Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS : Zenin Sanka!! Shuyaku Soudatsusen

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS: Zenin Sanka!! Shuyaku Soudatsusen is a 2D fighting game for Nintendo's Super Famicom, released in Japan on March 29, 1996. Published by Angel and credited to Monolith with Make Software, it is part of the Sailor Moon game line based on Naoko Takeuchi's manga and its animated adaptation. The title is commonly rendered in English as Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon SuperS: Everyone Joins In!! Battle for the Leading Role. It remained a Japanese release, so it should not be confused with the similarly named PlayStation game Sailor Moon SuperS: Shin Shuyaku Soudatsusen or Sega Saturn's Various Emotion.

Rather than being an all-new adventure, this Sailor Moon SuperS Super Famicom game revises the earlier Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S: Jougai Rantou!? Shuyaku Soudatsusen. Its action follows the familiar one-on-one fighting-game format: choose a Sailor Guardian, face an opponent across a series of rounds, and reduce the rival's life gauge before time expires. Players use the Super Famicom controller to move, jump, guard, attack at close range, and perform character-specific techniques through directional and button inputs. Matches can be played against the computer or another player, making the cartridge a competitive counterpart to the series' story-driven and puzzle games.

The roster brings together the Sailor Guardians associated with the series, each built around a different set of normal attacks, special moves, and magical presentations. Sailor Moon, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter, Sailor Venus, and Sailor Chibi Moon are central to the single-player experience, while the Outer Guardians broaden the selection for versus play. Sailor Saturn is the key newcomer over the preceding Super Famicom fighter, and Sailor Moon appears in her Super Sailor Moon form. The game's title promises that everyone participates, but its mode restrictions are important: the Outer Guardians are available for head-to-head matches rather than the main story route.

Several modes give the battles different contexts. A story mode lets players take a chosen Guardian through computer-controlled opponents, while tournament, practice, and standard versus options support repeat matches and two-player sessions. The game also includes an ability-setting system for its story-side characters, allowing points to be distributed among attributes before a run. That customization adds a small strategic layer beyond simply selecting a favorite Guardian, while the practice option is useful for learning the timing and commands behind individual special attacks.

Zenin Sanka updates the older game's presentation to fit the SuperS branding. Character art, title treatment, scenes, dialogue, sound effects, and battle backdrops were refreshed, and the stages use more animated background detail than before. The soundtrack reworks music associated with its predecessor, and the game includes voiced character selections and attacks. These touches make the release feel like a late-era Super Famicom refresh while retaining the basic combat framework of the Sailor Moon S title it builds on.

For Sailor Moon fans exploring the 16-bit catalogue, Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS: Zenin Sanka!! Shuyaku Soudatsusen captures a specific moment in the franchise's Japanese game history. It arrived near the end of the Super Famicom's life with a cast expansion centered on Sailor Saturn and a presentation aligned with the SuperS identity. Its focus is direct competitive fighting rather than retelling the anime season's plot, so the appeal lies in testing each Guardian's moves, working through the single-player modes, and sharing local matches between two players.