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WHERE ARE Tenchi Muyo!, THEY NOW? Otaku Has your favorite mascot Corner gone missing? 17 reviews MISSING Vol. 5, 24 YEAR 08, NO. 29 WWW.GAMINGINSURRECTION.COM First Quarter 2015 13 16 contents 26 Marvel Character Tech geeks Retrograde Highlight the usual suspects 18, 19, 20 PokÉmon REd & Blue Knowledge 21 Dance Dance Revolution spotlight 24 Anime Lounge This quarter, we take a look at a few birds, a seal and DDR Spotlight takes a holiday break and busts out the piles of goop. That sounds fairly gross but there are some wintry mix. Ever wanted to feel cold while you’re dancing? The classic Cowboy Bebop makes its first appearance average Pokémon among Farfetch’d, Doduo/Dodrio, Seel/ Well, now’s your chance with Silent Hill: 3rd christmas in the Anime Lounge column. If you haven’t watched the Dewgong and Grimer/Muk. Use them at your peril, how- mix, Curus and White Lovers. space western by now, immediately stop what you’re doing ever. None of these are going to make your Elite 4-bound and go watch it. We’ll wait until you’re finished so you can team shine. thank us for hooking you on one of the greatest anime ever. LYNDSEY HICKS is co-founder and editor-in-chief of GI. She enjoys watching various anime with her GAMING INSURRECTION significant other, editing any and everything, Editor-in-Chief Lyndsey Hicks Facebook picking apart the wild world of Pandora within Facebook.com/ Editor-at-Large GamingInsurrection Borderlands and planning random anime con visits. Brandon Beatty YouTube Lyndsey resides in Columbia, S.C. Website User: GamingInsurrection www.gaminginsurrection.com LYNDSEY HICKS CONTACT: editor-in-chief [email protected] GI REVIEW POLICY Scale is from 1 to 5 as follows: 1 — Broken. Absolutely do not play this game. A broken mess staff BRANDON BEATTY is editor-at-large from start to finish. Game is unplayable and irredeemable in all for GI. Brandon writes reviews when the areas. 2 — Substandard. The game isn’t for everyone. Some mechanics mood strikes him, produces the quar- work; others need work. Overall design is questionable in some terly Otaku Corner column for The Strip areas. 3 — Average and meets expectations. Mechanics work and and buys random jewelry for his lovely it’s a decent package overall. It’s playable, and you’ll come back to significant other. Brandon resides in the game. 4 — Above average. Exceeds expectations. Overall, a great game Columbia, S.C. worth keeping in a gamer’s library. Presentation and mechanics all work as expected and add to or enhance the gaming experience. 5 — Masterpiece. Everyone should play this title at least once to CONTACT: BRANDON BEATTY experience what it has to offer. [email protected] editor-at-large 2 contents 03 editorial Don’t underestimate the Lyndsey Hicks power of Nintendo CRY OF WAR know better than to count going forward and a general sense buzz for the Wii U, which is exactly Nintendo out. I learned that of complacency coming from a what’s needed to fill in the sink- hard lesson when the original company that should have been hole Nintendo is in right now. I Wii magically proved to be counting its blessings that it was If you’ve been in the game long the company’s saving grace in allowed to compete in the market- enough, you learn to appreciate the 2006. I was part of that movement place again. few constants afforded through to resurrect the fallen god of Tokyo, But then something funny hap- but once he returned, I began to pened: The Wii U came along and longevity. Nintendo, somehow feel disillusionment set in again. suddenly Nintendo didn’t look some way, has managed to be one There are a myriad reasons why quite as oblivious. Sure, there were of those constants. Let’s see if they I gave the Wii a cold shoulder after a few blunders along the way, but can capitalize on that experience. the honeymoon was over. It was this past E3 has reminded folks something to do with a dearth of that try as they might, Nintendo Lyndsey Hicks is editor-in-chief good games, sub-par support of still has a few tricks up its sleeves. of Gaming Insurrection. She can be classic titles, poor decision mak- Several of the announced titles in reached by email at ing in regard to the system and development created significant [email protected] Capcom’s Rival Schools Lyndsey Hicks BEAT.TRIP.GAME soundtrack in class of its own ival Schools has long been a favorite favorite stage in the game. The music is game’s storyline. of mine when