toushinden
"Legend of Combat Arena Gods"
The very first 3D fighting game for the Playstation 1 platform, released in 1995. Toushinden is a primitive version of Soulcalibur, utilizing weapons combat in a 3D field, but with the addition of Street Fighter-like special attacks that each character can use. The sidestep was also introduced in Toushinden, which Soulcalibur goes on to use.
In late 2009, a Toushinden game for the Wii was released, although its title uses slightly different kanji - 闘真伝.
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