Official Sonic Riders Discussion Thread

[Wes]

Finally I think we got a good, not average people, GOOD console Sonic game for the Gamecube, Plastaion 2, and Xbox. The game is very fun and finally I mean a fun Sonic game for the newer systems. Before anyone complains and says this game fails in comparison to past games also remember that this game is a racing game so if anything compare the game to recent racing games and what not. Many, and I mean, MANY unlockables this time people. A simple but a little complicated story, awosome expressive cartoon-anime-heroes like graphics which clearly let's us see character's expressions better as well as allow the crazy cartoon like or anime like attacks in the game for the gameplay and their CG has improved a lot more.

A techno styled soundtrack which is a bit of a difference compared to the past rock styled ones for the 3-D games and all the racing modes from Sonic R back again and improved along with adding more modes.The Sonic game that finally gets back fun into the main series and not just mere enjoyment.

The controls take a little time to get used too but once you too this will be the perfect Sonic racing game even better then Sonic R!

Also in this game introduces the three new avian air pirates (Sonic Team apparently also called them that in one of the interviews) Team Babylon a.k.a. Babylon Rogues Jet, Wave, and Storm! Let's give a big hand to these three new bad guys!

[IMG139]http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/6597/babylonrogues9ry.jpg[/IMG139]

Also let's give a big hand to the infamous great anime company Production IG who has done the art and animation for Sonic Riders! (They're other work being Ghost in the Shell, IGPX, and many more anime).

[IMG139]http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/391/riderscustom5sr.png[/IMG139]

Now to compare the art style from the usual normal styled one for the Sonic games.

[IMG139]http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/4726/ridervsrushcustom3pf.png[/IMG139]

As you can see the art style is quite different from the usual designs. By the way...they will prove better then Blaze as good characters!

 

[EmberStar the Blaziken]

I might get it soon, however I'm waiting for a review It scores lower then a 7.1 I won't buy it.

 

[Momoko Lover]

I was supposed to get it today, but my parents said I had to wait until my birthday this friday.....

 

[Flame Haze SnS]

I was supposed to get it today, but for some reason that Wal-Mart said that it will come on Feb 23. This sucks.

 

[Dragonair]

Today was the SHIPPING date. Only like 3 stores will have had it for sale today.

 

[Wes]

Well then I must be lucky. Anyway this game blows Sonic R and other racers out of the water! Trust me this is the Sonic game that will win back many discouraged by past games lately. It's that good!

 

[Dragonair]

To be honest, Sonic R was good.... for about an hour. After that, you were just competing with AI that didn't know a thing, even on the highest difficulty setting. The controls were also not very finely tuned either in their most basic forms, and whoever raced as Super Sonic always won... unless it was the computer.

This game, which I am completely sure has been modeled on the F-Zero GX engine, will definitely be better than past Sonic-inspired racers. Whether or not it is as good as F-Zero remains to be seen though, since I haven't played any of it yet... If it's truly inspired off of F-Zero GX though, there will be more characters than people think. F-Zero had an extra ten unlockable characters that had nothing to do with the storyline, and I suspect this game will have at least four as well.

How is it that you unlock other characters, anyway? Is there a shop, or is it based on performance in levels, or something else?

 

[Wes]

New news and I gotta say....Story Mode is HELL hard! Seriously the race track Babylon Gardens took so long for me to beat! Needless to say Sonic Riders is definately one of the harder games of the series. Heck the Dark Side of Story Mode is even harder! However it's worth it with all the unlockables and the funny and I mean comedy like scenes for a Sonic game.

Especially in the Babylon side of the story. Wave talking like a chipmunk when Jet tries to listen to her? Jet beating up his office after a painting lands on top of him when Storm slams the door? Storm and Jet arguments and especially the one where Wave says Storm sucks and Wave literally has to spell it out to him? Amy chasing Sonic with her hammer after sending her and Eggman flying?

Btw...Wave has the best new voice of the Babylon Rogues. Her voice is even better then Blaze's! Trust me. Jet....sounds like Usopp....Storm actually sound spretty good as well. Trust me comedy scenes like this and more in the Hero Side of the Story shall appear. It makes me wonder if Sonic team were making a comedy movie out of this game.....but it's also serious. The mystery thickens.

Apparently the ancient ancestor Rogues lived in a fortress paradise known as Babylon Rogues and stored many treasure in their so called paradise. However they were so corrupted they angered a god (Not sure if this is right since I wasn'tpaying attention) (Guessing a Phoenix) and as punishment the fortess was sent to perish in the Earth sands (Desert). The ancestor Rogues left their treasure in the fortress and that is presumbly a lamp. (Genie anyone?). The Babylon Rogues teamed up with Eggman to find Babylon Gardens only for Eggman to steal Jet's control box. The game makes many references to Babylon from real life and even the story of Aladen as well!

