The primary three video games within the Battle Enviornment Toshinden collection are getting re-releases on trendy platforms.
Japanese media firm Edia, which has been buying and licensing traditional recreation IPs, has introduced that it has signed a licensing settlement to mark the thirtieth anniversary of the primary Battle Enviornment Toshinden.
Edia – which says it’s “accelerating its efforts to commercialise a variety of retro recreation IP” – says it is going to launch Toshinden, Toshinden 2 and Toshinden 3 on trendy consoles.
“We’ll begin porting growth of contracted titles to current-generation programs, focusing on launch between fiscal 12 months 2026 and 2027,” the corporate stated (by way of machine translation).
“We’ll leverage our amassed experience in porting and commercialising retro video games to advance product planning, aiming to create choices that won’t solely be easy ports however might be loved by many followers. Particulars relating to the precise product line-up might be introduced as they’re finalised.”
The primary Battle Enviornment Toshinden was a PS1 launch title within the West, arriving on the console a few months earlier than Namco launched Tekken. It was additionally one of many 20 video games included with the PlayStation Basic mini console in 2018.
The sport focuses on weapons-based fight, and whereas Virtua Fighter predated it as the primary polygonal combating recreation, Toshinden may lay declare to being one of many first to characteristic 3D motion, since gamers had been in a position to sidestep in circles.
The second recreation supplied extra of the identical, with an improved roster of 12 fighters, whereas Battle Enviornment Toshinden 3 was a whole revamp with a brand new engine and a a lot bigger roster of 32 fighters.
Unusually for a console recreation from the ‘90s, Battle Enviornment Toshinden 3 is without doubt one of the first examples of a recreation with what’s recognized right now as Efficiency and High quality modes, permitting gamers to decide on between an in depth recreation operating at 30 frames per second, or a much more basic-looking 60fps recreation.
A fourth recreation, merely titled Toshinden 4, was additionally launched on PS1 however doesn’t look like a part of Edia’s settlement.
