Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed...!

[Solly]

I actually have a question for S0L.

I noticed that in the character select menu, Gillius had a few meters showing his speed, acceleration, handling, boost and All-Star move. Does this mean that characters' All-Star moves are going to be part of the balance? As in, some characters might have a few below-average stats, but have a really good All-Star to make up for it? Is it considered as important as the other aspects of a character when balancing everybody?

[Blue Blood]

I really wish the videos would show more of each characters stats in the character select screen

So, what items have we seen so far? I'm trying not to watch too many videos.

[Jango]

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DAT GOLDEN AXE REMIX IS WONDERFULL! THE LEVEL LOOKS WONDERFULL! JOE MUSASHI'S LOOK IS PERFECT THIS WAY AND SO IS BEAT! GOD, THIS GAME IS WIN! START SAVING MONEY FOR IT: ->NOW<-

S0L I have a question: I'm not quite a big fan of "announcements" while racing (I hated the announcer on ASR1, no offense :X), so: will we be able to turn off this weapon announcements? And there's also something that I think it "kills" a little of the fun or surprise of the race: show what power-up the player currently have above his head. I know this might be something your team created to make the game looks less like other racing games, but I find an unnecessary add. Can I expect a turn off option for this too, pleaasse?

Edited June 7, 2012 by Jango

[Marcello]

You could turn him off in ASR, so I'm sure you can here.

[Pawn]

I really wish the videos would show more of each characters stats in the character select screen

So, what items have we seen so far? I'm trying not to watch too many videos.

^Those are the items I noticed in the videos. So far I've seen and heard 'Remote' (which looks like a remote, unsurprisingly), 'Ice' (with a snowman icon), 'Shield' (a baseball glove) and some kind of...puffer fish creature? I didn't hear what that was called because the video has no sound, nor did I see what it did since the player dropped it in the water behind him, but it might act as some kind of water-based mine. As for the others:

- the Remote appears to send off a suicidal, miniature version of yourself this time around (it hit a wall and exploded before reaching anyone in the video though);

- Ice stops your engine briefly I think, so it's like a less time-consuming shell/glove

- the Shield temporarily protects you from one attack

I think that's right but they're hard to make out in the videos.

Edited June 7, 2012 by Lungo

[SumoRex]

I'd love for the character select screen to kind be like this:

Ever since I've seen this screen so many years ago, whenever a new game with multiple characters comes along, I've been hoping for a character select screen that's like this. It won't happen, I'm sure though.

It definitely wont happen but thats a cool/funny idea! I'm gonna pinch that idea and possibly try to get it in next game... if there is one!

It seems a bit confusing.

Agreed, but its still a cool image. And may have merit...

[sonfan1984]

*post of video*

Good god, that remix of Jungle is sweet! I can't wait for this game now!

Of course, I couldn't wait for it ever since it was announced...

I really need a clear video of the music for that stage. OMG that remix sounds awesome.

Edited June 7, 2012 by sonfan1984

[Detective Shadzter]

Thinking of not watching any of the gameplay videos this time round. I've watched the trailers, but I think I might just leave everything else for when I get the game at release.

[Octarine]

Some new stuff for Shadz to not watch:

More of the Golden Axe track with AiAi.

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Like, thirty seconds of Knuckles in the Panzer Dragoon track.

[PsychoJosh]

I have another question, I notice that in the boating sections in the E3 demo, the water/lava didn't seem very dynamic or reactive. The lava parts of the Golden Axe stage in particular seemed to not have any waves or swells and didn't even react to the player falling into it. It just seemed completely static and immobile. This doesn't represent how it will be in the final version, does it? I didn't see many fluid physics at all.

[Octarine]

Vyse and a pretty lengthy look at the Panzer Dragoon track for good measure.

I love that the announcer shouts "RESULTS!" like it's the best thing in the world.

[AngryBitter]

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Oh my... this game is REALLY beautiful.

At this point, I look forward to see more of the tracks than the characters.

[Indigo Rush]

On reflection, the fact that there's a crossover racer with all of my favorite SEGA characters is incredibly awesome.

Just thought I'd put that out there. Good work, S0L.

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Vyse and a pretty lengthy look at the Panzer Dragoon track for good measure.

I love that the announcer shouts "RESULTS!" like it's the best thing in the world.

