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19-487: While the series was most commonly localized under the name Tokyo Xtreme Racer , when published by Crave Entertainment , other publishers have given certain installments entirely different names, such as Tokyo Highway Battle when published by Jaleco and THQ International; Import Tuner Challenge by Ubisoft ; and even Street Supremacy when released by Konami . There is also a sub-series named Kaido Battle which focuses on Touge racing and drifting . The series

38-458: A partnership with Oxygen Interactive via Liquid Games, whereas Liquid Games would market its titles by Crave Entertainment for the European market. During Fillpoint ownership, the company launched its own label for its family friendly gaming, Red Wagon Games . On August 15, 2012, Fillpoint LLC filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy , with Crave ceasing operations. In 2023, the website was revived with

57-569: The Kaido Circuit and have the intention to conquer it. In order to protect the circuit from the Devils, they create another team: The Kingdom Twelve. At the beginning, their leader's identity is unknown. This time, the hero is also unknown and is able to beat everyone, even Imaizumi and Zoushigaya. By beating them, he is able to defeat the members of the Kingdom Twelve & the 13 Devils. By e-mails,

76-572: The Kaido Circuit spirals into chaos. To fix it, in Kaido: Tōge no Densetsu , Zoushigaya becomes the Miracles Summit and now drives a black Subaru Impreza Prototype Rally Car and Kyoichi Imaizumi, Zao's Slasher, becomes the Absolute Emperor and drives a white Renault Clio V6 Phase 2. These drivers are now the fastest on the Kaido Circuit. Meanwhile, the 13 Devils from Tokyo led by Iwasaki come to

95-470: The Kaido Circuit, but by doing so, he manipulated him, and lies to everyone saying that his team protects the Circuit from the Devils, while the Devils didn't know his real goal: to found the fastest Rally Team and Highway Team. The D1 Grand Prix drifting championship inspired the new series Racing Battle: C1 Grand Prix , released in 2005 and remembering the 1997 drift circuit based Shutokou Battle Gaiden and

114-692: The Kingdom Twelve's leader's identity is known after he beats Timberslash: Hamagaki. After beating him and Iwasaki, the hero battles Koukami and beats him. And after these events, the truth is revealed: Hamagaki was still angry since he lost his title as the Emotional King. Thus, in Kaido Battle 2: Chain Reaction , he challenged every rival and eventually challenged Koukami again at Aso. But Koukami won again, making Hamagaki angrier than ever. Eventually, since Iwasaki became depressed, Hamagaki cajoled him to race into

133-857: The Sega Saturn, Wangan Dead Heat , and a circuit/tune edition unique episode for the PlayStation, Kattobi Tune , which oriented the Shutokou Battle series through a new direction, leading to the Dreamcast version and its worldwide recognition and distribution. Kattobi Tune was compiled under the supervision of Rev Speed, a popular Japanese car tuning magazine and features seven licensed professional tuners, RE Amemiya , Spoon , Mine's , Trial, "RS Yamamoto", Garage Saurus and JUN Auto , appearing years later in Racing Battle: C1 Grand Prix and also in

152-486: The Tokyo Xtreme Racer banner by Crave Entertainment . The series, like the main Shutokou Battle games, includes licensed cars and authentic Japanese mountain roads as courses. In Conquest Mode, the player competes during the day in drift contests, earning more points for holding a drift longer or for a quick combination of drifts, but earns no points if the player bumps against the wall or a guard rail. Doing this,

171-802: The continuation of the "Shutokou Battle circuit + RPG " concept introduced in Kattobi Tune , a genre close to the Zero4 Champ series by Media Rings . The first and only episode has the tagline "C1 Grand Prix", which is a double reference to the D1 GP and the Route C1, the latter being the Inner Circular Route of the Shuto Expressway and the circuit for most episodes of the Shutokō Battle series. Genki

190-508: The first one to have their life bar depleted loses; however, the first racer to cross the finish line will win the race. Through the night, the player will face the "Tricksters", a type of mini-bosses in the course. After all the Tricksters have been beaten, the main boss of the course (called the "Slasher") will challenge the player through an in-game BBS system. After the Slasher has been beaten,

