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{{quote|''Now, I have little knowledge of the Japanese school system, but if it's anything like the world of ''Rival Schools'', all kids do all day is [[Thundering Herd|run around]], [[No Indoor Voice|scream things very, very loudly]], and [[Let's You and Him Fight|beat the hell out of each other for little-to-no reason]].''|'''[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/rivalschools/rivalschools.htm Kurt Kalata]''', ''[[Hardcore Gaming 101]]''}}
'''''Rival Schools''''', known as ''Justice Gakuen'' (lit. "Justice Academy") in Japan, was one of [[Capcom]]'s attempts to make a 3D [[Fighting Game]]. It was notable for having a continuous plotline, in a genre where the plot was often secondary to the fighting. Students from all around Japan have mysteriously been disappearing, and teams of students from various high schools wind up fighting to figure out the person(s) behind it all. Players formed teams of two (which could be switched between rounds), and could call their partners in to assist them with an extra hit or energy boost (a feature borrowed from ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom]]'' that would also later make its way into a few of ''[[The King of Fighters]]'' games). The [[PlayStation]] port added many [[Mini Game|Mini Games]] alongside the main fighting game, as well as a character creation mode based off of [[Dating Sim]] games. The latter, however, [[No Export for You|never made it outside Japan]] thanks to how much of an undertaking it would be to translate to other languages, but all the other home version extras made it. [[No Export for You|In Japan]], the game later got re-released with two new characters, as well as a revamped character creation mode.
It was later followed by a sequel ''Project Justice'' which introduced new characters, expanded the team size to three, and brought on even more school fighting mayhem. In this go around, there aren't as many kidnappings, but students start acting completely wacky, so the same students and teachers (as well as new ones) set out to find out what's going on. The Japanese version again had a character creation mode, this time in the form of the digitized board games (in the vein of ''[[Mario Party]]'') that were all the rage at the time.
The games are rather obscure, so there is not likely to be a sequel any time soon. Despite that though Capcom doesn't seem to have forgotten about it though as characters can be seen in the [[Capcom vs. Whatever]] games (namely ''[[Capcom vs. SNK 2 Mark of the Millennium|Capcom vs. SNK 2]]'', ''[[Namco X Capcom]]'' and ''[[Tatsunoko vs. Capcom]]''). However, in 2012, the [[PlayStation]] version of ''United by Fate'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20130609073403/http://andriasang.com/con02g/rival_schools_psn/ was re-released as part of Sony's PSN Classics] program in Japan, leaving hope that the series might not be finished just yet...
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* [[Amazing Technicolor Battlefield]]: "Illusional Space" in the first game.
* [[Amazon Brigade]]: The Seijyun High team of [[Biker Babe|Akira]], [[Elegant Classical Musician|Yurika]] and [[Delinquents|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.
* [[Animated Actors]]: One of the animated endings in the PlayStation version has the characters portrayed as actors filming a movie, with Raizo as the director of the production. Rivalries aside, their actor personas are still surprisingly in-character.
* [[Anime Theme Song]]: "Atsuki Kodou", the intro theme for the [[PlayStation]] version of ''United by Fate''.
* [[Battle Amongst the Flames]]: The climax of ''Project Justice''. The heroes reunite on the steps of Justice High, which Demon Hyo has set aflame.
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* [[I Know Madden Kombat]]: Pretty much the shtick of the Gorin High characters.
* [["I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight]]: If you play as Kyoko and Hideo in the Arcade version of the first game, you get brainwashed after losing the Hopeless Stage 3 battle. After awhile, one of the two snaps out of it and tries to convince the other to do so by fighting him/her.
** In the sequel's story mode for Gedo or Seijyun High, they have to convince a [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] Daigo to calm down. Failing to do so leads to a [[Bad End]].
* [[Jerkass]]: Roy is very condescending of the Japanese and has a huge superiority complex when it comes to the respective countries. This was toned down a LOT in the Western translation which makes it rather odd for gamers who can understand Japanese since only the translation is different. The dialogue is still the same as the original making it somewhat strange to read one thing and listen to something completely different. It should be noted that towards the end of the game, Roy has changed his outlook on Japan considerably and seems to view the country with a [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|lot more respect]].
* [[Joke Character]]: Chairperson, with the [[Lethal Joke Character|glaring exception of her assist]]. This is probably because she uses Dan Hibiki's own Saikyo style... and learned it from weekend correspondence courses, meaning she isn't as skillful at it as him...
* [[Ki Attacks]]: Every single character in the game, thanks to Batsu's and Hayato's assists.
* [[Left Hanging]]: The end of ''Project Justice''. Yes, Kurow's plan has been foiled, but he's escaped custody and Kyosuke disappeared from school {{spoiler|after the death of Hyo}} as well. And what of the Darkside Society that both Kurow and Yurika defected from?
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* [[School of Hard Knocks]]
* [[Shotoclone]]: Batsu, Kyosuke and Hideo, with Hideo being the most blatant. Also, Sakura from ''Street Fighter'' in the first game.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Daigo and Akira's tag special attack for the first ''Rival Schools'', where they coordinate moves perfectly to perform a double kick, it is the exactly same move that Shinji and Asuka performed together with their EVA units in
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: Shoma was spelled as 'Syoma' in the arcade version of the first ''Rival Schools''.
** The "B"/"V" confusion is apparently lampshaded with Batsu's doppelganger being named "Vatsu" (his name in the Japanese version was just "???").
* [[Super Move Portrait Attack]]: In ''Project Justice'', connecting with a Party-Up flashes close-ups of the faces of the attacking team's members before showing the three-person beatdown.
* [[Take Over the World]]: He who controls the school board, controls the universe!
* [[Title Scream]]: ''United by Fate'' does this for both the English and Japanese titles. ''Project Justice'' does this with only the Japanese title.
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Natsu and Hinata; disconsidering the fact that they are from different schools, they've been friends since childhood. Akira and Yurika is another example, though they've only known each other for a short time prior to the events of ''Project Justice''.
* [[Training from Hell]]: Hayato's aforementioned push-up super.
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** Tiffany's is, admittedly, broken to the point of near-total incomprehensibility.
* [[Two-Teacher School]]: Most of the schools in the series. In the case of Gedo, Pacific and Seijyun, they're all ''No'' Teacher Schools as far as the players are aware.
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* [[Updated Rerelease]]: ''Shiritsu Justice Gakuen: Nekketsu Seisyun Nikki 2'', a update of the first ''Rival Schools'', for the PlayStation. Unfortunately, a lot of people mistake it for a sequel.▼
** The [[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.
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* [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit]]: Momo is an absolute ''expert'' at this.
* [[Wrestler in All of Us]]: Boman actually does a [[Kinnikuman|Kinniku Buster]] in his Team-Up Attack. That aside, most grapples are wrestling-inspired; even little Momo can bust out a piledriver!
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