No. 452009.10.7

Fastest Runner Determined!!

Finally, the fastest runner in Japan was determined!
"2009 Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 3DX Japan Championship"!!

The number of arcades that participated in qualifying tournaments: 347
The number of players who participated in tournaments: 3,578 (total)
Among those many players, "Rouge", the representative of "South Kanto Area B" honorably won the first Japan Championship!!
Congratulations!!

The special prize for the champion was "the right to show up as the Top Player Ghost with the crown in the C1 course at the release of the next Wangan Maxi series." So when the next series is released, you must check it out!
*Top Player Ghost with the crown in the C1 course available at the release date will be reflecting the dress-up status of "Rouge"'s own car. It will not reflect any of his actual driving habits or skills. The speed of the ghost is the speed of the CPU data.

Gosh, at any rate, one out of 3,578 players! Tremendous odds. It's a number you hardly ever achieve. Of course, there are ten thousands or hundred thousands of Wangan players behind those tournament participants!

To the champion, "Rouge" and all the other prize winners, congratulations!
I'm also looking forward to seeing you!!...in the next championship??



Also, I would like to thank players who traveled long distances for the final, all the people who supported the event, all the players who entered the tournament, and all the supporting arcades. Again, thank you very much.


And the report on the final that you are so curious about is HERE. Check that out, too!!



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Now, aside from this, recently, I've been cast as a stylish new detective from the Kanto area between two people with heavy Kansai dialects, the detective Takenaka (Boss) and the detective Nagamatsu (Judo), and I've taken up the role of pointing out our ridiculousness because we look like the Three Stooges.

This time, I'm inside and investigating Namco Bandai Games in Shinagawa regarding the case of Tetsuo. For evidence in the investigation, I seized many game specifications. Now I want to immediately look into them.

As you know, we always can't tell what evidence will lead to the criminal!


Now, let's begin with this, shall we?

This one says, Super Confidential "Title-related Specification"…hmm.



I see, there are tons of titles. I'm sure it'll take a long time to go through.
Flick over, flick over…



Gosh!? What's this? What is this fishy-looking title list that's been crossed out!? It says "SEALED."



Hmmm.
I got it! They seem to be title ideas which were turned down.

For some reason, I sense something. I think I can find a clue here.

There are tons, but let's read from the top.


▪ Turned down title: "1st Street in Maxi Town"
Maxi Town 1st Street…weird title, isn't it?
I wonder if that's some town?

▪ Turned down title: "10th Street in Maxi Empire"
The number increased. And somehow the atmosphere is scary. I wonder if that indicates an address somewhere?

▪ Turned down title: "30th Street in Maxi Continent"
The area got really wider, didn't it? I wonder what the heck is Maxi Continent!?


Let's read much further down.
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▪ Turned down title: "50th Street in Maxi Planet"
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▪ Turned down title: "100th Street in Wangan Galaxy"


What the heck? The more the street number increases, the wider the area is!
I don't really understand it, but I strongly feel there's an atmosphere where once you step in, you can't go back.

Let's read much further down.






Um!? Wait, it stops halfway. I can't read any further.
What the heck is this pentagram?





On top of that, it is even double-leaved!




As a detective, I can't let it pass.
Let's open it up.

Tear off…



Oh, there are more titles.


▪ Turned down and cursed title: "200th Street in Wangan Hell"

Wha, what the heck is this!? How scary this title is…

It's not only "a turned down and cursed title", but also 200th Street in hell…


▪ Turned down and cursed title: "Going into Infinite Wangan Hell"

Infinite Wangan Hell…All in all, those titles are for players who can't go back…



Maeda:
"Execuse me! Are you a detective?"



Yamamoto:
"Uh!? Oh, yes, yes. You must be Mr. Maeda, right? Gosh, you scared me. I am just checking Wangan Maxi 3DX specifications for evidence."

Maeda:
"Ha ha ha…koff koff. I mean, he-he-he, I see. Good job. I think you deserve a tea break for that."

Yamamoto:
"Thank you so much. Phew, gosh, it's refreshing. Gee, just now, I found a weird title list, so I was going through that. Mr. Maeda, what the heck is this?"

Maeda:
"Let me see that, oh, that is, it's a long story but, enjoying Wangan for a long time…found some problem in this…developers who named these titles…mysterious…"

Yamamoto:
"What? I couldn't hear you well. Would you say that again?"

Maeda:
"All right. What I said was…developers who named these titles…one after another…mysterious…so we…purification ceremony…sealed…"

Yamamoto:
"Oh my!? I can't hear well. I can't see straight. You, you must have put something in my tea!?

Take off your mask!!

(Took off the mask.)


Oh no!? You're not Maeda! …Are you…MAEPA?...No!...You're not!!
That face…Uchi…Ugh..."


Unknown guy:
"Ho-ho-ho. That's because you were trying to reach the Wangan abyss. Let's see, I guess I should go up to the mountain to do my warm-up exercises for a rally…."



Yamamoto:
"Agh, even if Yamamoto dies justice will never die. I've got to leave a message…The true criminal is…<Fell>…"






Maeda
Uchida
Takenaka
Takahashi
Nagamatsu
Jufuku
Yamamoto
5 Remain



Wangan Mystery Series "Dark Plot of the Future Lab" whose unsettled situation is now causing alarm. Who is the true criminal!? What is the dark plot of the Future Lab?

And, can this case really come to an end!?
(Can anyone finish this story with a smart ending?)

With various issues coming together, the wheel of the story keeps rolling…





For Wangan-detective-obsessed friends, if you "found out who the true criminal was" or if you know "how the story should develop from now!," please post your ideas to Opinion Box!

Well then, see you again!


P.S.
The story is completely fiction, but the titles mentioned above are actually left in the record as turned down titles. Someday those titles may see the light of day……possible?!
(Note: NOT Cursed.)



(Original article in Japanese released on 2009.10.7)