It's come to my attention there's an actual R-ZONE game based off Toshinden. Why did I not include it? Well, it's because it's on the R-ZONE! (but I also had no idea) kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXuQd35pYtqSbK8
@a.rheser81813 жыл бұрын
Oh crap! Not the R-ZONE! BTW great Video Mr.McMuscles! I really like PS One-era fighting games, and Toshinden 3 will always have a special place in my heart.I spent hours unlocking all the characters.
@beauleidig86703 жыл бұрын
As someone who once owned an R-ZONE, I can say with utmost certainty, not including it was the right choice.
@RaikenXion3 жыл бұрын
HEY!! Uranus was in Bloody Roar 4 too, just sayin
@Vergilzelkin3 жыл бұрын
I'm just watching this video today and was about to comment that you forgot to mention the R-Zone port of the game. My older sister and I both got an R-Zone for Christmas that came bundled with Battle Arena Toshinden. We grew up watching a VHS tape with a collection of Playstation games that my father's friend made for us, since we did not have a Playstation when it came out. Great video!!! I had no idea there was a 3 or 4!!! I have 1 and 2, now I need to search for the other games.
@JohnnyMatherson3 жыл бұрын
btw it's Tomee not tommy.
@StopSkeletonsFromFighting3 жыл бұрын
Dude, what?? That Earth Worm Jim cameo??
@NickBartolo3 жыл бұрын
This was the first game I ever booted up on my release day PS1. The 3D graphics were mind blowing to me.
@robsonpommer74643 жыл бұрын
"Toshinden did nothing new"? It was a freakin' street fighter-like game in 3D! If anyone is wondering why it blowed a lot of people's mind back then, that's why! It had hadoukens in a 3D game! This could mean nothing today, but in 1995, we didn't even know if it was possible!
@sentientricecake31253 жыл бұрын
Thank you, people don't talk about these games enough!!
@FightersGen3 жыл бұрын
A forgotten gem. The PS1 days were good times. Great retrospective man!
@dacrimsonmask133 жыл бұрын
The soundtrack of this game is Just perfect! Theres a small channel calle ss4shenlong that have made remixes of all themes, and honestly they are perfect.
@Shoinoffrc3 жыл бұрын
Part 2 was awesome have vivid memories of this game
@Disco4ia3 жыл бұрын
I'll have to check it out. I remember unironically liking the first game as a kid and I'm sure a good part of that reason was the OST.
@amurter193 жыл бұрын
Toshinden was up there with street fighter and mortal kombat in my house, even if it shouldn't have. Music is still sick.
@koolkiller91163 жыл бұрын
Wanted a Playstation 1 because of this game. I loved it! After part 2 I thought it was done. Nearly 20 years later I never knew this information. Thank you!
@theluckywatcher45683 жыл бұрын
I remember putting the disc in my cd player just so I could listen to the music, it was so good.
@xen0bia3 жыл бұрын
Ah Battle Arena Toshinden, the figgting game of my youth! Had such a rocking soundtrack, I loved it!
@bryantnonya87043 жыл бұрын
The original battle arena toshinden was a fantastic game for its time and very underrated!
@s4tchm0j0n3s3 жыл бұрын
"Eight travelling fighters, brought together by a common destiny, now meet in the Battle Arena Toshinden". These words will always be etched in to my memory. As will the theme from Eijis stage. The good old days where putting a game in a cd player sometimes let you play the soundtrack. I copied it to tape and played the hell out of it.
@stefcannon25802 жыл бұрын
You’re speaking my language!! I recorded music from this game’s soundtrack onto cassette too! Holding my Talkboy up to my TV speaker 😬
@CorporalDanLives2 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah, that intro ripped. Also count me as one who put that soundtrack on cassette and drove around with it blasting in high school.
@braikingboss9137 Жыл бұрын
Oh best believe to me this was a virtual fighter killer. When I received my PlayStation this is one of the first games I ever had. I remember it perfectly. The music was sold amazing the graphics were ahead of its time for me and just looked so amazing and played fantastic to me!!! This game truly has a special place in my heart.❤❤❤
@digitalmedkit69793 жыл бұрын
Battle Arena Toshinden 1 still has one of my favorite video game soundtracks of all time, specially Duke's theme.
