The “story” in this story mode basically consists of everyone repeatedly voicing their suspicions of Dodon Pa until an incredibly uninteresting reveal occurs near the end of the second-to-last chapter. I’d like to say this is just the setup to something more interesting, but… it isn’t. Whoever manages to win the tournament will get to keep their car as the prize. ![]() In TSR, Sonic and friends are contacted by a mysterious tanuki named Dodon Pa, who offers them the chance to race across numerous courses in slick vehicles designed by him. There are no fully animated cinematics here, unfortunately (there is a fantastic opening FMV that plays upon booting up the game in the other versions that’s been cut here due to Switch cartridge size limits, but you can always check it out on YouTube). In contrast to All-Stars Racing and Transformed, Team Sonic Racing actually has a story mode! That’s right, you get to follow a totally original story, with visual novel style cutscenes fully voice acted by the Sonic cast. Does it manage to live up to the lofty expectations of a Sumo Digital-developed kart racer? Let’s blast through to the review with Sonic speed! (OK! Alright!) Instead, we were given Team Sonic Racing, a racer that looks and plays like the previous games but ditches the Sega fanservice for a Sonic-only focus and trades transforming vehicles for some seemingly gimmicky new mechanics.įans were skeptical of this new direction, and the game was even delayed six months from its original Winter 2018 release date in response to the lukewarm reception of early demos, but here we are with the final product. ![]() Later came Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, a sequel that blew the previous game out of the water – literally, as you could transform into a boat or plane to race across land, sea, or air.Īfter this, fans were sure that a third racing game was inevitable, but seven years passed with no word of a threequel. The follow-up to this game was Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, a fantastic kart racer that brought together the worlds of Sonic, Super Monkey Ball, ChuChu Rocket, and more. Little did fans know that this was only the beginning of a long partnership between Sega and the fine developers at Sumo Digital. By Camjo-Z Nintendo Switch, Reviews, Sega, Sonic the Hedgehog, Team Sonic Racingīack in 2008, Sega released a fun little game called Sega Superstars Tennis, the sequel to an obscure and mostly unrelated EyeToy game, it was an excellent tennis game and an even better Sega crossover.
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