Battle Arena Toshinden URA

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Battle Arena Toshinden URA
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Sega (US/EU), Takara (JP)
Developer:
Developer(s) of original games: Tamsoft
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (17 tracks)
Genre: Fighting

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Saturn
JP 		¥5,8005,800 T-10305G
Sega Saturn
US 		81054
Sega Saturn
EU 		MK81054-50

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 voice: Masaaki Ookura, Ryoutaro Okiayu, Yumi Touma, Yukimasa Kisino, Kaneto Shiozawa, Yoko Teppouzuka, Megumi Ogata, Hisao Egawa, Miyako Endoh, Hikaru Midorikawa, Hideo Ishikawa
  • Newcharacter Design and Official Illustrator: Tsukasa Kotobuki
Takara and Tamsoft Staff
  • Story Plot: Choji Yoshikawa
  • Executive Producer: Hirohisa Satoh
  • Producer: Takayuki Nakano
  • Director: Norihiro Hayasaka
  • Marketing Staff: Toshihiro Morioka, Hiroshi Takekawa, Katsuya Torihama
  • Sound: Yasuhiro Nakano, Fumio Tanabe, Akihi Motoyama, Luna Umegaki
  • Special thanks to: Masahiro Morikawa, Tatsuya Hocho, Shunichi Ohkusa, Takeshi Ikenoue, Akihiko Kimura, Naoyuki Takada, Takeshi Ikenoue, Akihiko Kimura, Naoyuki Takada, S.H, Mitsunori Shoji, Hirofumi Kasakawa, Humihiko Ozawa, Satoshi Kumata, Tatsuya Yaura, Tetsuya Iida, Mutsumi Nakamura, Pole To Win
  • Artwork Design: Craft
Nextech Xax Entertainment and Media Entertainment Staff
  • Producer: Katuji Aoyama
  • Director: Yoshitaka Maki
  • Program Director: Yukihiko Tani
  • Program: Kazunori Ueno, Hirokazu Iwatsuki, Hiroyuki Ogasawara, Eiki Aizawa, Koh Aoki, Katsuaki Itoh
  • Art Director: Yasuhiro Suzuki
  • Character Modeling: Hisashi Kaneko, Hideyuki Kikuchi
  • Game Arrange and New Character Motion Design: Masayuki Hiramatsu, Tomoko Onodera
  • New Character Motion Data: Yoshihisa Shimizu, Masahiro Satoh, Naomi Anzai
  • Background and 2D-Graphic Design: Kazushige Nagai, Atsushi Suzuki, Shiho Okumura, Kazuhiro Nagata, Takaki Iwata, Mitsuo Terao
  • CG Movie: Junichi Ohta
  • Openning 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


Thank You For Playing

Source:
In-game credits [2]

Track list

1. [data track]  
2. Ronron's Theme (01:59) 
3. Eiji's Theme (02:03) 
4. Vermillion's Theme (02:04) 
5. Kayin's Theme (02:05) 
6. Sho's Theme (02:14) 
7. Mondo's Theme (02:03) 
8. Fo Fai's Theme (02:04) 
9. Sofia's Theme - Take 1 (02:06) 
10. Rungo's Theme (02:07) 
11. Duke's Theme (02:05) 
12. Ripper's Theme (02:11) 
13. Wolf's Theme (02:08) 
14. Ellis' Theme (02:12) 
15. Sofia's Theme - Take 2 (02:06) 
16. Tracy's Theme (02:10) 
17. Replicant's Theme (02:08) 
18. Staff Roll (03:14) 
► Running time: 36:59

Promotional material

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
80 №61, p140[3]
55 №407, p32
62 №52, p82[4]
77 №71, p108[5]
60 №16, p64/65[6]
47 №94
53 №1996-16, p245[7]
65
Sega Saturn
 62
Based on
8 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Consoles + (FR) PAL
80
[3]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
46
[9]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
55
[10]
Fun Generation (DE) NTSC-J
60
[11]
Gambler (PL)
38
[12]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
50
[13]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
35
[14]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
56
[15]
Intelligent Gamer (US) NTSC-U
42
[16]
Joypad (FR) NTSC-J
60
[17]
Joypad (FR) NTSC-J
40
[18]
MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-J
83
[19]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
88
[20]
Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-J
58
[21]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
62
[4]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
0
[22]
Player One (FR)
77
[5]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
50
[23]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
59
[24]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
58
[25]
Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) PAL
60
[26]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
53
[27]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
65
[8]
Strana Igr (RU)
67
[28]
Total Saturn (UK) PAL
45
[29]
Ultra Game Players (US)
47
[30]
Sega Saturn
 55
Based on
26 reviews

Battle Arena Toshinden URA

Saturn, US
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Cover
Batura sat us manual.pdf
Manual
Saturn, EU
BATU Saturn EU Box.jpg
Cover
BATU Saturn EU Disc.jpg
Disc
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
BATU Saturn JP Manual.pdf
Manual

References

  1. ↑ File:CVG UK 183.pdf, page 57
  2. ↑ File:BattleArenaToshindenURA_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 File:ConsolesPlus FR 061.pdf, page 140 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ConsolesPlus FR 061.pdf_p140" defined multiple times with different content
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 File:MeanMachinesSega52UK.pdf, page 82 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega52UK.pdf_p82" defined multiple times with different content
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 File:PlayerOne FR 071.pdf, page 108 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:PlayerOne FR 071.pdf_p108" defined multiple times with different content
  6. ↑ File:SSM_UK_16.pdf, page 64
  7. ↑ File:SSM_JP_19960927_1996-16.pdf, page 247
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 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
  9. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1997" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 61
  10. ↑ Famitsu, "1996-10-04" (JP; 1996-09-20), page 1
  11. ↑ Fun Generation, "12/96" (DE; 1996-11-13), page 89
  12. ↑ Gambler, "7/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1
  13. ↑ GameFan, "Volume 5, Issue 1: January 1997" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 22
  14. ↑ GamePro, "January 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 116
  15. ↑ Game Informer, "January 1997" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 51
  16. ↑ Intelligent Gamer, "December 1996" (US; 1996-1x-xx), page 82
  17. ↑ Joypad, "Novembre 1996" (FR; 1996-1x-xx), page 75
  18. ↑ Joypad, "Décembre 1996" (FR; 1996-1x-xx), page 88
  19. ↑ MAN!AC, "12/96" (DE; 1996-11-13), page 37
  20. ↑ Mega Force, "Janvier/Février 1997" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 58
  21. ↑ Mega Fun, "12/96" (DE; 1996-11-20), page 87
  22. ↑ Next Generation, "March 1997" (US; 1997-02-11), page 94
  23. ↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 20" (JP; 1996-09-20), page 202
  24. ↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 23" (JP; 1996-11-01), page 70
  25. ↑ Sega Power, "March 1997" (UK; 1997-02-12), page 48
  26. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "February 1997" (UK; 1997-01-16), page 64
  27. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-16 (1996-09-27)" (JP; 1996-09-13), page 247
  28. ↑ Strana Igr, "Fevral 1997" (RU; 1997-xx-xx), page 77
  29. ↑ Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Six" (UK; 1997-02-28), page 31
  30. ↑ Ultra Game Players, "February 1997" (US; 1997-01-28), page 81
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