@ts66033 жыл бұрын
just realized that too. after over 20 years xD
@Magnegro3 жыл бұрын
This episode means so much to me, lol. My sisters and I loved the Toshinden series growing up. The second game's OST is also surprisingly dope
@sean_image3 жыл бұрын
Toshinden 3 was my absolute favorite gameplay wise.
@DenOndeBoss3 жыл бұрын
Same here 👍
@alessandroferrucci60873 жыл бұрын
I had this on gameboy and remember it fondly, it was surprisingly decent
@shadowflash7053 жыл бұрын
It's one of the better GB fighting games.
@me.genius3 жыл бұрын
@@shadowflash705 THE best, if you ask me 😉
@BakiX Жыл бұрын
Cannot overstate how phenomenal these games OST’s are.
@alabastergreen74443 жыл бұрын
I was a diehard nintendo fanboy when this came out but still spent hours playing it on my sister's ps1. I have a soft spot in my heart for this game
@rouju3 жыл бұрын
The soundtrack always being my favorite. Especially Toshinden 2
@InjuredPelican3 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this partly cause you were largely positive. I can tell you actually like the game(s)/franchise you are talking about without having to gush either. Thanks for an awesome video. The first Battle Arena Toshinden was a fun game to me and my family back in the day so I will always have some fondness for it.
@irkalla1003 жыл бұрын
Played 1, 2, and URA. Used to love these back in the day.
@walterlucero57573 жыл бұрын
"YOU R NOT (colored red) E." I still remembered those first PlayStation ads. Funny how that model with the weird wink from the Battle Arena Toshinden 2 opening looked nothing like Sofia.
@MrMidasGames3 жыл бұрын
I LOVEDD TOSHINDEN... OMG That was my game. Soul Calibur feels like the spiritual successor.
@elliott203 жыл бұрын
"super moves were hard to pull off in a match" *Cries in Geese Howard*
@MustacheManx3 жыл бұрын
One of my very first games growing up. To this day i still have my copy , love this game and it’s music so much !
@cyclopssam33093 жыл бұрын
The first game had the best ost of them all.
@unnstopable3 жыл бұрын
BAT was almost my first PSX game ever but my parents didn't want me to play any violent game so they got me Raystorm instead. Can't say I'm disappointed tho.
@Efreeti2 ай бұрын
Battle Arena Toshinden 1 was one of the first games I ever played on the PS1, and Toshinden 2 was one of the first two games I owned alongside the first Ridge Racer. Big nostalgia hours.
@IwatchTubiTrash3 жыл бұрын
The first game is probably my fondest game memory. I made a deal with my parents when I was a kid that I’d work my ass off doing chores for extra allowance so I could get a PS1 at launch. I ended up getting one on release and played the HELL out of this game. I recently booted it up again after decades and had a lot of fun with it.
@evanhanley64373 жыл бұрын
I played the first two so heavily growing up. They kicked so much ass. I enjoyed the second one more. Those soundtracks are incredible. Excellent work Matt.
@professorBofFPU3 жыл бұрын
I fucking love Battle Arena Toshinden and it's anime movie and I don't care what anyone says: that first game is still fun as hell.
@deathsceane3 жыл бұрын
I'm glad somebody remembers Toshinden. It may not have aged well, but it would be fascinating if it came back as an HD Remix with all the best aspects of its original ports.
@JesseReviews3 жыл бұрын
Masami Obari is one of my favorite anime director, yes the movies aren't great by any means, but I do love the animation style and the uh content.
@shawnlopez23173 жыл бұрын
Awesome video! Thanks for talking about this franchise.. BAT2 was one of my favorite fighters on the PS1 back in the day. The game play (at the time) was cool, the music WAS awesome and I just really like the cast of characters, especially Vermilion. When you get two players as Vermillion it completely changes the dynamics of the game, it go's from being a fighter to a John Woo film.
