Bear Bones All-Stars: Battle Fight!

Bear Bones All-Stars: Battle Fight! is a 2003 fighting game developed by Shaba Games and published by Activision for PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, PC, and Nokia N-Gage. It was released on November 2, 2003 in North America, November 5, 2003 in Europe, and on January 23, 2004 in Japan. The game was added to the Backwards Compatibility program of the Xbox 360 and Xbox One for original Xbox games.

Bear Bones All-Stars: Battle Fight! is a crossover between various Bear Bones properties, including Malachi Universal, Sarah, The Kutabatas, My Hero Academia, Azumanga Daioh, Winx Club, Fairy Tail, Rave Master, Demon Slayer, Medaka Box, Attack on Titan, The Kidriends, Aiden & Koop, Sypha, and Time Warped. The stages and gameplay modes reference or take inspiration from the respective franchises. Unlike Bear Bones All-Stars! and Bear Bones All-Stars Racing, it is similar to the first Super Smash Bros. game by Nintendo, in that the main objective is to use each character's unique skills and the stage's hazards to inflict damage, recover health, and ultimately knock opponents off the stage.

Upon release, it received generally positive reviews from video game critics, with praise focused on the interpretation of the Bear Bones brand in a video game, its multiplayer mode, as well as its graphics and audio, while criticism was directed towards its lack of content and some aspects of gameplay, such as bugs and glitches as well as its similarities to Super Smash Bros. The game was also a commercial success, with recorded sales of over 5 million worldwide.

Gameplay
Bear Bones All-Stars: Battle Fight! is a crossover fighting game bringing together several playable characters from various Bear Bones franchises in one epic battle on an arena that plays very similar to the Super Smash Bros. series. Up to four players can control a character and fight on a multi-tiered 2D stage. Players may use various items that appear randomly to get the fighting edge over their opponent. Additionally, the stages use set elements in order to take out other players. For example, in the Tyrusville stage, players can open the door to Malachi's house. Each playable character has their own move set that uses different elements from their respective TV shows. Each has an up, down, side, and neutral attack.

The game features a traditional single-player arcade mode, in which players must defeat several randomly-selected opponents, followed by a character-specific rival battle and a battle against the game's main antagonist and final boss, the Evil Collector. A "Training Mode" is also available in which players can manipulate the environment and experiment against computer opponents without the restrictions of a standard match. Multiplayer modes include time-based matches, where players compete to achieve the most kills within a time limit; stock-based matches, where players attempt to be the last one standing; and kill-limit matches, where players compete to be the first to reach a certain number of kills. The game also features a single-player challenge mode, in which players attempt to complete specific objectives. The game also includes a stadium mode, where players can compete in minigames.

Playable characters

 * Malachi
 * Mitsuru
 * Nicolas
 * Jarek
 * Scott Pig
 * Darlene
 * Izuku
 * Sarah

Unlockable characters

 * Aiden
 * Chiyo
 * Sypha
 * Haru Glory
 * Dak
 * Eren
 * Bloom
 * Natsu
 * Medaka
 * Tanjiro

NPCs

 * Lord Phantom
 * Fighting Doppelgangers

Starter stages

 * Tyrusville (Malachi Universal)
 * Toonpolis (Toon Friends)
 * Suburbia Park (Wonderful Darlene)
 * Animalcity (The Animal Farm)
 * Rollerbound (Sarah)
 * Star City (Bear Bones Universe)
 * U.A. High School (My Hero Academia)

Unlockable stages

 * Toy Room (Aiden & Koop)
 * Chiyo's Summer House (Azumanga Daioh)
 * Lavender Kingdom (Sypha)
 * Lab Station (Legend of Galactic)
 * Debacle Village (Rave Master)
 * Shiganshina District (Attack on Titan)
 * Hakoniwa Academy (Medaka Box)
 * Tsuzumi Mansion (Demon Slayer)
 * Alfea College (Winx Club)
 * Magnolia Town (Fairy Tail)

Plot
Coming soon!

English

 * Mala Miles - Malachi / Jarek / Lord Phantom
 * Frank Welker - Scott
 * Tom Kenny - Mitsuru
 * Tara Strong - Darlene
 * Billy West - Eren
 * Charlie Adler - Nicolas
 * Charlie Schlatter - Dak
 * Cam Clarke - Izuku / Aiden / Natsu / Tanjiro / Haru Glory
 * Anndi McAfee - Sarah
 * Carolyn Lawrence - Sypha
 * Jeannie Elias - Chiyo
 * Lacey Chabert - Medaka
 * Melissa Disney - Bloom

Development
Development of Bear Bones All-Stars: Battle Fight! began in 2001 under the codename Bear Bones All-Star Brawlers. The game was developed alongside Bear Bones All-Stars Racing in mid-2001 in order to maximize profits regarding sales and development costs of the games.

Release
Bear Bones All-Stars: Battle Fight! was first previewed at E3 2002. During the presentation, Shaba Games and Activision promised unlockable characters, stages, bonus mini-games, and power-ups. Before the game's release, the official website for the game included weekly updates, including screenshots, character profiles, and development info.

Legacy

 * Main article: Bear Bones All-Stars: Fighting Royale, Bear Bones All-Stars: League Fight, and Bear Bones All-Stars Smackdown!

Three additional games were produced following the game's success.