Now you may think Jet teams up with Sonic Dragonair...you're wrong! Instead Jet challenges Sonic to a death race to see who can get to Eggman first with his six E-10000g models. You see in the Dark Side of the story we see some things form Hero Side cut scenes that reveal how Sonic's air board blew up eventually and such and why Tails makes Sonic a new one. Needless to say The Babylon rogue still hate Sonic and friends even in the ending so far. I'm still working on Dark and eventually Last to see what really goes down.

Oh...and when I complete Last Story (Probably there is one...)I'll post more info here since I'm still stuck on Dark Story at a level called White Cove.

Shadow, Rouge, and Cream are unlcoked when you beat Hero story. That and I'm done with new info...and I see tons of buyable Extreme Gera and mission to beat! Along with secret race tracks and such.

 

[Dragonair]

Now you may think Jet teams up with Sonic Dragonair...you're wrong! Instead Jet challenges Sonic to a death race to see who can get to Eggman first with his seven E-10000g models.

You don't mention how Eggman betrays Jet and steals his box. :0 So, I was half right so far.

Anyway, this game is a mix between a few badly done things, a few uniquely implemented things, and some average mediocricy in there aswell. All in all, I wouldn't call it the best Sonic game ever, but it's decent. However, if you want a game that is easy right-off-the-bat with simple control and mechanics, then this game isn't for you. It is truly F-Zero GX with a new control scheme, character classes, and new paint job, but also with the difficulty.

The only thing that can shoot this game better than F-Zero GX is if it has Tikal in it. Somewhere.

 

[Wes]

The Dark Story reveals that Jet already knew Eggman was going to betray him but let Eggman do it anyway. So in reality...it was actually Eggman was got tricked. Eggman simply has his Egg Mobile pull out a claw and snatch the control box. Trust me the controls at first were hard but now are as easy as gulpuing me 1st place! Anyway I'm almost done with the Dark Story with one race track left but I'm going to do that tomorrow since I'm tired to do Sky Road right now. Is it me or did they really go all out with the humor in this game in most cut scenes?

This game apparently has a bonus plot. mission Mode which revolve around the Babylon Rogues schedules...Dragonair...did you get the game or something?

 

[Dragonair]

Got it an hour ago. Up to the Gardens now.

 

[Wes]

Ah I see. Well good luck! Jet and his seven robo goons are real tough on that course! Really the game barely has any glitches, a good but at the same time kind of LOL story (Especially during the Dark Side). I'm just gonna earn some rings to buy me some new Extreme Gear!

 

[Flame Haze SnS]

I finally got this game today. The opening is great. And the cut-scenes is very similar to Sonic Adventure 2: Battle. That's what I like about. Of course, Babylon Track is very hard, but I finally defeated it and unlocks Babylon Mode (Story).
And Wes, yes, most of the cut-scenes are very humorous. Like Knuckles rotating his eyes when Tails were talking about the theories stuff (I hate science stuff).

 

[Wes]

Good to know someone likes the humor scenes. This game was chock full of them. Especially in Babylon Mode (a.k.a. Dark Story). Anyway I finally managed to beat the game...it was actually pretty easy once I read the manuel.......don't look at me that way... anyway the final boss is...well I won't say. I'll just say that the true treasure is very surprising and actually makes since with Babylon history and Extreme Gear. Don't get it? Play on! Now for me to get all the extreme gear, beat all of the missions, and unlock the final courses and top secret characters. If you beaten the full game and seen every scene then here's a topic.

Rate the Babylon Rogues's Voices!

I must say they actually did pretty good jobs on these guys. Especially Wave. She practically has the best female Sonic voice since...Blaze! But then again that's not much to say...Storm was very good surprisngly and Jet......meh sounded like Usopp too much but it fit his character and otherwise okay.

 

[Sacred Master Sword Galaxia]

Woah, I'm behind on news again...

Well hopefully I'll be able to rent the game during the weekend (since I'm a bit broke, my wishlist is long, and I have a paper to do), and reading Wes' reports, it seems to be that Riders scored a nice first impression from me. However, I like to know if Riders has the Japanese voice opion for the Gamecube version, because the English trailer almost gave me a headache.

Meh, wish me luck on getting a copy, since the place I'm renting it from has not gotten Shadow yet.

 

[Wes]

Sorry pal. No Japenese VA. Just be glad they improved over the last two games (Rush and Shadow) in VA the Sonic X cast.

However, if you want a game that is easy right-off-the-bat with simple control and mechanics, then this game isn't for you.

Then we end up with another Sonic R.

It is truly F-Zero GX with a new control scheme, character classes, and new paint job, but also with the difficulty.

