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INITIAL D Street Stage (Asian Version)
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Customer Rating: Customer Review Rated Bad 9 - 9.6 out of 10 (5)

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The Initial D experience goes portable with Initial D: Street Stage on the PSP! Street Stage allows wannabe drift racers the chance to take their skills on the road with wireless ad-hoc play and more features than its PS2 cousin. Based on the Version 3 release of the Initial D arcade game, Street Stage features many popular tracks, including the required Mt. Akina downhill, plus iconic Initial D characters and cars, like Takumi Fujiwara and his Toyota Trueno AE86. Popular characters like Ryosuke Takahashi, Keisuke Takahashi, and Takeshi Nakazato are also available, each with their trademark cars. One new addition to this Initial D entry is the inclusion of collectible cards. Players receive cards after each battle. "Rival" and "Battle" cards provide detailed info on the popular Initial D universe, but "Tuning" cards can be used to customize your car. Upgrading your car means an even better vehicle for wireless ad-hoc grudge matches with fellow PSP-owning Initial D enthusiasts!
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Product Title: INITIAL D Street Stage (Asian Version) 頭文字D Street Stage (亞洲版) 头文字D Street Stage (亚洲版) INITIAL D Street Stage (アジア版) INITIAL D Street Stage (Asian Version)
Release Date: 2006-02-22
Other Information: Asian Version
Package Weight: 300 (g)
Shipment Unit: 2 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1004103963

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本作的內容由街機版《ARCADE STAGE Ver.3》移植，遊戲中會有26位以上的角色登場，而街機版中的8條賽道，如秋名、妙義、赤城、八方原等也會在遊戲中出現。遊戲支援無線對戰，讓你隨時隨地也可以和朋友比拼飄移技術。
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Average Customer Rating for this Edition: Customer Review Rated Bad 9 - 9.6 out of 10 (5)

Axel
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October 3, 2006
Initial G for Great! Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
I played this in an arcade in HK. Then i decided to buy the psp version.
This game is really awesome. Many aspects are true to the anime. E.g. the music (loved the DogFight intro), the cars, the techniques.
The cars look rather rough-edged though, meaning the graphics could've been better. But i usually play in wind-screen mode anyway so it doesn't bother me much.
The music really gets you in the mood. Buy this and prepare for the ride of your life!!!
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kndy
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April 5, 2006
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 Initial D:SS has its quirks but still worth gettin Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8 out of 10
Initial D: Street Stage is a racer based on the popular manga by Shigeno Shuichi and serialized in Kodansha’s Young. It has spawned several anime series and a live movie.

Many people who have an interest in street racing (especially illegal street racing) have watched Initial D and followed the story revolving Takumi, a guy who is a delivery guy for his strict father’s tofu business. Driving a Toyota Sprinter Trueno GT-APX to make deliveries in record time, Takumi has driving skills that have surprised (and surpassed) street racer’s who race at Mount Akina and thus rival racers want a piece of this “unknown racer” and the best want only to challenge him.

Although several video games have been released for the console, the game that caught on like wildfire in the arcades was Initial D: Arcade Stage. Many people would go to the arcades and bring their ID cards and spend their money in trying to be the best racer.

Now the game is out for the PSP and Initial D fans are rejoicing for the portable version of the popular arcade game. Note: Not all aspects of the arcade game is included in the PSP version.

The video game allows you to be one of the characters featured in the manga to play as rival, driving their car or other cars or also playing as Takumi.

The game features different modes:

LEGEND OF THE STREETS (which you pick a racer and you challenge rival race teams), TIME ATTACK
THE BUNTA CHALLENGE (Go against Bunta, a difficult character that you will test your skills in the game)
WIRELESS MODE (Ad Hoc and you can go against another racer via Arcade stage, Time Attack and Sudden Death)

and sections such as

GARAGE (which you can use cards to tune your car, switch or purchase cars)
CARD COLLECTION MODE (To view the cards you have earned)
PROJECT D WEBSITE (A place to watch replays and listen to music and audio)
OPTIONS

GAMEPLAY: With several racing games on the PSP, Initial D is a very enjoyable racing game but unlike Ridge Racer (which you can drift easily) and Burn Out Legends, you make one or several mistakes and you can easily lose the race. You will literally be neck-and-neck with other rival racers many times until you master certain maneuvers. If you played arcade stage, you will know what to expect from this game.

