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Battle Arena Toshinden 5
Battle Arena Toshinden 5 is the fifth episode of the 3D weapon-based fighting game series developed by Tamsoft before for arcade, then for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The game is set two years after Toshinden 4 including old favorites and new faces.

Story
Vermilion, a mysterious feared gunfighter, became the leader of a genetic biolaboratory where is developing a project of a genetic weapon and has organized the fifth Toshindaibukai to test his new weapon of war. Many brave warriors from all over the world have entered the tournament, who will be the winner?

Characters
The arcade version hosts 16 characters: 11 from the last episode and 5 newcomers; the home version adds 16 historical returns form the further previous episodes (these are all unlockable).

Newcomers

 * Akiji Abe Fuji: a young Japanese man with an androgynous beauty, Shizuku's only adopted son. He has joined the tournament to avenge his biological father killed by Vermilion. He resembles in appearance much Amane Nishiki from BlazBlue series. He wields a roped sugata.


 * Brittany Lea: a 16-years-old American girl with the aspiration of becoming a great warrior. She has joined the tournament to show to her father, great businessman, that she is not a softened. She wields two spiked tonfas.


 * Little Mark: a 15-years-old little boy, Naru's best friend. He has joined the tournament to find out what happened to his father, employed in the Vermilion's study, who is long gone. He resembles in appearance much Carl Clover from BlazBlue series. He wields a bladed yo-yo.


 * Mei Lin: a 12-years-old Chinese little girl, Fo's granddaughter. She has joined the tournament with her pet Xiao Xiao to bring back home her grandfather, who was also in the tournament, by this time too old to support battles. She wields a guan dao.


 * Xiao Xiao: a young female Panda, Mei Lin's pet. She has joined the tournament because she follows her owner, who was also in the tournament, everywhere. She wields a giant mace.

Returning from the last episode

 * Bang Boo: after the fourth Toshindaibukai, he was lost and wandered aimlessly for months until he was found by a Malaysian woman, leader of the Soshiki. Now he is part of the sect serving that woman. Between the fourth and the fifth chapter there is an inconsistency, in the fourth one is specified that Bang Boo is conscienceless and emotionless but in the fifth one is specified that he has feelings and emotions as a human being. He wields two big chained iron balls.


 * Eiji Shinjo: after the fourth Toshindaibukai his helper Eos has been kidnapped by Vermilion for genetic experiments. As soon as he knew that Vermillion has organized the fifth Toshindaibukai, he has joined it, with his other helper Zero, to find his helper. He is the leader of the Gerard Foundation, a good foundation from which the two evil sects Himitsu Kessha and Soshiki were born. He wields a katana.


 * Fen Barefoot: her friend Puella want to join the fifth Toshindaibukai to find Eos, her protector, and he argued that she needed help so he has joined the tournament too. He wields an harpoon.


 * Genma: after the fourth Toshindaibukai the Four Sacred Arms have been lost and he is still desperately looking for them to get a huge power. He has joined the new tournament with the hope to find these weapons. He wields a jian and a buckler.


 * Lancelot Lakeknight: during the fourth Toshindaibukai he managed to defeat Naru during a match but he promised her opponent that he would grant her revenge. After the announcement of the fifth Toshindaibukai, Duke, his master, has said to him that Sho, father of Naru's friend, and Kayin, Naru's father, both believed to be dead, would take part in the tournament. He has anonymously spread the news with the hope that his rival would take part in the tournament too. He wields a rapier.


 * Miyabi: before the fourth Toshindaibukai Genma erased her memories and during the tournament she hoped to meet Rook to no avail. Two years later she has received a letter by Rook that says that he would have participated in the fifth Toshindaibukai just announced and he invited her too, so Miyabi has decided to take part in the new tournament with the hope to regain her memory with Rook's help. She wields a giant chained shuriken.


 * Naru Amoh: Kayin's adoptive daughter, she and her friend Subaru have discovered that their respective fathers, believed dead, are alive and have joined the fifth Toshindaibukai. She has joined the tournament to reconcile with her father. She wields an épée.


