Simple 2000 Series Vol. 91: The All Star Kakutou
Developer(s): D3Publisher
Publisher(s): D3Publisher (JP), Essential Games (EU, AU)
Genre: Action, Fighting,
Game description: The All Star Kakutou/All Star Fighters is a fighting game mashup of notable characters within the simple series franchise including the likes of Reiko Mizusaki, Riho and Makoto Futaba as well as Aya from the OneeChanbara series among other notable characters of the different Simple 2000 Series games up to this game's release. There a variety of different modes to play in this game, including:
- Single Mode/Arcade Mode
- VS Mode
- Arcade Mode
- Time Attack
- Practice Mode
Overall, this is a bizarre and 'quirky' fighter but its story (and characters) probably wasn't meant to be taken seriously, though some bit fun of fun (and complexity) can be had from the game and its mechanics - if you're looking for something different in a fighter (i.e. not Street Fighter, Tekken, King of Fighter, Virtua Fighter,...) then this might be worth getting... especially if you're on a budget!
Test configurations on Windows:
Environment | Configurations | Comments | Tester | ||||
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Region | OS | CPU/GPU | Revision | Graphics | Sound/Pad | ||
NTSC-J | Windows |
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git 05 06 2014 1.3.0 | GSdx MSVC 18.00, SSE41 |
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Playable with some minor texture/alpha corruption on some characters..., Status | |
PAL | Windows |
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1.4.0 | GSdx 20160105132032 1.0.0 [gsdx-sse4] |
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Game is playable at either 50fps or 60fps, though it does come with notable texture/alpha glitches (e.g. black spots on clothing, inverted colours on hair/lips with costumes besides the first selectable) but is fixable by enabling a specific game fix (see Known Issues section below) | Just-SA-Gamer000 |
Trivia
- Original names: THE ALL★STAR格闘祭 (SLPS-20430)
- Also known as All-Star Fighters (EU)
- The PAL version noticeably is missing the intro cutscene present within the Japanese version of the game
Known Issues
Black and/or inverted textures upon characters
- Status: Fixed
- Type: Minor
- Description: Characters will have many black spots and/or inverted textures and alpha on different parts of the body, with varying degrees of visibility and size (e.g. Riho Futaba hair, lips and bikini top will have groups of black spots covering those areas - most probably missing or incorrectly drawn texture colours)
- Workaround: By enabling the 'Manual Game Fixes' option and checking the 'VU XGkick Hack' option seems to fix this problem completely (i.e. no noticeable black/inverted colours on character models)
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Simple 2000 Series Vol. 91: The All Star Kakutou (SLPS 20430)