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Initial D series

Initial D Gaiden

Initial D Gaiden is the first video game in the Initial D series for Game Boy. The game was only released in Japan.

6 March 1998

Initial D Gaiden is a racing, released 6 March 1998 on Game Boy.

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What Initial D Gaiden is

Initial D Gaiden was released in 1998. It is available on Game Boy only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Story mode lets you choose between 4 characters, depending on which story you select, it follows the main parts of the manga (like Takumi racing against Ryosuke for example) or not (Natsuki's story for example does not follow the manga at all, as she's not a street racer to begin with).
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How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Initial D series

Initial D Gaiden is the first of 24 entries we hold in the Initial D series. The next entry was Initial D: Koudou Saisoku Densetsu in 1998.

See all 24 Initial D games in release order →

What it launched against

Initial D Gaiden launched on 6 March 1998, within three weeks of 1080° Snowboarding and Battlezone.

Released around the same time: 1080° Snowboarding, Battlezone.

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When did Initial D Gaiden come out?
Initial D Gaiden was released on 6 March 1998 for Game Boy.

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