Bandai Namco Passport (formerly known as and now commonly contracted to Banapassport) is an RFID tag-based card that can be used to store data from compatible Bandai Namco games. Data from playing the supported game machines can be saved to a single Bandai Namco Passport Card.
Bandai Namco Passport card introduced in 2011 when the arcade version of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 released, followed by many other games released by Bandai Namco Amusement.
In 2018, Bandai Namco partnered with SEGA and Konami to create Amusement IC, a system that allows arcade cards from any of the companies to be used on each others games.
Depending the usage of the said passport, it can slowly wears off the texture. So it is highly advisable must be kept securely, abstain from the exposure of sun, fluid contact, etc. If the Banapassport tears off, players can no longer access any arcade machine. Unless, it is already link to the main website for backup data (by scanning the QR-link) upon acquiring with the newer ones.
Differences between Tuning card and Bandai Namco Passport Card system[]
Before Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 4 it was common for a player to have more than one card, as the card can store one car. This issue was negated when Maximum Tune 4 swapped the previous magnetic save card system for the Bandai Namco Passport system. As player data is stored on Bandai Namco's servers instead of on the card (the card is used only for player authentication) the player can have up to 100 cars in their profile (becomes 200 as of Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 6).
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