 * Puella Marionette: she has discovered, just over a year, that her protector Eos, whom she had not seen a long time, has been kidnapped by Vermilion. She has joined the tournament to free Eos. For unknown reasons she appears without wings losing the angel-like appearance. She wields a sword.


 * Rook Castle: during the fourth Toshindaibukai he didn't meet Miyabi but he discovered one address of hers. Two years after his friends Subaru and Naru has told to him that the fifth Toshindaibukai was announced and they want to take part in it. Also Rook has decided to join the tournament and to send Miyabi too using her address. He wields a nunchaku.


 * Subaru Shinjo: the main protagonist of the series, Sho and Cupido's son. He and his friend Naru have discovered that their respective fathers, believed dead, are alive and have joined the fifth Toshindaibukai. He has joined the tournament to reconcile with his father. He wields a katana.


 * Zero: Eiji's helper, he has joined the tournament to find Eos, another Eiji's helper, kidnapped by Vermilion for genetic experiments after the fourth Toshindaibukai. He wields a sword.

Returning form the further previous episodes

 * Atahua: his greatest dream is the restoration of his fallen tribe's empire and he has joined the tournament to find the Four Sacred Arms to realize it. He wields two tomahawks.


 * Bayhou: after the third Toshindaibukai, he was adopted by Cuiling and with her family he has lived in happiness. Just announced the fifth Toshindaibukai Cuiling has known that the Soshiki has not been destroyed yet and she has decided to join the tournament to destroy definitively the sect. Bayhou want to go with her but the young woman initially was contrary but after she has left him to go with her. He wields two hand claws.


 * Chaos: one of the executives of the Himitsu Kessha, he has always sought to take control of the sect but, Veil, the former commander of the Soshiki, managed to take control of this sect. He has pretented to be faithful to his new boss but he was looking forward to destroy him. Just announced the fourth Toshindaibukai wanted to try to implement his intent but he was seriously wounded in a battle against an evil Chinese sorcerer who stoled him his Genbu shield, but two years later has been announced the fifth Toshindaibukai, an excellent opportunity, so he has sent an an anonymous threatening letter on which he has written that he is able to sabotage Himitsu Kessha proving it revealing some secret practices of the sect and that the showdown would take place in the tournament. Will Veil accept the unpleasant invitation? He wields a scythe.


 * Cuiling: after the third Toshindaibukai she began a new life as a normal woman, she had a family and she adopted Bayhou. Just announced the fifth Toshindaibukai, Cuiling has known that the Soshiki has not been destroyed yet and she has decided to join the tournament to destroy definitively the sect. Bayhou want to go with her but the young woman initially was contrary but after she has left him to go with her. She wields two lùjiǎodāo.


 * Cupido: belonging to a secret sect, Himitsu Kessha, who has passed her off as dead for dead all these years for security reasons. She has joined the tournament, under the order of this sect, to take possession of the Vermilion's genetic weapon. She wields a rhomphaia.


 * Ellis: after the third Toshindaibukai she works in the orphanage where she grew up and occasionally in the circus with which she has always performed. One day came to the orphanage to seek help a man employed in the Vermilion's study. This man said that in that biolaboratory Vermilion was creating a weapon able to cause the end of the world. Just announced the fifth Toshindaibukai by Vermilion to test this weapon, Ellis has joined the tournament to stop Vermilion and his weapon promising to all the orphanage to bring back serenity. She wields two dirks.


 * Fo Fai: now very old, he has joined the torunament to stop Genma in his intent with the hope that this is his last battle before a peacefully remnant of life. He wields two hand claws.


 * Judgement: with the passage of time he has become a schizophrenic and sadistic man with the passion to kill, nevertheless remembers well that bitter moment, during the third Toshindaibukai he was seriously wounded by David and his sect, the Soshiki, considered him useless and didn't help him. Now, just known that the Soshiki would patrecipated in the fifth Toshindaibukai, he has decided to join the tournament to avenge himself. In the fifth chapter there is a clarification than the third chapter, in the third one is only stated that he is English instead in the fifth one is specified that is Australian raised in England. He wields a chainsaw.


