Tōshin Toshi


Tōshin Toshi is a role-playing video-game series created, developed, and published by AliceSoft.

Games

''Tōshin Toshi''

Custom, a fighter on his travels, saves Kumiko 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, 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.

''Tōshin Toshi Ⅱ''

Seed Cashima, the weakest fighter of a dojo, has fallen in love with 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. It is the only AliceSoft title to have been officially remade for a Nintendo console.

''Tōshin Toshi Ⅲ''

Nacht Ragnard 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, 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, 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
;Kumiko
;Shuri Seihajuu Nagasaki
;Dogi, later Dogi Magi

''Tōshin Toshi Ⅱ''

;Seed Cashima
;Hazuki Mizuhara

''Tōshin Toshi Ⅲ''

;Nacht Ragnard
;Hazumi Flamel
;Remedia Kalar

''Shinyaku Tōshin Toshi: Girls Tamer''

;Isabelle
;Axia
;Akiho
;Niccolo