History Trivia / WanganMidnight

** Played straight with EarlyInstallmentWeirdness for the English version of ''Maximum Tune 5'' might as well be called ''Maximum Tune 4 DX'' due to many features from the Japanese version of ''5'' being [[DummiedOut gutted out]] of the English version while [[RegionalBonus adding new features not available in Japanese versions]]. This has yet to be addressed in ''Maximum Tune 5 DX''.

** The English versions of ''Maximum Tune 4'' and ''5'' are currently only available in various English-speaking countries in Southeast Asia (eg. Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, etc.). This is despite the card transfer event that let's players transfer their cards from ''Maximum Tune 3DX+'' to ''Maximum Tune 4'' [[LostForever ending in October 2013]], so if ''Maximum Tune 4'' (or ''5'') ever gets in other markets, players in those markets will have to ''start all over again.''

** The English versions of ''Maximum Tune 4'' and ''5'' are currently only available in various English-speaking countries in Southeast Asia (eg. Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, etc.) This is despite the card transfer event that lets players transfer their cards from ''Maximum Tune 3DX+'' to ''Maximum Tune 4'' [[LostForever ending in October 2013]], so if ''Maximum Tune 4'' (or ''5'') ever gets in other markets, players in those markets will have to ''start all over again.''

** So the US is finally getting ''Maximum Tune 5''.. Never mind that other regions has reached ''5DX+'' at this point, which means ''the US is two versions behind Asia and Australia'', the card porting service will not be revived for the market. US players will have to restart from scratch...

*** The curse is finally broken, certain US arcades finally got ''Maximum Tune 5''... '''''[[BadExportForYou In 2017]]'''''. But as mentioned above... Yeah, see ''Bad Export For You'' above.

* DuelingGames: With ''VideoGame/InitialDArcadeStage''.

* NamesTheSame: In-series example: Akio's full name happens to be almost identical to the Devil Z's original owner, with the only difference that Akio the protaganist has his given name rendered in katakana rather than kanji.

* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey, it's that]] [[Franchise/KamenRider Kamen Rider!]]: The film adaption hired some actors who were former Kamen Riders, or supporting characters in some recent shows before the film's theretical release.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Hire [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Gendo Ikari]] to do some BO-dy work, and Tatsuya is [[InitialD unbeatable downhill]].
** Yoshiaki Ishida [[Creator/JunichiSuwabe is]] [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Lars Alexandersson]].
** [[Creator/KentaMiyake Jun Kitami]] was used to be [[Anime/DigimonFrontier Dynasmon]], and has tuned [[Anime/TransformersEnergon Landmine and Omega Supreme]] as well as [[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime Shockwave]].

* DuelingGames: With ''VideoGame/InitialD''.

** Played straight with EarlyInstallmentWeirdness for the English version of ''Maximum Tune 5'' might as well be called ''Maximum Tune 4 DX'' due to many features from the Japanese version of ''5'' being [[DummiedOut gutted out]] of the English version while adding new features.

** Averted for the first time in the English version of ''Maximum Tune 4'', which retains most of the non-Japanese cars that have already been released for original Japanese version.

* UsefulNotes/{{Unix}}: The arcade cabinets of Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 4 and 5 runs a distribution of Linux called "Arcade Linux Live". Given that the game runs on the Namco [=ES1=] PC-based hardware, this is hardly surprising since the only other mature alternative is Windows Embedded.

* UsefulNotes/{{Unix}}: The arcade cabinets of Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 4 and 5 runs a distribution of Linux called "Arcade Linux Live". Given that the game runs on the Namco ES1 PC-based hardware, this is hardly surprising.

** The English versions of ''Maximum Tune 4'' and ''5'' are currently only available in various English-speaking countries in Southeast Asia (eg. Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, etc.) This is despite the card transfer event that lets players transfer their cards from ''Maximum Tune 3DX+'' to ''Maximum Tune 4'' [[LostForever ending in October 2013]], so if ''Maximum Tune 4'' (or ''5'') ever gets in other markets, players in those markets will have to ''start all over again.''

** Yoshiaki Ishida is [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Lars Alexandersson]].

* BadExportForYou / EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The English version of ''Maximum Tune 5'' might as well be called ''Maximum Tune 4 DX'' due to many features from the Japanese version of ''5'' being [[DummiedOut gutted out]] of the English version while adding new features.

* BadExportForYou/EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The English version of ''Maximum Tune 5'' might as well be called ''Maximum Tune 4 DX'' due to many features from the Japanese version of ''5'' being [[DummiedOut gutted out]] of the English version while adding new features.

* BadExportForYou: The English version of ''Maximum Tune 5'' might as well be called ''Maximum Tune 4 DX'' due to many features from the Japanese version of ''5'' being [[DummiedOut gutted out]] of the English version while adding new features.

* BadExportForYou: The English version of ''Maximum Tune 5'' might as well be called ''Maximum Tune 4 DX'' due to many features from the Japanese version of ''5'' being gutted out of the English version.

** The English versions of ''Maximum Tune 4'' and ''5'' are currently only available in various English-speaking countries in Southeast Asia (eg. Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, etc.) This is despite the card transfer event that lets players transfer their cards from ''Maximum Tune 3DX+'' to ''Maximum Tune 4'' [[LostForever ending in October 2013]], so if ''Maximum Tune 4'' ever gets in other markets, players in those markets will have to ''start all over again.''

** The English version of ''Maximum Tune 4'' is currently only available in various English-speaking countries in Southeast Asia (eg. Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, etc.) This is despite the card transfer event that lets players transfer their cards from ''Maximum Tune 3DX+'' to ''Maximum Tune 4'' [[LostForever ending in October 2013]], so if ''Maximum Tune 4'' ever gets in other markets, players in those markets will have to ''start all over again.''

* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey, it's that]] [[Franchise/KamenRider Masked Rider!]]: The film adaption hired some actors who were former Kamen Riders, or supporting characters in some recent shows before the film's theretical release.