Battle Arena Toshinden, the Forgotten PS1 Fighting Game Series, to Get Re-Release on Modern Consoles

PlayStation 1-era 3D warring crippled bid Battle Arena Toshinden is getting a long-awaited re-release. Tokyo-based publishing institution Edia announced contiguous that it volition merchandise Toshinden 1, 2 and 3 connected existent gen consoles successful 2026-2027.

Originally released successful 1995, Battle Arena Toshinden was a PS1 motorboat rubric successful the U.S. and PAL regions, and the archetypal 3D warring crippled to deed Sony’s debut console. Featuring an archetypal roster of 8 playable characters, it featured weapon-based warring and ring-outs a twelvemonth earlier the Soul Blade/Soul Calibur bid came on and built upon these elements.

According to Edia’s property release, it plans to re-release the PS1 versions of Battle Arena Toshiden 1, 2 and 3 connected existent gen consoles arsenic portion of a licensing statement with Takara Tomy to commemorate the series’ 30th anniversary.

Battle Arena Toshinden is coming back. Image credit: Edia.

“We volition beryllium bringing this highly-popular series… to retro crippled fans worldwide successful the signifier of high-quality re-releases,” the institution announced. Edia emphasized that it volition utilize its acquisition successful porting games to present modern console re-releases that volition conscionable fans’ expectations.

It has yet to beryllium revealed which platforms volition get this portion of warring crippled history, with Edia Corp acceptable to marque further announcements astir the line-up erstwhile the details are finalized.

Verity Townsend is simply a Japan-based freelance writer who antecedently served arsenic editor, contributor and translator for the crippled quality tract Automaton West. She has besides written astir Japanese civilization and movies for assorted publications.