{"id":92248,"date":"2019-04-19T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/04\/sega_ages_virtua_racing_speeds_onto_the_japanese_eshop_next_week"},"modified":"2019-04-19T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T16:30:00","slug":"sega-ages-virtua-racing-speeds-onto-the-japanese-eshop-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/04\/19\/sega-ages-virtua-racing-speeds-onto-the-japanese-eshop-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Sega Ages Virtua Racing Speeds Onto The Japanese eShop Next Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8572beddf1c03\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8572beddf1c03\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Virtua Racer\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8572beddf1c03\/virtua-racer.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8572beddf1c03\/virtua-racer.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Virtua Racer\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>About the only problem with Sega&#8217;s retro line of games on the Switch eShop is how it seems to take <em>ages<\/em> to localise each one. At the start of the year, Yosuke Okunari &#8211; one of the talents behind the revival of these classic games &#8211; said the team was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/01\/sega_ages_development_team_might_localise_games_that_have_never_been_translated\">aiming<\/a> to roll out at least one title per month locally and keep the western releases as close to Japan&#8217;s launches as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Okunari&#8217;s comments, we can&#8217;t resist keeping tabs on the Japanese release dates. The beauty of the Switch is you can also change your location and buy games that aren&#8217;t necessarily available in your own region yet. With this in mind, Sega has announced <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/sega_ages_virtua_racing\">Virtua Racing<\/a><\/strong> will arrive on the Switch eShop next week on 25th April for 925 Yen.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u300cSEGA AGES\u300d\u30b7\u30ea\u30fc\u30ba\u914d\u4fe1\u30bf\u30a4\u30c8\u30eb\u7b2c8\u4f5c\ud83d\ude95<br \/>\u300eSEGA AGES \u30d0\u30fc\u30c1\u30e3\u30ec\u30fc\u30b7\u30f3\u30b0\u300f4\u670825\u65e5\u914d\u4fe1\u6c7a\u5b9a\ud83d\ude97<\/p>\n<p>Joy-Con\u2122\u3092\u307f\u3093\u306a\u3067\u6301\u3061\u5bc4\u308c\u30701\u53f0\u306eNintendo Switch\u2122\u3067\u6700\u59278\u540d\u306e\u753b\u9762\u5206\u5272\u540c\u6642\u5bfe\u6226\u304c\u53ef\u80fd\u3067\u3059\u2757\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u30bb\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc\u306e\u8208\u596e\u3092\u3082\u3046\u4e00\u5ea6\u3054\u81ea\u5b85\u3067\u304a\u697d\u3057\u307f\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\u203c<\/p>\n<p>\u21d2 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JgDQ6hf0Vj\">https:\/\/t.co\/JgDQ6hf0Vj<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%82%BB%E3%82%AC%E3%82%A8%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B8%E3%82%B9?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30bb\u30ac\u30a8\u30a4\u30b8\u30b9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8PD2g0aUhA\">pic.twitter.com\/8PD2g0aUhA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span>\u2014 \u30bb\u30ac\u516c\u5f0f\u30a2\u30ab\u30a6\u30f3\u30c8 (@SEGA_OFFICIAL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SEGA_OFFICIAL\/status\/1119080193509904385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>This is a particularly exciting release as it will <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/03\/sega_ages_virtua_racing_will_support_eight-player_splitscreen_and_online_races_on_switch\">support<\/a> eight-player split-screen. You&#8217;ll be able to do a five or 20-lap race, with everyone at the same time. There&#8217;s also an online race mode, which plays out as a one-on-one battle. Below is a look at an in-game screenshot of the eight-player mode as well as the game&#8217;s built-in replay mode, which was not included in the original arcade version:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Virtua Racer 8\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/390f88e7c4006\/virtua-racer-8.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/390f88e7c4006\/virtua-racer-8.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Virtua Racer 8\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Virtua Racer\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b82477129ced2\/virtua-racer.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b82477129ced2\/virtua-racer.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Virtua Racer\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Virtua Racer\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a5524a61b2be2\/virtua-racer.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a5524a61b2be2\/virtua-racer.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Virtua Racer\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Unfortunately, there&#8217;s no word about when this game will be released locally, so if you are wanting to download it from your local eShop, you might have to wait a little bit longer.<\/p>\n<p><em>Will you be buying this game from the Japanese eShop when it arrives next week? Let us know down in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the only problem with Sega&#8217;s retro line of games on the Switch eShop is how it seems to take ages to localise each one. 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