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it seems there is a new Sonic title called "Sonic Riders" is listed at this week's famitsu
the game will be released at 2005 winter
no other information yet
 
And a Gachapon Gundam game too... exclusive 3rd party GC games at this point in its lifetime make little sense though.
 
:lol it also sounds like " Mario Kart" to me too
and I just saw the updated list
now the game also goes to PS2
 
Sonic is running.
Sonic is shooting a gun.
Sonic is fighting.
Sonic is racing.
Sonic is playing pinball.
Sonic is driving a car.
 
Wario64 said:
Sonic is running.
Sonic is shooting a gun.
Sonic is fighting.
Sonic is racing.
Sonic is playing pinball.
Sonic is driving a car.
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Sonic is sucking in every game he's been in since like 1994.
 
Maybe Sega got so much positive feedback from Shadow being on a motorcycle that they've decided to give one to every Sonic character. :lol
 
FIRST SCREEN!!


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I just played Sonic R and Sonic Drift for the first time on Sonic Gems. Both are fucking atrocious. Hopefully, if this is a new Sonic racing game, Sega will... haha, no they won't. This is SEGA. Mediocrity is the best-case scenario.
 
Nintendo Ate My Children said:
I just played Sonic R and Sonic Drift for the first time on Sonic Gems. Both are fucking atrocious. Hopefully, if this is a new Sonic racing game, Sega will... haha, no they won't. This is SEGA. Mediocrity is the best-case scenario.
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Hey now, Sonic R owns you.
 
As much as I love Sonic, I think, it's a bit too much. Shadow, Sonic Gems Collection, Sonic Rush and now Sonic Riders, that equals four games in around half a year.
 
Yoshi said:
As much as I love Sonic, I think, it's a bit too much. Shadow, Sonic Gems Collection, Sonic Rush and now Sonic Riders, that equals four games in around half a year.
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well...hey...it's more platformers than mario.
 
Yoshi said:
As much as I love Sonic, I think, it's a bit too much. Shadow, Sonic Gems Collection, Sonic Rush and now Sonic Riders, that equals four games in around half a year.
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Unlike when we got Sonic Advance 2, Sonic Battle, Sonic Pinball Party, and Sonic Adventure DX in a year? :P
 
Two of them weren't even platformers, one was just a Dreamcast port, whereas at least three of the games now are Jump&Runs. I hope, they will limit it to 2 Sonic games (1 for DS, 1 for consoles) next generation.
 
http://ps2.ign.com/articles/648/648544p1.html
Sonic Goes eXtreme
New multiplatform racing title to feature all your favorite characters.
by IGN Staff

September 7, 2005 - Just as we were starting to think that Shadow had taken over the Sonic franchise for the remainder of 2005, SEGA makes the surprise announcement of an all-new racing game featuring Sonic and friends. The latest issue of Famitsu reveals that Sonic Riders is being developed by Sonic Team for Japanese release on the Xbox, PS2, and GameCube this winter. Serving as producer is Yuda Koshi, a veteran of Sonic development who's also worked on Puyo Puyo and Space Channel 5.

In Sonic Riders, Dr. Robotnik has set up a speed challenge, and all the Sonic characters, including Sonic the Hedgehog, Knuckles the Echidna, Storm the Albatross, Jet the Hawk, Miles "Tails" Prower and Web the Swallow, have decided to compete. To the victor goes a Chaos Emerald.

Unlike the classic SEGA Saturn racer Sonic R (now appearing as a game in Sonic Gems Collection), Sonic Riders promises an "eXtreme" experience. Yes, SEGA is actually using this buzz word that we thought had died two years ago to promote the game. Sonic and friends speed through tracks on air boards, using individual special moves to strike down opponents.

Air is a big element of Sonic Riders. Your board's "fuel" source is air. You can fill up your air at various points on the course, but to race well you'll have to use another means of replenishment: performing tricks with your board. You'll also want to make use of turbulence from racers who are in front of you. By riding your rival racers' turbulence, you get a burst of speed and can even make your board leap into the air (sometimes finding shortcuts in the course). Your air supply remains fixed when riding turbulence, making this a tactic that you'll want to employ as you play the game. Turbulence isn't all good, though, as players can generate irregularities in their turbulence, knocking those who are along for a free ride out of the course.

SEGA is planning a whole lot of gameplay for Sonic Riders. Expect numerous tracks, including such Sonic fare as Splash Canyon, Egg Factory, Green Cave and Sandy Ruin. The game will offer a number of different modes, including two and four player split screen.

SEGA of Japan will be holding a press conference in Tokyo on Friday to show off some of its upcoming plans for the Sonic series, and we expect Sonic Riders to make an appearance there, followed by a showing at the Tokyo Game Show. Sonic fans stay tuned for much more to come.
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Hey now, Sonic R owns you.
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No, Sonic R does not own me or anyone or anything else. It certainly doesn't own any Mario Kart or PSX Crash Team Racing, or even that Konami GBA mascot racing game. It's a very short, very easy racing game with poor level design that would have been long forgotten about if it didn't have a popular mascot character and was released on a system with a dearth of software support. It's the Saturn's Kirby Air Ride.
 
