Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed hits this year

Sonic is getting behind the wheel once again, as Sega today announced
that Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed will arrive in stores late
this year.
Set for release on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, 3DS,
and PC, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed is a sequel to sonic and sega's all star racing.
The follow-up will feature some of Sega's most recognizable characters
racing against one another in vehicles that switch between land, sea,
and air modes on the fly.


Beyond returning racers like Sonic the Hedgehog, Jet Set Radio's Beat,
and Super Monkey Ball's AiAi, the game will add in more vintage Sega
characters like Golden Axe dwarf Gilius Thunderhead and Skies of Arcadia
pirate Vyse. The tracks will also take inspiration from Sega games,
with circuits themed after Jet Set Radio, Super Monkey Ball, Panzer
Dragoon, and more.

In addition to the new faces and places, Sonic & All-Stars Racing
Transformed will introduce new gameplay mechanics to encourage stylish
and aggressive driving. The game will also implement a "fair weapon
system" to make sure that players can block or evade any attack if they
have the skill to do so. Finally, the game will include a revamped
multiplayer mode, as well as grand prix and battle arena game types.

This is good news! :)

The first game was surprisingly good on DS, think ive played it more than Mario Kart over the last few months.
Im not too fussy about new characters, but they should add a bit more variety to proceedings so its all good.

So long as Tails remains a playable character, ill be picking this up for 3DS when its released!

I actually liked the first one on 360. Some of the maps were garbage, and you can't tell where yer going sometimes, but overall it was a good game, and something fun to play if you like Mario Kart, but want something new.