@DrProfessorMD3 жыл бұрын
Refreshing to a new Matt post just warms my heart. :)
@JulesJuno7373 жыл бұрын
I'm on time FOR ONCE!
@raver2083 жыл бұрын
4:12 I absolutely did the same thing. Used a “talkboy” Tape recorder to record and “mix” Toshinden & various other VG tracks in the mid-1990s. Not the least bit sorry about it! 😝
@Bluebpy833 жыл бұрын
Loved this game. The music was so damn good. Ellis stage and Duke stage were my fave. The damn guitar solos.
@chadwebb1345 Жыл бұрын
I LOVED this game and it’s sequel. Unapologetically. Simple fun. Characters came through.
@KrisHomemadeBaking3 жыл бұрын
toshinden and especially toshinden 2 had straight fire music!
@KonkeyVG3 жыл бұрын
"Playing a lot like Castlevania Judgement" damn no need to go in so hard that's brutal
@dribcc3 жыл бұрын
I grew up playing Toshinden and watched that awful anime almost every weekend on some random cable channel
@Fuzon-S3 жыл бұрын
I had fond memories of playing BA Toshinden 2, their OST is still a bop
@jamiecranton3 жыл бұрын
Oh dude you have no idea how happy I am right now this was literally my first ps 1 game ever
@jamiecranton3 жыл бұрын
@@TexasHollowEarth good to see people with good taste in shows (koth) also have good taste in games the OST kicks I has eijis theme as my alarm tone for years
@D3Vlicious Жыл бұрын
Honestly, this feels like a precursor to the games like Street Fighter EX and Rival Schools, taking 2D mechanics but putting them on a 3D playfield.
@RewindArcade3 жыл бұрын
By far my favorite video you’ve done so far. The info and gags were all top notch!
@otakuthegreat3 жыл бұрын
OMG! I still have this game on Platinum. I still have memories of me and my big brother playing it (I used to record the music too) Was blown away when I first encountered the cheat to use Sho Funny thing: if you win near the edge of the ring and they do their victory pose they fall off (Fo's is the best one 🤣) Thanks for the retrospective Matt 👍🏾
@diobrando19183 жыл бұрын
A heart/pin worthy comment And love the victory fall out Mondo's was good too
@mysticphoenix19873 жыл бұрын
Hahah finally someone mentioned the victory pose ring out 😂
@DeamonChocobo2 жыл бұрын
Toshinden 3 was probably my first video game, so many memories
@Henshingod3 жыл бұрын
It's always hilarious to me that THIS was supposed to be Sony's crown jewel of the fighting genre, and then people realized that Tekken was just a better game.
@djutmose3 жыл бұрын
Tekken was released a couple months later in the west. For a short time people RAVED about Toshinden. It was all about the graphics. I was there back in the day and I'm not remembering how this looked SO GOOD back then... But we thought it did.
@IssaMerk2 жыл бұрын
This game was amazing back in the day if they kept going and didn’t do the cheesy intro at on the second one this game woulda been that much bette
@MikeLaundry Жыл бұрын
This game was just as mindblowing as Mario64 was at the time of release. Tekken didn't exist yet as Toshinden was the 1st game that was ever released for PS1.
@valugamez7574 Жыл бұрын
Tekken looked like dogshit to me compared to this game back then. Tekken 1 and 2 were just Virtua Fighter clones that had 3D graphics and 2D gameplay.
@matthewnikitas8905 Жыл бұрын
In all fairness this game was really pretty good for being such an early 3D fighter, although it hasn’t aged super well, the first Tekken has not aged particularly well and in my opinion Toshinden is probably a little better.
@megatronbison3 жыл бұрын
I actually think the Gameboy title was the best of the bunch - charming sprites, batshit story with that deliciously poor translation, tones of secret modes, moves and characters - I'd say only 3 played as well on the console releases. Also - my god, the voice acting in Battle Arena Toshinden Remix - a thing of beauty! I captured all of Kayin's story mode a few years ago: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4mtmoV4o9ygkJI It's fantastic - he sounds like Groundskeeper Willy!