You act like that be a bad thing. For one the game is actually quite hard seeing how the CP are actually smart unlike in Sonic R. Two...a 3-D Sonic game that's actually hard! Now that I like!

 

[Sacred Master Sword Galaxia]

Sorry pal. No Japenese VA. Just be glad they improved over the last two games (Rush and Shadow) in VA the Sonic X cast.

As long as it is not bad as Heroes...

Since I have not gotten a chance to play Shadow, I guess I have to base it off of Rush, which had great voice acting, but then again I only heard Jet's and Sonic's English voices for this game in one of the earier trailers, so bet they improved a bit from there. Meh, I just don't need any more headaches for a while due to VAs.

 

[Dragonair]

You act like that be a bad thing. For one the game is actually quite hard seeing how the CP are actually smart unlike in Sonic R. Two...a 3-D Sonic game that's actually hard! Now that I like!

You take everything I say the wrong way.

And the 3D platformers can be hard if you want them to. Go sub 2 minutes on Lost World in Sonic Adventure.

 

[Neon Lite]

Here you go, people.

http://www.nintendo.com/gamemini?gameid=F7F8nTCTSzMN9
http://www.sega.com/sonic/gamepage_sonicriders.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_Riders
http://www.sonic-riders.com/en/index.html
http://cube.gamespy.com/gamecube/sonic-riders/

I, myself, want this game horribly. I'm just a big Sonic fan, and this game'll be very entertaining, as I see it.

 

[Wes]

I can now beat Stroy mode very easily. I think I became the best player of Sonic Riders (Sorry if it sounds me gloating). Heh heh! Man this Sonic game is officially gold! Seriously me and my friends were playing mutiplayer match after multiplayer for a very long time! Riders has the best Mutiplayer ever for a Sonic game and we were having a ton of fun! Trust me if you have a lot of friends you'll be enjoying the mutiplayer very much. Heck this game is so good I think it even can win Racing Game of the year for 2006!

Anyone beat Dark Story yet? I wanna start talking a lot about the plot! Which was awakward...funny...simple...tiny bit complicated....and tough! Right now I'm going to buy all the Gear, then beat all the missions and then get the final secret characters and final race track!

Well guys it's confirmed. NIGHTS, AiAi, and Ulala are in Sonic Riders! that and I got the final two race tracks Sega Carnival and Sega Illusion. How to get them? Beat Grand Prix Mode perfectly with a 50 score on both to earn the gold medals needed to unlock the course! The new art of them is...good I guess.

Sega Carnival Pics

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c297/44solider/IMG_03031.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c297/44solider/IMG_02981.jpg

You take everything I say the wrong way.

...Sorry.

Anyway I''ll describe the comedy scens from the game for a bit.

1
Storm: He musta been usin some special gear or somethin.
Wave walks in: ARE YOU SAYING YOU LOST BECAUSE OF MY GEAR?? Face it, your skills just suck.
Storm: S-s-s....Suck?
Wave: Yeah S-U-C-K Suck
Storm: Ss-s-s....
Jet: STOP!!!

2
Eggman: *picks up Amy* What now Sonic?
Sonic *dashes up*
Eggman: Sonic? Where did you go?
Sonic: Here! *creates a tornado and sucks up both Eggman AND Amy*

My eyes widened and my jaws dropped. I was just like, **** did Sonic just attack AMY? And I cracked up.

3
*Jet is relaxing on the ground*
Wave: How could you be so relaxed at a time like this?! I swear, I'm the only one- *starts very fast like a chipmunk*
*Jet sneaks away while hearing chipmunk talk*

4
Knuckles: How do these things float anyway?
Tails: That can be explained using the juutso-float therom, you see...*Starts talking*
Knuckles: *eyes start to spin sideways*
Knuckles: STOOP! I get it!

5
(Knuckles and Storm are about to rumble.)

Tails: This isn't the time for this.
Wave: You have a point, Storm just leave the Red Mutt and lets go.
Knuckles: Wait, did she just call me a Red Mutt.

6
Amy: Who does that girl think she is?!
Knux: Yeah, why did she just walk up and insult tails like that?? Tinkering with stuff is all he can do!
Tails:*looks like he's gonna bite someone's head off*

I swear this may not sound funny but if you watch the actual scenes and how they play out it was very humorous. Plus more I haven't mentioned but let's just say Jet reminds me of Donald duck for one scene when a painting falls on top of him and he starts beating up his office. The first 3-D Sonic story an game to have comedy like moments that looked like if they were from actuial cartoons! Especailly sonic's expression during his scenes. Priceless I must say!

That I love as well! I swear I've never seen this much insulting, taunting, or saying you suck, kiss the groud, and be a loser so much in a Sonic game! Yet...it fits and works!