 * Kayin Amoh: was thought that, during the third Toshindaibukai, he and Sho were killed by an assassin named Schultz but suddenly, soon as it is made​ official the fifth Toshindaibukai, has been announced that they will participate in the tournament. He wields a rapier.


 * Miss Til: two years after the third Toshindaibukai, Abel, the leader of the Soshiki organization, was killed. Now she has taken command the organization, which was about to decay, and she has joined the tournament to deiscover the Abel's killer and take possession of property of Vermilion who was a menber of Soshiki. She has strong suspicions about Vermilion for the death of Abel. She wields a rod with each end chained with an iron ball.


 * Mondo: his clan sent him on a mission to destroy Vermilion's genetic weapon. One day he managed to infiltrate inside the biolaboratory but he was soon discovered and captured then used like a tester for the weapon even if it proved to be very weak. A few days later he managed to escape but two weeks after was annouced the fifth Toshindaibukai to test this weapon, might it have become stronger? He has joined the torunament to get more information. He wields a jumonji yari.


 * Ripper: during the second Toshindaibukai he learned that his younger sister, Cupido, had died and he connected this tragedy with the passionate story with Sho. When he has known that Sho was still alive and has joined the fifth Toshindaibukai, he has decided to join the tournament too to avenge his sister. He wields two katars.


 * Shizuku Fuji: four years ago David disappeared and rumor has it now he is in the Vermilion's genetic biolaboratory, so she has joined to the fifth Toshindaibukai, organized by Vermilion himself, to find David. She wields an ōdachi.


 * Sho Shinjo: was thought that, during the third Toshindaibukai, he and Kayin were killed by an assassin named Schultz but suddenly, soon as it is made ​official the fifth Toshindaibukai, has been announced that they will participate in the tournament. He wields a katana.


 * Sofia: just after the third Toshindaibukai was rescued by Zola, her old whip-wielding rival, from an attempted murder by Vermilion. Zola died and in honor of her saving, now Sofia, during her battle, wear Zola's mask and wields Zola's weapon. In her hometown is considered an heroine called "The Feline of Justice". She, as soon as the fifth Toshindaibukai has been announced with its purpose, has joined it to destroy this Vermilion's dangerous genetic weapon and avenge Zola. She wields a whip with a bladed tip and an hand claws.


 * Veil: two years after the third Toshindaibukai he killed Abel but he wasn't able to regain control of Soshiki. Six years later he managed to take control of Himitsu Kessha. He wants to take possession of the Vermilion's genetic weapon at all costs, so he has sent Cupido a great warrior passed off as dead for many years for security reasons. One day received an anonymous threatening letter, on that was written that the sender was able to sabotage Himitsu Kessha proving it revealing some secret practices of the sect and that the showdown would take place in the fifth Toshindaibukai, Veil understood that the sender was a member of his sect and has joined the tournament to punish the traitor. He wields a sword.

Bosses
At the end of the Story mode the player must fight against one boss, the first one, in the arcade version and four bosses in the home version. These bosses are all unplayable.


 * Abomination: final boss for the arcade version and first mid-boss for the home version, a big golem with two chainsaws instead of the forearms. Before the battle there is a short interlude which shows the disbelief of the selected character seeing this monstrous beast. Immediately the player thinks that he is the Vermilion's genetic weapon and that after defeating him the game is over. In Battle Arena Toshinden 6 you will find that he is nothing more than David who was the victim of genetic experiments by Vermilion before working on the real weapon.


 * Vermilion: second mid-boss only for the home version, the player, who thinks that the game is over, is confused because there is another interlude which shows Vermilion who says that Abomination was just a "small appetizer" and that now the going gets tough. He use his usual SMG and Revolver.


 * Eos: third mid-boss only for the home version, after defeating Vermilion there is a third interlude in which finally Vermilion present to the selected character his weapon and Eos appears as she appeared in Toshinden 4. The player does not understand what's so evil in that angelic creature. During the battle she wields a spear.


