Sega continues to milk their blue hedgehog for all heās worth, with the announcement of Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, which takes the worldās fastest video game character and puts him in a car.
Sonic & Sega All-Star Racing, due out in 2010 for the Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Nintendo DS, is just what it sounds like. Much like Sega Superstars Tennis, the game gathers characters from Segaās most popular franchises and pits them against each other in a race to the finish line. Unlike other kart racing titles, Sonic and friends arenāt limited to cars, with characters flying planes or racing motorcycles, which seems completely unfair to me, but there you go.
āSonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing is no ordinary racing game. Its huge variety of characters and vehicles, plus the ability to play both online and off set it apart from other games of this typeā commented Gary Knight European Marketing Director, SEGA Europe Ltd. āThe team have pushed the boundaries on what you would normally expect and created a different and unique party racing title whereby you really canāt take anything for granted!ā
Iām actually willing to give this title the benefit of the doubt. I actually enjoyed Sega Superstars Tennis, and while some may rail about mishandling the Sonic property, this is exactly the sort of thing Nintendo has been doing with Mario for years. Our own personal feelings about the Sonic character aside, Sega is still a business, and if it sells, then by all means sell it.
Check out the first screens and teaser trailer for the game below.
Announcing Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing [Sonic City Blognik ā Thanks Lilmario]
