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Shutokou Battle
File:Shutodreamcast.jpg
Developer(s)Genki
Publisher(s)Genki
Designer(s)Genki
Platform(s)Dreamcast
Release1999.06.11
Genre(s)Driving
Mode(s)Single player, Multiplayer

Shutokou Battle (首都高バトル), aka "Syutokoh Battle", is an arcade oriented driving game created by Genki for the Dreamcast system in 1999. The game was released in America as Tokyo Xtreme Racer and in Europe as Tokyo Highway Challenge. When released in Japan, Shutokou Battle was one of the best selling Dreamcast title at this time. The game is based on illegal highway racing in Tokyo with custom tuned cars. A such phenomenon is growing popular in Japan since the 90's with its dedicated manga (Shutokou Battle's biggest inpiration being Wangan Midnight), anime series and video games (C1 Circuit, Wangan Trial, Naniwa Wangan Battle). Imitation acts have been reported in both American and European highways with occasional car crashes and non-racing victims.

Alternative "Shutokou Battle"

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  • 2002 Vodavone Live! 2D mobile version by Genki Mobile with unlicensed Japanese cars. Game download and gaming service only available in Japan. "Time Attack" passwords from "Shutokou Battle Zero" (PlayStation 2) can be used to unlock extra cars. Day/night racing conditions are directly taken from the user's mobile real time datas. Melodies from "Kaido Battle 2 Chain Reaction" were available for free download from 25/02 to 31/03 2004 to Shutokou Battle owners only.
  • 2005 Playstation Portable edition designed by GRP (Genki Racing Project) with licensed Japanese cars. Its working title was "Shutokou Battle Zone Of Control", but it has been shortened to "Shutokou Battle". Weekly Famitsu rated it 31/40, while the original Dreamcast title received 32/40. This PSP edition has been licensed to Konami for an American release as "Street Supremacy" in early 2006.

Shutokou Battle Series

History & Sidestories

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Ultimate 3D version for i-mode.
  • Originally subtitled "Drift King", when published by BPS, then renamed overseas "Tokyo Highway Battle" (when published by Jaleco & THQ Int'l), "Tokyo Xtreme Racer" (Crave Entertainment), "Tokyo Highway Challenge" (Ubi Soft) or "Street Supremacy" (Konami), the "Shutokou Battle" series, sometimes misspelled "Metropolitan Highway Battle", longs for over ten years and has been released on almost every game platforms (including cellular phones) and supports (ROM, CD-ROM, GD-ROM, DVD-ROM, UMD and Downloadable Binaries).
  • During the 90's Genki produced a highway drift/adult content oriented Shutokou Battle sidestory series for the Sega Saturn, Wangan Dead Heat and a circuit/tune edition unique episode Kattobi Tune (PlayStation) which oriented the Shutokou Battle series through a new direction, leading to the Dreamcast version and it's worldwide recognition & distribution. "Kattobi Tune" was compiled under the supervision of "Rev Speed" popular Japanese tuning magazine and features seven licensed professional tuners, RE Amemiya, Spoon, Mine's, Trial, "RS Yamamoto", "Zaurus" and "Jun Auto", appearing years later in the Gran Turismo series.
  • In 2002, Genki released the home game version (while Namco did the Arcade versions) of, a racing comic "Shutokou Battle"'s based on, Wangan Midnight.
  • Recently, the popular illegal highway racing series "Shutokou Battle" has been extended to illegal touge (mountain) racing with the Kaidou Battle series, the third Kaidou episode being a crossover between the two series.
  • A D1 Grand Prix drifting championship inspired brand new series named Racing Battle appeared in 2005 remembering 1997 drift cicuit based "Shutokou Battle Gaiden".

Series Timeline

[1994]

  • 05/27: Shutokou Battle '94 Drift King "Keichii Tsuchiya & Masaaki Bandoh" (Bullet-Proof Software, Super Famicom)

[1995]

  • 02/24: Shutokou Battle 2 Drift King "Keichii Tsuchiya & Masaaki Bandoh" (Bullet-Proof Software, Super Famicom)
  • 12/15: Wangan Dead Heat (JVC/Pack-In-Video, Sega Saturn) CERO+18

[1996]

  • 05/03: Shutokou Battle Drift King "Keichii Tsuchiya & Masaaki Bandoh" (Bullet-Proof Software, PlayStation)
    •  United States 1996/07/16: Tokyo Highway Battle (Jaleco)
    •  Europe 1996/09/30: Tokyo Highway Battle (Jaleco/THQ International)
  • 08/30: Wangan Dead Heat Plus Real Arrange (JVC/Pack-In-Video, Sega Saturn) CERO+18
  • 12/20: Shutokou Battle Gaiden Super Technic Challenge "Road To Drift King" (Media Quest, PlayStation)

