Eighting

Eighting Co., Ltd.
Native name
株式会社エイティング
Eitingu Kabushiki-gaisha
FormerlyRaizing (1993–2000)
Company typeKabushiki gaisha
IndustryVideo games
Founded15 March 1993; 31 years ago (1993-03-15)
Headquarters
Shinagawa, Tokyo
,
Japan
Key people
Yasuhiko Sameshima (President and CEO)
Number of employees
276[1] (September, 2024)
ParentCOLOPL, Inc.[2] (2016–present)
Website8ing.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

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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 bankruptcy.

The company featured a handful of former Compile employees, mainly those who worked on Musha Aleste, including Yuichi Toyama (a.k.a. "Healthy"), Kazuyuki Nakashima, and Kenichi Yokoo. 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 shoot'em up games were produced. The company since then concentrated its video game business to home consoles and mobile/social gaming.

List of games developed

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List of games developed as Raizing
Year Title Publisher Notes
1993 Sorcer Striker Able Corporation
1994 Bomberman: Panic Bomber Hudson Soft Produced with Hudson Soft
Kingdom Grand Prix Eighting
1996 Battle Garegga
Terra Diver Eighting
Electronic Arts Victor
Data East
1997 Bloody Roar Hudson Soft/SCEA/Virgin Interactive Produced with Hudson Soft
1998 Armed Police Batrider Eighting
1999 Battle Bakraid Able Corporation
Bloody Roar 2 Hudson Soft
SCEA
Virgin Interactive
Ghoul Panic Namco
Golgo 13
2000 Dimahoo Capcom
1944: The Loop Master
Brave Blade Namco
Golgo 13 - Kiseki no Dandou
2001 Golgo 13 - Juusei no Requiem
List of games developed as Eighting
Year Title Publisher Notes
2001 Bloody Roar 3 Hudson Soft
Activision
Virgin Interactive 		Produced with Hudson Soft
Kuru Kuru Kururin Nintendo
Tekken Advance Namco
2002 Kururin Paradise Nintendo
2003 Bloody Roar 4 Konami Produced with Hudson Soft
Naruto: Clash of Ninja Tomy
Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2
2004 Fullmetal Alchemist: Dream Carnival Bandai
Kururin Squash Nintendo
Zoids Struggle Tomy
Naruto: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! 3
2005 Bleach: Heat the Soul SCEI
Zoids: Full Metal Crash Tomy
Inuyasha: Feudal Combat Bandai
Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Go! Go! Mamono Fight!!
Zatch Bell! Mamodo Battles
Naruto: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! 4 Tomy
Bleach: Heat the Soul 2 SCEI
2006 Battle Stadium D.O.N Bandai Namco Produced with Q Interactive
Master of Illusion Nintendo Produced with Tenyo
Bleach: Heat the Soul 3 SCEI
2007 Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors Square Enix Produced with Genius Sonority
Bleach: Heat the Soul 4 SCEI
Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution Takara Tomy
Naruto Shippūden: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! EX
Naruto Shippūden: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! EX 2
2008 Fate/unlimited codes Capcom Produced with Type-Moon and Cavia
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes
Castlevania Judgment Konami
Bleach: Heat the Soul 5 SCEI
Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 2 Takara Tomy
Naruto Shippūden: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! EX 3
2009 Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes Bandai Namco
Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight D3 Publisher Nintendo DS version produced by Natsume Co., Ltd.
Naruto Shippuden: Dragon Blade Chronicles Takara Tomy
Naruto Shippuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3
Bleach: Heat the Soul 6 SCEI
Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes W Bandai Namco
2010 Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars Capcom Updated version of Cross Generation of Heroes
Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes OOO Bandai Namco
Bleach: Heat the Soul 7 SCEI
Naruto Shippūden: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! Special Takara Tomy
2011 Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds Capcom
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Updated version of Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Produced with Capcom
Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes Fourze Bandai Namco
2012 Kamen Rider: Super Climax Heroes
2013 Kamen Rider: Battride War Produced with Bandai Namco
2014 Kamen Rider: Battride War II
2016 Kamen Rider: Battride War Genesis
Zoids: Field of Rebellion Takara Tomy
2017 Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate Capcom Produced with Capcom
Kamen Rider: Climax Fighters Bandai Namco
2020 Zoids Wild: Blast Unleashed Takara Tomy
Zoids Wild: Infinity Blast
Pikmin 3 Deluxe Nintendo Ported and developed new content for the title
2022 DNF Duel Nexon Developed with Arc System Works and Neople
2023 Pikmin 4 Nintendo Co-developed with Nintendo EPD
2024 Hunter × Hunter: Nen × Impact Bushiroad Games
Arc System Works
Nintendo Switch Sports (Free content update) Nintendo Co-developed free basketball content update with Nintendo.[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ Japanese: 株式会社エイティング, Hepburn: Eitingu Kabushiki gaisha
  2. ^ Japanese: ライジング, Hepburn: Raijingu

References

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  1. ^ "Company Profile" 会社概要 (in Japanese). Eighting. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
  2. ^ "COLOPL, Inc". Retrieved June 18, 2017.
  3. ^ ssf1991 (July 10, 2024). "Eighting worked on Nintendo Switch Sports basketball update". My Nintendo News. Retrieved July 20, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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