## Description
_Itadaki Street Special_ is the fifth title in the long-running Itadaki
Street series. While earlier titles had references to the Dragon Quest series,
this one prominently features dozens of characters and boards from both
_Dragon Quest_ and its once-rival Final Fantasy, not to mention copious other
fan service such as arranged music.
The same basic gameplay of the previous titles is retained — players move
around the board purchasing properties and investing in districts to earn
money — but this is the first title in the series to make any significant
changes to the game’s structure with the introduction of the level-up system.
Rather than simply counting laps around the board, players earn EXP from
various actions such as collecting suits or reaching the bank, and leveling up
will increase the money they earn when reaching the bank. The game has also
been rebalanced to be more forgiving to novice players, along with a wide
range of other minor changes.
The main new mode in this entry is the “Sphere Battle” mode, which replaces
the chance card board with so called Sphere Dice, resembling the Sphere Grid
from Final Fantasy X, and which causes various random effects to occur when it
is rolled.