<s>
,	O
originally	O
named	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
racing	O
video	O
game	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
as	O
a	O
launch	O
title	O
on	O
17	O
December	O
2011	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
22	O
February	O
2012	O
in	O
Europe	O
,	O
23	O
February	O
in	O
Australia	O
and	O
13	O
March	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
5th	O
handheld	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Ridge	B-Application
Racer	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Cellius	B-General_Concept
and	O
published	O
by	O
Namco	O
Bandai	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
continues	O
the	O
Ridge	B-Application
Racer	I-Application
tradition	O
of	O
arcade	O
racing	O
and	O
supports	O
single-player	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
local	O
and	O
Wi-Fi	O
multiplayer	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
release	O
,	O
Ridge	B-Application
Racer	I-Application
was	O
mostly	O
panned	O
by	O
video	O
game	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Hornet	O
from	O
Sega	O
's	O
Daytona	B-Application
USA	I-Application
makes	O
a	O
cameo	O
appearance	O
as	O
available	O
DLC	B-Protocol
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
an	O
exclusive	O
song	O
(	O
with	O
lyrics	O
by	O
Takenobu	O
Mitsuyoshi	O
)	O
and	O
course	O
inspired	O
by	O
both	O
franchises	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
cameos	O
include	O
cars	O
with	O
paint	O
schemes	O
derived	O
from	O
The	B-Application
Idolmaster	I-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
DoCoMO	O
and	O
Pac-Man-themed	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
Kamata	O
SYNCi	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
cover	O
car	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
include	O
new	O
cars	O
and	O
courses	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
music	O
tracks	O
from	O
previous	O
entries	O
in	O
the	O
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ridge	B-Application
Racer	I-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
unfavorable	O
reviews	O
"	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpot	O
criticized	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
lack	O
of	O
initial	O
content	O
(	O
which	O
consisted	O
only	O
of	O
a	O
limited	O
number	O
of	O
cars	O
and	O
tracks	O
ported	O
from	O
Ridge	B-Application
Racer	I-Application
7	I-Application
)	O
as	O
a	O
ploy	O
to	O
force	O
users	O
to	O
buy	O
its	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
(	O
while	O
its	O
first	O
DLC	B-Protocol
pack	O
,	O
despite	O
being	O
available	O
for	O
free	O
as	O
a	O
limited	O
time	O
offer	O
,	O
only	O
consisted	O
of	O
more	O
content	O
originating	O
from	O
Ridge	B-Application
Racer	I-Application
7	I-Application
)	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
a	O
poor	O
experience	O
that	O
lacked	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
variety	O
of	O
past	O
installments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ridge	B-Application
Racer	I-Application
was	O
described	O
as	O
tech	O
demo	O
,	O
wrapped	O
up	O
in	O
an	O
online-reliant	O
social	O
framework	O
that	O
's	O
fundamentally	O
flawed	O
on	O
several	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2012	O
,	O
IGN	O
also	O
named	O
Ridge	B-Application
Racer	I-Application
one	O
of	O
its	O
ten	O
"	O
Worst	O
Video	O
Games	O
of	O
2012	O
So	O
Far	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
