Sonic Riders is the fourth racing game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, preceded by Sonic Drift, Sonic Drift 2 and Sonic R. The game was released to start off the 15th anniversary of the release of the Sonic the Hedgehog series. For a short while, the Microsoft Xbox version of the game was released with a free Sonic X DVD. This game introduces five new playable characters, the Babylon Rogues and the E-10000 series. A sequel to Sonic Riders, entitled Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, was released in 2008 for the Wii and PlayStation 2, followed by the Kinect-required game Sonic Free Riders for the Xbox 360 in 2010. This was the last Sonic the Hedgehog game for the GameCube and Microsoft Xbox.
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Character
Plot-driven, cool, unpretentious and earnest.
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
- unpretentiousprestige
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the game
- Platforms
- Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
- Developer
- Now Production, Sonic Team
- Publisher
- Sega
- Released
- February 21, 2006
- Modes
- Single player, Split screen
- Perspective
- Third person
IGDB rating 6.7/10 from 91 ratings.
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