Haruhi Fighting Game: Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekitou

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24 January 2010 15 Comments

Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekitou is a 3-D fighting game that uses characters from the Haruhi Suzumiya series. If you’re familiar with Super Mario Smash Bros., you’ll have a good idea of what this game is like. The game is developed by doujin circle Souvenir Circ. and originally sold at Comiket 2007/2008. Gekitou is actually an upgraded version of Suzumiya Haruhi no Chourantou, a previous game also made by Souvenir Circ., and has a ton of new features missing in the original. There are four playmodes: Arcade, Story, Free Battle and Mission.
Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekitou:

Suzumiya Haruhi no Chourantou:

Playable characters include Haruhi, Mikurue, Kyon, Koizumi, Yuki, Kyon’s sister, Tsuruya-san, and Ryoko. In addition, Konoata and Akira from Lucky Star are unlockable characters. All the characters are fully voiced and customizable with special costumes and items you can unlock by completing objectives in the game. The only downside is that most things except the main selection screens are in Japanese and there doesn’t seem to be an English patch available anywhere. However, the gameplay and controls are simple and intuitive, so there shouldn’t be too much difficulty figuring things out.

The game can be downloaded here. You’ll need an image mounting program like Daemon Tools or Alcohol 52% to play the game:
1. Download the game and unzip the folder to somewhere.
2. Launch Daemon Tools or Alcohol, find the file HARUGEKI.cue in the folder and mount it.
3. Go to Computer and open your new virtual CD/DVD called HARUGEKI (It’ll have a Haruhi icon)
4. Harugeki.exe launches and game and Harugeki_startup.exe configures your settings and controls

Here’s the default controls for player 1:
Use Arrow keys to move around, double tap to dash
Z – attack, pick up items
X – hold X to jump, tap it to dash. You can also dash while jumping
C – drop item or block
X+C – revive
V – perform a special attack, the outcome will be different whether you’re standing still, jumping or dashing around.
Z+V – super special attack, you’ll need at least a half full SOS meter
A and S – rotate the camera

System Requirements
Compatible OS: Windows 2000, XP and Vista
CPU : 2.0GHz Intel Pentium or equivalent procesor
RAM : 256MB or more
Video card : VRAM32MB

Unlocking Konata and Akira:
- Finish Story Mode with Kyon to unlock Haruhi in Story Mode.
- Finish Story Mode with Haruhi to unlock Konata in Story Mode.
- Finish Story Mode with Konata to unlock Akira in Story Mode.
- After unlocking all characters in Story Mode, finish Arcade Mode with any characters to unlock Konata in Arcade/Free Mode.
- After unlocking all characters in Story Mode and Konata in Arcade Mode, finish Arcade Mode with any characters to unlock Akira in Arcade/Free Mode.
- After unlocking all characters in Story Mode and both Konata and Akira in Arcade Mode, finish Arcade Mode with any characters to unlock Difficulty: Mega in Config.

Thanks to Marty for sending in the tip about the game. If you have Haruhi-related news or media to share, send it in!

15 Comments »

Yumeka said:

I tried out the game and it’s pretty fun. The only thing I’m having trouble with is that the Japanese text won’t appear correctly in the startup.exe or in the game’s config or other selection menus (it’s either a bunch of ??? or some weird characters). I can understand some Japanese so it would be helpful if I could read the menus. I can read and type Japanese on web pages and stuff so I don’t know why it won’t work in the game >_< The game lags somewhat too but that could be my computer.

But other than these issues, it's working fine for me and it seems like a well-made doujin =D

# 24 January 2010 at 12:44 pm

Roflman said:

A bit late, as I’ve been playing this for almost a year…

But I haven’t played this in awhile, so I might start picking up on it again…

# 24 January 2010 at 3:56 pm

kyon (author) said:

Lol, yeah I know, it’s been like 2 years since this has been out Well better late than never I say. Plus it’s not well known outside of Japan so I bet a lot people haven’t played it yet.

Can’t help you there Yumeka, I have the same problem even though I have Japanese font installed (or maybe I’m doing something wrong). I found some sites that started doing an english patch but looked like they stalled.

I just copied the unlocking guide for Konata and Akira from a forum, but haven’t played enough to confirm it. If anyone has done it, please confirm that the steps listed are correct.

# 24 January 2010 at 4:07 pm

S.O.S. Brigade Underling #1 said:

I can’t help screaming KYON BURST! when i use his special midair attack

# 24 January 2010 at 7:47 pm

SonicDaMan said:

It would be nice if there was a online-multiplayer patch for it

# 24 January 2010 at 10:18 pm

g-12-y.n said:

how about the pc with 1.83 ghz .. can it be played on windows 7 ??

# 25 January 2010 at 6:14 am

ares5 said:

How exactly do you save?

# 27 January 2010 at 8:32 am

S.O.S. Brigade Underling #1 said:

Here’s a tip to beat the last level in story or arcade mode. Pick up a mace and keep bashing away at everyone near you, save up your points till it’s 100% and it starts dropping. Keep using your special until everyone’s baked. The pick up the mace again to start gathering points. If all else fails keep running and hang around the edge until the COM comes to you, keep dashing. Eventually the COM will commit suicide but it’ll take a very long time.

I recommend Mikuru (normal special move) for the last 1v5 battle in arcade. It’ll kill at least 3 people and leave at least 2 severely weakened. You’ll have about 1/3 of your Hp if you’re lucky if you’ve used my mace tip.

# 30 January 2010 at 8:07 am

Tsukune said:

How get Nanatsuya avatar? Or how look like? I passed all missions (27) and unlocked Kona & Akira. If some one unlock that avatar post how get it. Thx for info.

# 1 February 2010 at 12:31 pm