Battle Arena Toshinden (0)

Overview

Battle Arena Toshinden (known in Japan as Toshinden) is a 3D weapon-based fighting game developed by and published for the on January 1, 1995 in Japan (by ), on September 9, 1995 in North America (by as a ), and on September 29, 1995 in Europe (by Takara).

Credited as the first weapon-based fighting game (and the first to incorporate ), Battle Arena Toshinden pits eight wanderers in an ultimate underground tournament by a mysterious organization.

Along with and a , the game received three ports (one console, one handheld, and one computer) within a year of its North American release. It is one of the few 3D fighting game of the 90s to not start as a dedicated game.

Ports

• The enhanced version, titled Battle Arena Toshinden Remix, was ported by and published by on November 24, 1995 (in Japan as Toshinden S) and March 27, 1996 (in North America). Along with altered graphics, this version includes a bonus secret boss (the cryptic ) and a story mode.

• The version was ported and published by Takara on March 22, 1996 (in Japan as Nettou Toshinden) and November 1996 (in North America) as part of their series. Simplified for a 2D plane, this version also includes two additional fighters from the (Uranus and an unarmored ) as bosses.

• The version was ported by and published by for North America on April 22, 1996. It is notable for being one of the first PC games to support 3D accelerator cards and one of the few PC fighting games of the time to support . This version also includes a hidden ().

Characters

The original version of Battle Arena Toshinden has eight playable characters from the start and two bosses (who could be unlocked with specific cheat codes). Each port has their own unique secret character.

• (boss, unlockable with a cheat code, has an unlockable unarmored version as a secret boss in the GB version)
• (boss, unlockable with a cheat code, GB version only)
• (secret boss, unlockable with a cheat code)
• (secret boss, unlockable with a cheat code, Saturn version only)
• (secret , unlockable with a cheat code, PC version only)