Battle Arena Nitoshinden is a spin-off fighting game from the Battle Arena Toshinden series, developed by Japan Vistec.[3] It was only released in Japan;[4] it was planned for the US under the name of Toshinden Kids but was canceled. [citation needed]
Battle Arena Nitoshinden | |
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Developer(s) | Japan Vistec |
Publisher(s) | Takara |
Platform(s) | PlayStation |
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Genre(s) | Fighting |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Nitoshinden features super deformed characters, similar to those in Virtua Fighter Kids. The title Nitōshinden (にとうしんでん) is a combination of the franchise's name Toshinden (闘神伝) with the term nitōshin (二頭身).
Gameplay
editThe gameplay of Nitoshinden is different from the main series. Each characters' move list has been reduced to 6 attacks; 4 standard attacks, a special attack and a desperation attack.
The normal attacks roughly correspond to standard Toshinden attacks. There is a hard attack, light attack, low attack and either a medium or 360 degree attack (depending on the character). There is no real combo ability but some attacks can be chained together.
The game features a different defense system to standard Toshinden games. The side step moves still exist, however blocking of other attacks is now done with a parry button that repels an opponent's attack, stunning them for a short time.
Areas in Nitoshinden are all school-based locations and feature walled-in arenas, similar to Battle Arena Toshinden 3.
Characters
edit- Existing Toshinden characters
- Eiji
- Ellis
- Sho
- Sofia
- Tracy
- Vermilion
- Unique characters
- Baifu
- Ryuji
- Guest characters
References
edit- ^ "News". 1997-06-05. Archived from the original on 1997-06-05. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
- ^ "Toshinden Kids Hit the Street". 1997-06-06. Archived from the original on 1997-06-06. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
- ^ "BATTLE ARENA NITOSHINDEN - (NTSC-J)". psxdatacenter.com. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
- ^ Ettleman, Tristan (2022-01-24). "The Battle Arena Toshinden Series Ranked". Medium. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
- ^ にとうしんでん―パーフェクトガイド (The PlayStation BOOKS). ISBN 9784797301083.
- ^ "にとうしんでん BATTLE ARENA". kakuge.info. Retrieved 2024-09-03.