I played these games growing up and it was so exciting and got me into fighting games.

One of my early favorite series growing up within the 90s. Started it off on the Saturn with Battle Arena Toshinden among the Anime that came out through US Manga Corps. Despite the beta mechanics that was still shaping up through fighting games it still holds a great place in my collection that i still play to remind me where it all started it alongside Tekken, Virtua Fighter, and Dead Or Alive.

I never knew Toshinden 1 was the very 1st game where characters could move around the stage 😅. That's a feature ALL 3D fighting games should have. I absolutely loved the Toshinden series 😁 and I hated that there was never a reboot game with ALL the characters from Toshindens 1-4 playable on the same game 😥😞.

Great vid mate👍 Whilst I didn't own any of these I remember them from various demo discs. Interesting to see how far they pushed the series, a new entry might be feasible perhaps?

Another great video!!! 😁

I wish Sony Purchase The Toshinden Franchise in a Remake.

Wait, from that thumbnail... there were 4 Battle Arena Toshinden games!? I've admittedly never played any of them (by the time my family got a PlayStation, Tekken 2 was out) but I at least knew of the existence of 1 and 2. This was quite the surprise. Also a surprise to hear the developers went on to make the Onechanbara and Senran Kagura games. 2:06 - It's strange to think of a time for the PlayStation before the likes of Tekken or Crash and other IPs that are so significantly associated with the OG PlayStation. The heavy usage of Sofia in the marketing is also a rather funny contrast to when you hear about games where the publishers/marketers were trying to dissuade the developers having a female protagonist. 6:23 - That gun toting armour is super cool; Gaia has such an awesome boss design! It's rather funny hearing corporation being said so often in regards to such a fantasy style game. The word evokes a more modern style of business. 9:52 - Not a fan of that water effect on that stage; looks way too busy and jarring on the eyes. The following stage with it's depth and cheering crowds is much more welcoming on the eyes. 10:55 - Oh gosh; Tracy really breaks the whole medieval/fantasy feel here. That said, she does look pretty cool... but is immediately outclassed in the cool factor by Chaos being shown next. A scythe and buckler is a unique combination of weapons. 13:16 - From what I've seen, the caged arenas seem a downgrade. None of them seems particularly well detailed; just a mass of un-textured squares and lines. Fighting Vipers on the Saturn did the cage arena concept much better. 21:46 - All four entries on the original PlayStation... I do wonder if might have been better to have waited to create it for the PlayStation 2 instead and use the superior hardware to give a more significant jump. I suppose I'll find out as you cover this game. 23:02 - I feel Naru was better set-up to be the new protagonist over Subaru; she'd already been established in the last game and her design sets her more apart from the next protagonist being yet another spiky haired character. 26:54 - Really cool seeing the cutscenes play out before every match. It ties the arcade mode sensibility with a greater story emphasis. 30:02 - I do enjoy a good video game series retrospective and this was a fantastic one. I look forward to that Jumping Flash one; another series I've never played an entry for but has me curious to learn more about it.

✨✨✨Classic love this series!! Me n my brothers enjoyed this

I still have all 4 games on my psx. Love them since day one

Awesome video. I grew up with the first game, but actually have never played any of the sequels, so it was interesting to hear about them. I do think the second and third look better than the first. I can’t remember if it was 2 or 3 (or both,) but I heard there’s an option to turn off the textures to get 60fps gameplay, which is kind of cool and way ahead of its time in terms of console games. Random note: Eiji’s name is pronounced like the letters A+G said out loud. “Ayjee”

Battle Arena Toshinden 3 all day and hands up for the best one of the franchise Also Battle Arena Toshinden Remix (updated version of Toshinden 1) and Battle Arena Toshinden URA are missing in the video, yup the Sega Saturn games

Got my ps1 launch day with this game my friends and I sat around and played in awe of the 3d graphics as previously we spent many hours in mk2. It was a whole new dimension.When I first played I knew the future of home consoles had arrived.

I wish Sony buys the rights to IP, so that We'll get Battle Arena Toshinden Collection.

excellent and fair video. Big Toshinden 3 fan here. You give the games fair scores

Very nice video!

17:43 or Panther Zoe’s of Cutey Honey!

GREAT VID VERY THOROUGH. SUBBED

B.0.T was the first 3D fighter I ever played (I had a virtua fighter port on the pc but it was lagging to f*ck) and it blew my mind. That and Tobal no.1 where my go to jams until I really got into the OG tekken trilogy However BOT did spawn an interest in keeping up with the weapons based scene OG dynasty warriors and bushido blade namely I didn’t give soulblade the time of day up until Soul calibur in all honesty

I like many other people would not mind a reboot similar to how mortal kombat was done. I know this video was focused on the PlayStation main games but any comments on the two sega saturn games, and gameboy version?

What about Toshinden Warbudokai?

I had Battle Arena Toshinden 2 for PS1, and I just hated it as a kid. I asked my parents to buy "Marvel Super Heroes", but instead, I got BAT2 and was not happy about it. Combat felt sluggish and slow. To me this game was not enjoyable in the slightest, but felt conditioned to play it because parents bought it for me. I didn't dare to complain about it to them.

2:07 It's not weeks. It's months.

Toshinden 1 2 3 is a gem Dont know about toshinden 4😅

These games had a ton of charm but the gameplay and mechanics didn't come close to being as good as Tekken, SF or Sould Blade