Ridge Racer 3D
| Ridge Racer 3D | |
|---|---|
 Official North American cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Namco Bandai Games |
| Publisher(s) | Namco Bandai Games |
| Series | Ridge Racer |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo 3DS |
| Genre(s) | Racing game |
| Mode(s) | Single Player, Multiplayer |
Ridge Racer 3D (リッジレーサー3D, Rijji Reesaa 3D) is a racing video game for the Nintendo 3DS which is developed by Namco Bandai Games. First images of the game were leaked in early November 2010, and Namco confirmed that the video game was going to be released later on in 2011.[2][3] However, it was later revealed to be a launch title, and was released in Japan on February 26, 2011[4] and in North America on March 22, 2011, five days prior to the launch of the Nintendo 3DS itself in that region. Ridge Racer 3D was also released in Europe on March 25.
Gameplay
Ridge Racer 3D is an arcade racing game revolving around cars racing around high speed tracks while drifting. There are two main gameplay types: Single Player and Versus. Versus is a multi-player mode which allows you to play against other players via a wireless connection in Standard Race, One-Make Race and Team Battle by either hosting or joining a race using Nintendo 3DS local play. Other minor gameplay types include: Records (allowing you to view your records achieved in Single Player and check your local rankings based on records acquired from friends or via StreetPass), AV player (allowing you watch replays of your races while listening to the music of your choice), Options, and Garage (allowing you to view and modify cars you have acquired). Single Player Game Modes:
- Grand Prix:- Compete in a series of races in order to win new cars and nitrous kits or to make them available for purchase.
- Quick Tour:- Play in a series of races automatically generated from your preferences:
- Play Time:- Race with the time limit of 3 to 30 mins, multiply by 3 mins.
- Course Type:- Recommended, Drift or High Speed
- Race Category:- Choose from four different categories to race on.
- Standard race:- Select your car and track in order to race against 7 opponents.
- One-Make Race:- Select your track and race against 7 opponents all using the same machine.
- Time Attack:- Race around a track as fast as possible for 3 laps in order to achieve the fastest time or beat a ghost.
- StreetPass Duel:- Race against the ghosts of other players acquired via StreetPass
Drifting
There are three types of drift in Ridge Racer 3D, they are as follows:
- Mild:- Mild machines are easier than the other categories and are much quicker to recover from a drift but they cannot maintain longer drifts very well.
- Dynamic:- Dynamic machines are good at maintaining long drifts and are much more capable of controlling more adventurous drifts, but they are harder to recover from drifts and are harder to control than the other categories.
- Standard:- This drift type is a nice combination of both mild and dynamic drift types. They are good at both controlling longer drifts but also recovering from them.
Racing
Rules and regulations for races differ from one to another but the overall feel of the races are the same. The number of players you race against can be as high 7 or even as low as 1 (Duel Modes), although the usual number of opponents is 7 for most races. Before starting an event or race you may choose if you would like any support items, these include auto-rocket start, over-limit start and variable nitrous charges. Also when choosing a car you can change its appearance and drift settings, these include:
- Nitrous Type:- How your nitrous gages are charged, used and set out
- Body Design:- This changes the decals and colour schemes on your machine
- Finish:- The type of paint you machines has
- Body Colour:-The colour of your machines paint
Machines
