My Hero Academia: Battle for All
{{Short description|2016 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title = My Hero Academia: Battle for All
| image = MHA Battle for All Boxart.png
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| developer = Dimps
| publisher = Bandai Namco Entertainment
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| series = My Hero Academia
| released = {{vgrelease|JP|May 19, 2016}}
| genre = Fighting
| platforms = Nintendo 3DS
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
| alt = Cover art featuring the game's logo and eight playable characters
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{{Nihongo foot|My Hero Academia: Battle for All|僕のヒーローアカデミア バトル・フォー・オール|Boku no Hīrō Akademia Batoru fō Ōru|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} is a 2016 fighting game developed by Dimps and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment for the Nintendo 3DS, based on the manga series My Hero Academia by Kōhei Horikoshi. It was released on May 19, 2016, in Japan.
Gameplay
Battle for All is a 3D fighting game where two characters battle using normal attack combos in addition to special attacks (called "Deathblows"). Dealing or receiving damage fills a player's "Hero Gauge" up to three levels. Using a Super attack spends one level of the Hero Gauge, while a "Plus Ultra" attack consumes all three levels.{{cite web |url=http://myhero-game.bn-ent.net/battle/index.html |title=僕のヒーローアカデミア バトル・フォー・オール {{!}} バンダイナムコエンターテインメント公式サイト |trans-title=My Hero Academia Battle for All {{!}} Bandai Namco Entertainment Official Website |page=Battle Mechanics |access-date=August 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708182126/http://myhero-game.bn-ent.net/battle/index.html |archive-date=July 8, 2016 |language=Japanese |url-status=dead}} Each character also has a "Quirk Control" gauge which can be increased with the touch screen, providing different effects depending on the character.{{cite web |url=http://myhero-game.bn-ent.net/about/index.html |title=僕のヒーローアカデミア バトル・フォー・オール {{!}} バンダイナムコエンターテインメント公式サイト |trans-title=My Hero Academia Battle for All {{!}} Bandai Namco Entertainment Official Website |page=About |access-date=August 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912083117/http://myhero-game.bn-ent.net/about/index.html |archive-date=September 12, 2016 |language=Japanese |url-status=dead}} After selecting a character, players also select two "Sidekick" characters who provide various benefits when called upon in combat, such as automatic blocking or temporarily immobilizing the opponent.
Five different game modes are included; "Hero Academia" is the game's story mode, which loosely adapts the anime's storyline through the end of the first season. "Free Battle" allows players to choose any opponent and freely alter game rules, such as time limit, number of rounds, and enemy strength. "Wireless Battle" is a local multiplayer mode, allowing two players who own the game to play together or for a second player who does not own the game to join using the Nintendo 3DS Download Play feature. Completing the "Hero Academia" mode as Izuku unlocks "Hero Challenge", an arcade-style mode where players must fight several characters in a row without losing, as well as the ability to play through "Hero Academia" mode with the other playable characters.{{cite web |url=http://myhero-game.bn-ent.net/mode/index.html |title=僕のヒーローアカデミア バトル・フォー・オール {{!}} バンダイナムコエンターテインメント公式サイト |trans-title=My Hero Academia Battle for All {{!}} Bandai Namco Entertainment Official Website |page=Game Modes |access-date=August 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028023406/http://myhero-game.bn-ent.net/mode/index.html |archive-date=October 28, 2016 |language=Japanese |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |last1=Pineda |first1=Rafael |title=Boku no Hero Academia Battle for All 3DS Game's 2nd Promo Introduces Characters |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-03-18/boku-no-hero-academia-battle-for-all-3ds-game-2nd-promo-introduces-characters/.99951 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=August 4, 2024 |language=en |date=March 18, 2016}}
Players earn in-game currency from all modes, which can be used to unlock clothing items to customize characters. Completing story missions and "Curriculum" challenge missions also gives experience points, which can be used to level up a character and choose which of their stats to increase, such as power or speed.
Characters
Battle for All features 14 playable characters and 14 "Sidekick" characters, whose actors all reprise their roles from the anime series.{{cite web |url=http://myhero-game.bn-ent.net/character/index.html |title=僕のヒーローアカデミア バトル・フォー・オール {{!}} バンダイナムコエンターテインメント公式サイト |trans-title=My Hero Academia Battle for All {{!}} Bandai Namco Entertainment Official Website |page=Playable Characters |access-date=August 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617175934/http://myhero-game.bn-ent.net/character/index.html |archive-date=June 17, 2016 |language=Japanese |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://myhero-game.bn-ent.net/character/s_chara01.html |title=僕のヒーローアカデミア バトル・フォー・オール {{!}} バンダイナムコエンターテインメント公式サイト |trans-title=My Hero Academia Battle for All {{!}} Bandai Namco Entertainment Official Website |page=Sidekick Characters |access-date=August 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721165830/http://myhero-game.bn-ent.net/character/s_chara01.html |archive-date=July 21, 2016 |language=Japanese |url-status=dead}}
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Development and release
