No. 382009.8.19

VS Player Mode Isn´t as Savage as Everyone Is Saying. Please Try It Out. You´ll Encounter a New World for Sure.

"It must be Wangan if you play driving games."
Dear One-Rank-Above Geeky Men, who believe in the above phrase, how are you? It's Yamamoto. Ussu!
(This week's great catchword was sent by an elementary school player in Saitama Prefecture. Thank you very much.)


The 2009 JAPAN CHAMPIONSHIP, which has been a popular topic for conversation whenever the opportunity arises, has reached the halfway mark - the Area Qualifying Tournament.

Yamamoto went to see the tournaments, too. It was impressive to see that all the participants were having a lot of fun and fighting hard.
See the reports HERE.

It looked like there were players who participated with friends, too!

In another tournament, I had the honor of also seeing female players. I thought, "I hope to see more female players participating in tournaments."

I saw arcade events in Singapore, and there I found a female player who won the event! That's great!

For One-Rank-Above Geeky Men, please introduce Wangan Maxi 3DX to your darling girlfriends.
There are cute hidden cars like the R2. So if you can make it appear casually, it may lead to something like "This summer, I'll get the heart of the girl of my dreams with hidden cars!"

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Dexie
"Max, I can't get the hidden car out."

Max
"Oh, you mean the R2? Leave that up to me! For the R2, you select Subaru "Alcyone SVX" and then move your shift lever as 6464646464."

Dexie
"Thank you. You mean select Mazda "Mazda Speed 6" and move the shift lever as 66543331123444!

For continuous moves for the same gear position, I need to return the lever to the Neutral position and slowly move the shift lever!

If I make a mistake operating the lever, I can still go back to the "Select brand" screen by the brake up to the remaining 10 seconds. So I'll try it out without rushing!

Wow, it came off! I'll immediately run that car in my favorite Wangan Line♪"

Max
"Whaaaat the?

Wai, wait! What's this command? And what the heck is this car?

(In surprise) Ah, Ah, Ahchooooo!! Oh, heck!!"



Dexie
"Oh no! Max! Look what you've done! You messed up my screen!"

Max
"Sorry, Dexie. I'm sorry."

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There's such a bloom of youth in the summer, isn't there?


Anyway, going back to the VS Player in the title,
I'm sure there are many players who think, "I wanna try out VS Player, but I feel intimidated."

At first, Yamamoto also felt intimidated by "races with strangers." But, after I tried it once, contrary to my expectations, I ended up getting hooked and challenged other players many times


I'm sure after playing in the Ghost Versus Battle mode and boosting their confidence in races on some different levels there are many players who have the feeling of "Wait! I may be good!"

The players who feel like that must've surely got better.

The start could be something like "At first, race with friends!" or "Challenge that fast-looking player together with our friends!" Why don't you all try VS Player?


I'm sure you'll develop a new fascination with Wangan.
(I'm forever in 4th place in street fights, but I actually love VS Player the best. That burning heat is cool, isn't it?)

I'll encourage you all to try during the rest of this summer!
Everyone, gather your courage, sit down at the game machine for the challenge, and let's gather our strength and have fun in VS Player!

Well then, see you again!



(Original article in Japanese released on 2009.8.11)