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There are 4 machine categories:
Category 4: The slowest but easiest to control machines in the game, they are perfect for beginners:
| Machine Name | Drift Type | Type | Top Speed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kamata Fiera | Standard | Type-S | 147mph |
| Type-R | 150mph | ||
| Type-Z | 152mph | ||
| Lucky & Wild Wisdom | Standard | Type-S | 148mph |
| Type-R | 150mph | ||
| Type-Z | 153mph | ||
| Terazzi Wild Gang | Mild | Type-S | 145mph |
| Type-R | 148mph | ||
| Type-Z | 150mph | ||
| Terazzi StarNose | Mild | Type-S | 147mph |
| Type-R | 149mph | ||
| Type-Z | 152mph | ||
| Lucky & Wild Eruption | Dynamic | Type-S | 149mph |
| Type-R | 151mph | ||
| Type-Z | 154mph | ||
| Danver Hi-Night | Dynamic | Type-S | 150mph |
| Type-R | 152mph | ||
| Type-Z | 155mph |
Category 3: Category 3 machines are faster than category 4 machines, there is also a larger range of machines to choose from:
| Machine Name | Drift Type | Type | Top Speed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kamata Fiera | Standard | Type-EX | 177mph |
| Lucky & Wild Wisdom | Standard | Type-EX | 178mph |
| Age Motors Prophetie | Mild | Type-S | 174mph |
| Type-R | 177mph | ||
| Type-Z | 180mph | ||
| Terazzi Wild Gang | Mild | Type-EX | 172mph |
| Terazzi StarNose | Mild | Type-EX | 174mph |
| Lucky & Wild Eruption | Dynamic | Type-EX | 179mph |
| Danver Hi-Night | Dynamic | Type-EX | 181mph |
| Kamata RC410 | Standard | Type-S | 175mph |
| Type-R | 178mph | ||
| Type-Z | 182mph | ||
| Assoluto Fatalita | Standard | Type-S | 178mph |
| Type-R | 181mph | ||
| Type-Z | 185mph | ||
| Himmel EO | Mild | Type-S | 175mph |
| Type-R | 178mph | ||
| Type-z | 182mph | ||
| Daver HJ6000 | Dynamic | Type-S | 182mph |
| Type-R | 186mph | ||
| Type-Z | 189mph | ||
| Lucky & Wild Evolver | Dynamic | Type-S | 181 mph |
| Type-R | 185mph | ||
| Type-Z | 188mph |
Category 2: Category 2 machines are high-performance with a large range to choose from:
| Machine Name | Drift Type | Type | Top Speed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kamata Fiera | Standard | Type-S | 190mph |
| Type-R | 192mph | ||
| Type-Z | 195mph | ||
| Lucky & Wild Wisdom | Standard | Type-S | 192mph |
| Type-R | 194mph | ||
| Type-Z | 197mph | ||
| Terrazi Wild Gang | Mild | Type-S | 187mph |
| Type-R | 190mph | ||
| Type-Z | 192mph | ||
| Terrazi StarNose | Mild | Type-S | 189mph |
| Type-R | 192mph | ||
| Type-Z | 194mph | ||
| Lucky & Wild Eruption | Dynamic | Type-S | 193mph |
| Type-R | 196mph | ||
| Type-Z | 198mph | ||
| Danver Hi-Night | Dynamic | Type-S | 196mph |
| Type-R | 198mph | ||
| Type-Z | 200mph | ||
| Age Motors Prophetie | Mild | Type-EX | 195mph |
| Kamata RC410 | Standard | Type-EX | 196mph |
| Assoluto Fatalita | Standard | Type-EX | 196mph |
| Himmel EO | Mild | Type-EX | 195mph |
| Danver HJ6000 | Dynamic | Type-EX | 200mph |
| Lucky & Wild Evolver | Dynamic | Type-EX | 199mph |
Category 1: Category 1 machines are the fastest ones in the game that have been customised to the extremes:
| Machine Name | Drift Type | Type | Top Speed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kamata Fiera | Standard | Type-EX | 201mph |
| Lucky & Wild Wisdom | Standard | Type-EX | 204mph |
| Age Motors Prophetie | Mild | Type-S | 201mph |
| Type-R | 203mph | ||
| Type-Z | 208mph | ||
| Type-EX | 212mph | ||
| Terrazi Wild Gang | Mild | Type-EX | 197mph |
| Terrazi StarNose | Mild | Type-EX | 200mph |
| Lucky & Wild Evolver | Dynamic | Type-EX | 206mph |
| Danver Hi-Night | Dynamic | Type-EX | 208mph |
| Kamata RC410 | Standard | Type-S | 203mph |
| Type-R | 205mph | ||
| Type-Z | 209mph | ||
| Type-EX | 213mph | ||
| Assoluto Fatalita | Standard | Type-S | 205mph |
| Type-R | 208mph | ||
| Type-Z | 211mph | ||
| Type-EX | 215mph | ||
| Himmel EO | Mild | Type-S | 202mph |
| Type-R | 205mph | ||
| Type-Z | 208mph | ||