Battle for All was announced on November 18, 2015, in Weekly Shōnen Jump alongside a separate arcade card game titled {{Nihongo|My Hero Academia: Clash! Heroes Battle|僕のヒーローアカデミア 激突！ヒーローズバトル|Boku no Hīrō Akademia Gekitotsu! Hīrōzu Batoru}}.{{cite web |last1=Loo |first1=Egan |title=My Hero Academia Manga Gets 3DS Game & Arcade Card Game |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-11-18/my-hero-academia-manga-gets-3ds-game-and-arcade-card-game/.95509 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=August 4, 2024 |language=en |date=November 18, 2015 |archive-date=August 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804190213/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-11-18/my-hero-academia-manga-gets-3ds-game-and-arcade-card-game/.95509 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Sato |title=My Hero Academia Game Announced For Nintendo 3DS |url=https://www.siliconera.com/my-hero-academia-game-announced-for-nintendo-3ds/ |website=Siliconera |access-date=August 4, 2024 |date=November 18, 2015 |archive-date=October 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016062725/http://www.siliconera.com/2015/11/18/my-hero-academia-game-announced-for-nintendo-3ds/ |url-status=live }} A demo was released on the Nintendo eShop on April 27, 2016.{{cite magazine |title=『僕のヒーローアカデミア バトル・フォー・オール』の体験版が配信開始 |url=https://www.famitsu.com/news/201604/27104751.html |magazine=Famitsu |access-date=August 4, 2024 |language=ja |date=April 27, 2016 |archive-date=August 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804193606/https://www.famitsu.com/news/201604/27104751.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=「僕のヒーローアカデミア バトル・フォー・オール」体験版の配信が本日開始。2人の相棒と一緒にバトルに立ち向かおう |url=https://www.4gamer.net/games/325/G032546/20160422049/ |website=4Gamer |access-date=August 4, 2024 |language=ja |date=April 27, 2016 |archive-date=August 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804204244/https://www.4gamer.net/games/325/G032546/20160422049/ |url-status=live }} Developed by Dimps and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment,{{cite video game |title=僕のヒーローアカデミア バトル・フォー・オール |trans-title=My Hero Academia: Battle for All |developer=Dimps |publisher=Bandai Namco Entertainment |date=May 19, 2016 |platform=Nintendo 3DS |scene=Opening logos}} Battle for All was released in Japan for the Nintendo 3DS on May 19, 2016.{{cite web |last1=Hodgkins |first1=Crystalyn |title=Boku no Hero Academia Battle for All 3DS Game Ships on May 19 |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2016-03-06/boku-no-hero-academia-battle-for-all-3ds-game-ships-on-may-19/.99461 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=August 4, 2024 |language=en |date=March 6, 2016 |archive-date=August 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804190211/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2016-03-06/boku-no-hero-academia-battle-for-all-3ds-game-ships-on-may-19/.99461 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Romano |first1=Sal |title=My Hero Academia for 3DS launches May 19 in Japan |url=https://www.gematsu.com/2016/03/my-hero-academia-3ds-launches-may-19-japan |website=Gematsu |access-date=August 4, 2024 |date=March 7, 2016 |archive-date=August 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804191214/https://www.gematsu.com/2016/03/my-hero-academia-3ds-launches-may-19-japan |url-status=live }} First-print editions also included two cards for Clash! Heroes Battle and a Nintendo 3DS system theme.{{cite web |last1=Hallmark |first1=Kyle |title=My Hero Academia: Battle for All Gameplay Videos Preview Ochaco, Tenya |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-04-11/my-hero-academia-battle-for-all-gameplay-videos-preview-ochaco-tenya/.100914 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=August 4, 2024 |language=en |date=April 11, 2016 |archive-date=August 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804190422/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-04-11/my-hero-academia-battle-for-all-gameplay-videos-preview-ochaco-tenya/.100914 |url-status=live }} Prior to release, a contest was held to design an alternate costume for Izuku Midoriya to wear in-game.{{cite web |url=http://myhero-game.bn-ent.net/special/special02.html |title=僕のヒーローアカデミア バトル・フォー・オール {{!}} バンダイナムコエンターテインメント公式サイト |trans-title=My Hero Academia Battle for All {{!}} Bandai Namco Entertainment Official Website |page=Special |access-date=August 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819084717/http://myhero-game.bn-ent.net/special/special02.html |archive-date=August 19, 2016 |language=Japanese |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=『僕のヒーローアカデミア バトル・フォー・オール』第1弾CM公開。コスチューム募集の結果発表も |url=https://dengekionline.com/elem/000/001/237/1237770/ |website=Dengeki Online |access-date=August 4, 2024 |language=ja |archive-date=August 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804193606/https://dengekionline.com/elem/000/001/237/1237770/ |url-status=live }}
Reception
Todd Ciolek of Anime News Network was critical of the game's presentation and combat simplicity, stating "...battles progress along the same simple combos as the more routine Dragon Ball Z fighters. It makes an effort to capture the idiosyncrasies of various characters, but they struggle to come through with marginal comic-book sound effects and the occasional burst of manga speedlines."{{cite web |last1=Ciolek |first1=Todd |title=The X Button - Import Roundup with Super Robot Wars |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-x-button/2016-07-07/import-roundup-with-super-robot-wars/.104037 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=August 4, 2024 |language=en |date=July 7, 2016 |archive-date=August 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804191747/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-x-button/2016-07-07/import-roundup-with-super-robot-wars/.104037 |url-status=live }} Famitsu gave the game a 31/40 rating in its review.{{cite web |last1=Romano |first1=Sal |title=Famitsu Review Scores: Issue 1432 |url=https://www.gematsu.com/2016/05/famitsu-review-scores-issue-1432 |website=Gematsu |access-date=August 4, 2024 |date=May 10, 2016 |archive-date=August 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804193606/https://www.gematsu.com/2016/05/famitsu-review-scores-issue-1432 |url-status=live }} In its first three days on sale, Battle for All sold 5,607 copies.{{cite web |last1=Romano |first1=Sal |title=Media Create Sales: 5/16/16 – 5/22/16 |url=https://www.gematsu.com/2016/05/media-create-sales-51616-52216 |website=Gematsu |access-date=August 4, 2024 |date=May 25, 2016}}
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External links
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