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Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 3 (also known as Maximum Tune 3, or simply Maxi 3) is an arcade racing video game developed and published by NAMCO and based on the Wangan Midnight manga. It is the third game in the Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune series and the fourth entry of the Wangan Midnight arcade series. This was released in 2007 in both Japan and the United States.

New Features[]

Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 3 includes all the features from Maximum Tune 1 and 2, plus some new features:

(All previous courses return with improved graphics and slight adjustments)

Game Modes[]

All game modes from Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 2 return, with the addition of a new mode: Ghost (Versus) Battle.

Story Mode[]

Just like previous games, players progress through story mode, defeating rivals and tuning their car as they go. There are 80 stages in Story Mode.

Outrun Mode[]

Players are faced with the task of passing 10 consecutively harder racers on one track.

Ghost Battle Mode[]

The newest addition to the game, Ghost Battle Mode allows players to race against pre-"recorded" ghosts of other players' cars in order to earn dress-up points towards upgrading their car with aero kits, decals, etc.

There are four ways to play Ghost Battle Mode:

  1. Select From Friends' List- Friends are added when you race against them. You can then choose to race their ghost.
  2. Select From Revenge List- When a player defeats your ghost, you can choose to race the ghost they beat you with.
  3. Select By Level- Allows you to select by difficulty of the ghost. There are 10 levels.
  4. Select By Card Name- Allows you to input a card name and search for that player.

Versus Mode[]

In Versus mode, players race against one another on the different courses in the game. The new course branching system allows for a different race experience every time.

Time Attack Mode[]

Players race against the clock to try and get the best time on a specific course.

Tuning card[]

Like other games in the Wangan Midnight arcade series, Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune employs the use of a tuning card to save the player's data.

Cars[]

There are 34 cars (31 cars in International versions) available for players to select in Maximum Tune 3:

Gemballa (Only in Japan version)[]

Mazda[]

Mitsubishi[]

Nissan[]

Subaru[]

Toyota[]

Trivia[]

  • Celsior and Z31 are available from start instead use Cheat code, however a new car (Subaru R2), along with HiAce and Corolla remained use the cheat code to obtained.
  • Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 3 is released in Japan along with Wangan Midnight (Anime), PS3 (Wangan Midnight) and PSP version of game (Wangan Midnight Portable) was released in 2007.
  • In Story Mode chapter 61, Tomoya drive an white Nissan 180SX instead drive an Honda Integra Type R, unlike in manga. The reason was due Honda is unvalaible in series until later appeared in Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 5DX+. The same story later reused in Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 6 with Tomoya drive an Integra.
  • Like Blackbird, the other Gemballa cars featured in English version has replaced by other cars due licensing, in case:
    • Iin Story Mode chapter 16, Masaki drive White Gemballa RSR in Japan Version and English version is replaced with Green Eunos Cosmo.
    • In Story Mode chapeter 51, Koichi Kijima drive Yellow Gemballa 3.8 RS in Japan Version and English version is replaced with Red RX-8.

See also[]

Official site


Wangan Midnight Arcade Video Games
Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune · Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 2 · Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 3 · Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 3DX · Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 3DX+· Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 4 · Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 5 · Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 5DX · Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 5DX+ · Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 6 · Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 6 R · Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 6 RR · Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 6 RR+
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