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Battle Arena Toshinden 3

Battle Arena Toshinden 3
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Developer(s) Tamsoft/Takara
Publisher(s) Takara (JPN)
Playmates Interactive Entertainment (US)
Sony Computer Entertainment (EUR)
Platform(s) PlayStation
Release date(s)
  • JP: December 27, 1996
  • NA: March 31, 1997
  • PAL: March 1997
Genre(s) Versus fighting game
Mode(s) Players: 1-2

Battle Arena Toshinden 3 for PlayStation is a 3D weapons-based fighting game and sequel of Battle Arena Toshinden 2. Toshinden 3 is the first of the main series not to be ported to other platforms. It is also the only game in the series that has game play differences between the Japanese version and subsequent U.S. and European releases.

Whereas Toshinden 2 was largely built upon the first game, Toshinden 3 radically changes the series' gameplay. Most notably the arenas are now enclosed, allowing players to launch opponents into the walls and ceilings in order to juggle them with further attacks. The combo system has also been reworked, with every character possessing a preset list of combos. As well as the 14 starting fighters, the game also adds a huge 18 unlockable fighters bringing the total to 32, though most of them are largely mirror images of the original 14's fighting styles.

Toshinden 3's Arcade Mode is much different from the previous two. The opponents that the player faces from within the game depends on their selected character. If the player chooses one of the 14 starting fighters or "Heroes", then the computer-controlled opponents will eventually be Organization members while choosing an Organization member will have the player facing off against the "Heroes" themselves. Nagisa and Vermilion serve as the first bosses to their opponents' sides while the specific playing character's sub-boss soon appears next. After that, Sho arrives as the third boss (doubling as the final boss for any Organization member) and once he's defeated, the player will then face off against the Organization leader Abel, who serves as the "final" boss of the game.

The U.S. and EU releases of Toshinden 3 featured several game play differences to the original Japanese release including:

The destruction of the Secret Society should've meant the end of the Toshinden tournament, but this was not the case. While the second tournament had occurred from within its own time and accord, another malevolent group had watched on from the shadows and waited for the right moment to make their own move. This shrouded group is known only as "The Organization" and that its diabolical leader, a mysterious man named Abel, seeks to bring a destructive fighting god named Agon Teos into the world.


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