ArcadeOverview
Card de Renketsu! Densha de Go! (loosely translated to "Connect with Cards! Go by Train!") is a train driving simulation game developed and released by Taito for arcades in Japan in 2011.
A spin-off of the Densha de Go! series, and celebrating the series' 15th anniversary, Card de Renketsu combines a simplified version of the series' train driving with a trading card system, allowing players to make their own custom trains (using three types of cards: the front, the middle, and the rear) for use in several fictional routes.
The gameplay is a simplified version of that in the main Densha de Go! series, using a four-stage combined mascon and a timing-based system similar to music-rhythm games (such as Beatmania, Pop'n Music, and Guitar Hero). Players are scored not only on following the chart closely, but also on several mini-games (including train coupling and train braking).