Initial D The Arcade

Initial D The Arcade is an arcade racing game based on the Initial D series. It is the tenth Initial D arcade game, although it is separate from the Arcade Stage series.

Unlike the previous one-on-one experience of the Arcade Stage games, Initial D The Arcade features up to four players racing at any one time. Despite this, one-on-one battles are still available, with several appearing in the story.

This game was first playable on the 23rd and 24th of July 2020, in its location test, or "Ignition". More information was revealed on the 11th of December 2020 in its first "official live broadcast". It was officially playable again from the 8th through to the 18th of January 2021 during its final test. The game had a second broadcast on the 19th of February 2021 before its nationwide release in Japan on the 25th of February 2021.

A collaboration with Wangan Midnight was announced during the second "official live broadcast" with the "Devil Z" Nissan Fairlady Z S30 and the "Blackbird" Porsche 911 Turbo 3.6 964 announced to be added to the game.

Game modes
4 game modes are available


 * Story mode
 * Time trial
 * Online battle
 * Instore multiplayer (2-4 players)

Characters

 * Wataru Akiyama
 * Koichiro Iketani
 * Kenji
 * Miki
 * Kenta Nakamura
 * Takeshi Nakazato
 * Shingo Shoji
 * Takumi Fujiwara
 * Bunta Fujiwara
 * Seiji Iwaki
 * Kai Kogashiwa
 * Takeshi Nakazato
 * Mako Sato
 * Sayuki
 * Kyoichi Sudo
 * Keisuke Takahashi
 * Ryosuke Takahashi

Story Mode
Unlike the Arcade Stage series, the player would sometimes race with one or two extra drivers. Despite the implications, the player only needs to beat the main opponent for most cases in order to advance.

Honda

 * Civic SiR-II (EG6)

Mazda

 * SAVANNA RX-7 Infini III (FC3S)
 * ɛ̃fini RX-7 Type R (FD3S)

Mitsubishi

 * Lancer Evolution III GSR (CE9A)
 * Lancer Evolution IV RS (CE9A)

Nissan

 * GT-R Nismo (R35)
 * 180SX Type II (RPS13)
 * SilEighty (RPS13)
 * Silvia K's (S13)
 * Silvia Q's (S14)
 * Skyline GT-R V-Spec II (BNR32)

Subaru

 * Impreza WRX STi Coupe Type R Version V (GC8F)

Toyota

 * 86 GT (ZN6)
 * Celica GT-Four (ST205)
 * Corolla Levin SR (AE85)
 * Corolla Levin GT-APEX (AE86)
 * MR2 G-Limited (SW20)
 * Sprinter Trueno 3door GT-APEX (AE86)

Voting
Three cars were voted on for inclusion by fans during the first official broadcast, they were:


 * Nissan Fairlady Z (S30) - 41.9% of the vote - the winner
 * Porsche 911 Turbo 3.6 (964) - 22.5% of the vote
 * Isuzu Piazza (JR120) - 35.6% of the vote

Fourteen cars were voted on for inclusion by fans during the second official broadcast, they were:


 * Toyota Sprinter Trueno 2door GT-APEX (AE86) - 30% of the vote - the winner
 * Toyota Altezza RS200 Z Edition (SXE10) - 2% of the vote
 * Toyota MR-S S-Edition (ZZW30) - 5% of the vote
 * Nissan Fairlady Z (Z33) - 11% of the vote
 * Mazda RX-8 Type S (SE3P) - 9% of the vote
 * Mazda Roadster RS (NB8C) - 9% of the vote
 * Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V RS (CP9A) - 3% of the vote
 * Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI GSR Tommi Makinen Edition (CP9A) - 5% of the vote
 * Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII GSR (CT9A) - 4% of the vote
 * Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX GSR (CT9A) - 3% of the vote
 * Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X GSR (CZ4A) - 3% of the vote
 * Subaru Impreza WRX STi (GDBA) - 2% of the vote
 * Subaru Impreza WRX STi (GDBF) - 3% of the vote
 * Subaru WRX STI S207 NBR Challenge Package (VAB) - 11% of the vote

All of these cars are intended to be included in the game at a later point. It is unknown if the Piazza will be included in the future.

Courses

 * Lake Akina
 * Akagi
 * Akina
 * Irohazaka
 * Myogi
 * Usui
 * Akina (Snow)