@trinidadmetroid Жыл бұрын
YESSSSS. My neighbour got the gameboy game for xmas and we played the heck out of it! It was the first toshinden game I played. I even installed it onto my snes classic.
@lowercase_james3 жыл бұрын
I was probably the one Saturn owner at the time bummed that BAT wasn’t available on it. Then one glorious day BAT Remix came out and I was all “tAkE tHaT PLaYSTaTiOn iDiOtS!” - really not my proudest moment.
@CobraBlade Жыл бұрын
In a family that could only afford one system, I was super happy myself when we got Remix. Even happier when we got URA. It felt like URA was made especially for us with costume design changes that did away with the mesh transparencies that were criticised in Remix and the brand new characters just for us.
@nathanking29553 жыл бұрын
I remember getting part 3 and not being able to get my friends to play it with me. It was one of my favorite fighting games back in the day. Had no idea there was a part 4.
@DenOndeBoss3 жыл бұрын
Sometimes ignorence is a bliss 😅
@DavidEarle3 жыл бұрын
Love seeing more Toshinden content! The Shining series has kind of a bonkers history, and the latest game (I think?) is a fighting game, so might be worth checking out.
@ProfessorThorgi3 жыл бұрын
I love your retrospectives, very happy to see a new one
@musculator362 жыл бұрын
I have the original disc in my home , its so good this game i love it
@karanwarpzone4823 жыл бұрын
21:55 Sonic Shuffle? Also Ura on Japanese stands for: "Opposite side; bottom; other side; side hidden from view; undersurface; reverse side rear; back; behind".
@DeNice17763 жыл бұрын
I still revisit Toshinden (and Bloody Roar) regularly and STILL have the sountracks of the first 3 games on my To-Go playlist when outside the house. It was literally my second fighting series I got into after Street Fighter and even though it's in hibernation it still holds fond memories of it from my childhood (My old BAT1 Ellis playthrough is still one of my higher viewed content on my channel). Personally Toshinden 1 was my absolute favorite and inspired me a lot, while both 1 & 2 had absolutely awesome soundtrracks. I really love when others talk about games of yesteryear that has at least some forms of quality to them like this, so thank you so much for giving this series a spotlight!
@fotuoh3 жыл бұрын
Battle Arena Toshinden 2 was one of the first fighting games that my brother and I played together. This video was pure nostalgia ride. Thanks Matt
@GreyFoxVinzin3 жыл бұрын
Man, this takes me back when I was too young to "play games" and just watching my folks and my uncles/aunts playing this every other weekend in the mid 90's
@edgeyberzerker3 жыл бұрын
So hype when I saw this posted on Patreon! I played and own D-Xhird, Puzzle Arena Toshinden and Toshinden Card Quest. D-Xhird is a lot like Toshinden 1 with stiffer controls BUT I still enjoyed it. I really dug the Five Star Story like character designs and it looked like they were really trying for a new fighter franchise. It even teased a sequel that sadly never happened. I'm a complete mark for Puzzle Arena Toshinden, I think the game is a lot of fun though the sound effects Chaos makes can be annoying after awhile (but only if you play Chaos!) Toshinden Card Quest is well... ummm... it's not bad especially when you figure out the mechanics. The problem is you have to have a lot of knowledge of Japanese! i managed to play a few rounds of it with the help of Google Translate but boy howdy it looks like you need to have knowledge of Toshinden Lore to not lose turns and what not. Card Quest did have artwork for a teased Toshinden Next which would have been a prequel but it looks like that idea was completely scrapped. Repeating myself a little on Patreon and Twitter here but I can't help it, i'm huge mark for Toshinden and I would love a proper remake of this (with the cast of characters we know and love). When they released Toshinden 1,2 and 3 on the PSN store for PS3 and Vita in Japan, it was best selling classics for quite a while. Interest is there but I think those Senran Kagura dollars are going else where. SIGH
@edgeyberzerker3 жыл бұрын
OH SHIT I SAW MY NAME IN THE CREDITS JUST NOW THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. MCMUSCLES ARRRRGGG!
