Eighting


stylized as 8ing, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher. It formerly existed as two separate companies: Eighting and It is known for its shoot 'em ups and its licensed fighting games.
Eighting's name comes from nanakorobi yaoki, a Japanese proverb that says "fall down seven times and get up eight times." Raizing was derived from raijingu and Raijin, the Japanese god of lightning.

History

In March 1993, former Compile staff established Raizing and Eighting to create arcade games. Raizing handled game development while Eighting did sales and distribution. Raizing included a handful of employees who worked on Musha Aleste, including Yuichi Toyama, Kazuyuki Nakashima, and Kenichi Yokoo.
Their first game, Mahou Daisakusen/Sorcer Striker, was released in May 1993. The developers were advised by Toaplan. When Toaplan closed, some staff joined Raizing. Others went on to join Cave, Gazelle, and Takumi Corporation, each of which continued Toaplan's reputation for difficult shooting games. Raizing also continued to use arcade hardware based on Toaplan's units. Composer Manabu Namiki joined the company in 1995, working on Battle Garegga, Armed Police Batrider, Terra Diver, Ghoul Panic, Dimahoo, and others before leaving in 2000. He continued to work with Eighting on fighting games, such as the Bleach: Heat the Soul series.
In October 2000, the Raizing division was incorporated into Eighting. In November 2005, Eighting filed for a public listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's Mothers market.
With the merger of Eighting and Raizing, the combined company began to focus on distributing mobile content for NTT Docomo’s i-mode system, Vodafone live!, and KDDI's EZweb service. It also developed a reputation for fighting games based on anime franchises, including Naruto, One Piece, Bleach, Fullmetal Alchemist, Zatch Bell, and InuYasha.
In 2008, Eighting opened a new subsidiary in Okinawa. It also opened a studio in Sapporo in 2010. By 2011, the company had a department dedicated to social network games for mobile devices.
In 2016, Eighting was acquired by COLOPL. Eighting has also partnered with Nintendo on Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo, Kirby Star Allies, and Pikmin 3 Deluxe, and ''Pikmin 4.''

List of games developed

YearTitlePublisherNotesRef.
2001Bloody Roar 3Hudson Soft
Activision
Virgin Interactive		Produced with Hudson Soft
2001Kuru Kuru KururinNintendo
2001Tekken AdvanceNamco
2002Kururin ParadiseNintendo
2002Bloody Roar: Primal FuryHudson Soft
Activision		Produced with Hudson Soft
2003Bloody Roar 4KonamiProduced with Hudson Soft
2003Naruto: Clash of NinjaTomy
2003Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2Tomy
2004Fullmetal Alchemist: Dream CarnivalBandai
2004Kururin SquashNintendo
2004Zoids StruggleTomy
2004Naruto: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! 3Tomy
2005Bleach: Heat the SoulSCEI
2005Inuyasha: Feudal CombatBandai
2005Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Go! Go! Mamono Fight!!Bandai
2005Zatch Bell! Mamodo BattlesBandai
2005Naruto: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! 4Tomy
2005Bleach: Heat the Soul 2SCEI
2006Battle Stadium D.O.NBandai NamcoProduced with Q Interactive
2006Master of IllusionNintendoProduced with Tenyo
2006Bleach: Heat the Soul 3SCEI
2007Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of MirrorsSquare EnixProduced with Genius Sonority
2007Bleach: Heat the Soul 4SCEI
2007Naruto: Clash of Ninja RevolutionTakara Tomy
2007Naruto Shippūden: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! EXTakara Tomy
2007Naruto Shippūden: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! EX 2Takara Tomy
2008Fate/unlimited codesCapcomProduced with Type-Moon and Cavia
2008Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of HeroesCapcom
2008Castlevania JudgmentKonami
2008Bleach: Heat the Soul 5SCEI
2008Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 2Takara Tomy
2008Naruto Shippūden: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! EX 3Takara Tomy
2009Kamen Rider: Climax HeroesBandai Namco
2009Kamen Rider: Dragon KnightD3 PublisherNintendo DS version produced by Natsume Co., Ltd.
2009Naruto Shippuden: Dragon Blade ChroniclesTakara Tomy
2009Naruto Shippuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3Takara Tomy
2009Bleach: Heat the Soul 6SCEI
2009Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes WBandai Namco
2010Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-StarsCapcomUpdated version of Cross Generation of Heroes
2010Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes OOOBandai Namco
2010Bleach: Heat the Soul 7SCEI
2010Naruto Shippūden: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! SpecialTakara Tomy
2011Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two WorldsCapcom
2011Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3CapcomUpdated version of Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds
2011Monster Hunter 3 UltimateCapcomProduced with Capcom
2011Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes FourzeBandai Namco
2012Kamen Rider: Super Climax HeroesBandai Namco
2013Kamen Rider: Battride WarBandai NamcoProduced with Bandai Namco
2014Kamen Rider: Battride War IIBandai NamcoProduced with Bandai Namco
2016Kamen Rider: Battride War GenesisBandai NamcoProduced with Bandai Namco
2016Zoids: Field of RebellionTakara Tomy
2017Monster Hunter Generations UltimateCapcomProduced with Capcom
2017Kamen Rider: Climax FightersBandai Namco
2020Zoids Wild: Blast UnleashedTakara Tomy
2020Zoids Wild: Infinity BlastTakara Tomy
2020Pikmin 3 DeluxeNintendoPorted and developed new content for the title
2022DNF DuelNexonDeveloped with Arc System Works and Neople
2023Pikmin 4NintendoCo-developed with Nintendo EPD
2024Nintendo Switch Sports NintendoCo-developed free basketball content update with Nintendo.
2025Hunter × Hunter: Nen × ImpactBushiroad Games
Arc System Works