Battle Arena Toshinden URA

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Battle Arena Toshinden URA

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Sega (US/EU), Takara (JP)

Developer: Nextech

Developer(s) of original games: Tamsoft

Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (17 tracks)

Genre: Fighting

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1996-09-27	¥5,8005,800	T-10305G
US	1996-11-14		81054
EU	1997-02-06 ^[1]		MK81054-50

ESRB

Sega

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

Promotional material

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) Print advertisement

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Consoles + (FR)

PAL

80

^[6]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

46

^[7]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

55

^[8]

Fun Generation (DE)

NTSC-J

60

^[9]

Gambler (PL)

38

^[10]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[11]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

35

^[12]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

56

^[13]

Intelligent Gamer (US)

NTSC-U

42

^[14]

Joypad (FR)

NTSC-J

60

^[15]

Joypad (FR)

NTSC-J

40

^[16]

MAN!AC (DE)

NTSC-J

83

^[17]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

88

^[18]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-J

58

^[19]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

62

^[2]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

0

^[20]

Player One (FR)

77

^[21]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[22]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

59

^[23]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

58

^[24]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

60

^[25]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

53

^[26]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[5]

Strana Igr (RU)

67

^[27]

Total Saturn (UK)

PAL

45

^[28]

Ultra Game Players (US)

47

^[29]

	55
Based on 26 reviews

Battle Arena Toshinden URA

Saturn, US
Cover
Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual

References

↑ File:CVG UK 183.pdf, page 57
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 File:MeanMachinesSega52UK.pdf, page 82 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega52UK.pdf_p82" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:SSM_UK_16.pdf, page 64
↑ File:SSM_JP_19960927_1996-16.pdf, page 247
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 15 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p15" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Consoles +, "Janvier 1997" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 140
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1997" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 61
↑ Famitsu, "1996-10-04" (JP; 1996-09-20), page 1
↑ Fun Generation, "12/96" (DE; 1996-11-13), page 89
↑ Gambler, "7/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1
↑ GameFan, "Volume 5, Issue 1: January 1997" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 22
↑ GamePro, "January 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 116
↑ Game Informer, "January 1997" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 51
↑ Intelligent Gamer, "December 1996" (US; 1996-1x-xx), page 82
↑ Joypad, "Novembre 1996" (FR; 1996-1x-xx), page 75
↑ Joypad, "Décembre 1996" (FR; 1996-1x-xx), page 88
↑ MAN!AC, "12/96" (DE; 1996-11-13), page 37
↑ Mega Force, "Janvier/Février 1997" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 58
↑ Mega Fun, "12/96" (DE; 1996-11-20), page 87
↑ Next Generation, "March 1997" (US; 1997-02-11), page 94
↑ Player One, "Janvier 1997" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 108
↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 20" (JP; 1996-09-20), page 202
↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 23" (JP; 1996-11-01), page 70
↑ Sega Power, "March 1997" (UK; 1997-02-12), page 48
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "February 1997" (UK; 1997-01-16), page 64
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-16 (1996-09-27)" (JP; 1996-09-13), page 247
↑ Strana Igr, "Fevral 1997" (RU; 1997-xx-xx), page 77
↑ Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Six" (UK; 1997-02-28), page 31
↑ Ultra Game Players, "February 1997" (US; 1997-01-28), page 81

[:File:CVG_UK_183.pdf_p57-1] File:CVG UK 183.pdf, page 57

[:File:MeanMachinesSega52UK.pdf_p82-2] 2.0 ^2.1 File:MeanMachinesSega52UK.pdf, page 82 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega52UK.pdf_p82" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:SSM_UK_16.pdf_p64-3] File:SSM_UK_16.pdf, page 64

[:File:SSM_JP_19960927_1996-16.pdf_p247-4] File:SSM_JP_19960927_1996-16.pdf, page 247

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p15-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 15 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p15" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_061.pdf_p140-6] Consoles +, "Janvier 1997" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 140

[:File:EGM_US_090.pdf_p61-7] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1997" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 61

[8] Famitsu, "1996-10-04" (JP; 1996-09-20), page 1

[:File:FunGeneration_DE_1996-12.pdf_p89-9] Fun Generation, "12/96" (DE; 1996-11-13), page 89

[10] Gambler, "7/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:GameFan_US_0501.pdf_p22-11] GameFan, "Volume 5, Issue 1: January 1997" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 22

[:File:GamePro_US_100.pdf_p116-12] GamePro, "January 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 116

[:File:GameInformer_US_045.pdf_p51-13] Game Informer, "January 1997" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 51

[:File:IntelligentGamer_US_07.pdf_p82-14] Intelligent Gamer, "December 1996" (US; 1996-1x-xx), page 82

[:File:Joypad_FR_058.pdf_p75-15] Joypad, "Novembre 1996" (FR; 1996-1x-xx), page 75

[:File:Joypad_FR_059.pdf_p88-16] Joypad, "Décembre 1996" (FR; 1996-1x-xx), page 88

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1996-12.pdf_p37-17] MAN!AC, "12/96" (DE; 1996-11-13), page 37

[:File:MegaForce_FR_55.pdf_p58-18] Mega Force, "Janvier/Février 1997" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 58

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1996-12.pdf_p87-19] Mega Fun, "12/96" (DE; 1996-11-20), page 87

[:File:NextGeneration_US_27.pdf_p94-20] Next Generation, "March 1997" (US; 1997-02-11), page 94

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_071.pdf_p108-21] Player One, "Janvier 1997" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 108

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1996-20_19961004.pdf_p202-22] Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 20" (JP; 1996-09-20), page 202

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1996-23_19961115.pdf_p70-23] Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 23" (JP; 1996-11-01), page 70

[:File:SegaPower_UK_90.pdf_p48-24] Sega Power, "March 1997" (UK; 1997-02-12), page 48

[:File:SSM_UK_16.pdf_p64-25] Sega Saturn Magazine, "February 1997" (UK; 1997-01-16), page 64

[:File:SSM_JP_19960927_1996-16.pdf_p247-26] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-16 (1996-09-27)" (JP; 1996-09-13), page 247

[27] Strana Igr, "Fevral 1997" (RU; 1997-xx-xx), page 77

[:File:TotalSaturn_UK_06.pdf_p31-28] Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Six" (UK; 1997-02-28), page 31

[:File:UltraGamePlayers_US_094.pdf_p81-29] Ultra Game Players, "February 1997" (US; 1997-01-28), page 81

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Battle Arena Toshinden URA

From Sega Retro

Contents

Production Credits

Promotional material

Physical Scans

References