<s>
is	O
a	O
Japanese	O
train	B-General_Concept
simulation	I-General_Concept
game	O
series	O
originally	O
produced	O
by	O
Taito	O
and	O
more	O
recently	O
by	O
Square	O
Enix	O
(	O
who	O
purchased	O
Taito	O
)	O
and	O
Railfan	O
Holdings	O
Co.	O
,	O
Ltd	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
series	O
started	O
with	O
a	O
1996	O
arcade	O
version	O
and	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
a	O
home	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
also	O
PC	B-Device
versions	O
released	O
by	O
the	O
Japanese	O
publisher	O
Unbalance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
Densha	B-Application
de	I-Application
Go	I-Application
title	O
contains	O
actual	O
train	O
(	O
or	O
tram	O
)	O
routes	O
based	O
on	O
real	O
services	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Densha	B-Application
de	I-Application
Go	I-Application
differ	O
from	O
Ongakukan	O
's	O
Train	B-General_Concept
Simulator	I-General_Concept
series	O
primarily	O
in	O
that	O
while	O
the	O
Ongakukan	O
series	O
uses	O
video	O
taken	O
from	O
cameras	O
mounted	O
to	O
the	O
front	O
of	O
real-world	O
trains	O
for	O
its	O
graphics	O
,	O
Densha	B-Application
de	I-Application
Go	I-Application
titles	O
rely	O
upon	O
computer-drawn	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2004	O
title	O
Densha	B-Application
de	I-Application
Go	I-Application
Final	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
Taito	O
and	O
Ongakukan	O
subsequently	O
released	O
a	O
few	O
co-produced	O
titles	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
with	O
the	O
title	O
Railfan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taito	O
also	O
divided	O
the	O
four	O
routes	O
in	O
Densha	B-Application
de	I-Application
Go	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Final	O
into	O
separate	O
titles	O
and	O
released	O
them	O
on	O
the	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2010	O
,	O
5	O
years	O
after	O
Square	O
Enix	O
acquired	O
Taito	O
Corporation	O
as	O
a	O
wholly	O
owned	O
subsidiary	O
,	O
Densha	B-Application
de	I-Application
Go	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Showa	O
Yamanote	O
Line	O
was	O
announced	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
on	O
July	O
22	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
a	O
departure	O
from	O
the	O
traditional	O
publisher	O
and	O
distributor	O
of	O
Densha	B-Application
de	I-Application
Go	I-Application
,	O
Taito	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Densha	B-Application
de	I-Application
Go	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Exclusive	O
to	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
,	O
the	O
controls	O
are	O
completely	O
stylus	O
driven	O
,	O
unlike	O
the	O
variety	O
of	O
custom	O
controls	O
offered	O
in	O
non-handheld	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2011	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
also	O
covering	O
the	O
Yamanote	O
line	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Apple	O
's	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
(	O
only	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
Japanese	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unbalance	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
long	O
supported	O
the	O
franchise	O
by	O
publishing	O
ports	O
of	O
each	O
title	O
to	O
the	O
Windows	O
platform	O
in	O
Japan	O
for	O
over	O
a	O
decade	O
,	O
discontinued	O
the	O
last	O
of	O
its	O
released	O
Densha	B-Application
de	I-Application
Go	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
released	O
a	O
new	O
mobile	B-Application
game	I-Application
for	O
Android	O
and	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
in	O
Winter	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
hardware	O
train	O
controllers	O
were	O
available	O
for	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
platforms	O
(	O
PC	B-Device
,	O
PS	O
,	O
PS2	B-Device
,	O
Saturn	B-Device
,	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
,	O
N64	B-Operating_System
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
for	O
which	O
Densha	B-Application
de	I-Application
Go	I-Application
was	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
extravagant	O
controllers	O
for	O
the	O
Densha	B-Application
de	I-Application
Go	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
series	O
was	O
the	O
Shinkansen	O
Controller	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
with	O
the	O
Densha	B-Application
de	I-Application
Go	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Shinkansen	O
EX	O
game	O
for	O
both	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
and	O
PS2	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Shinkansen	O
Controller	O
for	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
comes	O
with	O
a	O
LED	O
screen	O
display	O
of	O
speed	O
and	O
controls	O
and	O
a	O
foot	O
pedal	O
to	O
blow	O
the	O
horn	O
,	O
whereas	O
the	O
Shinkansen	O
Controller	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
lacked	O
these	O
features	O
,	O
replacing	O
the	O
LED	O
screen	O
with	O
a	O
representative	O
sticker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
this	O
controller	O
commands	O
much	O
higher	O
prices	O
than	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
version	O
only	O
by	O
virtue	O
of	O
relative	O
rarity	O
.	O
</s>