 * Psycho Eos: final boss only for the home version, after defeating Eos there is a fourth interlude which shows Eos stunned to the ground then Vermilion evilly laughing, Eos gets up levitating, surrounded by a red aura with eyes emitting a red light, then she shouts possessed. During the battle she continues to wield the same spear. After defeating her there is the last inderlude that shows her disapear and Vermilion crying: "Impossible! Nooooo!!!!!", then was shown the selected character's epilogue.

Battle Arena Toshinden 5: Fire and Sword
Battle Arena Toshinden 5: Fire and Sword is an upgrade of Battle Arena Toshinden 5 available only for PlayStation Store and Xbox Marketplace.

Characters
Battle Arena Toshinden 5: Fire and Sword adds two 2 more newcomers and 6 more historical returns form the further previous episodes, with a total of 40 characters all initially playable.

Newcomers

 * Ivan Blackheart: Vermilion's henchman, he has joined the tournament to keep it under control and eliminate any threat against his boss, the genetic biolaboratory and the genetic weapon. He resembles in appearance much Terry Bogard's apparence in Garou: Mark of the Wolves. He wields a double-edged partisan.


 * Sakura Kotobuki: a young miko with the power to talk with the dead, she has joined the tournament to stop Vermilion, danger reported to her by the ancient. Her weapon and how she wields it reminds the Shuten Dōji's one from Warriors Orochi series. She wields a giant gourd.

Returning Characters
All Battle Arena Toshinden 5 characters

Returning form the further previous episodes

 * Adam: after the third Toshindaibukai he was found nearly destroyed by a young Chinese scientist, this girl rebuilt and adopted him. Now this girl is a scientist for an Interpol's genetic research and want to join the fifth Toshindaibukai to destroy the Vermilion's genetic weapon. He has joined the tournament, unbeknownst to the girl, to eliminate any possible threat to her. He wields a big morning star.


 * Duke B. Rambert: immediately after the announcement of the fifth Toshindaibukai, two hooded men went to visit him inviting him to the tournament, initially he was skeptical but when those men, after affirming their presence at the tournament, revealed their identity he accepted even if still in shock. Those men were Sho and Kayin. He wields a drill spear.


 * Gaia: he has offered himself as an helper for the Gerard Foundation, a good foundation from which the two evil sects Himitsu Kessha and Soshiki were born, to find Eos kidnapped by Vermilion for genetic experiments. He wields a zweihänder.


 * Leon: during the third Toshindaibukai he was defeated by Eiji, from that moment he has felt a intense hatred for him. After the tournament he became a very feared pirate with the sole purpose of stealing from the rich to enrich himself. When was announced the fifth Toshindaibukai he has inquired about Eiji would participate in the tournament, then he has joined the tournament to kill Eiji and appropriate of the Gerard Foundation. He wields a cutlass.


 * Toujin: he has offered to cooperate with Genma to find the Four Sacred Arms. His aims are bring back to life his wife, died two years after the third Toshindaibukai due to a serious illness, by Genma making getting to him an huge power. He wields a naginata.


 * Uranus: at the end of the second Toshindaibukai, she and Master were victims of attempted murder by Sho, on that day a a researcher of the Gerard Foundation, a good foundation from which the two evil sects Himitsu Kessha and Soshiki were born, found the two bodies in dying and bring them into the base. For Master there was nothing more to do but Uranus managed to survive. She has lived protected in the foundation finding inner peace and passion for music. One day Eiji, new leader of Gerard Foundation, said to all the foundation that Eos, another member, has been kidnapped by Vermilion for genetic experiments. Just announced the fifth Toshindaibukai the boss has joined the tournament with his helper Zero, Uranus asked the boss if she could come along too, but Eiji replied in the negative claiming that she was not able to support a new combat. As soon as he has learned that also her daughter, Puella, is going to join the tournament, she could not resist and has joined the tournament too. For unknown reasons she appears without wings losing the angel-like appearance. She wields bladed clàrsach.

Bosses
All Battle Arena Toshinden 5 bosses

Battle Arena Toshinden 5: Fire and Sword Absolute
Battle Arena Toshinden 5: Fire and Sword Absolute is a further upgrade of Battle Arena Toshinden 5 available for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and now for Wii U too.

