History VideoGame / RivalSchools

** Hilariously, this game, outright, explains that the reason she can get away with being in VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha's sequels is that several schools in her area of Japan practice similar attitudes to the actions of their school clubs as [[Anime/RanmaOneHalf Ranma Saotome]].

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Shoma was spelled as "Syoma" in the arcade version of the first ''Rival Schools''.

-->--The opening quotes from the arcade intro of ''Rival Schools: United by Fate''

The first game, ''Rival Schools: United By Fate'', was released in [[UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame arcades]] in 1997 and for the Sony UsefulNotes/PlayStation the following year. Students from all over Aoharu City have been mysteriously disappearing, and teams of JapaneseDelinquents unite to identify the mastermind behind it: Hyo Imawano, a [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]] clone with a knack for [[{{Brainwashed}} brainwashing]] people over to his cause--including his uncle Raizo, the juiced-up principal of his school.

* {{Cloneopoly}}: ''Rival Schools'' received a kind of {{interquel}} only for UsefulNotes/PlayStation (and [[NoExportForYou only for Japan too]]) called ''Shiritsu Justice Gakuen Nekketsu Seisyun Nikki 2'' (aka ''Rival Schools 2'') which is mostly an updated version of the first game than a real sequel as it was ''Project Justice''. This version included [[EarlyBirdCameo Ran Hibiki and Nagare Namikawa as fighters]] before their official appearance in ''PJ'' as well various minigames, included a Monopoly-like game where you get rewards to be used as power-up for your characters in the game.

** The UsefulNotes/PlayStation port of the first game featured two discs - the Regular and the Evolution discs. The Regular disc is essentially the arcade port (topped with additional voice acting on the cutscenes). The Evolution disc not only contained the ones with minigames (as well as the character creation stuff found in Japan only), but also had character tweaks. For instance, they removed the Rival Launcher super moves and instead replaced them with a new super move which has then become a standard for the characters.

It was followed by ''Project Justice'', released in arcades in 2000 and for the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast the following year. An imposter Batsu (the hot-headed {{shotoclone}} advertised in both games) is running around [[LetsYouAndHimFight sowing the seeds of tension and distrust]] among the gangs, which threatens to spark another war between the schools. The culprit, who happens to be an incognito ninja assassin named Kurow, conspires to punish Raizo's family for [[ResignationsNotAccepted leaving their clan]]. Kurow winds up [[HijackedByGanon being dethroned by Hyo]], who has supposedly turned over a new leaf--but is still haunted by the malevolent ghost of his late father Mugen.

* LoveTriangle: Hideo, Kyoko and Hayato are a [[TriangRelations Type 4]] - Hideo and Kyoko are engaged; Hayato, who once had a crush on Kyoko, is simply content to step back [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy for Kyoko's happiness]] and play a slight ShipperOnDeck to the couple.

** Natsu's surname, Ayuhara, is from Kozue Ayuhara, the protagonist of ''Manga/AttackNumberOne'' (conversely, volleyball being the sport Natsu practices).

* AmazonBrigade: The Seijyun High team of [[BikerBabe Akira]], [[ElegantClassicalMusician Yurika]] and [[JapaneseDelinquents Zaki]] in ''Project Justice''. Zaki's all-female gang, the Ladies Team, also might count, but not all of them fit the trope's requirement of being attractive.

* PantyShot: Hinata, Kyoko, Sakura[[note]]Although, of course, she [[ModestyShorts wears gym bloomers under her skirt]], anticipating the issues that come with wearing a skirt to a fight.[[/note]], Natsu's and Tiffany's alternate costumes in the first ''Rival Schools'', Momo and Yurika (although hers is more of a Panty''hose'' Shot) all have potential panty shots, depending on the attack.

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: The Seijyun High ending in ''Project Justice'' indicates that the Akira-Yurika relationship is at least this.

The games are pretty obscure and, due to legal issues, a follow-up isn't likely anytime soon. Capcom doesn't seem to have forgotten about it, though: Kyosuke is playable in ''[[VideoGame/CapcomVsSNK2MarkOfTheMillennium Capcom vs. SNK 2]]'' (with Batsu and Hinata making a [[TheCameo cameo appearance]] in one of his [[DesperationAttack super moves]]) and other characters have either cameoed or made playable appearances in ''VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom'' (Hideo and Kyoko), ''VideoGame/TatsunokoVsCapcom'' (Batsu, Hinata, Kyosuke, and Raizo), ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone'' (Batsu), and ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'' (Hinata, Tiffany, and Akira, the latter of whom would eventually become PromotedToPlayable); WordOfGod stated via Twitter that ''Rival Schools'' and ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' [[CanonWelding share the same universe.]]

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: The Seijyun High ending in ''Project Justice'' indicates that the Akira-Yurika relationship is at least this, if not outright SchoolgirlLesbians.

* AmazonBrigade: The Seijyun High team of [[BikerBabe Akira]], [[ElegantClassicalMusician Yurika]] and [[JapaneseDelinquents Zaki]] in ''Project Justice''. Zaki's all-female gang, the Ladies Team, also might count, but not all of them fit the trope's requirement of being attractive

The games are pretty obscure and, due to legal issues, a follow-up isn't likely anytime soon. Capcom doesn't seem to have forgotten about it, though: Kyosuke is playable in ''[[VideoGame/CapcomVsSNK2MarkOfTheMillennium Capcom vs. SNK 2]]'' (with Batsu and Hinata making a [[TheCameo cameo appearance]] in one of his [[DesperationAttack super moves]]) and other characters have either cameoed or made playable appearances in ''VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom'' (Hideo and Kyoko), ''VideoGame/TatsunokoVsCapcom'' (Batsu, Hinata, Kyosuke, and Raizo), ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone'' (Batsu), and ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'' (Hinata, Tiffany, and Akira, the latter of whom would eventually become PromotedToPlayable); WordOfGod stated via Twitter that the two series [[CanonWelding share the same universe.]]

** The soccer stadium stage in Project Justice shows promotion for ''[[VideoGame/PowerStone Power Stone 2]]'', ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Street Fighter Alpha 3]]'', and ''VideoGame/CapcomVsSNK2MarkOfTheMillennium'' in the large digital billboads. Funny that Kyosuke appeared in ''Capcom Vs SNK 2'' and now Kyo Kusanagi appears in a small cameo in Rival Schools.

** The soccer stadium stage in Project Justice shows ''[[VideoGame/PowerStone Power Stone 2]]'', ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Street Fighter Alpha 3]]'', and ''VideoGame/CapcomVsSNK2MarkOfTheMillennium'' in the large digital billboads. Funny that Kyosuke appeared in ''Capcom Vs SNK 2'' and now Kyo Kusanagi appears in a small cameo in Rival Schools.