Mahou Shoujo Cross All-Stars

"“Girls will kick your ass!” —The game's tagline" Mahou Shoujo Cross All-Stars (魔法少女クロスオールスターズ) is a beat-em-up game produced by Banpresto and published by Bandai Namco Games for the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch consoles. Released in Japan and Asian territories on December 10, 2019, celebrating the 65th anniversary of the Nakayoshi Magazine and the 15th anniversary of the Pretty Cure series, the game is a crossover between various "magical girl" anime and manga series released in Japan and the second installment of the ongoing Cross Crisis series.

Two editions of the game was released, a regular version and a Premium Anime Music Edition featuring vocalized themes and background music from the respective series.

Development
On January 18, 2019, Sam Imbecile, the director of the oncoming Namco X Capcom: Crisis, stated that he'll be directing another crossover game, this time centered around the "mahou shoujo" (magical girl) anime genre.

Gameplay
Cross All-Stars is a beat-em-up where the characters the player controls have to defeat enemies to gain experience, items and/or gold in order to progress in the stage and accomplish objectives to complete missions. There are 70 playable scenarios, with 30 side-quests scattered throughout the game.

In a stage, players control a Squad, a team of a maximum of four assigned members. The player takes direct control of the Squad Leader, while the CPU is in charge of the three other members. In drop-in drop-out cooperative, four players can have the option to take control of each member of the Squad, split-screen.

In addition to magical girls, some male characters are made available to be part of your Squad.

Series List

 * Sailor Moon Crystal
 * Cardcaptor Sakura
 * Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card
 * Pretty Cure
 * Futari wa Pretty Cure
 * Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart
 * Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star
 * Yes! PreCure 5
 * Yes! PreCure 5 GoGo!
 * Fresh Pretty Cure!
 * HeartCatch PreCure!
 * Suite PreCure♪
 * Smile PreCure!
 * Go! Princess PreCure
 * Star☆Twinkle PreCure
 * Mahou Shoujo Ai
 * Magic Knight Rayearth
 * Tokyo Mew Mew
 * Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha

Urara Route

 * Urara Ebihara / Dream Warrior Lovelette (Voiced by: Yuko Kaida) - She works at an all-boys school to pay the debts of her fiancee who disappeared.
 * Asuka Okita / Hex Caster Magusan (Voiced by: Ayumi Fujimura) -

Riko Route

 * Riko Ichinose / Mage Tagresia (Voiced by: Aya Hisakawa) -
 * Anna Ichinose / Princess Feonexia (Voiced by: Yuko Minoguchi) -

Sailor Moon

 * Usagi Tsukino / Sailor Moon
 * Rei Hino / Sailor Mars
 * Minako Aino / Sailor Venus
 * Ami Mizuno / Sailor Mercury
 * Makoto Kino / Sailor Jupiter
 * Haruka Tenoh / Sailor Uranus
 * Michiru Kaioh / Sailor Neptune
 * Hotaru Tomoe / Sailor Saturn
 * Setsuna Meioh / Sailor Pluto
 * Mamoru Chiba / Tuxedo Mask
 * Chibiusa / Sailor Chibi Moon
 * Seiya Kou / Sailor Star Fighter

Cardcaptor Sakura

 * Sakura Kinomoto
 * Syaoran Li

Futari wa Pretty Cure

 * Nagisa Misumi / Cure Black
 * Honoka Yukishiro / Cure White
 * Hikari Kujo / Shiny Luminous

Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star

 * Saki Hyuuga / Cure Bloom / Cure Bright
 * Mai Mishou / Cure Egret / Cure Windy

Fresh Pretty Cure!

 * Love Momozone / Cure Peach
 * Aono Miki / Cure Berry
 * Inori Yamabuki / Cure Pine
 * Eas / Setsuna Higashi / Cure Passion*
 * Wester*

Mahou Shoujo Ai

 * Ai Kagano

Magic Knight Rayearth

 * Hikaru Shidou
 * Fuu Hououji
 * Umi Ryuuzaki

Tokyo Mew Mew

 * Ichigo Momomiya / Mew Ichigo
 * Lettuce Midorikawa / Mew Lettuce
 * Mint Aizawa / Mew Mint
 * Pudding Fong / Mew Pudding
 * Zakuro Fujiwara / Mew Zakuro
 * Ryo Shirogane
 * Quiche Ikisatashi*

Original

 * Sumarall (Voiced by: Yūki Kaji) - He is the leader of the Dark Cult and the "number one enemy" of the magical girl alliance. He believes firmly that men are superior over women and aims to create an empire of pleasure (奉仕国家), where all women have to serve and please men at all times.
 * Pergamum Judecca Gozzo (Voiced by: Shō Hayami) - He is the leader and commandment of the Aerogater Fourth Fleet of the Intergalactic Imperial Fleet who forged an alliance with Sumarall. At the time of the game's events, he was at war against the Zetsuborgs and forces of the Dotsuku Zone.

Urara Route

 * Tatsuya Kurose (Voiced by:) -
 * Yuuji Kijima (Voiced by:) -

Riko Route

 * Majima Zenko / Warlock Doragolos (Voiced by:) -
 * Tomoyuki Kaji / Warrior Kamezura (Voiced by:) -

Soundtrack
Opening Theme: Ending Theme:
 * Tread on the Tiger's Tail
 * Performed by: JAM Project
 * Composed by: Hironobu Kageyama
 * Lyrics by: Hironobu Kageyama
 * Arranged by: Daisuke Kikuta

Reception
The game sold 400,000 copies in Japan within two months. By March 2020, the number of copies sold within Japan and other countries in Asia reached 1,500,000.

Trivia

 * The stories of some series featured in the game go differently here than in canon due to fan polls and interviews that were conducted for nine months before the game's release. The response of fans would reflect on the series' divergence on the actual story.
 * For one instance, in the case of Tokyo Mew Mew, before the game's events, Masaya Aoyama, while in his Blue Knight form, was killed, trying defend Tokyo from a fleet of Aerogaters, one of the many that were sent all across the galaxy by Pergamum Judecca Gozzo. The Mews and Cyniclons were forced to work together and managed to barely repel the invasion in a bittersweet victory which left tens of thousands dead. Worse, the Blue Knight's death fully awakened Deep Blue who then became allies with the Dark Cult and the Aerogaters.
 * While on the subject of Tokyo Mew Mew, Kisshu (Quiche) becomes a changed alien due to the experiences from the Aerogater invasion. He becomes less of a stalker and more of an understanding friend to Ichigo Momomiya. He eventually grows to become her new lover to heal her from her depression over her late boyfriend's death. Because he shares the same voice actor as Shinpachi Shimura from Gintama, Quiche becomes subject to plenty of comic relief moments between Tokyo Mew Mew characters and others as well. He also has the tendency to yell either "DONDAKE!" or "HERPES! HERPES ME!"
 * The events of this game would have direct consequences to the narrative, eventually leading to Anime Complex: Cross Arena 2020, where some of the characters that appeared here would return.