<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Finished playing it. I got all the characters except Demon Hyo which is probably because I'm missing a branch or two here and there. I don't know, the game plays exactly like Rival Schools but it doesn't feel quite right. For one, Capcom seems to have been skimping out on endings recently. A lot of characters aren't related to the endings in any way. Kyosuke, who is supposed to be important to the story, barely gets mentioned. And why does Hyo have to die? He was brainwashed by his father and they sort of just accidentally killed him when he went crazy? I thought it was going to be something like Rival Schools where you've to beat them with a team up combo to get the real ending, but there was no such thing. I thought that was one of the cooler parts of the original game...
I think the female fighters are way underpowered except Momo. It's hard to say who's the best fighter, but besides the obvious (Demon Hyo and Kurow), I'd say it's probably Roberto, Shoma, Burning Batsu, and Roy (though I'm having problems with the timing on his Shoryuu Reppa super... well, I'm sure it's not that, but it sure sounds like he's saying that).
There isn't some hidden ending where Hyo doesn't die, is there?</div>
I think the female fighters are way underpowered except Momo. It's hard to say who's the best fighter, but besides the obvious (Demon Hyo and Kurow), I'd say it's probably Roberto, Shoma, Burning Batsu, and Roy (though I'm having problems with the timing on his Shoryuu Reppa super... well, I'm sure it's not that, but it sure sounds like he's saying that).
There isn't some hidden ending where Hyo doesn't die, is there?</div>