If you're needing a new kart racer and love some cheap nostalgia whoring, then you might want fire up your Xbox 360 and download the Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing demo. It's up on Xbox Live right now, so go and make that happen if you are so inclined.
As somebody who genuinely enjoyed Sega All-Stars Tennis, I'm expecting a pretty decent racer. Not a spectacular one, but a fun one nonetheless. Sega is pretty clever with these All-Stars games, in that it picks genres that are pretty hard to screw up. A kart racer shouldn't be too difficult to make, so I'll be surprised if it's not at least a passable experience.
We shall see, however. A review of this shall be forthcoming, as soon as we get our copy. I doubt we'll ever find out why Sonic the Hedgehog needs a car, though.
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11:20 AM on 02.08.2010
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Seriously, I actually want to play this.
I can only assume the bottom's cut out in a flintstones-esque way. So yeah, it'll slow him down a bit.
Apart from that, it's absolutely gorgeous, and has a Outrun 2-esque, Mario Kart base to its gameplay which is servicable. Nothing spectacular, indeed, but good enough of a platform for gratuitous (and excellent) fanservice.
As for Sonic and his car, you can't really hold it against the guy to wanna drive a fancy sports car. Lots of people don't technically need to, after all. :P
I'll never forget you, Segata Sanshiro. ;~;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap_shoes#Sonic_the_Hedgehog_and_Soap_shoes
a man can dream.
There are 3 House of the Dead tracks and you can play as the main characters of House of the Dead EX.
It's been a long while. What should I say?! ;)
I'll pick this up when it hits the bargain bin for under 30 bucks.
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