| Wangan Midnight: Maximum Tune 3 | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Namco |
| Publisher(s) | Namco |
| Year released | 2007 |
| System(s) | Arcade |
| Preceded by | Wangan Midnight: Maximum Tune 2 |
| Followed by | Wangan Midnight: Maximum Tune 3 DX |
| Series | Wangan Midnight |
| Japanese title | 湾岸ミッドナイト: マキシマムチューン3 |
|---|---|
| Genre(s) | Racing |
| Players | 1-4 |
| Modes | Single player, Multiplayer |
Wangan Midnight: Maximum Tune 3 is a racing arcade game that was released by Namco in 2007; it runs on Namco N2 hardware, and as the name suggests, it is the fifth entry in the Wangan Midnight series. Much like in its two immediate precursors, the name "Maximum Tune" refers to the "Maximum Tuning Memory Cards" which were dispensed by the cabinet - and data stored on a card for either of those earlier entries may also be transferred over to one for this game. Furthermore, there are thirty-four selectable cars that can get tuned up to improve on how they look and perform (as well as what they are capable of); like in Maximum Tune 2, it is also only possible to tune a car up in Story Mode (in which the original characters of the manga comics that the games are based on appear as CPU-controlled opponents, and the player must beat them in a race). The other modes for this instalment include Alter-Ego Battle Mode (for which an alternate version of the player's chosen car is created and they must race against it, and it's also possible for the player to perform "Dress-Up Tuning" and change their car's appearance here), 10-Person Mode (in which ten CPU-controlled opponents will appear one after another as the player beats them over five courses), Intrusion Mode (in which up to four people can play simultaneously when a maximum of four single-player cabinets, or a pair of two-player cabinets, are linked together), and Time Attack (in which the player must select a track and try to complete a full lap of it in the fastest time) - and as in Maximum Tune 2, players can also attain "levels" according to their progress, and "titles" determined by their style of playing, of which there are now over 5000 combinations. Again, on attaining a new title (which shall be shown in the screen's bottom-right corner during gameplay), the game will ask a player if they wish to overwrite their current one, which is printed on their Maximum Tuning Memory Card; as such, if they should happen to prefer their current title that they attained at an earlier time, they can choose to decline.
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Sitdown arcade cabinet.
