SCHOOL RUMBLE [BEST COLLECTION]
OFFICIAL TITLE  School Rumble [Best Collection]
COMMON TITLE  School Rumble [Best Collection]
SERIAL NUMBER(S)  SLPS-25671
REGION  NTSC-J
GENRE / STYLE  Adventure.

DEVELOPER  Marvelous.
PUBLISHER  Marvelous.
DATE RELEASED  10 August 2006
DISC NUMBER &
PRINTED SERIAL NUMBER
DISC 1

SLPS-25671
SERIAL NUMBER IN DISC SLPS-25671
MEDIA DVD-5
NUMBER OF TRACKS 1
( 1 Data Track )
BARCODE NUMBER(S)
( UPC / EAN )

From the back cover.
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Japanese
Menus and gameplay are in Japanese.

School Rumble is a Japanese shonen manga series written and illustrated by Jin Kobayashi. First serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine from October 22, 2002 to July 23, 2008, all 345 chapters were later collected in 22 tankobon volumes by Kodansha. Magazine Special published a parallel world story, School Rumble Z, monthly from August 20, 2008 to May 20, 2009. A romance comedy centering on relationships between Japanese high school students, School Rumble focuses on a love triangle involving the series' two protagonists, Kenji Harima and Tenma Tsukamoto, and one of their classmates, Oji Karasuma. The series often discards realism in favor of comedic effect.

School Rumble's popularity has resulted in its adaption into multiple forms of media. TV Tokyo broadcast a 26-episode anime program between October 2004 and April 2005. In December 2005, a two-part original video animation (OVA) entitled School Rumble: Extra Class was released. A second season, School Rumble: 2nd Semester, aired between April and September 2006. Finally, two more episodes, collectively entitled School Rumble: Third Semester, were bundled with the Japanese manga volumes 21 and 22. Three video games have been produced - two for the PlayStation 2 in July 2005 and July 2006, and one for the PlayStation Portable in 2005.

PLOT:
School Rumble is a romantic shonen comedy revolving around the daily lives of the students of Class 2-C at the fictional Yagami High School, as well as their friends and families. The main female protagonist is Tenma Tsukamoto, an unremarkable second-year high school student who secretly admires her eccentric, enigmatic, nice-guy classmate, Oji Karasuma. Tenma struggles to confess her feelings to Oji. He remains oblivious to her interest, instead seeking fulfillment by indulging in curry. The main male protagonist, delinquent Kenji Harima, similarly yearns for Tenma, attending school solely to be near her. Like Tenma, Harima has difficulty declaring his love, and whenever he summons the courage to do so, circumstances conspire against him.

PLAYSTATION 2 GAME:
School Rumble is inspired by the popular manga/animation but different from the recent PSP version of the game, Bandai presents a new story featuring the affable cast of School Rumble. The heroine of the series, Tenma Tsukamoto, is infatuated with the aloof Ouji Karasuma but he's transferring to another school next year. Strapped for time, Tenma has only until the end of the current school semester to convince Ouji that she's the girl for him. Tenma recruits her younger sister Yakumo and a few friends to help the cause. To complicate things, fellow student Kenji Harima has a crush on Tenma to complete the bizarre love triangle which leads to high jinks and hilarity.

The game is played in interactive sequences where Tenma speaks to school chums and obtains keywords during the course of a day. Based on the keywords that Tenma collects, events will change according to their context. Tenma lives out each day at school and then sleeps at night where her dreams and occasional nightmares are affected by her keywords. If Tenma suffers a nightmare, she will be listless and tired the next day which will make her less attractive to Ouji and cause her to lose points. To add a bit of strategy to the gameplay, Tenma may engage in a mahjong-like battle game where the images of 12 schoolmates are plastered on mahjong tiles. Groups of three tiles are thrown out against an opposing trio and the strongest "hand" wins.

The voice cast from the animation participate in the PS2 game for additional street cred.

The limited edition of School Rumble includes the following bonus items:
- Special slipcase featuring Tenma Tsukamoto
- Soundtrack music CD
- PC CD-Rom containing computer programs and software widgets
- Sticker set

  MANUFACTURER'S DESCRIPTION:

Adventure game unfolds a slapstick first time surpassing the animation to stage all 50 story also containing the original of the story. Beginning Yakumo, Sawachika, the Mikoto, familiar characters in full force! Lower event-record with gorgeous actors, illustrations drawn the original game! Here it is not a anime comic and a new "scrambler"!

  FEATURES:
  • First person perspective.
  • 2D graphics
  • Cartoon graphics
  • Romance & Anime themes.
NUMBER OF PLAYERS  1 Player
NUMBER OF MEMORY CARD BLOCKS  654 KB Minimum
COMPATIBLE CONTROLLERS TESTED
( OFFICIAL GAMEPADS ONLY )
 Standard Controller / Analog Controller ( Dual Shock Controller compatible )
COMPATIBLE LIGHT GUNS
( OFFICIAL LIGHT GUNS ONLY )
 None
OTHER COMPATIBLE CONTROLLERS
( OFFICIAL CONTROLLERS ONLY )
 None
SPECIAL CONTROLLERS INCLUDED OR
SUPPORTED ( OFFICIAL ONLY )
 None
VIBRATION FUNCTION COMPATIBLE  Yes
VIDEO MODES  50 Hz = No / 60 Hz = Yes / Progressive Scan = No / 16:9 Option = No
AUDIO MODES  Stereo = Yes / Mono = No / Dolby Surround = No / Dolby Digital = No; Dolby Pro logic II = No
MULTI-TAP FUNCTION COMPATIBLE  No
LANGUAGE SELECTOR  No
NETWORK ADAPTOR (ETHERNET) COMPATIBLE  No
EMULATOR  PCSX 2 v.0.1.4.0
SPEED HACKS USED  EE Cyclerate = 0; VU Cycle Stealing = 0; Enable INTC Spin detection = Yes; Enable Wait Loop Detection = Yes; Enable fast CDVD = No; mVU Flag Hack = Yes; MTVU (Multi-Threaded Micro VU1) = Yes
SPECIAL GAME FIXES USED  None
VIDEO PLUGIN  GSDX v.1.0.0 ( Allow 8-bit textures = Yes; Alpha Hack = No; Offset Hack = No; Skipdraw Hack = 0 )
AUDIO PLUGIN  SPU2-X v.2.0.0 ( Interpolation = 4; Disable Effects Processing = No; Use the de-alias filter = No; Enable Dubug options = No; Module = 1; Synchronizing Mode = TimeStretch Mix; Audio Expansion Mode = Stereo )
CD-ROM PLUGIN  CDVDolio Cdrom plugin v.0.1.0
GAME PAD PLUGIN  LilyPad svn (r3993) 0.10.0
VIBRATION COMPATIBLE  Yes.

  NOTE:   This is not the only possible combination of plugins. There are others that will work (better or worse) for your particular hardware. We provide you with one working set-up so that you may get the game up and running, hassle-free. Testing other emulators/plugins is up to you.
 

 BASIC CONTROLS:

Move between actions or answers: D-Pad or Left Analog Stick
Action in mini game sequence: Left Analog Stick
Select action or answer: Circle Button
Hide text: X Button (hold)
Show previous dialogue: Triangle Button
Auto on / Off: L1 Button
Options Menu: Start Button



 

RAW CODES:

Points 9999
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 NTSC-J:
  • School Rumble [SLPS-25540]   
     
  • School Rumble [DX Pack] [SLPS-25539]   
     

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