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'''''Battle Arena Toshinden URA''''', called '''''Toshinden URA''''' (闘神伝URA) in Japan, is an entry in [[Takara]]'s ''Battle Arena Toshinden'' series of fighting games released in 1996 for the [[Sega Saturn]]. It is a somewhat enhanced port of ''Battle Arena Toshinden 2'' and serves as a sequel to ''[[Battle Arena Toshinden Remix]]''. Four characters were removed from the playstation game; Gaia, Chaos, Uranus, and Master. Four exclusive characters are added in their place; Ripper, Ronron, Replicant, and Wolf. Gameplay was altered, making the game feel somewhat different. There are also new arenas, a new story, and a different CG intro.
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'''''Battle Arena Toshinden URA''''', called '''''Toshinden URA''''' (闘神伝URA) in Japan, is an entry in [[Takara]]'s ''Battle Arena Toshinden'' series of fighting games released in 1996 for the [[Sega Saturn]]. It is a somewhat enhanced port of ''Battle Arena Toshinden 2'' and serves as a sequel to ''[[Battle Arena Toshinden Remix]]''. It is the second and final ''Battle Arena Toshinden'' game to appear on a Sega system.
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Four characters were removed from the playstation game; Gaia, Chaos, Uranus, and Master. Four exclusive characters are added in their place; Ripper, Ronron, Replicant, and Wolf. Gameplay was altered, making the game feel somewhat different. There are also new arenas, a new story, and a different CG intro.
  
 
==Production Credits==
 
==Production Credits==

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Battle Arena Toshinden URA
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Sega (US/EU), Takara (JP)
Developer:
Genre: Fighting

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code

Battle Arena Toshinden URA, called Toshinden URA (闘神伝URA) in Japan, is an entry in Takara's Battle Arena Toshinden series of fighting games released in 1996 for the Sega Saturn. It is a somewhat enhanced port of Battle Arena Toshinden 2 and serves as a sequel to Battle Arena Toshinden Remix. It is the second and final Battle Arena Toshinden game to appear on a Sega system.

Four characters were removed from the playstation game; Gaia, Chaos, Uranus, and Master. Four exclusive characters are added in their place; Ripper, Ronron, Replicant, and Wolf. Gameplay was altered, making the game feel somewhat different. There are also new arenas, a new story, and a different CG intro.

Production Credits

Character Voices: Masaaki Ookura, Ryoutaro Okiayu, Yumi Touma, Yukimasa Kisino, Kaneto Shiozawa, Yoko Teppouzuka, Megumi Ogata, Hisao Egawa, Miyako Endoh, Hikaru Midorikawa, Hideo Ishikawa
New Characters Design and Official Illustrator: Tsukasa Kotobuki

Takara and Tamsoft Staff

Story: Choji Yoshikawa
Executive Producer: Hirohisa Satoh
Producer: Takayuki Nakano
Director: Norihiro Hayasaka
Marketing Staff: Toshihiro Morioka, Hiroshi Takekawa, Katsuya Torihama
Sound Composer: Yasuhiro Nakano, Fumio Tanabe, Akihi Motoyama, Luna Umegaki
Special Thanks to: Masahiro Morikawa, Tatsuya Hocho, Shunichi Ohkusa, Takeshi Ikenoue, Akihiko Kimura, Naoyuki Takada, S.H., Mitsunori Shoji, Hirofumi Kasakawa, Humihiko Ozawa, Satoshi Kumata, Tatsuya Taura, Tetsuya Iida, Mutsumi Nakamura, Pole to Win
Artwork Design: Craft