[1997]

  • 02/28: Shutokou Battle '97 Drift King "Keichii Tsuchiya & Masaaki Bandoh" New Limited Ver.97 (Imagineer SPD2/Genki, Sega Saturn)
  • 04/25: Shutokou Battle R (Genki, PlayStation)

[1998]

[1999]

  • 06/24: Shutokou Battle (Genki, Dreamcast)
    •  United States 1999/09/09: Tokyo Xtreme Racer (Crave Entertainment)
    •  Europe 1999/10/14: Tokyo Highway Challenge (Crave Entertainment/Ubi Soft)

[2000]

  • 06/22: Shutokou Battle 2 (Genki, Dreamcast)
    •  United States 2000/09/27: Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2 (Crave Entertainment)
    •  Europe 2000/12/14: Tokyo Highway Challenge 2 (Crave Entertainment/Ubi Soft)

[2001]

  • 03/15: Shutokou Battle 0 (Genki, PlayStation 2)
    •  United States 2001/06/09: Tokyo Xtreme Racer Zero (Crave Entertainment)
    •  Europe 2001/05/28: Tokyo Xtreme Racer (Crave Entertainment, Ubi Soft)
  • XX/XX: Shutokou Battle H" (Genki Mobile, Feel H" Mobile)

[2002]

[2003]

  • 01/09: Shutokou Battle Online (Genki Racing Project, Windows)
  • 02/27: Kaidou Battle "Nikko, Haruna, Rokko, Hakone" (Genki Racing Project, PlayStation 2)
    •  United States 2006/0X/XX: Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift (Crave Entertainment)
  • 07/24: Shutokou Battle 01 (Genki Racing Project, PlayStation 2)
    •  United States 2003/11/19: Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3 (Crave Entertainment)
  • 08/06: Shutokou Battle Online Special Pack "SpeedMaster" (DigiCube/Genki Racing Project, Windows)

[2004]

  • 02/26: Kaidou Battle 2 "Chain Reaction" (Genki Racing Project, PlayStation 2)

[2005]

  • 04/04: Shutokou Battle Evolution (Genki Mobile, i-mode Mobile)
  • 04/21: Shutokou Battle (Genki Racing Project, PSP) CERO+12
  • 05/26: Racing Battle "C1 Grand Prix" (Genki Racing Project, PlayStation 2)
  • 07/28: Kaidou Battle Touge No Densetsu (Genki Racing Project, PlayStation 2)
  • 09/06: Shutokou Battle Evolution Plus (Genki Mobile, i-mode Mobile)

[2006]

  • 01/26: Shutokou Battle Evolution (Genki Mobile, EZweb Mobile)

[NOTE]

  • Drift Racer Kaido Battle (2003) which was the American version of "Kaidou Battle ~Nikko, Haruna, Rokko, Hakone~" published by Sammy has been definitely cancelled. The original game has been licensed to Crave Entertainment for an American release in early 2006 as "Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift" (PlayStation 2).
  • Tokyo Xtreme Racer Advance (2004) was not designed, nor produced by Genki but by "David A. Palmer Productions" in UK for Crave Entertainment (Game Boy Advance).

Domestic Releases

Campaign

File:Bansheetomica.jpg Tomica released a limited edition of Banshee's NSX.

Inspirations

  • The Last Bosses, called "Devils", cars are designed according to those appearing in the 1992 manga Wangan Midnight. "Zero" drives the same large fog lights equipped black Porsche 911 Turbo (Type-930) than Tatsuya Shima, while "???" owns Wangan Midnight's main character, Akio Asakura's tuned blue Fairlady Z (Type-S30) "Devil Z".
  • A famous car is hidden in the Japanese version, this car is Takumi Fujiwara's (from popular manga & TV series "Initial D") Fujiwara Tofu Shop "Home Delivery" Trueno. This special car is the only one with the ability to drive in the wrong way of the traffic. When doing this, a police siren is heard. The Genki Racing Project team later included the same car in Racing Battle.

