Initial D Arcade Stage

Initial D Arcade Stage is a racing arcade game, developed and published by Sega and released in 2002. There are many sequels for the game, all of which received home ports. The game is based on the manga/anime of the same name.

Why It Feels A Kansei-Dorifto

 * 1) Lots of real Japanese car brands, including those that are featured in the anime/manga.
 * 2) First arcade game in America to utilize a Magnetic Card system to save cars and progress throughout the game.
 * 3) Top-Tier Eurobeat soundtrack.
 * 4) Real-life Japanese mountains as the circuits!
 * 5) Legend of the Street mode where every Initial D character challenges you to race them to see if you are the fastest one.
 * 6) Lots of Techniques to learn.
 * 7) Arcade Stage 3 features the "Bunta Challenge" mode where Bunta Fujiwara, Takumi's dad, gives you a list of challenges after you beat Legend of the Street mode.
 * 8) Arcade Stage 4 gives you your own customizable avatar.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The US version suffers from bad localization. For instance, "Takumi" is renamed "Tak". These names were carried over from the Tokyopop dub of the anime.
 * 2) Version 4 removed many cars, such as the Toyota Celica GT-Four (ST205), Nissan Silvia K's Aero (S14 Kouki), and both of the CP9A generation Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution.
 * 3) * However, instead of removing them entirely certain cars such as the Bugeye Subaru Impreza WRX STi (GDB-A) and Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII (CT9A) were instead updated to their 2005-07 facelifted variations, which are the GDB-F Hawkeye and IX GSR variants.
 * 4) Version 5 onwards never received an English release, mostly in part due to the series' declining appeal in the west.
 * 5) The game can get repetitive after playing for a long time.