(LAST UPDATE: 7/19/2009)
Developer(s): Tamsoft
Publisher(s): Takara
Distributor(s): Capcom
Platform(s): Arcade, Playstation, Sega Saturn, Windows 95
Release Date(s): 1995 (Arcade), March
1996 (Playstation), 1996 (Saturn, Windows)
Characters: Eiji
Shinjo, Kayin Amoh, Sofia,
Rungo Iron, Fo
Fai, Mondo, Duke
B. Rambert, Ellis, Gaia,
Tracy, Chaos,
Vermillion,
Sho Shinjo, Uranus (PS version exclusive),
Master (PS version exclusive), Ripper
(Saturn version exclusive), Ronron
(Saturn version exclusive), Replicant (Saturn version exclusive), Wolf
(Saturn version exclusive)
Related Games:
Battle
Arena Toshinden, Battle Arena
Toshinden 3, Battle Arena Toshinden
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Story: After returning
from the last Battle Arena Toshinden with his dreams unfulfilled, Eiji
continued to dream about fighting and beating his brother. His dreams
were very real. No other opponent would satisfy him - it had to be
his brother. He is now facing the next Battle Arena Toshinden, believing
that his brother will be there and the fight of his dreams will happen
at last.
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Review: The sequel to Battle Arena Toshinden wasn't much of an improvement to a mediocre (and dated looking) fighting game. The gameplay is a bit faster and smoother in certain areas, but still felt very similar to the first game and was pretty clunky when compared to many other fighters at the time. If you could get past the blocky graphics, you'd get to know some pretty interesting characters, each with a handful moves and 2 different super moves, an "Overdrive" and "Desperation" move. Unlike in the first game, now you could attack your opponents while they're on the ground, which offered some new strategy to the gameplay. The new characters add variety to the series, and a few of which aren't half bad designs. The box art was also a lot better this time around.
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5 / 10 |
Closing Comment:
No doubt fans of the original expecting "a lot" out of Toshinden 2 were disappointed. While it was
a halfway-satisfying sequel, Toshinden 2 couldn't quite compare with Tekken 2
and
Soul Edge, which came out the same year...
Even Star Gladiator was a bit better than
Toshinden 2. But if for some reason you didn't like the top 3D fighting games of
1995/1996, at least you had the option of Toshinden 2. 
~F.Yagami,
Webmaster
of TFG
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