This page summarize the buyable drift charms based on several Namco series featured in the PlayStation 2 video game The Fast and the Furious.
The Fast and the Furious (video game)[]
September 26, 2006
The Fast and the Furious
Namco series
In the Bandai Namco-published video game The Fast and the Furious for PlayStation 2, the player can access "Toretto's Muscle Shop" in the map and buy several customizable parts for their car of choice. This includes "Performance" customization used to upgrade the car's capabilities, and "Visual" customizations which are only aesthetic and include paint jobs, tires and other such elements.
One of the available visual customizations for purchase are a set of drift charms, little keychain-like decorations placed on the car's rear guard, based on several characters from seven Namco franchises: Pac-Man, Dig Dug, Mr. Driller, Katamari, Taiko no Tatsujin, Soul series and Tekken.
Pac-Man[]
Five drift charms based on the Pac-Man series featuring Pac-Man himself and four ghosts, all in their more humanoid designs. Pac-Man's charm refers to his origin as "25th Anniversary Pac-Man", while the others simply lists their origin as Pac-Man. While the ghosts have their more humanoid designs in the charm itself, the artwork next to the description is their sprite from the original Pac-Man.
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| Pac-Man | Blinky | Clyde | Inky | Pinky |
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Dig Dug & Mr. Driller[]
Three drift charms are based on characters from Dig Dug, specifically Dig Dug: Digging Strike. This include the main character Dig Dug and the recurring series enemies Pooka and Fygar, all using the game's artwork.
There's also one drift charm from Mr. Driller, Dig Dug's Spin-off series, based on its main character Susumu Hori.
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| Dig Dug | Fygar | Pooka | Susumu Hori |
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Katamari[]
Three drift charms are based on Katamari Damacy, and include one based on the Katamari balls used in gameplay, one based on the King of All Cosmos and one based on protagonist the Prince.
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| Katamari | King of All Cosmos | Prince |
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Taiko no Tatsujin[]
Two drift charms are based on the mascot characters from Taiko no Tatsujin, the cartoon drums Katsu and Don.
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| Katsu | Don |
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Soul series[]
A total of 13 drift charms based on characters from the Soul series are available. All of these charms are based on the characters' appearance and artwork from Soulcalibur III specifically, and listed as such.
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| Astaroth | Ivy | Kilik | Maxi | Mitsurugi |
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| Nightmare | Setsuka | Siegfried | Taki | Tira |
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| Voldo | Xianghua | Zasalamel |
Tekken[]
A total of 12 drift charms based on characters from Tekken are the last set available. Although all the charms are based on the character's appearance and artwork from Tekken 5, the origin for some of them is given as their debut game for some reason: Tekken is listed for Heihachi, Nina and Marshall Law, Tekken 3 is listed for Jin and Panda and Tekken 4 is listed for Christie.
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| Christie Monteiro | Feng | Heihachi | Jack-5 | Jin Kazama |
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| King | Marshall Law | Nina Williams | Panda | Paul Phoenix |
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| Raven | Yoshimitsu |
License[]
Bandai Namco obtained a license to publish a video game adaptation of The Fast and the Furious from Universal. All the listed series are owned by Bandai Namco, so they could freely include elements from them in the video game.