@tintillor2 жыл бұрын
I remember loving Toshinden Subaru and completing it more than one time. It had a fucking lot of unlockables.
@passivebomb3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I played Puzzle Arena Toshinden from time to time. If you lose as Duke several times, you can play as his butler Sebastian with a special code.
@chrisducati262 жыл бұрын
When i was a kid in may 1995 i enter in a games showroom in my town and when i saw the PlayStation battle arena toshinden i was so excited,me and my friends we were playing games on sega master system and megadrive never saw something beautiful and powerful till that day!
@ArkradosKeiresk3 жыл бұрын
Before my local movie theater closed down in South Carolina, they had a Toshinden 2 cabinet in the lobby. I would always look forward to going to the movie, seeing something on the big screen, then take some quarters in Toshinden 2 to buy some candy.
@shinmiroku3 жыл бұрын
This was my first next gen is here experience with PSX, I'll remember it for life.
@KGRAMR3 жыл бұрын
Funny to think how long a company founded by a former Toaplan developer has been going on making games since 1992. The last project of that developer at Toaplan, Toshiaki Ohta (who is still president of Tamsoft), was the underrated shoot 'em up Dogyuun.
@WhispyWoods.3 жыл бұрын
Oh man!! I remember playing this in Blockbuster as a kid. Sofia and Fo were particularly memorable. That move where Fo walks on his claws on the energy ball.
@oliverqueen41542 жыл бұрын
I played battle arena toshinden when I was super young on ps1 and I havent been able to find what it was called until now. The memories
@reddj0023 жыл бұрын
One of the Best Fighters Ever... would love a reboot
@jun44662 жыл бұрын
4:09 I did the exact same with both of Sofia's stage themes in Toushinden 2! I had a miniature voice recorder at the time as well, despite the audio quality not being the clearest; it was fun to play it back anywhere you went!
@cristianmastrocicco45523 жыл бұрын
If I remember correctly, in Toshinden 3 there's an option that lets you choose between 30 and 60fps (At the cost of graphics). I don't really see the difference in framerate, so I always keep it at 30
@DenOndeBoss3 жыл бұрын
I always play it at 60 frames, thinks it feels much more fluid, and the graphics aren't that great to begin with anyway 😅
@Apple-ka3 жыл бұрын
This was the first fighting game I owned and it holds a special place in my heart for getting me into the genre. Soundtrack still has some bangers and playing Ellis was fun in that she was annoying to play against and hilarious to play with how easy it was to throw yourself off stages.
@bw43483 жыл бұрын
I used to rent the Saturn Remix version from Block Buster back around '96/'97. Those Sofia ads in the magazines made quite the impression on me back in the day as a kid.
@thedanielstraight3 жыл бұрын
I never had a Playstation 1 growing up, so all the PS1 games I played were PC ports. This includes FFVII, FFVIII, RE1 and RE2 which was called RE2: Platinum. I never had Battle Arena Toshinden, though.
@AndNowYourMommaKnows7 ай бұрын
I'm shocked you left out that part 3 was one of the first games to have a 60 frame per second mode. Part 3 is my favorite fighting game. Great video.
@tec5x53 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love the Battle Arena Toshinden series owning all but 3 (BAT 4, BAT Kids, Wii Toshinden) There fine games with good music and also Sofia
@DarkAngel1EVO3 жыл бұрын
The first Toshinden game I played was the GameBoy version. And then I fell in love with the series when I found out there was more on the PlayStation. Especially the music.
@neruteru3 жыл бұрын
I grew up playing Toshinden and Tekken. How nice for you to talk about it!
@rustybrooks8916 Жыл бұрын
Toshinden 1 and 2 were two of my favorite games of all time. There aren't many games I've played more. Tekken was never really all there for me. I've always liked Street Fighter mechanics but in a 3D setting. Being able to roll just felt like the most amazing thing to me years ago. I've played many fighting games since, but somehow none of them ever captured the feeling I got from those first two games.
@WannabeDancer722 жыл бұрын
I loved this game. I was really young so to me it was like Tekken's more colourful eccentric cousin. I remember playing as Sofia and doing her spin kick and spinning right off the end of the cloud arena! Also, I'm glad you mentioned War Gods. People used to look at me like I was insane when I would mention that game.