As for tuning your car, this is where it can upset Initial D arcade purists because the game uses a card system not point system. When you win a match, you get three cards faced down ….pick one and you either get artwork or a tuning card. Get enough tuning cards and you can really make some major improvements on your vehicle. What if you get multiple cards? Good news is that you can trade cards with friends who also have the game.

GRAPHICS: I’ve played variations of this game for different consoles and Initial D has never been a winner in the graphics category in terms of racers. On the PSP, Burnout Legends looks very good…Initial D looks good. Sometimes when racing in the background in the mountains and seeing the trees, you’ll may say the scenery looks nice…but all in all, once you played Burnout Legends…Initial D is not the greatest in the graphics category but still looks good.

AUDIO: Well, although the game utilizes the manga characters, the cut scenes do utilitze the voice actors from the anime series and will interact before and after each match. As for the music, it’s Avex music….you’ll love it if you're a move fan or JPOP Euro hyper mix fan, but if you are expecting Tokyo Pop hip hop, you are not going to find it here.

USER FRIENDLINESS TO NON-JAPANESE SPEAKERS AND READERS:

Well, if you don’t understand Japanese, the cut scenes won’t matter much to you at all. Fortunately, the anime series and film can be obtained to understand what the series is about. As for the menu’s, they are not too hard to figure out. There are guides available for reading online.

Just a word that there are two versions…the Japanese and Asian version of the game. Asian version comes with the manual in English and a bonus Initial D necklace (or whatever you call it).

All in all, I enjoy the series and I enjoy the game. If you never played Initial D, your mindset will think about playing it like Ridge Racer on the PSP but it’s important to learn advance maneuvers to beat our rival challengers. The biggest knock that Initial D has always received from purists is the mechanics of the actual cars being driven so high performance cars such as a Nissan Skyline or Mazda RX-7 will not outperform many of the cars in the game… so as much as the game tries to be realistic for a racing game, in actuality, it’s not. So, if you are not a purist…each car on the game is fair game. Don’t expect a high performance car to make you the best because this game is all about the person behind the controls…you.

As much as I enjoy Ridge Racer and Burnout Legends on the PSP, there is a certain excitement of playing Initial D especially if you are familiar with the series and the thrill of the competition of taking on your rivals and beating them. But there are some factors that make me score the game down as well. But even then…the game still makes it one hell of a racer on the PSP and I recommend the purchase of this game.

RATING: 84%/100

PROS:
+ Based on an awesome manga/anime series.
+ Initial D is very enjoyable as races are challenging but the thrill of beating a rival racer is awesome.
+ A lot of Arcade Stage (version 3) is in this game…characters, tracks, cars
+ Many songs from the series and arcade are in this game….
+ Tuning is simplified
+ Replay is very good with various modes and the next go around, the rivals come back at you with fury, so you h
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ByakuyaK6
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March 31, 2006
super game Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
well its a really fun game no doubt!!!! even for me, who played all the three versions out in the arcades ever since the first version came out in canada, and im still not bored of this psp version of the game!!! issue is with the controls since you dont get the precision of the streering wheel, that makes it harder on expert tracks. But a must buy for all initial d fans and racing game fans!! its definatly the best racing game out there
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benchou
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March 4, 2006
WOW!!! Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
this game is brilliant just like the arcade version sound tracks are good. . . .yeh the controls are a bit tricky at first but got use to the game is really really good. . . . . for all the intial d, maximum tune lovers get this. . . it will satisfy u
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Tatsuomaru
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March 3, 2006
Initial D has hit the PSP! Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
This is fantastic, I am very happy with this game, the controls are rather tricky at first, solely due to the sensitivity of steerig and drifting with the analogue stick. But once yougot that taken care off its great. Good tracks (unfortunately not Akina-Snow),
good music tracks, and all the cars are there too. the card system will take getting used too, but this game is definately a must-buy for any one who enjoys playing initial D, or even likes the Anime/Manga comics but has no Initial D machine near them. I strongly recommend this game.
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