Characters
Battle Arena Toshinden 5: Fire and Sword Absolute adds 1 more newcomer and 3 more historical returns form the further previous episodes with a total of 44 characters all initially playable.

Newcomers

 * Maria Luigia Furlan: 14-years-old Italian little girl, her family for many generations is the owner of a dojo in Verona. She has joined the tournament to make new experiences in her career as a fighter. She wields a bladed sansetsukon.

Returning Characters
All Battle Arena Toshinden 5: Fire and Sword characters

Returning form the further previous episodes

 * Ron Ron: scientist for an Interpol's genetic research center where it has come to know what is the Vermilion's genetic weapon and considered extremely dangerous. She has joined the tournament, after having volunteered, to destroy this weapon. She wields a dadao.


 * Schultz: after the third Toshindaibukai he killed, or better, everyone, included him, thought that he killed Sho and Kayin. After leaving the Soshiki, now he is a Vermilion's henchman joining the tournament to keep it under control and eliminate any threat against his boss, when he has known that Sho and Kayin were still alive and they has joined the tournament, for him his participation in the tournament has become more interesting. This will be a battle for pride for him. He wields a scythe.


 * Wolf: during the second Toshindaibukai Ripper threw his plans about the Replicant's project away, and he was expelled from the organization. As soon as he knew that Ripper has joined the fifth Toshindaibukai, he has decided to join the tournament too to settle the score. He wields a switchblade.

Bosses
All Battle Arena Toshinden 5: Fire and Sword bosses

Battle Arena Toshinden 6
Battle Arena Toshinden 6 is the sixth episode of the 3D weapon-based fighting game series developed by Tamsoft before for arcade, then for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii U.                    The game is set a month after Battle Arena Toshinden 5.

Story
During the fifth Toshindaibukai Shizuku managed to reach the final stage with Eiji and Zero, she defeated Abomination, Vermilion, Eos and her Psycho version who disappeared. Shizuku, Eiji and Zero were going to kill Abomination knocked to the ground when Shizuku realized that he was David victim genetic experiments by Vermilion. Eos, dazed, escaped but she was found a week later unconscious in an abandoned cave. Vermilion ordered to his team of scientists to put the weapon in shape. Now the dangerous weapon has been developed in her definitive version so Vermilion has organized the a new Toshindaibukai to test definitively his weapon.

Characters
In Battle Arena Toshinden 6 has been inserted 6 newcomers with a total of 50 characters.

Newcomers

 * Catherine De La Valentine: a 30-years-old Monacan noblewoman, her father was kidnapped by the Soshiki so he has joined the tournament to try to free her father. She wields a flamberge.


 * George Allen: a 25-years-old Canadian man raised in England, Ten Count's only student, his master was killed by Kayin after the third Toshindaibukai so he has joined the tournament to avenge his master. Just like Ten Count, also his appearance is based on Michael Jackson but, in this case, from his music video of Billie Jean. He wields a rapier.


 * Justine: a 16-years-old South African girl with a beauty out of the ordinary, although she is albino, and with a very delicate grace. she has joined the tournament to vendicate a friend of hers seriously wounded during a battle against Ivan. Justine and Brittany have no real Tekken counterpart but their relationship make them very similar, respectively, to Emilie De Rochefort and Asuka Kazama, two young rival girls. She wields a bastard sword.


 * Nazomaru: a 19-years-old Japanese ninja, he is Subaru's best friend and friendly rival, between them there is a sincere relationship built on mutual aid and competitiveness. He has joined the tournament because Genma has looted his town, hoping to find one of the Four Sacred Arms, and now this boy wants to avenge his hometown. Subaru and Nazomaru have no real Street Fighter counterpart but their relationship make them very similar, respectively, to Ryu and Ken, the protagonist and the co-protagonist of the series. He resembles in appearance much Kankurō from Naruto series. He wields a kusarigama.


