Battle Arena Toshinden URA

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Battle Arena Toshinden URA

System(s): Sega Saturn

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

Developer: Nextech

Original system(s): PlayStation

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]^[2]		MK81054-50
PL	1997

ESRB

Sega

ELSPA

USK

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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.

Gameplay

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.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Battle Arena Toshinden URA	Battle Arena Toshinden URA
English (US)	Battle Arena Toshinden URA	Battle Arena Toshinden URA
Japanese	闘神伝URA	Toshinden URA

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^[3]

Magazine articles

Main article: Battle Arena Toshinden URA/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-16: "1996-16 (1996-09-27)" (1996-09-13)

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-17: "1996-17 (1996-10-11)" (1996-09-27)
also published in:

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-18: "1996-18 (1996-10-25)" (1996-10-11)^[4]

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Consoles + (FR)

PAL

80

^[5]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

46

^[12]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

55

^[13]

Fun Generation (DE)

NTSC-J

60

^[14]

Gambler (PL)

38

^[15]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[16]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

35

^[17]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

56

^[18]

Intelligent Gamer (US)

NTSC-U

42

^[19]

Joypad (FR)

NTSC-J

60

^[20]

Joypad (FR)

NTSC-J

40

^[21]

MAN!AC (DE)

NTSC-J

83

^[22]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

88

^[23]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-J

58

^[24]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

62

^[6]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

0

^[25]

Player One (FR)

77

^[7]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[26]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

59

^[27]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

58

^[28]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

60

^[29]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

53

^[30]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[31]

Strana Igr (RU)

67

^[32]

Total Saturn (UK)

PAL

45

^[33]

Ultra Game Players (US)

47

^[9]

	55
Based on 26 reviews

Battle Arena Toshinden URA

Saturn, US
Cover
Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

474,132,624

CD-ROM(EU)

MK81054-50 V1.000

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

473,977,392

1996-08-19

CD-ROM(JP)

T-10305G V1.000

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

474,132,624

CD-ROM(US)

81054 V1.000

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

References

[:File:CVG_UK_183.pdf_p57-1] Computer & Video Games, "February 1997" (UK; 1997-01-10), page 57

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F19970715062600.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.sega-europe.com.2FSATURNL.HTML-2] 2.0 ^2.1 http://www.sega-europe.com/SATURNL.HTML (Wayback Machine: 1997-07-15 06:26)

[:File:BattleArenaToshindenURA_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-3] File:BattleArenaToshindenURA_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf

[:File:SSM_JP_19961025_1996-18.pdf_p115-4] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-18 (1996-10-25)" (JP; 1996-10-11), page 115

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_061.pdf_p140-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Consoles +, "Janvier 1997" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 140

[:File:MeanMachinesSega52UK.pdf_p82-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Mean Machines Sega, "February 1997" (UK; 1997-01-xx), page 82

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_071.pdf_p108-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Player One, "Janvier 1997" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 108

[:File:SSM_UK_16.pdf_p64_.2864.2F65.29-8] Sega Saturn Magazine, "February 1997" (UK; 1997-01-16), page 64/65 (64)

[:File:UltraGamePlayers_US_094.pdf_p81-9] 9.0 ^9.1 Ultra Game Players, "February 1997" (US; 1997-01-28), page 81

[:File:SSM_JP_19960927_1996-16.pdf_p247_.28245.29-10] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-16 (1996-09-27)" (JP; 1996-09-13), page 245 (247)

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p15_.2813.29-11] Sega Saturn Magazine (readers), "Final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 13 (15)

[:File:EGM_US_090.pdf_p61-12] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1997" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 61

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

[:File:FunGeneration_DE_1996-12.pdf_p89-14] Fun Generation, "12/96" (DE; 1996-11-13), page 89

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

[:File:GameFan_US_0501.pdf_p22-16] GameFan, "Volume 5, Issue 1: January 1997" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 22

[:File:GamePro_US_100.pdf_p116-17] GamePro, "January 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 116

[:File:GameInformer_US_045.pdf_p51-18] Game Informer, "January 1997" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 51

[:File:IntelligentGamer_US_07.pdf_p82-19] Intelligent Gamer, "December 1996" (US; 1996-1x-xx), page 82

[:File:Joypad_FR_058.pdf_p75-20] Joypad, "Novembre 1996" (FR; 1996-1x-xx), page 75

[:File:Joypad_FR_059.pdf_p88-21] Joypad, "Décembre 1996" (FR; 1996-1x-xx), page 88

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1996-12.pdf_p37-22] MAN!AC, "12/96" (DE; 1996-11-13), page 37

[:File:MegaForce_FR_55.pdf_p58-23] Mega Force, "Janvier/Février 1997" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 58

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1996-12.pdf_p87-24] Mega Fun, "12/96" (DE; 1996-11-20), page 87

[:File:NextGeneration_US_27.pdf_p94-25] Next Generation, "March 1997" (US; 1997-02-11), page 94

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1996-20_19961004.pdf_p202-26] Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 20" (JP; 1996-09-20), page 202

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1996-23_19961115.pdf_p70-27] Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 23" (JP; 1996-11-01), page 70

[:File:SegaPower_UK_90.pdf_p48-28] Sega Power, "March 1997" (UK; 1997-02-12), page 48

[:File:SSM_UK_16.pdf_p64-29] Sega Saturn Magazine, "February 1997" (UK; 1997-01-16), page 64

[:File:SSM_JP_19960927_1996-16.pdf_p247-30] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-16 (1996-09-27)" (JP; 1996-09-13), page 247

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p15-31] Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 15

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

[:File:TotalSaturn_UK_06.pdf_p31-33] Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Six" (UK; 1997-02-28), page 31

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Battle Arena Toshinden URA

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

Track list

References