Shadzter hurry shield your eyes because this game is looking almost too damn good

[McGroose]

I had little to no interest in this game's predecessor. While the game looked good, I just never gave a damn about it. The game just looked like "Mario Kart-The Sega edition" to me, and I brushed it off to the side.

I'm actually excited for this game though! Obviously because of the new content that the original lacked. Like content from Golden Axe and Panzer Dragoon. I'm probably going to be Gilius Thunderhead in nearly all of my playthrough's. He was my favorite character in Golden Axe next to Death Adder. Getting a nerdgasm just seeing him in a brand new game! I love the different play-styles this game uses as well, and the game as a whole just looks so amazing!

Now if only we could get Nights and a character from Streets of rage in there. Then I could finally have a chance to use this legitimately.

Maybe I'm just saying bullshit to cover the fact i'm getting this game just for the gorgeous levels (theme's) it has. I'm a sucker for levels and visuals that look this good.

Edited June 8, 2012 by Mephiles550

[Lady Soniko]

S0L another question that's popped up in my head...

say in multiplayer, or races with more than 3 Lap... what will you do about track resets? since i know the scripted events destroy or change the track with each level, but say you had a 6 lap race, would you just continue racing on the 3rd variation of the lap for the remaing 3 laps? or will there be more scripted events? because i love the dynamic change of the levels, it reminds me Split/Seconds ability to destroy the track and make an entirely new route, except this looks much better

[PsychoJosh]

S0L another question that's popped up in my head...

say in multiplayer, or races with more than 3 Lap... what will you do about track resets? since i know the scripted events destroy or change the track with each level, but say you had a 6 lap race, would you just continue racing on the 3rd variation of the lap for the remaing 3 laps? or will there be more scripted events? because i love the dynamic change of the levels, it reminds me Split/Seconds ability to destroy the track and make an entirely new route, except this looks much better

On a six-lap race I just imagine they double/triple/whatever the amount of time it takes for an event to happen. So an event that should happen on lap 2 happens on lap 3, and then an event that should happen in the third lap happens on lap 6.

Edited June 8, 2012 by PsychoJosh

[Lady Soniko]

Joe Neat talks more about Danica's inclusion, he says she'll be cartoony so i guess that answers that!

[HedgehogBR]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9D7MKHTfgUew video (in portuguese only)

Show more the game menu!

[S0L]

Lets mop a few more up then...

I'm not sure if this has been answered yet, are there any music customization options? I notice that different songs play depending on what mode you're in. So is one able to pop into a pre-race menu and quickly decide what songs they'd like to hear in specific vehicle modes?

Nope, we're unlikely to do this as creating the dynamic music is a big, long, expensive process and we've tried to design it so it reacts to what's going off (and hopefully not get boring). Side effect is we can't do a huge selection of different tracks. We're already way past the music we put in for ASR - and bear in mind this is all original remixes too.

Hey, S0L... the Wii U version was just officially announced recently. What kind of special features does that particular version have, considering its special Game Pad and whatnot?

Within what you're allowed to reveal, that is!

Sadly I can't say too much about this - other than there will be some special WiiU stuff. We'll be talking about that down the line - once we've made sure it works

holy shit the speed of this game is insane! Mario Kart & ASR1 are so slow compared to this! check out the speed boost you get between transformations, this is a glorious thing btw Sumo <3

Dat Golden Axe track is gorgeous and the music is seriously giving me goosebumps

S0L i have 2 questions for you

1. Will the game have an option to listen to the full track songs in full, even from the transitions between transformation?

2. S0L PLEASE release a proper CD Album for this soundtrack, from like the 2 songs i've heard i already want the soundtrack in my hands because it is THAT good....

my second question is really - Will there be a Soundtrack release? and not just digital.. this deserves a spot in my CD collection ;~;

1. Been asked this a few times, I want to get an old school style sound test in - but I'm not promising it. Will depend on how we're doing for time.

2. We've suggested it to SEGA - but again, nothing to confirm or deny at this stage...!

I actually have a question for S0L.

I noticed that in the character select menu, Gillius had a few meters showing his speed, acceleration, handling, boost and All-Star move. Does this mean that characters' All-Star moves are going to be part of the balance? As in, some characters might have a few below-average stats, but have a really good All-Star to make up for it? Is it considered as important as the other aspects of a character when balancing everybody?