 * Noelienne Geraldine Djemba: a 25-years-old Cameroonian woman, graduated with honors in theology at the University of Paris, she belongs to the army of the Vatican where Vermilion is considered a threat for all over the world, so she has been sent to stop him. The swords which she wields are very similar to Carmine's ones from Toshinden game for Wii and the fighting style is similar too, it seems as if she was conceived as a counterpart to him for the original series. She wields a sword and a longsword.


 * Sona: 35-years-old fat but very articulated Indian guru, he has joined the tournament to stop Genma who has kidnapped some children from Sona's village so they become his servants after the memory loss. He resembles in appearance much the human form of Ganesha the Elephant from Bloody Roar series. He wields a chuttaval.

Returning Characters
All Battle Arena Toshinden 5: Fire and Sword Absolution characters

Bosses

 * Vermilion


 * Psycho Eos


 * Wild Psycho Eos

Battle Arena Toshinden 6: Revolution
Battle Arena Toshinden 6: Revolution is an upgrade of Battle Arena Toshinden 6 available available for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii U.

Characters
Battle Arena Toshinden 5: Fire and Sword adds 2 more newcomer and 6 more historical returns form the further previous episodes, with a total of 58 characters all initially playable.

Newcomers

 * Kasumi Sendo: young Caucasian girl raised in Japan. She has joined the tournament to convince Toujin, her acquaintance, that would be useless bringing back to life his wife by Genma, untrustworthy person, whose intentions are just evil and selfish. She resembles in appearance much Yuki from The Last Blade series. She wields a giant bladed tessen.


 * Quon Shi: a 30-years-old Chinese Shaolin Monk living as a hermit on the Tibetan mountains, during a trip to Japan five years ago he stopped to lunch at a kaiten-sushi owned by a legendary cook able to make the best nigiri sushi in the world. Two years after this cook died of old age and he desperately search for a place were the dish is cooked. One day a little girl with a panda, her pet, visited him, she was able to do that sushi because the same legendary cook taught her how to do it, and she asked him to teach him to do the same dish in exchange for making the bodyguard to her grandfather who wants to join the sixth Toshindaibukai, and he accepted. He resembles in appearance much Lee Rekka from The Last Blade series. He wields a yueya chan.

Returning Characters
All Battle Arena Toshinden 6 characters

Returning form the further previous episodes

 * Balga: during the third Toshindaibukai he was defeated by his rival Duke, after that he decided to leave the Soshiki, but he always kept waiting for an opportunity to kill Duke. He discovered too late that Duke partecipated in the fifth Toshindaibukai, very valuable opportunity for him. Just announced the sisxth Toshindaibukai he has personally invited to the tournament Duke, will be the right time? He wields a sword and a shield.


 * Nagisa Iwashiro: during fifth Toshindaibukai was found that Himitsu Kessha and Soshiki there are still. Just like the old days, he with Tracy has jonied the sisxth Toshindaibukai to investigate the two evil sects. He wields a long stun baton.


 * Rachael: for five years, unbeknownst to everyone, sent out the Replicant's project, believed interrupted during the the second Toshindaibukai, and she asked Wolf, who was a former participant of this project, to help her. To refine the project they need some Vermilion's tool. Both have joined the sisxth Toshindaibukai to take possession of some tools of Vermilion's genetic biolaboratory and finish their project. She wields two circular hand claws.


 * Rungo Iron: now he is the owner of some gold mines. Vermilion want to appropriate Rungo's gold to pay more tools for his various genetic projects but Rungo has joined the sisxth Toshindaibukai to defend his own wealth. He wields a club.


 * Tau: eight years ago he moved to the United States exercising the power to sheriff, he is loved by children by who is considered even a superhero. He is aware that if the Vermilion's genetic weapon really existed, it would be a global threat, so he has joined the sisxth Toshindaibukai to resolve the matter. He wields a giant flail.


 * Tracy: during fifth Toshindaibukai was found that Himitsu Kessha and Soshiki there are still. Just like the old days, she with Nagisa have jonied the sisxth Toshindaibukai to investigate the two evil sects. She wields two double-ended bladed tonfas.

Bosses
All Battle Arena Toshinden 6 bosses