"Dr. Robotnik has set up a speed challenge"
"all the Sonic characters, including Sonic the Hedgehog, Knuckles the Echidna, Storm the Albatross, Jet the Hawk, Miles "Tails" Prower and Web the Swallow, have decided to compete."
"Sonic Riders promises an "eXtreme" experience."
"Air is a big element of Sonic Riders. Your board's "fuel" source is air."
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Make it like BMX XXX, with titties. Perform l33t tricks and Sonic will take of his clothes! Which he doesn't wear!
 
Hmm.

Why all the new characters? Why are they all birds? Why do they have generic names like a third party Sonic clone? Why does the series now include Cream and a Swallow? How does Web work as a name for a Swallow? Why does Sonic Riders sound like a budget game? Why are they riding Sonic? Why isn't Robotnik called Eggman? Why do I get the feeling it's still a hoax? Looks like that Sonic R Extreme listing earlier this year was right after all
 
Except for the.. "eXtreme".. part, this sounds like it could be fun as hell. Sonic R was incredibly fun (while it lasted of course) and at least the producer has worked on awesome games like Puyo Puyo and SC5.

Air is a big element of Sonic Riders. Your board's "fuel" source is air. You can fill up your air at various points on the course, but to race well you'll have to use another means of replenishment: performing tricks with your board. You'll also want to make use of turbulence from racers who are in front of you. By riding your rival racers' turbulence, you get a burst of speed and can even make your board leap into the air (sometimes finding shortcuts in the course). Your air supply remains fixed when riding turbulence, making this a tactic that you'll want to employ as you play the game. Turbulence isn't all good, though, as players can generate irregularities in their turbulence, knocking those who are along for a free ride out of the course.
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That could make for some cool gameplay. You're just writing it off because it's Sonic and they're trying to make it sound X-TREME.

D-X said:
Why isn't Robotnik called Eggman?
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Maybe they've finally come to their senses and realized how much better Robotnik is. That'd be nice.
 
Watch the game be really fun :lol

So many people so quick to shit on anything Sega related. It's only text people. Why not wait until you see more before judging.
 
Mr_Furious said:
So many people so quick to shit on anything Sega related. It's only text people. Why not wait until you see more before judging.
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Yeha see, here's the thing. I was a Sega Zealot, then I went right off them when they became crap. And after the recent Ryu-go-whatsit/Psy Phi/After Burner/Virtua Tennis 3/House of the Dead 4/Virtua Fighter 5 avalanche, I became pro-Sega again.

Sonic Riders, however, is a step backwards and you know it.
 
Koshiro said:
Sonic Riders, however, is a step backwards and you know it.
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No, no one knows it. Because we haven't even seen PICTURES.

The gameplay sounds like it could be interesting as long as they don't fuck it up.

Which of course they easily could, but let's wait until we at least see it.
 
Koshiro said:
Yeha see, here's the thing. I was a Sega Zealot, then I went right off them when they became crap. And after the recent Ryu-go-whatsit/Psy Phi/After Burner/Virtua Tennis 3/House of the Dead 4/Virtua Fighter 5 avalanche, I became pro-Sega again.

Sonic Riders, however, is a step backwards and you know it.
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The problem lies in you, not Sega. You haven't seen a single damn thing other than some brief text description about Sonic Riders and then claim to "know" it's a step backward? Wait until you see pics and movies before being so damn judgmental. I'll be the first to admit I don't know jack shit about this game and would never state it's a "step backwards" so please don't think or talk for me.
 
On paper Sonic R Extreme would've been nice, more speed and more Richard Jacques music with TJ Davies on vocals. But in it's defence, Riders seems to have been have a few gimmicks that could set it apart from other racers.
 
Actually, everything I read about this game sounds like it has potential(except the 'extreme' part. Guys. It is OVER).

We could always use another battle racer to compliment Mario Kart. The thing is, the game has to be good. C'mon, Sonic Team, I know you can do it.
 
Oxymoron said:
So, um, why is Robotnik willingly parting with a Chaos Emerald?
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Yeah, this is by far the biggest problem with the game so far. If they can clear up this plot point, we just might have a Game of the Year contender here...
 
Morts said:
Yeah, this is by far the biggest problem with the game so far. If they can clear up this plot point, we just might have a Game of the Year contender here...
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Well, Robotnik is a pathological liar.

Sonic and his dim-witted cohorts always fall for his lies.
 
I know its a racing game, but I hope there's a little bit of platforming involved, too.

Idealy, I'd like it to resemble the 2 Player racing mode from Sonic Adventure 2, but with more ways of beating up on the other players.
 
hmmm, can anyone pinpoint the exact point in time when Sonic became a parody of himself?
 
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