@stefcannon25803 жыл бұрын
I’ll never forget being an excited kid seeing this in a games shop, and playing on my trampoline in the backyard on Christmas Eve just thinking about this game over and over and how great it would be to hopefully get it the next day… and I did and loved it and 2 afterwards! 3 was okay but 2 will always be the best one for me. I had seen your review of 2 but had no idea you did another one on 1, thank you!! And I recorded game music (including this one’s) onto tape as well! From this, and Shinobi III and Mortal Kombat on Sega Megadrive
@Paur3 жыл бұрын
I'm glad he included the wii Toshinden game. To this day I was confused if this was an official Toshinden game or not... and I guess it was?
@fieldtrips78552 жыл бұрын
Stumbled upon your channel, consider me a fan. I can’t tell you how much I loved this game as a kid. I remember playing the demo at KB toys and loved it. Then my Grandfather bought me a PSX for Christmas with this game. So many memories playing this with my friends. Loved the anime too, tried to buy the anime at EB games as a 10 year old kid but they wouldn’t let me get it due to nudity. Then my Dad bought it for me a week later, good memories!
@rorystevie2 жыл бұрын
Toshinden 1 was my first 3D fighting game that I did play in my Windows 95 back in the days.
@truecauseofchaos2 жыл бұрын
Only played the first one and it brought back a lot of memories! Battle Arena Toshinden, Dynasty Warriors (the fighting game) and Zero Divide (which is a series you should totally cover Matt!) were my earliest and fondest PSX childhood memories!
@jongon08482 жыл бұрын
Toshinden 3's intro is actually in my Top 2 favorite game intros of all times. Right up there with Tekken 3.
@gugu34363 жыл бұрын
I remember playing URA on Saturn with my brother, we didn’t understand anything on how to play, just smashing our controllers :) Sweet memories, thank you Matt
@kainhighwind23 жыл бұрын
Shit like this is why I love you, Matt.
@L2THEarry3 жыл бұрын
it was my first Playstation game and it will always be loved!
@demonnoxide77473 жыл бұрын
I'm stoked someone did a retrospective Battle Arena Toshinden 3 was one of my favorite games of all time
@manicpixie566 Жыл бұрын
I remember having played the first three these games as a kid, and I actually enjoyed it. I remember pumping hours into 3. Sho was my guy.
@SincereBruh3 жыл бұрын
I think this is one of the fighters that I would have loved to see rebooted for current times. It always disappointed me that is strayed so far from where it started and I would love to kick ass with Ellis again
@lumpisan3 жыл бұрын
BAT was the first game I got for my PSX. My dad saved all year to get me one the uear it came out. I regularly played this game for years until my PSX died. I admit it aint the best but its always got a huge place in my heart
@ezrawalker3 жыл бұрын
I owned the Windows port, which had an amusing feature. Once installed, you could substitute another audio CD and the game would pull audio from it during matches, based on the timestamp.
@moejuggler60333 жыл бұрын
We're all connected mentally man. I swear this is the 3rd video *today* that fit into exactly what I was thinking about.
@bdrive56633 жыл бұрын
Man this was my second ever PlayStation game. I loved this game and bought every installment released in the U.S. on the PS I could find, I even the Game Boy game and the Anime VHS. But then It totally disappeared and despite me and my friends / cousins used to play it more then a bunch none of them seemed to remember it. I always wanted to know why it just vanished. Thanks for the video.
@Ostsol Жыл бұрын
I only ever played the demo for PC. Had some fun and I was certainly impressed with the idea of a 3d fighter back in the mid-90s.
@8BitAlchemy3 жыл бұрын
I used to love messing around in BAT3 playing around with specials in practice mode. Having so many characters was unheard of in a fighting game!!
@crankcase42aks253 жыл бұрын
In my opinion toshinden 3 is one my favorite game of all times. It had a great soundtrack, cool and interesting characters, and unique type of gameplay. I would play that game then other fighting games in my opinion