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Battle Arena Toshinden, released as Toh Shin Den [a] [b] [2] in Japan, is a 1995 fighting video game developed by Tamsoft and published by Takara for the PlayStation. [3] It was one of the first fighting games, after Virtua Fighter on arcade and console, to boast polygonal characters in a 3D environment, and features a sidestep maneuver which is credited for taking the genre into "true 3D."
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Each character has his or her own unique set of basic moves, special attacks, and a desperation attack that can only be used when the player has low energy (around 10% or less). The player is able to move in 3D around the 3D arenas using the L/R shoulder buttons, which can be used to dodge projectile attacks, or get away from a dangerous spot. Play...
A young Japanese swordsman/adventurer named Eiji Shinjo, who has spent the past few years searching for his long-lost older brother, Sho, enters the legendary Battle Arena Toshinden tournament hosted by a mysterious organization known only as the Secret Society, along with seven other traveling fighters, the fighters themselves being Eiji's best fr...
Playable Characters
1. Eiji Shinjo- The main protagonist of the series. A young Japanese traveling swordsman/adventurer who seeks to find his long-lost older brother, Sho. 2. Kayin Amoh- A Scottish (later retconned as English) swordsman/bounty hunter who happens to be a friend and rival of Eiji. He seeks to avenge the death of his foster father, who was killed by the previous tournament's champion from last year. 3. Sofia- A whip-wielding blonde Russian woman who works as a private detective. She seeks to find a...
Unlockable Characters
1. Gaia- The sponsor of the tournament and boss of the game. His reasons for holding the tournament in the first place is shrouded in mystery. He is later revealed to be the father of Ellis. 2. Sho Shinjo- The secret final boss of the game. The champion from last year's previous tournament and Eiji's older brother, he is a merciless swordsman who holds nothing back from within the fights that he participates in. 3. Uranus(Game Boy version) 4. Earthworm Jim(PC version) - A guest character who...
Sega Saturn
The game was ported by Nextech/Sega to the Sega Saturn as Toh Shin Den S in Japan and as Battle Arena Toshinden Remix in the United States and Europe. A few new features were added, including an exclusive new character named Cupidoand a story mode which enables the player to learn a few details about the characters' story backgrounds and the reasons of why they had entered into the tournament. Work on the Saturn port began while the PlayStation original was still in development.
DOS
Developed by Digital Dialect, the DOS port added an exclusive new character, Earthworm Jim, complete with his own unique arena music, but he only uses the moves of Rungo Iron. It also supports resolutions up to 640x480. The PC port uses the Japanese PlayStation version's voices and music in all regions, unlike the original PlayStation version.
Game Boy
A Game Boy version was released by Takara in 1996, titled Nettou Toshinden in Japan. The game is based mostly on the original PlayStation version, but is a 2D versus fighting game, instead of 3D, drawn in chibi graphics. It includes a slightly altered story mode and an early appearance of the character Uranus and the Battle Arena Toshinden 2version of Gaia (without his armor).
During the late 1990s, the game was followed by three sequels, Battle Arena Toshinden 2, Battle Arena Toshinden 3, and Toshinden 4, as well as three spin-off games: Battle Arena Nitoshinden, Puzzle Arena Toshinden, and Toshinden Card Quest. An OVA adaptation was also released in 1996. Eiji appeared as a secret guest character in the Sega Saturn gam...
Jan 1, 1995 · The enhanced Sega Saturn version, titled Battle Arena Toshinden Remix, was ported by Takara and published by Sega on November 24, 1995 (in Japan as Toushinden S) and March 27, 1996 (in North America). Along with altered graphics, this version includes a bonus secret boss (the cryptic Cupido) and a story mode. The Game Boy version was ported and ...
The Battle Arena Toshinden series is a series of 3D fighting video games created by Tamsoft, Takara, and Sony Computer Entertainment Japan in 1995. Touted as the first 3D fighting video game with actual interactive 3D environments, in contrast to contemporary Virtua Fighter, the series was made in mind for the release of the Sony Playstation in 1995 to display the next generation of 3D video ...
May 4, 2002 · In Battle Arena Toshinden eight world renown weapon fighters have been invited to a mysterious tournament. It is one of the first one-on-one beat-em-ups to feature the ability to sidestep a full 360 degrees around the opponent allowing one to strike from any angle. Aside from the 3D movement, Toshinden's game play can be considered similar to ...
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Battle Arena Toshinden (simply titled Toshinden in Japan) is the first 3D fighting game franchise where every character toted a weapon of some sort (the first series to do it in 2D was Samurai Shodown). It was considered a killer app when it was released as a PlayStation launch title, and Sony promoted it heavily.
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Jan 4, 2024 · Battle Arena Toshinden. Known as Battle Arena Toshinden Remix (Toshinden S / 闘神伝S in Japan) on the Sega Saturn. Released in 1995 and 1996 for the PlayStation and Saturn. Yasuhiro Nakano and ...