Types & Licenses

Since it's introduction in the mid '90s, like similar games, the "Shutokou Battle" series never used licensed cars but the usual type designation such as "TYPE-86" and later "TYPE-AE86L3". Nicknames were used instead in the "Wangan Dead Heat" sidestory (eg "Rapid Fire" for the "Nissan Skyline GT-R R33"). These "types" are actually the real chassis code used by the Japanese makers to designate the various grades of a lineup. As the graphics quality was improving with each release, from 16-bit 2D to 3D/CG 128-bit, the featured cars were becoming more and more similar to the actual cars appearance. In a similar way, the chassis codes became longer and more precise, allowing the player to determine each grade and to use the "rename car" feature. Inevitably, the game becoming a solid best seller, the Japanese makers forced Genki to buy the license of their cars. The very first Genki licensed game was Wangan Midnight for PlayStation 2 (28.03.2002), while the first licensed "Shutokou Battle" was Shutokou Battle Online released on PC, the 9th of January 2003. Since then, every Genki racing game uses licensed makers, and Honda doesn't appear anymore in the Shutokou Battle games (but accepted to license Kaido Battle series though). Obviously, the licensed makers refused to condone illegal reckless highway racing, as a consequence, the game's concept was slightly modified with the traffic definitely removed.

Car List

Entry Cars

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Type-AE86T

TOYOTA

  • (AE86T) Sprinter Trueno GT A'pex 3DOOR 1985
  • (AE86L) Corolla Levin GT A'pex 3DOOR 1985
  • (JZA80) Supra Type RZ TWIN TURBO 1993
  • (JZX100) Chaser Tourer-V TURBO 1998
  • (SW20) MR2 GT 1997
  • (XE10) Altezza RS200 "Z EDITION" 1998

NISSAN

  • (RPS13) 180SX type X 1996
  • (S13) SILVIA K's 2000cc 1988
  • (S14) Silvia K's AERO SE 1996
  • (Z32) Fairlady Z Version S Twin Turbo 2 seater 1998
  • (R32) Skyline GT-R V-spec II 1994
  • (R33) Skyline GT-R V-spec 1995
  • (Y33C) CEDRIC BROUGHAM VIP 1997
  • (Y33G) GLORIA Gran Turismo ULTIMA 1997

MAZDA

  • (FC) SAVANNA RX-7 ∞-III 1989
  • (FD) RX-7 Type RS 1995

MITSUBISHI

  • (CE9A) Lancer GSR Evolution III 1995
  • (CP9A) Lancer GSR Evolution VI 1999

SUBARU

  • (GC8) Impreza 2DOOR WRX type R STi Version V 1997

HONDA

  • (DC2) Integra type R 3DOOR spec'98 1998
  • (EK9) Civic type R spec'98 1998
  • (NA2) NSX type S Zero 1997

Extra Cars

Type-AP1

HONDA

  • (AP1) S2000 1999

NISSAN

  • (S15) Silvia Spec-R 1999
  • (R34) Skyline GT-R V-spec 1999
  • (S30) Fairlady Z 1975 (Wangan Midnight tuned version)

PORSCHE

  • (930) 911 Turbo 1989 (Wangan Midnight tuned version)

Special Cars

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Midnight Cinderella's RX-7

FOUR DEVAS

  • (FDD) Midnight Cinderella's RX-7 1999 (flame version)
  • (NA2D) Banshee's NSX 1999 (flame version)
    • only available in the japanese edition

FOUR DEVILS

  • (JZA80D) Exhaust Eve's Supra 1999 (racing stripes version)
  • (R34D) Raven Blood's Skyline 1999 (red tuned version)
    • only available in the japanese edition

INITIAL D

  • (AE86TD) Takumi Fujiwara's Trueno 1999 (Fujiwara Tofu Shop "Home Delivery" version)
    • only available in the japanese edition

MITSUBISHI

  • (GFLF) Eclipse GS-T 1999
  • (GFLS) Eclipse Spyder GT 1999
    • not appearing in the japanese edition

Similar Games

SHUTOKOU

  • "C1 Circuit" (C1サーキット) Invex 1996 PlayStation
  • "Naniwa Wangan Battle Tarzan Yamada & Autoselect" (大阪湾岸バトル ) MTO/Success PlayStation
  • "The 04" series (THEゼロヨン) PlayStation
  • "Wangan Dead Heat" (湾岸デッドヒート) Sega Saturn +18
  • "Wangan Dead Heat Plus Real Arrange" (湾岸デッドヒート+リアルアレンジ) Sega Saturn +18
  • "Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune" series Namco Arcade
  • "Wangan Midnight" Genki PlayStation 2
  • "Wangan Trial Cinematic Racing" (湾岸トライアル) PlayStation

TOUGE

DRIFTING

  • "D1 Grand Prix Series Professional Drift" Yuke's 2005 PlayStation 2 w/crash feature
  • "D1 Grand Prix Series Professional Drift 2005" Yuke's 2005 PlayStation 2 w/crash feature
  • "Option Tuning Car Battle Spec-R" (オプションチューニングカーバトルスペックR) MTO/Success PlayStation w/crash feature
  • "Racing Battle C1 Grand Prix" Genki 2005 PlayStation 2
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