Some of the extra modes featured in the Japanese Evolution Disc were still included in the US and European versions, but are they functional or unused? Look into them and document them.

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Prototype Info

Regional Differences

Title Screen

Japan (Evolution Disc)	US (Evolution Disc)	Europe (Evolution Disc)

Japan (Arcade Disc)	US (Arcade Disc)	Europe (Arcade Disc)

As with it's arcade counterpart, the logos are different as the game is known as Shiritsu Justice Gakuen: Legion of Heroes in Japan, and as Rival Schools: United By Fate outside Japan. The copyright text has been expanded to mention Capcom U.S.A in the US version, but it remains unchanged in Europe.

Main Menus

Japan (Evolution Disc)	International (Evolution Disc)

Japan (Arcade Disc)	International (Arcade Disc)

As with the title screen, the logo is different between regions. The extra Character Edit, School Life, and Minigames modes on the Evolution Disc were all removed in the US and European versions.

Menu Background Logo

Japan	International

The logos in the Menu background were changed between regions.

1P Mode and Versus Mode Character Select Screens

Japan	International

Japan	International

The text and logos on the 1P Mode Character Select screen and the Versus Mode selection screens are translated outside Japan.

Japan-Exclusive Extra Modes

The game's second disc (named the Evolution Disc), featured several new minigames to complement the arcade original. This disc included several minigames based on some of the students' activities and the Nekketsu Seisyun Nikki mode, a character creation mode in the form of a dating sim. In this mode, a player would be able to create a student and go through a typical school year. Over this time, the custom character could develop friendships with any of the characters at the various schools, which allowed to give the custom character moves and reveal bits and pieces about the existing characters and their backgrounds. Once the custom character was finished with the school year, it could be used in any of the normal fighting modes, save for the original Arcade game.

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  The Minigames mode menu in the Japanese version.

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  The Menu for the School Life mode in the Japanese version.

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  The Menu for the Character Edit mode in the Japanese version.

Capcom translated most of the games on the Evolution Disc for the English localization, and planned to include the character creation mode (rebranded as "School Life") as well, but later abandoned it, citing the amount of time it would take to translate it from Japanese to English. The rest of the extra modes featured in the Evolution Disc were still included in the overseas versions.