Battle Arena Toshinden 2
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| Battle Arena Toshinden 2 | |
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 Screenshot of Battle Arena Toshinden 2 |
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| Developer(s) | Tamsoft, Shintarou Nakaoka and team |
| Publisher(s) | Takara and Toshiaki Ota |
| Distributor(s) | Capcom |
| Release date(s) | 1995 (Arcade) 1996 (PlayStation) 1996 (MS Windows) |
| Genre(s) | Fighting game |
| Mode(s) | Single player, 2-player |
| Platform(s) | Arcade Game, PlayStation, (also ported in various forms to the Sega Saturn and PC, see below for details) |
| Input | 8-way Joystick, 6 Buttons |
| Arcade cabinet | Horizontal |
| Arcade system(s) | Sony ZN-1 hardware |
| Arcade CPU(s) | SPU |
| Arcade sound system(s) | Sound CPU : Z80 Sound Chips : SPU, Q-Sound |
| Arcade display | Raster, 640 x 480 pixels , 65536 colors |
Battle Arena Toshinden 2 for the PlayStation is the sequel to Battle Arena Toshinden. As with its prequel it is a weapons-based 3D fighting game.
Though the core gameplay remains unchanged the game adds a simple combo system: Light Attack, Hard Attack, Special move. Though several characters have a couple of unqiue combo's that break this rule. The 3D movement has also been altered to better balance it in battle.
A version of the game was also released in arcades by Capcom with altered music.
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[edit] Story
After the Himitsu Kesha discovered that Gaia organized a Toshinden tournament behind their backs in order to start a rebellion, he was branded a traitor. Hence a new tournament is organized to lure him to his doom. Meanwhile one of Gaia's former co-workers put's the next stage of their plan into action...
[edit] Characters
[edit] Returning Characters
- Eiji Shinjo
- Kayin Amoh
- Sofia
- Rungo Iron
- Fo Fai
- Mondo
- Duke B. Rambert
- Ellis
- Gaia (Now unarmored)
[edit] New Characters
- Tracy
- Chaos
[edit] Hidden Characters
- Uranus
- Master
- Vermillion
- Sho Shinjo
[edit] Other versions of Battle Arena Toshinden 2
Like Battle Arena Toshinden, Toshinden 2 was also ported to the Sega Saturn and PC.
[edit] Toshinden URA (Sega Saturn)
Toshinden URA (full title "Ultimate Revenge Attack") is a saturn specific sequel to Toshinden Remix. Though clearly based off Toshinden 2 for the PSX it was considerably altered with all new arenas, a new story and four new characters replacing four of Toshinden 2 PSX's new characters. The gameplay also differs quite a bit (it plays somewhat like Toshinden 1 with Toshinden 2's combo system).
[edit] Toshinden 2 PC (PC)
Toshinden 2 was also ported to the PC. It is a straight windows port with the ability to play in much higher resolutions than the PSX version (as high as your computer can go). It will also run at the speed of the computer meaning a slow down program is required to run it on new computers.
[edit] Toshinden 2 Plus (PSX)
A special edition of Toshinden 2 released only in Japan. It features notably enhanced graphics (in particular it uses particles instead of sprites) and improved control. It also makes a few balancing tweaks to the chracters (examples include that Fo moves forward during his mystic sphere attack and the second hit of Dukes Knight Strike is much harder to connect with). An option to save your best times, option settings and unlocked characters to memory card was also added.
[edit] The Battle Arena Toshinden Series
[edit] Main Series
Battle Arena Toshinden (a.k.a To Shin Den): Sony PlayStation
Battle Arena Toshinden Remix (a.k.a To Shin Den S): Sega Saturn
Battle Arena Toshinden PC
- 2. Battle Arena Toshinden 2
Battle Arena Toshinden 2: Sony PlayStation
Battle Arena Toshinden 2 Plus: Sony PlayStation. Japan only
Battle Arena Toshinden URA - Ultimate Revenge Attack: Sega Saturn
Battle Arena Toshinden 2 PC
- 3. Battle Arena Toshinden 3 Sony PlayStation
- 4. Battle Arena Toshinden 4 (a.k.a Toshinden Subaru): Sony PlayStation. Japan and Europe only
[edit] Spin Offs
- 5. Battle Arena Nitoshinden (a.k.a Toshinden Kids): Sony PlayStation. Japan only
- 6. Puzzle Arena Toshinden: Sony PlayStation. Japan only
- 7. Toshinden Card Quest: Sony PlayStation. Japan only
- 8. Toshinden: Gameboy
- 9. Toshinden: Tiger Handheld
- 10. Toshinden - The Anime: VHS, DVD
