Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (ソニック&セガオールスターズレーシング Sonikku ando Sega Ōru-Sutāzu Rēshingu?) (known as Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing with Banjo-Kazooie on the Xbox 360) is a racing game, features Beat from the Jet Set Radio series and other Sega franchises. It released on several platforms, and it is the third game in the Sega All-Stars series. It was developed by Sumo Digital, just like the previous game.
Gameplay[]
The game plays out like a kart racing game, with characters collecting power-ups to boost their speed or hamper their opponents. Like Sumo's previous Sega game, Sega Superstars Tennis, each character has a "All-Star Move", (formerly "Superstar State"), unique to them, such as Sonic transforming into Super Sonic, that they can use against their opponents. The game has multiplayer options for up to four players on split-screen and eight players online.
Vehicles are separated into three different categories: car, bike and hovercraft. As the terrain on the tracks will vary, vehicles can be either assisted or hindered by the surfaces they drive upon. Cars vary in speed and weight, with some performing better on some terrains than others. Bikes have fast acceleration and can perform wheelies for a speed boost, but can be easily bullied by heavier vehicles. Hovercrafts are not affected by any terrain and are able to perform multiple boosts after a jump, but they have poor handling and have low acceleration. All of the vehicles also have their own specific engine sounds. Sega Miles that can be spent in the in-game shop to unlock additional content such as characters, tracks, art and songs.
Jet Set Radio series content[]
Playable character[]
There is only one playable character from the Jet Set Radio series.
Character | Series | Vehicle | All-Star Move | All-Star Theme | All-Star Move icon |
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Beat | Jet Set Radio |
De la Custom GGs - Orange and red street racer with neon, built in extra stereo system, and a Graffiti Soul on the hood. |
Tag Jamming: Starts skating, and can also spray paint on nearby racers to obstruct their view. | "Jet Set Groove #3" - Jet Set Radio Future |
Beat's in-game profile[]
Beat was a young "Rudie" who ran away from home to join one of the gangs of Tokyo-to. He impressed fellow "Rudies" Gum and Tab with his skating and graffiti skills in Shibuya bus station, and joined as a member of the gang, the GG's. Beat spends his time skating around fighting for turf with rival gangs by marking his territory with graffiti and eradicating other's tags. This attracts the attention of Police Captain Onishima and his S.W.A.T. team, who relentlessly pursue Beat and his friends. Beat drives a heavily customized street racer, with all the extras-including an extra bass system and neon under-lights!
Race courses[]
There are three tracks from the Jet Set Radio series.
Tracks | ||
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Game Series | Track Name | Track Picture |
Jet Set Radio Future | Tokyo-to - Shibuya Downtown | |
Jet Set Radio Future | Tokyo-to - Rokkaku Hill | |
Jet Set Radio Future | Tokyo-to - Highway Zero/99th Street |
Cameo appearances[]
Despite Beat being the only playable character from the series, other characters have cameo appearances or are mentioned.
Mentioned[]
Physical[]
- Love Shockers
- Rokkaku Police
- Fortified Residential Zone Citizens
- Cube
- Rapid 99
- Garam
- Rhyth
- Pots
- Boogie
- Hayashi
- Gouji
- Note: The Love Shockers, Rokkaku Police and the FRZ citizens appear as spectators for the races with active models, everyone else has a static cameo in the Rokkaku Hill race track in the shopping area.
Music[]
Most versions[]
- The Concept of Love by Hideki Naganuma
- Funky Dealer by Hideki Naganuma
- Fly Like a Butterfly by Hideki Naganuma
- Jet Set Groove #3 by Hideki Naganuma
Console/PC only[]
- Let Mom Sleep (No Sleep Remix) by Hideki Naganuma, remixed by Richard Jacques
- Sneakman (Toronto Mix) by Hideki Naganuma, remixed by Toronto
- Jet Set Groove #4 by Hideki Naganuma
Nintendo DS[]
- The Concept of Love
- Funky Dealer
- Fly Like a Butterfly
- All tracks were rearranged by Allister Brimble and Anthony Putson.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The course called Highway Zero is actually based on 99th Street.
- Even though the game uses Beat's Jet Set Radio Future design as well as using Jet Set Radio Future music and locations, Beat's in-game profile reflects the first Jet Set Radio.
- Additionally Tokyo is referred to as "Tokyo-to", despite the tracks taking place in JSRF's universe.
- When Beat uses his all star move he mentions DJ Professor K.
External links[]
- Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing on Wikipedia.
- Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing on Sega Retro.
- Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing on Sonic Retro.
- Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing on the Sonic Wiki Zone.
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