LaunchBox Logo Back to Home Page
Illustration of Battle Arena Toshinden

Battle Arena Toshinden

Overview

Battle Arena Toshinden (バトルアリーナ闘神伝 Batoru Arīna Tōshinden?) is a weapons-based fighting game developed by Tamsoft and published by Takara and Sony Computer Entertainment in 1995-1996 for the PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Game Boy, and PC. It was one of the first fighting games to boast polygonal characters in a 3D environment, and it is credited for taking the genre into "true 3-D" due to its introduction of the sidestep maneuver.

The game was originally promoted as a PlayStation exclusive, with Sony initially promoting it as a "Saturn killer" (against Sega's Virtua Fighter), but it was ported to the Saturn with additional features less than a year later. Once fighting games like Tekken started emerging, Battle Arena Toshinden quickly declined in popularity, but still did spawn a series of sequels. It was the first 3D weapons fighter, and was succeeded in spirit by Soul Edge and other games of the genre.

Developers
Tamsoft
Platform
MS-DOS
Alternate Names
No information available
Wikipedia
No information available

Media

Box - 3D

Battle Arena Toshinden - Box - 3D (North America) - 850x1244
North America -  850 x 1244

Box - Back

Battle Arena Toshinden - Box - Back (United States) - 800x980
United States -  800 x 980

Box - Front

Battle Arena Toshinden - Box - Front (Europe) - 800x988
Europe -  800 x 988

Clear Logo

Battle Arena Toshinden - Clear Logo (null) - 400x170
400 x 170

Disc

Battle Arena Toshinden - Disc (United States) - 690x697
United States -  690 x 697

Screenshot - Game Over

Battle Arena Toshinden - Screenshot - Game Over (null) - 320x200
320 x 200

Screenshot - Game Title

Battle Arena Toshinden - Screenshot - Game Title (null) - 640x480
640 x 480

Screenshot - Gameplay

Battle Arena Toshinden - Screenshot - Gameplay (null) - 320x200
320 x 200
Battle Arena Toshinden - Screenshot - Gameplay (null) - 320x200
320 x 200