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A popular series of competitive racing games for the arcades by Sega, based on the manga and anime series Initial D.

Currently the latest installment of the series is Initial D Arcade Stage 6 AA. There also have been a few console releases, though in Japan only: Initial D Special Stage for the PlayStation 2 (based on Initial D Arcade Stage Ver.2), and Initial D Extreme Stage for the Play Station 3 (based on Initial D Arcade Stage 4).

Tropes used in Initial D Arcade Stage include:

Battle Aura: Get enough wins, and you'll get one, with the color changing as you get more wins. If you have the second-to-best aura, a white aura, and get enough consecutive wins, you'll earn a rainbow aura. Break your win streak and it reverts back to white. However, this, along with other features, has disappeared from the English-language version of Initial D 4.
- 6AA brought this back (level the card up enough to get them), but you still have to play online mode to get two of the top auras.
Bonus Boss: Bunta challenges you to a free battle after clearing one loop of Legend Of The Streets mode. Whether you win or not, the credits will roll afterwards.
Difficulty Spike: Tsukuba in Initial D 4 and Initial D 5 goes from "fairly nice and easy" in sections 1 and 2 (assuming you're going outbound) to "Oh Crap what the hell is this" in sections 3 and 4.
Easy Mode Mockery: Using automatic transmission on most tracks won't get you record times. The game's AT doesn't shift at the ideal shifting points either.
- Worse yet, if you're using a card, you can only change transmission on card renewal, which is every 50 plays. In Initial D 4 and Initial D 5, you pay to change transmission, which makes more sense from a realistic point of view, but is still kinda annoying.
Extremity Extremist: The Hachi-roku's forte is downhill racing. The RX-7's forte is uphill racing.
Final Boss: Takumi, in every single Arcade Stage installment.
Green Hill Zone: Myogi in Initial D Arcade Stage, Lake Akina in Initial D 4 and Initial D 5, Usui joins in in 6AA.
Jack of All Stats: The Lancer EVO and Subaru Impreza are both newbie-friendly and can take on all tracks in any orientation decently... just don't expect to set course records.
Joke Car: The AE85 Levin; averted that performance-wise it is not really that different than the others.
- Some skilled players capitalize on its reputation though.
Nintendo Hard: Bunta Challenge in ver. 2 and 3.
Player Preferred Pattern: In Ver. 2, everybody and their brother drove a Honda Integra Type R (DC2) and chose Irohazaka (usually Downhill) ad nauseum for every multiplayer match.
Recurring Boss: Takumi in Legend Of The Streets Mode. He first appears as a Warmup Boss on Myougi (Ver. 1-3) or Lake Akina (4 and 5), then later, he races you for real on Akina, then he becomes a Final Boss on the last course of the game.
- In 6AA's Legend arc, Takumi can still be considered this since he is consistently on the higher level of difficulty while the other racers (Rin, Ryousuke, even Bunta) is not.
Rubber Band AI: The "boost" feature. Often turned off in human vs. human matches.

