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group=lower-alpha stylized as 8ing, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher. It formerly existed as two separate companies: Eighting and group=lower-alpha 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 (rising) and Raijin, the Japanese god of lightning.
Their first game, 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 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 , Kirby Star Allies, and Pikmin 3 Deluxe, and Pikmin 4.
| +List of games developed as Raizing !Year !Title !Publisher !Notes !Ref. | ||||
| 1993 | Sorcer Striker | Able Corporation | ||
| 1994 | 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 | ||
| Brave Blade | Namco | |||
| Golgo 13 - Kiseki no Dandou | ||||
| 2001 | Golgo 13 - Juusei no Requiem |
| +List of games developed as Eighting !Year !Title !Publisher !Notes !Ref. | ||||
| 2001 | Bloody Roar 3 | Hudson Soft Activision Virgin Interactive | Produced with Hudson Soft | |
| Kuru Kuru Kururin | Nintendo | |||
| Tekken Advance | Namco | |||
| 2002 | Kururin Paradise | Nintendo | ||
| Hudson Soft Activision | Produced with Hudson Soft | |||
| 2003 | Bloody Roar 4 | Konami | Produced with Hudson Soft | |
| Tomy | ||||
| Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2 | ||||
| 2004 | Bandai | |||
| Kururin Squash | Nintendo | |||
| Zoids Struggle | Tomy | |||
| Naruto: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! 3 | ||||
| 2005 | SCEI | |||
| Bandai | ||||
| Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Go! Go! Mamono Fight!! | ||||
| Zatch Bell! Mamodo Battles | ||||
| Naruto: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! 4 | Tomy | |||
| SCEI | ||||
| 2006 | Battle Stadium D.O.N | Bandai Namco | Produced with Q Interactive | |
| Master of Illusion | Nintendo | Produced with Tenyo | ||
| SCEI | ||||
| 2007 | Square Enix | Produced with Genius Sonority | ||
| 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 | |
| Castlevania Judgment | Konami | |||
| SCEI | ||||
| Takara Tomy | ||||
| 2009 | Bandai Namco | |||
| D3 Publisher | Nintendo DS version produced by Natsume Co., Ltd. | |||
| Takara Tomy | ||||
| Naruto Shippuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3 | ||||
| SCEI | ||||
| Bandai Namco | ||||
| 2010 | Capcom | Updated version of Cross Generation of Heroes | ||
| Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes OOO | Bandai Namco | |||
| SCEI | ||||
| Naruto Shippūden: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! Special | Takara Tomy | |||
| 2011 | 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 | Produced with Bandai Namco | |||
| 2014 | ||||
| 2016 | ||||
| Zoids: Field of Rebellion | Takara Tomy | |||
| 2017 | Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate | Capcom | Produced with Capcom | |
| Kamen Rider: Climax Fighters | Bandai Namco | |||
| 2020 | Takara Tomy | |||
| 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 | Nintendo Switch Sports (Free content update) | Nintendo | Co-developed free basketball content update with Nintendo. | |
| 2025 | Bushiroad
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