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Battle Assault 3 featuring Gundam Seed is the fifth game in the series. It was released on the PlayStation 2, four months after the GBA installment. It was the first to feature full 3D graphics and it also focused on units from the Gundam Seed anime, including grunt mobile suits like GINNs. However, the Wing Gundam Zero Custom, Tallgeese III, Burning (God) Gundam and Master Gundam appear as unlockable secret characters. It was only released in the US. It was built off of the original Gundam Seed game for the PlayStation 2, but modified from an action game into a 3D fighting game.

The second Toshinden title for the Saturn, Toshinden URA, is an enhanced version of Toshinden 2, which originally appeared on the Playstation. In addition to a new storyline, players will find new moves and new characters. In this installment, a mystery man has stolen the Toshinhei Replicant and is wreaking havoc on the world. What better way to get to the bottom of this mess than by getting in a ring and fighting it out? Alongside the eleven fighters from Toshinden 2 is a batch of new fighters. They include RonRon, a wimpy scientist who has the unfortunate tendency of falling down while doing some of her moves; Ripper, a murderer who carries around spinning blades; Repli, the Toshinhei Replicant with the moves of both Eiji and Kayin; and Wolf, the final boss (who beats his opponent into submission with a stick). Though weak fighters, these new characters fit into the Toshinden mythos just fine. The graphics in Toshinden URA don't stand up to those found in the Playstation version. The backgrounds appear blocky, as do the fireballs and other special moves sprites. The character animation is somewhat choppy, and the graphics appear to be pixelated (the main 3-D enhancement is the ability to dodge incoming attacks by diving out of the way, but it doesn't make the game worthwhile). This version adds some full-motion video intros and a video that plays if you get a double perfect against any character. The music is the standard fare for fighting games, and the hits and noises aren't anything special.

Be prepared to meet your maker! Anything goes in this 360-degree tournament fighter - upgraded for Sega Saturn. You've got to pulverize all 9 opponents - including the never-before-seen Kupeed - with a vast array of special combo moves and expert weapons skills! Losing means paying the ultimate price - your life! Includes a never-before-seen new character and tons of deadly new moves! If you are successful, even greater challenges await you as hidden challengers emerge to take you on!

Battle Arena Toshinden 3 is the he third instalment of the Toshinden series. After the defeat of the Secret Society in Battle Arena Toshinden 2, a new group of villains emerges. Known as the Organization, they wish to use the Toshinden fighters as blood sacrifices for a ritual to summon their dark god. The number of fighters has been raised from the 15 characters of the previous game to a notably larger 32; 14 starting fighters, 14 Organization counterparts and 4 bosses. Though many of the Organization counterparts have near identical move lists to their equivalent starting character. The arenas have been redesigned so that they are now enclosed allowing the ability to send the opponent flying into a wall or the ceiling, though the opponent can recover and use the wall for a counter attack.

Battle Arena Toshinden 2 is the first sequel to Battle Arena Toshinden. It adds three new starting fighters; Tracy and Chaos with the original game's final boss, Gaia returning un-armoured and with a completely new move set. There are also three new bosses and hidden characters raising the total number of fighters to 15 (up from 10). Toshinden 2, on top of additional special attacks for every character, adds several running attacks to each character: the ability to strike a grounded opponent with new ground attacks and the powerful Overdrive attacks that one must fill up a bar by using other attacks to be able to use.

The game is based mostly on the original PlayStation version, but it includes a slightly altered story mode and an early appearance of the character Uranus and the Battle Arena Toshinden 2 version of Gaia (without his armor).

This sequel to Battalion Wars plays much like its predecessor, blending real-time strategy with third-person shooting. The game's plot traces decades of war among six factions (Solar Empire, Western Frontier, Anglo Isles, Iron Legion, Tundran Territories, Xylvania), and unfolds through contemporary missions that advance the conflict and flashback missions that reveal its history. Players control a soldier or a land, sea, or air vehicle to engage in combat directly and to command other units. The Wii Remote is used to target and fire, but selecting and ordering units is performed through conventional button presses. The Wii Nunchuk's thumbstick controls player movement, and evasive maneuvers are handled through gestures. In the single-player campaign mode, the player assumes control of the various factions at different points in the conflict's history. The game also features three online multiplayer modes. Skirmish mode is a timed two-player match to score more points than the other player by destroying opposing units. Assault mode is a timed two-player match in which one player attempts to destroy the other player's resources and fortifications while the other defends. Co-Op mode is an untimed two-player match in which both players work together to complete special online missions that are not part of the single-player campaign. Offline local multiplayer is not supported.

A global conflict has reached a stalemate in the console version of the Game Boy Advance series Advance Wars. The evil Kaiser Vlad, seeking to take advantage of the standoff, has assembled an army of shock troops, forcing The Western Frontier and the Tundran Territories to ally and fight back. Battalion Wars is a real-time strategy game that lets you control teams of soldiers and vehicles and lead them through more than 20 missions, using a variety of weapons and tactics.