8ing/Raizing

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8ing/Raizing (also called Eighting/Raizing, Raizing, Eighting or 8ing) is a Japanese video game company mainly known for its shoot-'em-ups, but they have also ventured in the fighting genre with the Bloody Roar (AKA Beastorizer) series, the Bleach: Heat the Soul series (based on the anime and manga Bleach) and the Naruto: Gekitou Ninja Taisen series (based on the anime and manga Naruto).

Raizing is one of the offshoots of shooter greats Toaplan (along with Cave, Takumi, and Gazelle), in which, before Toaplan's bankruptcy, Raizing designed their shooters on hardware licensed from Toaplan. The company also features former Compile employees, mainly those who worked on the Aleste line of shooters (including Yuichi Toyama [AKA "Healthy Toyama"]).

In 2001, the Raizing division was incorporated into 8ing, and since then, no shooter games were produced.

[edit] List of 8ing/Raizing's games

Mahou Daisakusen / Sorcer Striker (1993)
Shippu Mahou Daisakusen: Kingdom Grand Prix / Kingdom Grand Prix (1994)
Battle Garegga (1996)
Soukyugurentai / Terra Diver (Sega STV) (1996)
Bloody Roar / Beastorizer (produced with Hudson Soft) (Sony ZN1) (1997)
Armed Police BatRider (1998)
Battle Bakraid (1999)
Bloody Roar 2 (produced with Hudson Soft) (Sony ZN1) (1999)
Great Mahou Daisakusen / Dimahoo (distributed by Capcom) (Capcom CPS 2) (2000)
1944: The Loop Master (produced with Capcom) (Capcom CPS 2) (2000)
Brave Blade (Sony ZN1) (2000)
Bloody Roar 3 (produced with Hudson Soft) (Namco System 246) (2001)
Kuru Kuru Kururin (Game Boy Advance) (2001)
Kururin Paradise (Game Boy Advance) (2002)
Bloody Roar 4 (produced with Hudson Soft) (2003)
Naruto: Clash of Ninja (developed by TOMY) (Nintendo GameCube) (2003)
Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2 (developed by TOMY) (Nintendo GameCube) (2003)
Kururin Squash (Nintendo GameCube) (2004)
Naruto: Gekitou Ninja Taisen 3 (developed by TOMY) (Nintendo GameCube) (2004)
Bleach: Heat the Soul (distributed by SCEI) (PlayStation Portable) (2005)
Bleach: Heat the Soul 2 (distributed by SCEI) (PlayStation Portable) (2005)
Naruto: Gekitou Ninja Taisen 4 (developed by TOMY) (Nintendo GameCube) (2005)
Bleach: Heat the Soul 3 (distributed by SCEI) (PlayStation Portable) (2006)
Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection (PSP version) (developed & distributed by Bandai Namco) (PlayStation Portable) (2006)
Battle Stadium D.O.N (distributed by Bandai Namco) (Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2) (2006)
Dragon Quest Swords (planning by Genius Sonority/game design by Yuji Horii/distribution by Square-Enix) (Nintendo Wii) (TBD)