Bear Bones All-Stars: League Fight

### Platform(s)

PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, Microsoft Windows

### Mode(s)

Single-player, multiplayer

***Bear Bones All-Stars: League Fight*** is a crossover fighting video game developed by Ubisoft Paris and Ubisoft Milan and published by Ubisoft for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable and Microsoft Windows. Game development began in August 2004, with delays due to development problems before being eventually released worldwide in 2009.

The number of playable characters in *Bear Bones All-Stars: League Fight* has grown from that in *Bear Bones All-Stars: Battle Fight! and Bear Bones All-Stars: Fighting Royale*, although some characters from the first game were cut in the sequel. Like its predecessor, *Bear Bones All-Stars: League Fight* is similar to the *Super Smash Bros.* series, in which the objective is to knock opponents off the screen. The game builds on the first game by adding new gameplay features and playable characters. It includes a more extensive single-player mode than its predecessor, known as *Colliding Defenders*. This mode is a plot-driven, side-scrolling beat 'em up featuring traditionally animated/computer-animated cut scenes animated in-house by Bear Bones with an original storyline. *Bear Bones All-Stars: League Fight* supports multiplayer battles with up to four combatants, and is the first game of its franchise to feature online battles.

*Bear Bones All-Stars: League Fight* received positive reviews from critics, who praised its entertainment value, visuals and writing, while others unfavorably compared it to *Super Smash Bros. Brawl*; it is considered by many to be an improvement over its predecessor. A direct-to-video film tie-in, titled *Bear Bones All-Star: Colliding Defenders – The Premiere Movie* was released on the same time as the game and features extended cutscenes from the game's '**Colliding Defenders'** story mode. It was followed by *Bear Bones All-Stars Olympics* in 2010. The Xbox 360 version of the game became backwards compatible with the Xbox One on March 11, 2017, and the PlayStation 3 version came to the PlayStation Now game streaming service to Play on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, PC, and PlayStation 3 itself.

## Characters

*Bear Bones All-Stars: League Fight* allows the player to select from 45 playable characters, 13 more than its predecessor; some are new, but others return from the first game. 16 are available initially, while the other 11 characters require completing specific tasks to become available.

Some previously represented series have had more characters added to *Bear Bones All-Stars: League Fight*. Daniel and Jenny from *Malachi Universal,*Zombila from *Sarah*, Felix from *Toon Friends*, and Jan and Jason from *Jan and Jason* make their first appearance in the *Bear Bones All-Stars* fighting games. Other newcomers are the first to represent their series. These include characters such as Shinobu Kocho from *Demon Slayer*, Hiyoko Kutabata from *The Kutabatas*, Erza Scarlet from *Fairy Tail*, Averie Ji from *The Kidriends*, Leafa from *Sword Art Online*, Orihime Inoue from *Bleach*, Gaara from *Naruto,* Jan and Jason, Jada River from the television series of the same name, Corey and Alexis from *Game Over*, the titular character from *Dakari,*and Zora Salazar from *Epithet Erased*.

#### Returning characters from *Bear Bones All-Stars: Battle Fight!*

* Malachi
* Mitsuru
* Jarek
* Scott
* Darlene
* Aiden
* Sarah
* Naruto
* Haru Glory
* Ichigo
* Nicolas
* Izuku
* Natsu
* Spike
* Chris

#### Returning characters from *Bear Bones All-Stars: Fighting Royale*

* Mahiru
* Komaru
* Siana
* Rukia
* Joshua
* Tina
* Kirito
* Hi-Five
* Miko
* Sasuke
* Shinobu
* Erza
* Riley
* Kally
* Ochako
* Princess Emily
* Ratchet
* Meliodas
* Molly
* Giovanni
* Edward
* Lucy
* Tanjiro
* Jenny
* Purple Guy

#### Newcomers

* Daniel
* Zombila
* Nalachi
* Felix
* Gaara
* Jake the Robot
* Hiyoko
* Jan and Jason
* The Kockets (Matthew, J.K., Alex and Eddie)
* Jada River
* Orihime
* Zora

#### Unlockables

* Nega-Purple
* Nate
* Corey
* Alexis
* Sypha