Tōshin Toshi
Tōshin Toshi (闘神都市) is a role-playing video-game series created, developed, and published by AliceSoft.
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| Genre(s) | Role-playing game |
| Developer(s) | AliceSoft |
| Publisher(s) | AliceSoft |
| Platform(s) | PC-9800 series, Sharp X68000 and similar models, Windows, others |
| First release | Tōshin Toshi 15 December 1990[1] |
| Latest release | Tōshin Toshi III 28 November 2008[2] |
| Spin-offs | Shinyaku Tōshin Toshi: Girls Tamer |
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| 2016 | Shinyaku Tōshin Toshi: Girls Tamer |
Tōshin Toshi
Custom (カスタム, Kasutamu), a fighter on his travels, saves Kumiko (クミコ) from being attacked whilst en route to "Tōshin Toshi," a city where great warriors do battle. She was traveling there to see if her father, Alexander (アレキサンダー, Arekisandā), had become the champion of the Tōshin Tournament, and resident in the mansion of the victor of the Tōshin Tournament. He was kept there for many years whilst under the control of YORA, the mayor of Tōshin City, where the Tōshin Tournament is held. Custom agrees to battle through the tournament so that Kumiko can see her father again; after he successfully completes the tournament, he marries Kumiko, as the two had fallen in love. The game was originally released on the PC-98 series of home computers, along with the FM Towns, the Sharp X68000, and the MSX 2. It was released as a Windows 95–03 title in the late 1990s, and was released publicly as a part of AliceSoft's release of old games publicly in 2008. An English language translation of the game, based on AliceSoft's 2006 release of the late 1990s Windows 96–03 re-release of the original, was released in 2013.[3]
Tōshin Toshi II
Seed Cashima (シード・カシマ, Shīdo Kashima), the weakest fighter of a dojo, has fallen in love with Hazuki (瑞原葉月, Mizuhara Hazuki), the daughter of the dojo-master. The dojo-master wants his daughter to be happy, but is unable to let his dojo fall into the hands of a weak fighter. He charges Seed to become victorious at the Tōshin Tournament, and promises Hazuki to him if he is successful at the tournament. The game was originally released for the PC-9800 series, along with the FM Towns, in 1994. A Windows 95–03 version was released in the late 1990s. The original PC-9800 series release of the game was re-released on-line publicly in 2008. An English language translation of the Windows re-release was released in 2013. Separately, an updated remake of the game was released on the Nintendo 3DS in Japan under the title Tōshin Toshi Girls Gift RPG (闘神都市 ＧＩＲＬＳ ＧＩＦＴ ＲＰＧ).[4] It is the only AliceSoft title to have been officially remade for a Nintendo console.
Tōshin Toshi III
Nacht Ragnard (ナクト・ラグナード, Nakuto Ragunādo) seeks to find his father, who had disappeared after winning the Tōshin Tournament five years prior to the events of the game. He is aided by his childhood friend, Hazumi (羽純・フラメル, Hasumi Furameru), who is able to enchant weapons, a very rare ability. Nacht battles through the tournament, but loses. Hazumi is put under mind control through the power of a stone implanted in her; however, a previous victor of the Tōshin Tournament, Bolt Allen (ボルト・アーレン, Boruto Āren), tells Nacht that Hazumi's emotion was sealed away after some fighting had occurred in Tōshin City. Hazumi is later freed from her mind control, after Bolt Allen's story is revealed to be a lie. The game was released for Windows systems in 2008, with two re-releases, in 2010 and 2014.
Shinyaku Tōshin Toshi: Girls Tamer
The most recent Tōshin Toshi title, although not a part of the main series. The main system of battling involves the capture of Gal Monsters, a diverse race of enemies that generally look like young women in various dress, and causing them to fight in the Tōshin Tournament.
Characters
The Tōshin Toshi games are largely independent of each other, in the terms of character recurrence. The characters below are listed by the game that they appear in primarily.
Tōshin Toshi
- Custom (カスタム, Kasutamu)
- The protagonist of the game. He falls in love with Kumiko, below; they later marry. He competes in the Tōshin Tournament, with Kumiko as his partner, in order to determine the whereabouts of Kumiko's father.
- Kumiko (クミコ)
- The partner of Custom, above, during his competition of the Tōshin Tournament. She seeks to enter the tournament, but cannot herself. She seeks to find her father, who competed at the tournament some years prior.
- Shuri Seihajuu Nagasaki (シュリ・セイハジュウ・ナガサキ)
- The receptionist of the tournament hall where the Tōshin Tournament is held. She is present in all Tōshin Toshi games, in addition to Rance X – Decisive Battle –. She is generally kind to the protagonist of the games. She is the official mascot of Shinyaku Tōshin Toshi: Girls Tamer.
- Dogi (ドギ), later Dogi Magi (ドギ・マギ)
- A competitor of the Tōshin Tournament. His partner is Mani (マニ, Mani), later Mani Forte (マニ・フォルテ, Mani Forute). The second names of Dogi and Mani were added for their appearance in Tōshin Toshi III. Mani was largely changed for her re-appearance, whilst Dogi was not significantly altered.
Tōshin Toshi II
- Seed Cashima (シード・カシマ, Shīdo Kashima)
- The protagonist of the game. He seeks be victorious at the Tōshin Tournament so that he can marry Hazumi, below, with the approval of her father, the master of Seed's dojo. His partner is Serena Phraze (セレーナ・フレイズ, Serēna Fureizu), a childhood friend who also trains at the dojo.
- Hazuki Mizuhara (瑞原葉月, Mizuhara Hazuki)
- The daughter of the dojo where Seed, above, trains. They had fallen in love but could not marry due to Seed's weakness. She is partnered with Billnas (ビルナス, Birunasu) during the Tōshin Tournament, believing that doing so will enable her to marry Seed.
Tōshin Toshi III
- Nacht Ragnard (ナクト・ラグナード, Nakuto Ragunādo)
- The protagonist of the game. He seeks his father, Regulus Ragnard (レグルス・ラグナード, Regurusu Ragunādo), a victor of the Tōshin Tournament five years prior to the events of the story. His partner is Hazumi, below.
- Hazumi Flamel (羽純・フラメル, Hasumi Furameru)
- The partner of Nacht, above. She has the rare ability to enchant weapons. Later during the events of the game, her mind is controlled through the power of a magical stone. She is released from the control by Nacht.
- Remedia Kalar (レメディア・カラー, Remedia Karā)
- A childhood friend of Nacht. She taught him swordsmanship, which she knows well. She was victorious at the Tōshin Tournament held during Tōshin Toshi III. She was later forced into battles with Nacht after her mind was put under the control of a magical stone. She is Hazumi's cousin.
Shinyaku Tōshin Toshi: Girls Tamer
- Isabelle (イザベル, Izaberu)
- The initial partner of the protagonist during the Tōshin Tournament.
- Axia (アクシア, Akushia)
- A partner of the protagonist after she is beaten during the course of the tournament. She is relative to water-based elemental attacks.
- Akiho (秋穂, Aio)
- A partner of the protagonist after she is beaten during the course of the tournament. She is relative to fire-based elemental attacks.
- Niccolo (ニコロ, Nikoro)
- A partner of the protagonist who joined after seeing his impressive performance in the tournament. She is relative to wind-based elemental attacks.
See also
References
- Toushin Toshi at GameSpot.
- Toushin Toshi III at the Visual Novel Data-base.
- Toushin Toshi at the Visual Novel Data-base.
- Toushin Toshi Girls Gift RPG at the Visual Novel Data-base.