Itadaki Street (いただきストリート Itadaki Sutorīto, lit. "Top Street") is a computer board game series originally created by Dragon Quest designer Yuji Horii. The first game was released in Japan on Nintendo's Famicom in 1991. Since then, sequels have been released for the Super Famicom and Sony's PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable and Nintendo DS. The series was exclusive to Japan until the announcement of Fortune Street for the Wii.
The games are similar to Monopoly: players roll one die to advance around a board, purchase unowned property they land on and earn money when opponents land on the player's property, and draw cards when they land on certain spaces. The games also differ from Monopoly in that players can buy and sell stocks of a block, affecting the value of block's stock by buying or selling that block's stock or by developing a player owned property of that block which increases the value per share of stock for that block. It is not necessary to own the entire block to develop a property, though controlling more than one property of a block allows the player to develop their properties to larger buildings and collect more from opponents. Players must collect a set of four suits to level up and collect additional gold when the pass the starting position/bank. In most versions, up to four players can compete to win each board. To win a player must make it back to the bank with the board's required amount, which includes the total value of the player's stocks, property value, and gold on hand. Minigames similar to Itadaki Street also appeared in some of the other games from Square Enix, such as Dragon Quest V and Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep.
| Itadaki Street: Watashi no Omise ni Yottette | |
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| Developer(s) | Game Studio |
| Publisher(s) | ASCII |
| Platform(s) | Famicom |
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| Genre(s) | Business simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer (up to 4 players) |
| Rating(s) | CERO: n/a (not rated) |
| Media/distribution | 6-megabit cartridge |
Itadaki Street: Watashi no Omise ni Yottette (いただきストリート 〜私のお店によってって) was developed by Loginsoft and released on the Famicom on March 21, 1991. It was published by ASCII.
| Itadaki Street 2: Neon Sign wa Bara Iro ni | |
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| Developer(s) | Tomcat System |
| Publisher(s) | Enix, Armor Project, ASCII[2] |
| Composer(s) | Koichi Sugiyama |
| Platform(s) | Super Famicom |
| Release date(s) | |
| Genre(s) | Business simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer (up to 4 players) |
| Rating(s) | CERO: n/a (not rated) |
| Media/distribution | 12-megabit cartridge |
Itadaki Street 2: Neon Sign wa Bara Iro ni (いただきストリート２ ネオンサインはバラ色に) for the Super Famicom operates like a junior version of Super Okuman Chouja Game. Instead of the players making purchases and sales completely on their own, the game offers advice for important situations. There are many themes including modern, futuristic, and the map of the world. Players that are controlled by the game's artificial intelligence range from teenagers to senior citizens.
The game requires Japanese literacy. Players can move from 1 to 9 squares and must allow collect symbols from playing cards in order to get money from the bank. Casino gambling is also available and it includes Bingo and slot machines. Like in Tower Dream, the game instantly ends if the only human player gets bankrupt in a game involving 3 AI-controlled players and 1 human-controlled player.
Characters:
Itadaki Street: Gorgeous King (いただきストリート ゴージャスキング) was released on the PlayStation in 1998. It was published by Enix.[5] As of December 2004, the game has sold over 281,000 copies.[6]
Itadaki Street 3 Okumanchouja Nishiteageru: Kateikyoushi Tsuki (いただきストリート3 億万長者にしてあげる！ ～家庭教師つき！～) was developed by Tamsoft and released on the PlayStation 2 in 2002. It was published by Enix.
| Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Special | |
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| Developer(s) | Paon |
| Publisher(s) | Square Enix |
| Composer(s) | Koichi Sugiyama |
| Series | Itadaki Street |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 |
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| Genre(s) | Board game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, Multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | CERO: A (All ages) |
| Media/distribution | DVD-ROM |
Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Special (ドラゴンクエスト＆ファイナルファンタジー in いただきストリート Special), or simply Itadaki Street Special, was released on December 22, 2004 by Square Enix for the PlayStation 2. One to four players can play at the same time which makes this game different from its predecessors. The game features characters from Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy.
Characters from the Dragon Quest series include:
Characters from the Final Fantasy series include:
As of August 31, 2005, the game has sold 380 thousand units in Japan.[7]
| Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Portable | |
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| Developer(s) | Armor Project Think Garage[8] |
| Publisher(s) | Square Enix |
| Composer(s) | Naoshi Mizuta |
| Series | Itadaki Street |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation Portable |
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| Genre(s) | Board Game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player or Multiplayer (1-4 players) |
| Rating(s) | CERO: A (All ages) |
| Media/distribution | UMD |
Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Portable includes characters from Square Enix's Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy video game series much like Itadaki Street Special.
Characters from Dragon Quest:
Characters from Final Fantasy:
| Itadaki Street DS | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Armor Project Think Garage[8] |
| Publisher(s) | Square Enix |
| Series | Itadaki Street |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo DS |
| Release date(s) | |
| Genre(s) | Board Game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player or Multiplayer (1-4 players) |
| Rating(s) | CERO: A (All ages) |
| Media/distribution | Nintendo DS Game Card |
Itadaki Street DS includes characters from Square Enix's Dragon Quest series and Nintendo's Super Mario franchises.
Characters from Dragon Quest:
Characters from Super Mario:
The Japanese magazine Famitsu gave the game 36/40 points (9/9/9/9). The game sold 430,000 copies as of August 2008.[10]
Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Mobile (ドラゴンクエスト＆ファイナルファンタジー in いただきストリート Mobile) was released sometime in 2010. The game initially featured Final Fantasy characters exclusively, but Dragon Quest characters were added later on. Little else is known.
| Fortune Street | |
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| Developer(s) | Armor Project Square Enix |
| Publisher(s) | |
| Series | Itadaki Street |
| Platform(s) | Wii |
| Release date(s) | |
| Genre(s) | Board Game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer, online multiplayer |
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| Media/distribution | Wii optical disc |
Fortune Street, also known as Itadaki Street Wii (いただきストリートWii) in Japan[12] and Boom Street in Europe, was revealed by Nintendo at E3 2011 for the Wii, released on December 1, 2011 in Japan, December 5 in North America, and December 23 in Europe.[13] It will be the first game in the series to be published outside of Japan. The game includes characters from the Dragon Quest series and the Mario series.[14]
The playable characters for Fortune Street are:
From the Dragon Quest series:
From the Mario series:
From the Wii series:
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