it comes to fighting really what makes this stage so fun. It’s a games with depth. I don’t just play nice, even house dance track that evokes 4. Taiyo High School R anything and the fact that I can memories of ’90s dance-hall bass. It’s got Rooftop: I can easily get stomach another Capcom fighting a thumping beat that makes fighting here into this track because it game based on the Street Fighter mythos is a much more fun. seems like most of the bat- testament to my level of patience. Partly the tles fought here, no matter reason why I can is because of the fighting 2. Gorin High School Gym: The location the team ups, are epic. The a moody atmosphere. game system, and the other reason is the of many fights in Rival Schools, the Gorin nature of the track suggests an epic battle soundtrack and surrounding atmosphere of High Gym track is fun and fast paced. It’s got among the students and the faculty and it’s 6. Justice High School Meeting Room: My the game. Despite my dislike for Capcom, a positive vibe to it as if you’re facing off in extremely appropriate for the background. It, second favorite track in the game, the Jus- the company teaches a master class in video front of a large crowd who appreciates your too, is guitar-driven, but it works well here tice Meeting Room is a rollicking romp that game soundtracks and this is one of the moves and the frenzy of battle. Also, the with the other instruments. you don’t get to hear often. It only shows products of that talent. Here are my favor- organ in the track is used to great effect. It up after meeting certain conditions within ites from the inaugural Project Justice. dominates but it never gets old. 5. Gedo High School Construction Site: the course of playing through the Evolution A spooky track, the Construction Site for Disc’s 1P game, and there’s no sound test 1. Pacific High School Back Gate: Around 3. Staff Roll: Hearing this guitar-driven Gedo High inspires a dark look at the school mode for the disc that it’s on. So, you’re not the time that I began playing Rival Schools, track takes me back to when I bought my that’s known in the game for its delinquent going to hear it often, but it’s a great track. it snowed in my hometown. I was in high PlayStation One and a copy of the game. It student population and gangs. Not too much It’s fast and rocking, and it’s got a great tie- school and had to walk to school in the doesn’t help that the background photos good is said about Gedo and if this track is in to the Justice High theme, as well. mornings, and this particular morning it from the game are also nostalgic. It’s a great any indication, you can immediately guess looked like this stage. Couple that with an track that evokes ideas about just what it why. It’s done in a minor key entirely, which Lyndsey Hicks is editor-in-chief of awesome backing track, and you have my means to play Rival Schools and get into the doesn’t help matters, really, but does invoke Gaming Insurrection editorial 3 BY LYNDSEY HICKS | GAMING INSURRECTION I never was a big fan of the Capcom fighting game juggernaut that is Street Fighter; Mortal Kombat was more my thing. But that noble sentiment changed with the advent of Rival Schools, a brawler from the same group. The mechanics are basically the same, but there’s the fine sheen of teenagers fighting to “save their schools.” That enticing balance of storyline and sturdy gameplay make the series a classic and stand out among the throng of likewise competitors, some- Inside times from the same company. The story of Rival Schools 5 This quarter, we’re delving into the intricacies of Rival Schools, the forgotten piece of Project Justice that started what should still be a viable fighting game Locations within Rival Schools 6 franchise. While you learn about the unique faces that make up RS, take a gander at our tournament — a single-elimination affair that boasts every character in How to play/Power rankings 7 the main game facing off in two-man teams. I’m part of this melee and it might Learning the mechanics 8 just surprise you just how well a self-professed veteran does in a test of skills against an aggressive Capcom A.I. Rival Schools tournament 9-12 School’s in for one of the best fighters not named Street Fighter. 4 feature The story so far There are seven schools in Aoharu City, Japan, that are attended by hundreds of students. The schools have specialties and are considered to be stepping stones to a different area in life for students.