209-706: The influential Gran Turismo series by Polyphony Digital . Though the entire Shutokou Battle series has been referred to as the " Tokyo Xtreme Racer " series in the west, only a subset of games had an official " Tokyo Xtreme Racer " title attached. The games also received different names in different regions, adding to confusion. Kaidō Battle (街道バトル) is a spin-off series for the PlayStation 2 created by Genki. They are focused on Touge racing and heavily centered on drifting . The franchise currently has three games, with two of them being released in North America under

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228-413: The new Emotional King, while Hamagaki becomes a Trickster. In Kaido Battle 2: Chain Reaction , Tatsu Zoushigaya arrives at the age of just 18. Like Koukami, he beats all Slashers and eventually Koukami himself in his Lancer Evolution 3 at Aso, Hamagaki in his Genki S2000 Turbo, as well as the secret rival Ground Zero Kazioka in his Skyline GT-R. But since he was defeated, Koukami moves away to Hokkaido and

247-455: The player earns money to buy new cars and modifications. Daytime racing also features racing for sponsors, which includes a kind of racing challenge determined by the sponsor. Beating a sponsor challenge earns the player a sponsor. Sponsors give the player better parts and extra bonuses for winning drift contests. At night, the player can challenge rivals in the parking lot, and race them in a vein similar to Shutokō Battle / Tokyo Xtreme Racer :

266-521: The player may advance to the next stage. The final boss in the last course is called the "Emotional King." The story unfolds in Kaido Battle when Hiroki Koukami challenges and defeat all Slashers, including Motoya Iwasaki, the Speed King from Shutokou Battle , until he challenges Hamagaki, the Kaido President & 1st Emotional King in his yellow Pantera GTS at Irohazaka. By doing so, Koukami becomes

285-416: The video game rights to Ultimate Fighting Championship . The company briefly held a European distribution deal with Square Europe in 2000. In November 2000, Crave announced that they would sign a European co-publishing and distribution deal with Ubi Soft . In 2005 the company and its parent company were acquired by Handleman who would later sell the publisher to Fillpoint in 2009. In 2006, it formed

304-697: Was also developing a game related although not part of the Shotoku Battle series, The Fast and the Furious , based on the movie franchise of the same name . It was presented at E3 2003 and conceived as an open world game. The game was planned to be published by Vivendi Universal Games and release on PlayStation 2 in late 2003 and the Xbox in 2004. However, it was eventually cancelled. (YYYY/MM) (YYYY/MM) These are exclusive to Japan. date (YYYY/MM) Crave Entertainment Crave Entertainment (aka Crave Games )

323-707: Was an American video game publisher founded in 1997 by Nima Taghavi. Its headquarters was in Newport Beach, California . It was acquired by Handleman Company in 2005 in a deal valued up to $ 95,000,000 but was then sold to Fillpoint LLC in early 2009 for only $ 8,100,000 due to Handleman's bankruptcy and pending liquidation. During its lifetime it published games for Dreamcast , Wii , Nintendo DS , Game Boy Advance , Nintendo 64 , GameCube , PlayStation , PlayStation 2 , PlayStation 3 , PSP , Xbox , and Xbox 360 . Crave mainly focused on budget titles, and imported games such as Tokyo Xtreme Racer series. Crave Entertainment

342-626: Was founded in 1997 by Nima Taghavi as a subsidiary of distributor, SVG Distributions. The company was headquartered in Los Angeles, with offices in San Francisco, Tokyo, Paris, and Hamburg. In 1998 the company acquired Lobotomy Software , the creators of Death Tank and PowerSlave . That same year the company also acquired Big Rain , a studio formed by former Squaresoft veterans and founded its first internal studio, Craveyard Studios . In 1999 Crave signed an exclusive five year licensing deal for

361-440: Was originally subtitled " Drift King ", after the trademark nickname of street racing and professional racing driver Keiichi Tsuchiya who is featured in the first Shuto Kousoku Trial episodes and endorsed the game with, then team manager, Masaki Bandoh of Bandoh Racing Project. During the 1990s, Genki produced a highway drift/adult content (omitted in the localization Highway 2000 ) oriented Shutokou Battle spin-off series for

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