Definitively not Japanese, but Still, Wipeout is synonym of Sony and SCE so let’s talk about this quite impressive reconstruction in real life of the Wipeout made possible by too hardcore Geeks : Jehmlich and Matthes Mikysec who created Racer, their analog vision and version of Wipeout.

Using an old arcade cabinet, a wireless camera stick on a R/C Car and a cardboard home made Wipeout Like track, racer let you from the comfort of an modified arcade cabinet, control your tiny little R/C car and get immediate feedback thanks to its embedded camera.
Sure the whole setup is a bit messy and need more polish, but the concept is really impressive and I would love to see a company developing something similar for us to play with.

RACER DEMO 0.1 – video game mashup from sputnic on Vimeo.