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 A popular series of competitive racing games for the arcades by [[Sega]], based on the manga and anime series ''[[Initial D]]''.
-Currently the latest installment of the series is ''Initial D Arcade Stage 6 AA''. There also have been a few console releases, though in Japan only: ''Initial D Special Stage'' for the [[Play Station 2]] (based on ''Initial D Arcade Stage Ver.2''), and ''Initial D Extreme Stage'' for the [[Play Station 3]] (based on ''Initial D Arcade Stage 4'').
+Currently the latest installment of the series is ''Initial D Arcade Stage 6 AA''. There also have been a few console releases, though in Japan only: ''Initial D Special Stage'' for the [[PlayStation 2]] (based on ''Initial D Arcade Stage Ver.2''), and ''Initial D Extreme Stage'' for the [[Play Station 3]] (based on ''Initial D Arcade Stage 4'').
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-=== These games provide examples of: ===
-* [[Battle Aura]]: Get enough wins and you'll get one, with the color changing as you get more wins. If you have the second-to-best aura, a white aura, and get enough consecutive wins, you'll earn a [[Cosmetic Award|rainbow aura]]. Break your win streak and it reverts back to white. However, this, along with other features, has [[Bad Export for You|disappeared]] from the English-language version of ''4''.
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+* [[Battle Aura]]: Get enough wins, and you'll get one, with the color changing as you get more wins. If you have the second-to-best aura, a white aura, and get enough consecutive wins, you'll earn a [[Cosmetic Award|rainbow aura]]. Break your win streak and it reverts back to white. However, this, along with other features, has [[Bad Export for You|disappeared]] from the English-language version of ''Initial D 4''.
 ** 6AA brought this back (level the card up enough to get them), but you still have to play online mode to get two of the top auras.
 * [[Bonus Boss]]: Bunta challenges you to a free battle after clearing one loop of Legend Of The Streets mode. Whether you win or not, the credits will roll afterwards.
-* [[Difficulty Spike]]: Tsukuba in ''4'' and ''5'' goes from "fairly nice and easy" in sections 1 and 2 (assuming you're going outbound) to "[[Oh Crap]] what the hell is this" in sections 3 and 4.
+* [[Difficulty Spike]]: Tsukuba in ''Initial D 4'' and ''Initial D 5'' goes from "fairly nice and easy" in sections 1 and 2 (assuming you're going outbound) to "[[Oh Crap]] what the hell is this" in sections 3 and 4.
 * [[Easy Mode Mockery]]: Using automatic transmission on most tracks won't get you record times. The game's AT doesn't shift at the ideal shifting points either.
-** Worse yet, if you're using a card, you can only change transmission on card renewal, which is every 50 plays. In Initial D 4 and 5, you pay to change transmission, which makes more sense from a realistic point of view but is still kinda annoying.
+** Worse yet, if you're using a card, you can only change transmission on card renewal, which is every 50 plays. In ''Initial D 4'' and ''Initial D 5'', you pay to change transmission, which makes more sense from a realistic point of view, but is still kinda annoying.
 * [[Extremity Extremist]]: The Hachi-roku's forte is downhill racing. The RX-7's forte is uphill racing.
 * [[Final Boss]]: Takumi, in every single ''Arcade Stage'' installment.
+* [[Green Hill Zone]]: Myogi in ''Initial D Arcade Stage'', Lake Akina in ''Initial D 4'' and ''Initial D 5'', Usui joins in in ''6AA''.
-* [[Genre Popularizer]]: Though not the first of its kind by a long stretch, it's ''the'' game that brought the multiplayer arcade racing game scene to competitive levels on a worldwide scale.
-* [[Green Hill Zone]]: Myogi in ''Initial D Arcade Stage'', Lake Akina in ''4'' and ''5'', Usui joins in in ''6AA''.
 * [[Jack of All Stats]]: The Lancer EVO and Subaru Impreza are both newbie-friendly and can take on all tracks in any orientation decently... just don't expect to set course records.
 * [[Joke Character|Joke Car]]: The AE85 Levin; averted that performance-wise it is not really that different than the others.
-** Some skilled players [[Cherry Tapping|capitalize on its reputation]], though.
+** Some skilled players [[Cherry Tapping|capitalize on its reputation]] though.
 * [[Nintendo Hard]]: Bunta Challenge in ver. 2 and 3.
 * [[Player Preferred Pattern]]: In ''Ver. 2'', everybody and their brother drove a Honda Integra Type R (DC2) and chose Irohazaka (usually Downhill) ad nauseum for every multiplayer match.
-* [[Recurring Boss]]: Takumi in Legend Of The Streets Mode. He first appears as a [[Warmup Boss]] on Myougi (Ver. 1-3) or Lake Akina (4 and 5), then later he races you for real on Akina, then he becomes a [[Final Boss]] on the last course of the game.
+* [[Recurring Boss]]: Takumi in Legend Of The Streets Mode. He first appears as a [[Warmup Boss]] on Myougi (Ver. 1-3) or Lake Akina (4 and 5), then later, he races you for real on Akina, then he becomes a [[Final Boss]] on the last course of the game.
 ** In 6AA's Legend arc, Takumi can still be considered this since he is consistently on the higher level of difficulty while the other racers (Rin, Ryousuke, even Bunta) is not.
 * [[Rubber Band AI]]: The "boost" feature. Often turned off in human vs. human matches.
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