A few days ago, I emailed Genki about some suggestions for a future Shutokou Battle game.
Here's my email:
Thank you for taking the time to read this meassage. I am a fan of the Shutokou Battle series. But, Shutokou Battle has been missing one thing, Massive Multiplayer Online. I would like to share my idea of a new Shutokou Battle game that heavely involves online multiplayer as well as a quest mode. I think it should also be released on Playstation 3 or Xbox 360, that would also allow downloadable content (downloadable rivals, cars, courses ect.) If possible, I also think that it would be great if the game could include racing around the world via google earth or a similar service (I doubt that is possible though). Again, thank you for your time.

Here's the email that they sent to me:
Dear "loganpalmer812@hotmail.com", Thank you for sending in your suggestions for Shutokou Battle series.We cannot promise that all your requests will be reflected in our next game, but we would surely like to take it into consideration. Thank you, H. TsuchiyaGenki Co., Ltd.

Wow, wait...what's there Email? I'd like to send them something also,but anyways it's cool that they did email you back, and it only took a couple of days. and it sounds like they are thinking about another Shutokou Battle game, but the question is, is Crave going to help bring it over?

I hope so.


There email is: webmaster@genki.co.jp

Don't pester them though, they don't need 5,000+ emails about TXR, lol

oohh that's just freaking awsome

i wont E-mail them though lol....i have a habbit for pestering ......

That's definitely great to hear/see that you got some type of communication back from your e-mail. I would love to see another Kaido Battle for a next-gen console but it would probably be a hard sell just because of the three giants out there already vying for people's attention/money (Need for Speed, Gran Turismo, FORZA). The one good thing they have going for them is the small but loyal fanbase. Unfortunately a lot of today's market is just about the money so I'm not holding my breath.

Honestly, if they made a PS3 game that was $30-$40 range with just the basic car selection on it, I would buy it so long as other cars could be downloaded at some point.

A side note about Crave Entertainment - I have a feeling they won't be bringing over another Genki racing game anytime soon unless they are smart. After reading this, I got a sick feeling that they may cut back alot of the games they bring to the states. Without having the sales figures in front of me, I don't see the Shutokou or Kaido series as being largely profitable - but I think Kaido would be more likely to get to U.S. soil before Shutokou because of the 'drift craze' that had sprung up here.

nice ideas. i'm sure they already thought of mass multi player. google earth around the world is a good idea, but i'm not sure if it's possible with todays technology without a super massive budget.

maybe i'll email the kaido 4 wishlist to them.

Hate to rain on everyone's parade, but it looks like all you got in response was an automated email, automatically sent out every time they get something in the inbox. That doesn't mean anybody actually read your message.

I would not get excited until I got an email that was obviously written by a real person.

True, but an automated email response is still a response. It means they at least have an email for feedback, which is still a start.

The essence of getting attention involves (a) having a way to get attention, (b) figuring out what has to be done to get attention, and (c) doing it until attention is given. I think voicing opinions for future titles is a great idea.

Let me state this again.

I THINK VOICING OPINIONS FOR FUTURE TITLES IS A GREAT IDEA!

Sure, we may be small now, but many things begin that way. And an email campaign (where everybody here and everybody who is a fan of TXR) directing opinions to Genki staff at worst means that someone has to check the email at Genki, and at best, means that their design team has ideas for the next title, straight from the gamers themselves.

Here's what I know:
A while ago, Genki tried its hand at an MMO version of TXR/Shutokou Battle, called Shutokou Battle Online. It was released in 2002 and I think had a 3-to-5 year run. If it had a base like the Playstation Online network, or the XBOX Live community, it could potentially be easy to meet and hook up with people racing online. Of course, these things do take money.

So I say, if you've got an idea, voice it. That's my 2 cents!

I'm definitively going to email them. I don't know if they'll even read it, but man i want a Kaido game on xbox 360, and honestly, i don't care if it's for ps3 either, so I'm gonna ask for both consoles

I sent an email about one to two weeks ago to them regarding Kaido Battle, still haven't heard back...

not bad, only took 2 days to answer. here's what they wrote

"Dear Steven, Thank you for your email and for playing our games.We too, agree that we would like to have our games played by gamers worldwide,however unfortunately, the release of these games are TBD.We will update our English website, if any of these games are to be released in countries other than Japan. Best regards,　 H. Tsuchiya　Genki Co., Ltd."

I think TBD means "to be decided" but I'm not sure

seeing how this fit with the original message i sent them, i highly doubt the possibility of this being an automated email

here is what I wrote at first

"Firstly, thank you for reading this message.

I used to play Kaido Battle : Touge No Densetsu on Playstation 2, and honestly it was the best racing game I ever played. Then I got into the other Kaido/Shutokou games, and I realised that those games were the most complete games ever. If there would have been a little more advertising about it in North America, I'm pretty sure that it could compete with the most popular games here.

I think (and i know a lot of people who think so too) that you really should make a Kaido game on Xbox 360 AND PlayStation 3 (but please not just one console, that makes people diss a game sometimes). Just keep the huge car selection, add online play to it, make sure to have a handling a bit like Kaido Battle : Touge No Densetsu, and I'm pretty sure that a lot of people would buy it and keep playing it for a long while. Also, it would be nice to offer drivetrain swaps, conversion kits, and a very deep vynil editing mode.

Thank you again for reading this message, and good luck in your future games"

Man! I would like to see a Shutokou and Kaido battle game on all systems.

I'd first like Crave to bring over C1GP if possible...pretty please guys?

i might send a few from different emails.

see if it is an automated response

Agree..Crave should make the english version of Racing Battle. But why they didn't make it.

And oh i would like Genki still keep producing Kaido Battle series