Rival Schools: United by Fate

Inside Rival Schools: United by Fate

Released for the PlayStation in 1997 by Capcom, Rival Schools: United by Fate is a beloved classic arcade-style fighting game that uniquely blends 3D fighting mechanics with a compelling high school drama narrative. It transports players to academies embroiled in a shadowy conflict, with a vibrant roster of students and faculty as playable martial artists. The game later received an enhanced edition, Rival Schools: Project Justice for the Sega Dreamcast.

Rival Schools: United by Fate is a classic 3D fighting game for the original PlayStation, featuring a unique team battle system centered on high school rivalries in Japan.

What Players Notice

Rival Schools: United by Fate stands out through matchup knowledge, movement control, and precise punishment.

• Innovative Three-Dimensional Arenas: Unlike strictly 2D fighters from that era, Rival Schools fully utilizes side-stepping and limited 3D movement within its dynamic school-themed arenas.
• Comprehensive Story Mode: Drive the narrative by exploring 3D school hallways, solving mysteries, and building team chemistry, all while preparing for battles in the Justice Revolution Tournament.
• Special Team Combos & Tag-Assists: Strategic Tag Assist partner system is your key to unlock devastating Dual and Triple Team Super Moves, rewarding good teamwork between your selected fighters.
• Fun-Focused Fight Mechanics: From supercharged flaming uppercuts (Raijin) and electric soccer balls to massive comical super moves, your gameplay is focused on fun with great accessibility.
• Compelling, Unique Character Roster: Play as characters each with their own distinct fighting styles and backgrounds, from a kendo club captain to mysterious ninjas and school staff.

Session Strategy

Rival Schools is a 2D plane, 3D environment anime fighting game. Your focus is to defeat your rival team using normal attacks, special attacks, and flashy super combo moves that you can pull off alone or coordinate for your team!

• 1. Master Your Moves: Dive in and utilize movement controls with arrow keys or WASD to move, dash, and maneuver. Use attack buttons for Light Attack (Z key) and Heavy Attack (X key).
• 2. Plan Strategy in Different Modes: Enter an epic fight across the robust Arcade ladder, jump straight into Versus against a friend, choose from single-player Arcade or the full adventure of Evolution Mode using a standard menu select (arrow keys).
• 3. Unleash Team Tech Super Moves: Execute standard super moves like Burning Vigor with quarter/half circle motions paired with two attack buttons. Once special bar or the Team Button is fully charged (S key/any unused shoulder button on keyboard config) call an assist to help or chain into powerful team attacks.

Version Context

Rival Schools: United by Fate is cataloged as a PlayStation entry. The PlayStation context helps distinguish this entry from nearby ports, revisions, or arcade versions. The current tags are Fighting, Martial Arts, Anime, PlayStation, CD-ROM, which help group the page with similar games without relying on a single generic label.

Useful Questions

On which platform was the original Rival Schools first released?

Sony PlayStation was the exclusive home for the enhanced versions, starting with the original title Rival Schools: United by Fate.

What makes this version of Rival Schools: United by Fate notable?

The highest level of team attacks are called Team Tech Moves. You must have a fully-charged Team Gauge; using a specific Tag-Team button at the right moment builds into a devastating attack. For Batsu, his special Super Combo is a powerful finisher.

Is there a sequel of Rival Schools or continuation after this?

Yes, the direct sequel is Rival School 2: Project Justice on Sega Dreamcast, which continues the story and improves core Team Battle mechanics and team attack systems of the original title.