The series, like the main Shutokou Battle games, includes licensed cars and authentic Japanese mountain roads as courses. The franchise currently has three games, with two of them being released in North America under the Tokyo Xtreme Racer banner by Crave Entertainment. They are focused on Touge racing and heavily centered on drifting. Kaidō Battle (街道バトル) is a spin-off series for the PlayStation 2 created by Genki. Kaidō Battle: Nikko, Haruna, Rokko, Hakone PAL region name not to be confused with earlier "Tokyo Xtreme Racer" (1999) in US region on Sega Dreamcast. The chronology and regional name variants of "Tokyo Xtreme Racer" console games The games also received different names in different regions, adding to confusion. 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. "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 the influential Gran Turismo series by Polyphony Digital.Ĭhronology of Tokyo Xtreme Racer Console Games The series 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.ĭuring the 1990s Genki produced a highway drift/adult content (omitted in the localization Highway 2000) oriented Shutokou Battle spin-off series for 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. 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 & THQ International Import Tuner Challenge by Ubisoft and even Street Supremacy when released by Konami. In 2017, Genki released the latest installment of the series, Shutokou Battle Xtreme, for iOS and Android devices. Its first installment, Shutokō Battle '94: Drift King, released in 1994 for the Super Famicom. Tokyo Xtreme Racer is an arcade racing video game series created by Genki and inspired by street racing on the Shuto Expressway in Tokyo. Crave Entertainment, Jaleco, THQ, Ubisoft, Konami
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