D-Xhird (ディ・サード, Di・Sādo) is a 3D weapons-based fighting game developed by Nextech and published by Takara, the same companies that created the Battle Arena Toshinden series, which the game is inspired from.^[1] The endings for the characters teased a sequel, but it never happened.

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D-Xhird
Developer(s)	Nextech
Publisher(s)	Takara
Platform(s)	Sega Saturn
Release	JP: May 30, 1997
Genre(s)	Fighting
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

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Players choose their fighter and fight through the cast in the common fighting game fashion. Players are able to strafe using the Saturn shoulder buttons as well as performing attacks with the strafe command such as grabs and special moves. Depending on the opponent, the arena will either consist of a ring or a cage. Players (and opponents as well) have the ability to avoid falling out of the ring by pressing the jump button just as they are about to fall. Players and enemies alike can also use the walls of a caged arena to deal extra damage on an opponent by knocking them against the cage's walls.

Next Generation reviewed the Saturn version of the game, rating it two stars out of five, and stated that "If Namco's Soul Edge is a Lexus, then D-Xhird is a Hyundai. Not a lot of frills, but it gets the job done. Barely."^[2]

GameSpot's Ryan Mac Donald gave D-Xhird a negative calling it "by far, the worst fighter I've ever played. He criticized multiple aspects of the game such as the sound, graphics and the gameplay itself, he said of the game's sound production "When someone gets hit, it sounds like a water bottle being dropped on the ground. Plus, nearly every second of play is plagued by the annoying sound of weapons clashing. It pains me just to think about it.". Complaints were also given of the way the game implements combo attacks and the designs of the weapons themselves. In conclusion, he wrote " How could a company release a game like D-Xhird with a clear conscience? They had to know that the game they were working on was devoid of value. Saturn owners waiting for another good 3-D fighting game can just keep on waiting. This one isn't worth the CD it's burned on. The game was given a rating of 1.4/10 and called abysmal by Mac Donald and maintains a rating of 5.5/10 from 42 user ratings on the GameSpot website as of August 2019.^[3]

CGR Publishing known at the time as classic game room or simple CGR did a youtube review of the game praising D-Xhird for its graphics and controls but criticizing the character designs saying, "I've gotta compliment the backgrounds, they look really good even if the fighter designs are kind of lacking it's got a bit of a Battle Arena Toshinden feel to it but less cheesy 1:43-1:53". In conclusion, the reviewer said of the game, "This one's not bad, I've played better I've played worse 4:48-4:51.^[4]

In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 23 out of 40.^[5]

• GameFan # 56 (Vol 5, Issue 8) 1997 August
• Power Unlimited - Sep, 1997