Eighting

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Eighting Co., Ltd.

Eighting logo, stylized as 8ing
Native name	株式会社エイティング
Romanized name	Eitingu Kabushiki-gaisha
Formerly	Raizing (1993–2000)
Type	Kabushiki gaisha
Industry	Video games
Founded	15 March 1993; 28 years ago (1993-03-15)
Headquarters	Shinagawa, Tokyo , Japan
Number of employees	236[1] (2019)
Parent	COLOPL, Inc.[2] (2016–present)
Website	https://www.8ing.co.jp/

Eighting Co., Ltd.^[a], stylized as 8ing, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher. It was formerly known as Raizing^[b]. It is known for its shoot 'em ups and its licensed fighting games.

History[]

Raizing and Eighting were formed in part by former staff of Compile, to create arcade games. The development was done by Raizing, while sales and distribution were done by Eighting. Their first game, Mahou Daisakusen/Sorcer Striker was released in 1993. After the arcade developer Toaplan closed their doors, some of their staff went to Raizing, while others began the offshoot companies Cave, Takumi, and Gazelle, all of which were noted for their strong support of the shoot 'em up genre, and the "danmaku" (or "manic") subgenre in particular. Raizing continued to use arcade hardware based on Toaplan's units for years after Toaplan's demise.

The company featured a handful of former Compile employees, mainly those who worked on Musha Aleste, including Yuuichi Toyama (a.k.a. "Healthy"), Kazuyuki Nakashima, and Yokoo Kenichi. The company also included the famous shooting game developer Shinobu Yagawa who was the designer and programmer for Battle Garegga, Armed Police Batrider, and Battle Bakraid while at Raizing, and is now employed by Cave.

In October 2000, the Raizing division was incorporated into Eighting, and since then, no shooter games were produced. The company since then concentrated its video game business to home consoles and mobile/social gaming.

List of 8ing/Raizing's games[]

Raizing titles[]

• Sorcer Striker (1993)
• Panic Bomber (1994) (produced with Hudson Soft) (SNK Neo Geo)
• Kingdom Grand Prix (1994)
• Battle Garegga (1996)
• Terra Diver (Sega STV) (1996)
• Bloody Roar (produced with Hudson Soft) (Sony ZN1) (1997)
• Armed Police Batrider (1998)
• Battle Bakraid (8ing credit) (1999)
• Bloody Roar 2 (produced with Hudson Soft) (Sony ZN1) (1999)
• Oh! Bakyuuun (1999/2000)
• Dimahoo (distributed by Capcom) (Capcom CPS 2) (2000)
• 1944: The Loop Master (produced with Capcom) (Capcom CPS 2) (2000)
• Brave Blade (published by Namco) (Sony ZN1) (2000)
• Golgo 13 (published by Namco) (1999)
• Golgo 13 - Kiseki no Dandou (published by Namco) (2000)
• Golgo 13 - Juusei no Requiem (published by Namco) (8ing credit) (2001)

Eighting titles[]

• Bloody Roar 3 (produced with Hudson Soft) (Arcade (Namco System 246, PlayStation 2, GameCube (Primal Fury), Xbox (Extreme)) (2001–2002)
• Kuru Kuru Kururin (published by Nintendo) (Game Boy Advance) (2001)
• Kururin Paradise (published by Nintendo) (Game Boy Advance) (2002)
• Bloody Roar 4 (produced with Hudson Soft) (PlayStation 2, Xbox) (2003)
• Naruto: Clash of Ninja (series) (produced with Takara Tomy) (Nintendo GameCube, Wii) (2003 (1–2)), (2004 (3)), (2005 (4)), (2007 (EX1-2, Revolution 1)), (2008 (EX3, Revolution 2)), (2009 (Revolution 3)), (2010 (Special))
• Fullmetal Alchemist: Dream Carnival (PlayStation 2) (2004)
• Kururin Squash! (published by Nintendo) (GameCube) (2004)
• Zoids Struggle (published by Tomy) (PlayStation 2) (2004)
• Bleach: Heat the Soul (series) (distributed by SCEI) (PlayStation Portable) (2005 (1–2)), (2006 (3)), (2007 (4)), (2008 (5)), (2009 (6)), (2010 (7))
• Zoids: Full Metal Crash (published by Tomy) (GameCube) (2005)
• Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Go! Go! Mamono Fight!! (published by Bandai) (GameCube) (2005)
• Zatch Bell! Mamodo Battles (published by Bandai) (GameCube) (2005)
• Battle Stadium D.O.N (distributed by Namco Bandai Games) (planned by Q? Entertainment) (GameCube, PlayStation 2) (2006)
• Master of Illusion (published by Nintendo) (Nintendo DS, DSiWare) (2006)
• Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors (planned by Genius Sonority / game designed by Armor Project / published by Square Enix) (Wii) (2007)
• Fate/unlimited codes (original concept by Type-Moon / planned by Cavia / published by Capcom) (Arcade (Namco System 246), PS2, PSP (Portable)) (2008)
• Castlevania Judgment (co-developed and distributed by Konami) (Wii) (2008)
• Kamen Rider Climax Heroes (distributed by Namco Bandai Games) (PS2, Wii (W, OOO, Fourze & Super), PSP (OOO, Fourze & Super)) (2009–2012)
• Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight (distributed by Namco Bandai Games / published by D3 Publisher) (Wii) (2009)
• Naruto Shippuden: Dragon Blade Chronicles (produced with Tomy) (Wii) (2009)
• Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars (distributed and published by Capcom) (Arcade, Wii) (2008–2010)
• Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory (game designed by Armor Project / published by Square Enix) (Wii) (2010)
• Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds/Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (co-developed and distributed by Capcom) (PS3, Xbox 360, PSVITA, PS4, Xbox One, PC/Steam) (2011-2018)
• Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (developed with Capcom Production Studio 1) (3DS, Wii U (HD)) (2011-2012)^[3]
• Kamen Rider: Battride War (distributed by Namco Bandai Games) (PS3 (Battride War, II, Genesis), Wii U (II), PS4 (Genesis), PSVITA (Genesis)) (2013-2016)
• Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate (developed with Capcom Production Studio 1) (Switch) (2017)
• Zoids: Field of Rebellion (distributed by Takara Tomy) (Android, iOS) (2017)
• Kamen Rider Climax Fighters (distributed by Namco Bandai Games in East and South East Asia, and by Daewon Media in South Korea) (PS4) (2017)
• Zoids Wild: King of Blast/Zoids Wild: Infinity Blast (published by Takara Tomy) (Switch) (2019-2020)
• Pikmin 3 Deluxe (developed with Nintendo) (Switch) (2020)

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

• 8ing.net (English)
• R8ZING: A Raizing/Eighting Shooter Tribute
• Interview with Sotoyama Yuuichi and Yokoo Kenich from Shooting Gameside #1 Magazine