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Wangan Midnight Portable
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Game Synopsis
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In the Wangan Midnight manga serial,
Akio Asakura's in his Fairlady Z31 with three
friends when he spots the legendary "Blackbird"
which is a turbo-charged Porsche driven by Tatsua
Shima. Akio tries to catch up to the Porsche but
Tatsuya speeds up and leaves Akio in the dust. Akio
is humiliated but is later comforted by a mechanic
who suggests that he visit Kuro's junkyard to
salvage parts from a wrecked Z31. Instead of
attending school, Akio goes hunting for parts to
boost his Fairlady Z31. While spelunking in the
junkyard, he spots a first generation Fairlady S30Z
that's in fairly good shape. Sure, it's missing the
front wheels but the engine's a twin turbo and the
innards are fine. Strange coincidences goad Akio to
buy the S30Z. From humble beginnings, Akio's legend
begins.
Wangan Midnight Portable is based on the manga by
Michiharu Kusunoki but plies the night racing trade
popularized by Genki's own Shutoko Battle
franchise. To play a story fueled racing challenge,
there's the Scenario Mode to explore which features
mission-based races but players out for a simple
racing interlude may choose the Versus Mode which
allows up to four PSP-equipped racers to compete
against each other wirelessly. Perfectionists can
check into the Tuning Mode which puts an emphasis on
infallible driving skills where your car is kept
away from the walls and other vehicles on the road.
The racing action takes place entirely during the twilight hours
where the only illumination is from overhead lamps.
The controls are responsive as expected and the
illusion of speed as cars topple the 300 km/h
threshold is fairly convincing. Since the roads in
the game are fairly tight, there's not a lot of
drifting to be found in Wangan Midnight in case
you're wondering. Then again, Wangan Midnight isn't
really about drifting in any case.
Jan Code: 4994934800071
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NCS Game Notes
» Press START on the title screen and the following
selections appear:
ARCADE MODE
SCENARIO MODE
TUNING MODE
TIME ATTACK MODE
VS MODE
REPLAY THEATER
OPTION
» Before starting a race in the ARCADE MODE, you'll
be able to select a vehicle and paint it to your
liking from a palette of eight colors. Next, select
manual transmission or automatic transmission and
it's off to the races. Literally.
» The controls are as follows:
CROSS / Accelerate
CIRCLE / Activate Turbo Boosters
SQUARE / Hit the Brakes
TRIANGLE / Change view from three possible
perspectives
Either the D-pad or analog nub may be used to
control the vehicle but note that NCS doesn't
recommend using the D-pad since it's much less
responsive than the analog controller.
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During a race, a map of the track is shown on the
left side of the screen and the speedometer is
located on the lower-right corner along with km/h
and current gear shift. The SP gauges of the drivers
are shown next to their portraits at the top of the
screen.
» If you fall behind an opponent, your SP gauge
drops quickly if he zooms ahead and leaves you in
his wake. Fall behind too much and it's game over.
In the first stage of the ARCADE MODE, there's a
couple of trucks that you'll smack into if your
control is less than respectable. One tactic in the
first race is to corral your rival so that he's
behind another passenger car or truck on the highway
and you'll be able to speed ahead and win.
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After each race, your time, remaining SP, and
ranking are shown on a splash page along with an
image of your character.
» In the TUNING MODE, the game keeps track of how
many times you hit the wall or another car. The aim
of the TUNING game mode is precise driving where the
center of the road is where you want to be. If you
slide against a wall, that contiguous contact will
be counted as multiple hits. To improve the handling
of your vehicle, a garage may be visited to tune it
up and tighten up its responsiveness to your
controller tugs. » Along with the tried
and true one-on-one challenges found in the Shutoko
Battle series, multiple competitors may be
challenged in a Wangan Midnight race for added
thrills.
» Much of the game's menus are in English for an
import friendly racing game that probably won't be
released stateside for a while.
» The cars featured in the game are:
MAZDA
RX-7 (FD3S)
RX-7 (FC3S)
RX-8 (SE3P)
MITSUBISHI
GTO (Z15A)
Lancer Evolution VIII (CT9A)
Lancer Evolution V (CP9A)
NISSAN
Skyline GT-R (8NR34)
Skyline GT-R (8NR32)
Fairlady Z (Z33)
Fairlady Z (Z32)
Silvia (515)
180SX (RP513)
SUBARU
Impreza (G08)
Impreza (GC8)
Legacy (BL5)
TOYOTA
Supra (JZA80)
Crown (GRS182)
Altezza (SXE10)
Celica (ZZT231)
MR-5 (ZZW30)
There's a SPECIAL and CUSTOM section as well in the vehicle
selection screen but both sections can't be
selected... yet.
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