Toshinden 1 [PC] - play as Sho (with ending)

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Published on August 18, 2019 8:34:11 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CG3DqP-LDk

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Battle Arena Toshinden (1995)

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This is a play-through using Sho Shinjo in the PC version of Battle Arena Toshinden 1. Read on below for more information...

Sho is a hidden boss in 1P Game mode on the harder difficulty levels. He can be fought against by playing through the game and beating Gaia without using a Continue. He is an unlockable playable character.

===== HOW TO UNLOCK SHO =====

There are two ways to do this, as follows:

------ METHOD 1 ------

1) Set the game's difficulty to Hard or Very Hard.

2) Play through 1P Game mode and beat the boss Gaia. Do all of this without using a Continue. After the story text and move demonstration, you'll then get to fight Sho.

3) Beat Sho. He'll then be unlocked on the character select screen along with Gaia. Just move off the edge of the character icons and they'll be there.

------ METHOD 2 ------

During gameplay, type in "gimmiejim" on the keyboard without the quotes. (unconfirmed)

===== ABOUT SHO =====

Sho is the master and older brother of Eiji. He trained both his younger brother and Kayin in the way of the sword, before leaving them without notice. He has since traveled around the world under the alias of "The Stranger", searching for strong opponents whom he ends up defeating.

In the first Toshinden tournament (Toshinden 1), he met and fought against a woman named Cupido who was from the Himitsu Kessha organisation. They soon fell in love and eventually had a son named Subaru.

Gameplay-wise, at the root he is basically an "alternative" version of Eiji and Kayin, as he shares their basics and special moves in all of the Toshinden fighting games he has appeared in. He is basically the "Akuma" of Toshinden, with Eiji and Kayin being the "Ryu" and "Ken" respectively.

Sho is one of the best characters in the game. He has virtually all of Eiji's and Kayin's basics and special moves combined, with some of these moves further enhanced. He is also faster than the both of them as well - he does almost everything faster than them that it's almost like he is in "turbo" mode.

Design-wise, this guy looks as if he belongs in a JRPG rather than Toshinden.

===== ADDITIONAL INFORMATION =====

---- On the character select screen, just like Gaia and Jim, he has no icon and no image portrait.

===== ABOUT PC BAT1 =====

This is a rather interesting port of the PS1 version of the game... the most significant difference of it is the inclusion of the character Earthworm Jim, who serves as a hidden CPU boss opponent and can also be unlocked as a playable character. The game uses the soundtrack from the Japanese version of the PS1 game (yes, the soundtrack is different to the USA and EUR versions).

As it is a PC game, there was the option of improving the graphics with additional hardware, which was something that bettered the PS1 port if it was implemented.

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