Initial D The Arcade Will Launch This February In Japan
Sega has confirmed that it will release
Initial D The Arcade in Japan on February 25, 2021. The upcoming arcade game, which adds 4-player races for the first time in the series, will effectively replace
Initial D Arcade Stage Zero, the currently ongoing iteration. [Thanks, 4Gamer!]
Sega is planning to hold one more live stream before the new arcade game’s launch on February 19, 2021, at 20:00 JST (6 AM ET). The company’s staff members will deliver even more information about the game in this stream.
Sega also published a new teaser trailer that confirmed the dates for both the arcade game’s launch and the upcoming live stream.
Initial D The Arcade Will Start Drifting Next Spring In Japan
Sega delivered more new information on
Initial D The Arcade during a livestream that aired on December 11, 2020. The development team revealed more gameplay features that the new arcade game will have. We previously learned there would be four-player races.
Initial D The Arcade will feature a new Story Mode that makes the player’s avatar a new rising star in the series’ universe, with its story supervised by the original creator, Shuichi Shigeno. Cutscenes in the Story Mode will be depicted with a manga-like monochromic shader. The new game will revamp the player avatar designs, while adding new car customization parts from Pandem and Rocket Bunny.