Nextech, Xax Entertainment and Media Entertainment Staff

Producer: Katuji Aoyama
Director: Yoshitaka Maki
Programming Director: Yukihiko Tani
Programmers: Kazunori Ueno, Hirokazu Iwatsuki, Hiroyuki Ogasawara, Eiki Aizawa, Koh Aoki, Katsuaki Itoh
Art Director: Yasuhiro Suzuki
Character Modeling: Hisashi Kaneko, Hideyuki Kikuchi
Game Arrangement and New Character Motion Design: Masayuki Hiramatsu, Tomoko Onodera
New Character Motion Data: Yoshihisa Shimizu, Masahiro Satoh, Naomi Anzai
Back Ground and 2D-Graphic Design: Kazushige Nagai, Atsushi Suzuki, Shiho Okumura, Kazuhiro Nagata, Takaki Iwata, Mitsuo Terao
CG Movie: Junichi Ohta
Opening CG Movie BGM: Kohji Hayama
Sound: Studio Cliche, Humito Tamayama, Naohumi Turuyama
Special Thanks to: Toshio Toyoda, Manabu Takahashi, Kenichi Okamoto, Shingo Inaba, Yukito Misumi, Munemoto Matsushima, Kouichi Matsuda, Cosmo Studio, and All Staff

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
80 №61, p140
62 №52, p82[1]
77 №71, p108
60 №16, p64/65
47 №94
Sega Saturn
65
Based on
5 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Consoles + (FR) PAL
80
[2]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
46
[3]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
55
[4]
Fun Generation (DE) NTSC-J
60
[5]
Gambler (PL)
38
[6]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
50
[7]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
35
[8]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
56
[9]
Intelligent Gamer (US) NTSC-U
42
[10]
Joypad (FR) NTSC-J
60
[11]
Joypad (FR) NTSC-J
40
[12]
MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-J
83
[13]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
88
[14]
Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-J
58
[15]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
62
[1]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
0
[16]
Player One (FR)
77
[17]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
50
[18]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
59
[19]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
58
[20]
Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) PAL
60
[21]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
53
[22]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
65
[23]
Strana Igr (RU)
67
[24]
Total Saturn (UK) PAL
45
[25]
Ultra Game Players (US)
47
[26]
Sega Saturn
55
Based on
26 reviews

Battle Arena Toshinden URA

Saturn, US
BATU Saturn US Box Back.jpgBATU Saturn US Box Front.jpg
Cover
Batura sat us manual.pdf
Manual
Saturn, EU
BATU Saturn EU Box.jpg
Cover
Saturn, JP
BATU Saturn JP Box Back.jpgBATU Saturn JP Box Front.jpg
Cover
BattleArenaToshindenURA Saturn JP Spinecard.jpg
Spinecard
BattleArenaToshindenURA Saturn JP Disc.jpg
Disc
  1. 1.0 1.1 File:MeanMachinesSega52UK.pdf, page 82 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega52UK.pdf_p82" defined multiple times with different content
  2. Consoles +, "Janvier 1997" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 140
  3. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1997" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 61
  4. Famitsu, "1996-10-04" (JP; 1996-09-20), page 1
  5. Fun Generation, "12/96" (DE; 1996-11-13), page 89
  6. Gambler, "7/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1
  7. GameFan, "Volume 5, Issue 1: January 1997" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 22
  8. GamePro, "January 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 116
  9. Game Informer, "January 1997" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 51
  10. Intelligent Gamer, "December 1996" (US; 1996-1x-xx), page 82
  11. Joypad, "Novembre 1996" (FR; 1996-1x-xx), page 75
  12. Joypad, "Décembre 1996" (FR; 1996-1x-xx), page 88
  13. MAN!AC, "12/96" (DE; 1996-11-13), page 37
  14. Mega Force, "Janvier/Février 1997" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 58
  15. Mega Fun, "12/96" (DE; 1996-11-20), page 87
  16. Next Generation, "March 1997" (US; 1997-02-11), page 94
  17. Player One, "Janvier 1997" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 108
  18. Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 20" (JP; 1996-09-20), page 202
  19. Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 23" (JP; 1996-11-01), page 70
  20. Sega Power, "March 1997" (UK; 1997-02-12), page 48
  21. Sega Saturn Magazine, "February 1997" (UK; 1997-01-16), page 64
  22. Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-16 (1996-09-27)" (JP; 1996-09-13), page 247
  23. Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 15
  24. Strana Igr, "Fevral 1997" (RU; 1997-xx-xx), page 77
  25. Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Six" (UK; 1997-02-28), page 31
  26. Ultra Game Players, "February 1997" (US; 1997-01-28), page 81