| Type-EX | 213mph | ||
| Danver HJ6000 | Dynamic | Type-S | 210mph |
| Type-R | 213mph | ||
| Type-Z | 215mph | ||
| Type-EX | 218mph | ||
| Lucky & Wild Evolver | Dynamic | Type-S | 209mph |
| Type-R | 212mph | ||
| Type-Z | 214mph | ||
| Type-EX | 216mph | ||
| Namco PAC-MAN | Special | Special | 223mph |
| Namco Rally-X | Special | Special | 229mph |
| Kamata ANGL Concept | Special | Special | 219mph |
| Soldat Crinale | Special | Special | 223mph |
| Age Solo Petit500 | Special | Special | 218mph |
| Lucky & Wild Madbull | Special | Special | 220mph |
Music
Disk 01:
- Psychokinesis / SamplingMasters MEGA
- Stream of Lights / Hiroshi Okubo
- Venomous / Rio Hamamoto
- Heat Shadows / Rio Hamamoto
- Phantasize / Ryo Watanbe
Disk 02:
- NOx Warheads / SamplingMasters AYA
- Rolling Glider / Keiichi Okabe
- Nitro Right Now / Taku Inoue
- Burn Up The Road / Hiroshi Okubo
- Angel Halo / Rio Hamamoto
Disk 03:
- Call of Apsara / SamplingMasters ATA
- My Crazy Chainsaw / SamplingMasters AYA
- Aberration / LindaAI-CUE
- Napalm Sled / SamplingMasters MEGA
- Dr. Mad's Gone / SamplingMasters MEGA
Disk 04:
- Ridge Racer / Megaten
- Drive U 2 Dancing Remix / AYA
- Euphoria / AYA
- Rotten7 Remix / Megaten
- M.T.T.B. / Hiroshi Okubo
Disk 05:
- Orbital Rock / Hiroshi Okubo
- Rage Racer Remix / Hiroshi Okubo
- DareDevil / Kohta Takahashi
- Move Me / Kohta Takahashi
- Freak Out / Akitaka Tohyama
Disk 06:
- Combustion / SamplingMasters MEGA
- Explorers / Hiroshi Okubo
- Ultra Cruise / Tetsukazu Nakanishi
- Trail of Light / J99
- Radiance / Sanodg
SP Disk:
- Pac Rainbow / Akitaka Tohyama
- Pac Demensions / Hiroshi Okubo
- Pac Avenue / Taku Inoue
- Pac Logic / Hiroyuki Kawada
- Run Pac-Man Run / Akitaka Tohyama
Reception
Ridge Racer 3D received generally positive reviews with a 75 on Metacritic.[5] Joystiq gave the title a rating of 4.5/5. Stating that "With the exception of omitting online multiplayer, it really put together a solid entry in the series for the 3DS launch, one that's easily high on the list of best titles available for the new system."[6] Gamespot gave it a rating of 7/10. Stating that "Ultimately, there's little in Ridge Racer 3D that fans won't have seen before, and while the 3D is nice to look at, it's hardly enough to justify a purchase if you're looking for something different from the series. The idiosyncratic handling of the cars isn't for everybody either, but if you enjoy the unique style of racing and can live without online features, Ridge Racer 3D is a fun drive."[7] Martin Robinson at IGN was more positive towards the title by giving it a 8/10. Stating that "It doesn't add anything new to Ridge Racer's well-worn formula, nor does it do anything particularly daring with it, but the 3D overhaul combined with a surplus of content are enough to blow away the dust that's settled on the series over the years. Ridge Racer 3D's a welcome reminder of the thrills of bright skies and violent understeer, and while it's no classic it's as good a way as any to break in Nintendo's bold new console.".[8]
Freeze Bug on System Version 2.0.0-2
Users who updated the 3DS to version 2.0.0-2, which released early on June 6, 2011 have problems while playing Ridge Racer 3D because the game freeze. The system update, which Nintendo later released that month, fix the freeze bug to allow players to play normally.
References
- ^ http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/lUXkvuG4gkHJEam-ulXKglkF3AI5saK2
- ^ First images of the game
- ^ [1] More info on 3DS game
- ^ Tom Bramwell (1-10-2011). "Nintendo 3DS Japanese launch line-up 3DS News - Page 1". Eurogamer. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ http://www.metacritic.com/game/3ds/ridge-racer-3d
- ^ http://www.joystiq.com/2011/03/25/ridge-racer-3d-review/
- ^ http://www.gamespot.com/3ds/driving/ridge-racer-3d/review.html
- ^ http://ds.ign.com/articles/115/1156944p1.html