Each character will have stats, but bear in mind the demo screen is placeholder - and the demo has no All-Star moves in it. It's an ongoing discussion as to how far we'll go with stats and what attributes they'll affect, we may or may not do this, it's something we're trying and balancing. We want to have some depth and reason for character choice, but we don't want to have a 'Shadow' situation with someone who can be exploited.

S0L I have a question: I'm not quite a big fan of "announcements" while racing (I hated the announcer on ASR1, no offense :X), so: will we be able to turn off this weapon announcements? And there's also something that I think it "kills" a little of the fun or surprise of the race: show what power-up the player currently have above his head. I know this might be something your team created to make the game looks less like other racing games, but I find an unnecessary add. Can I expect a turn off option for this too, pleaasse?

We'll have some kind of option to adjust the volume of the announcer barks, we know it's not to everyones tastes

I have another question, I notice that in the boating sections in the E3 demo, the water/lava didn't seem very dynamic or reactive. The lava parts of the Golden Axe stage in particular seemed to not have any waves or swells and didn't even react to the player falling into it. It just seemed completely static and immobile. This doesn't represent how it will be in the final version, does it? I didn't see many fluid physics at all.

The Lava is by nature less reactive, it's a river of molten rock after all! Not all the water tech we're doing and working on is in that demo though. One of the battles we have with water is finding the middle ground between it being dynamic - and annoying to race on. For example, let's say we made it fully dynamic with big wakes left behind vehicles. In first you'd have a massive advantage on 'clean' water - but every following player would then have to contend with being jostled in an ever increasing set of wakes. That's not always fair on less able players... Of course, that's not to say we can't make it react like that in harder difficulty levels...

On reflection, the fact that there's a crossover racer with all of my favorite SEGA characters is incredibly awesome.

Just thought I'd put that out there. Good work, S0L.

I can't take all the credit, this is very much a team effort and I'm lucky to be part of such an incredibly creative and talented bunch. Everyone here really wants to knock this one out of the park, hopefully that comes through in the things you've seen and will see soon!

S0L another question that's popped up in my head...

say in multiplayer, or races with more than 3 Lap... what will you do about track resets? since i know the scripted events destroy or change the track with each level, but say you had a 6 lap race, would you just continue racing on the 3rd variation of the lap for the remaing 3 laps? or will there be more scripted events? because i love the dynamic change of the levels, it reminds me Split/Seconds ability to destroy the track and make an entirely new route, except this looks much better

We've got control over when the changes happen - and we can also freeze the tracks into a given configuration. It's pretty flexible. What we'll likely do though is lock the number of laps to be suitable for the mode you're playing for the majority of multiplayer situations, and then have some kind of custom mode where if you want to invite your friends in, there might be more customisation. It's still in the air whilst we lock everything down.

I'll show the Split Second comment to Joe mind - he produced the PSP version (done here at Sumo natch!) - and he loves when people mention it to him

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S0L

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[Detective Shadzter]

Eating Pizza Hut to keep me occupied and away from gameplay videos XD

ShopTo is now taking pre-orders.

PS3: £34.85

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Xbox 360: £34.85

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Wii U: £39.85

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PC: £27.85

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3DS: £27.85

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PS Vita: £27.85

http://www.shopto.net/PSP/NEW%20RELEASES/PSPVSO26-Sonic%20and%20All%20Stars%20Racing%20Transformed.html

[Badnik Mechanic]

Eating Pizza Hut to keep me occupied and away from gameplay videos XD

Oh yeah that reminds me. I wonder if we'll see another Pizza Hut type promotion this year again. That was a tad random when last year you'd order a large farmhouse and start reading the Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing safety book.

[Debug Ring]

I have a question.

Will the game have new artwork and renders of Sonic characters or will you just reuse some of the older ones?

Not a very important question, just wondering.

[Ferr]

I dont know if that was already answered or not but I wonder if there will be an option for inverted tracks

[Jango]

I have a question.

Will the game have new artwork and renders of Sonic characters or will you just reuse some of the older ones?

Not a very important question, just wondering.

Ow yeah, and how 'bout that classic Sonic concept you spoke about S0L

Pre-orders, but I thought the game will be downloadable only 0.o I think I missed something.