Silver Arrows
(Banned)
- 4,715
- Brandon, MB
- Silver-Arrows21
Genki Announces Shutokou Battle Xtreme, Coming to iOS and Android this Month
- Thread starter GTPNewsWire
- 267 comments
- 42,498 views
- 1,690
- Connecticut
- GroupB
The problem is that the licenses never existed in the first place. Ford and Lotus were licensed for Japan only, and rather than get ROW licenses, the Western publishers simply removed the cars.
Silver Arrows
(Banned)
- 4,715
- Brandon, MB
- Silver-Arrows21
- 1,129
- United States
- Jake-Racer1221
Only the U.K. and Japan Version of Kaido Battle 2 has Ford's. Sadly the European version has no Lotus.
Silver Arrows
(Banned)
- 4,715
- Brandon, MB
- Silver-Arrows21
- 5,761
- USA
- TPC_Raccooon23
- CRaccoon23
The Mini Cooper was in there too.
Silver Arrows
(Banned)
- 4,715
- Brandon, MB
- Silver-Arrows21
That's it, alongside the New Beetle as well. Not even the RSi that was in TXR3.
- 1,690
- Connecticut
- GroupB
- 1,020
- Madison, WI
- FerrariF1GT
- FerrariFan24
I personally think that it was a good idea to make this a mobile game. I know most console players who are used to buying games up front and don't normally have to pay or grind for currency like to demonize the mobile gaming industry by saying that free games are evil and greedy, but mobile gaming has brought millions into gaming, some even beyond the staples, namely Angry Birds, Candy Crush, Clash of Clans, Pokemon Go, and Temple Run. The same could hold true with Genki, who could bring Shutokou Battle to a broader audience, myself included, within and beyond Japan. Besides, I don't think the casual players care if it's a good idea to start going pay-to-win if they find themselves in a hole; they could just uninstall the game without the need for a refund!
- 196
- Croatia
DANG IT I got a Windows Phone... Nokia Lumia. Heck, I might buy a new phone just for this. 
Silver Arrows
(Banned)
- 4,715
- Brandon, MB
- Silver-Arrows21
Exactly, it helps to that the Japanese console market, aside from a few specific game examples (FF15, Persona 5 I believe) have cratered. Gacha games and mobile experiences are pretty much the norm.
- 1,095
- United Kingdom
- Traviizter
Well this is news that I didn't expect to see today, but I'm super stoked. I really enjoyed the TXR series, and even Street Supremacy. Hopefully the game is successful enough that we'll see a PS4 TXR... one can dream.
- 5,065
- Fort Worth
- That_sneaky_azN
You know, that looks pretty darn impressive for a mobile game.
- 359
- Virginia Beach, VA, US
I am happier about this than Gran Turismo Sport.
- 126
- Singapore
- 314
- Miami, FL, CUBA
- mistamontiel00
Yey dumbphone games !
Shutokou Battle 1+2 are marvelous on the precious $EGA Dreamcast =} Too bad the second game did away with two-player however
Also got the both Drift games for PS2 , breathtaking ! Would need the GSM homebrew app to force progressive scan though pffft such shame so much interlaced-only on PS2 for wtf
Shutokou Battle 1+2 are marvelous on the precious $EGA Dreamcast =} Too bad the second game did away with two-player however
Also got the both Drift games for PS2 , breathtaking ! Would need the GSM homebrew app to force progressive scan though pffft such shame so much interlaced-only on PS2 for wtf
- 126
- Singapore
Oh yeah, here's something interesting. For players of Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 5 DX, apparently Genki also helped out in the development of the game.
IIRC they've been involved with the series in some way since WMMT1, getting that nod in the credits. I played a lot of WMMT1 through WMMT3.
I'm super jealous of WMMT5DX, but on the other hand I can't afford to play like I did for free when I was an arcade employee!
- 907
- Australia
Such as shame it's not console based like the wangan one on PS3. Arcades aren't so big in Australia anymore and I feel were shut of in terms of what can be available and enjoyed simply because our culture has become so lazy. Australians like what's popular at the time, you go off the "beaten path" and like something not so main stream, people here think your weird. For example, everyone here likes rugby or cricket, me I can't stand either but Iam a formula one nut or anything to do with cars and my work mates ask me what's so fascinating watching cars go round and round and my reply is "rugby and cricket, you need one ball, f1 you need two".
- 907
- Australia
Man I wish there were a console or pc version of wmmt. I've never played it before.
On topic: I wonder when exactly this will launch. But its some time this month for sure?
Wangan midnight on PS3 was a card based game. You needed to unlock better cards for better parts and upgrades for your car. The cool part was you couldn't just go flat out all the time as your engine would over heat and blow as your doing over 300kph, so you had to be quite strategic on how hard and far you could push the car in a battle. Got quite challenging at times, especially against devil z and black bird.
- 907
- Australia
Surely genki can see how any want a return to console, they can't be that naive can they? I know they may be struggling for cash but won't the support proove to them that it's more than just a risk and that it's a gamble that would pay of if there smart about how they did it?
- 54
- United Kingdom
- liam10bmx
In reality there isn't that much of a demand for it, it's only a small group of people, that's the way it's always been with genki games.
This new game is excellent news though, it has the potential to introduce loads of new people to the company and games
I'm positive we'll see a console release eventually though
- 930
- Somewhere in the Northeast
- AllFizzledOut
- TakeALLTheNames
My worst fear at this point is that Shutokou Battle will just be another "one button" racing game like CSR or F&F, where you don't have much freedom over movement besides forwards.
(And IAP's are shoved in your face)
(And IAP's are shoved in your face)
Similar threads
