Earlier this month, Sega confirmed Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds visitor characters corresponding to Hatsune Miku, Ichiban Kasuga (Yakuza), Joker (Persona 5), and even Steve, Alex, and Creeper from Minecraft. However the visitor characters don’t cease there. Sega has now introduced a Nickelodeon collaboration that brings SpongeBob SquarePants to the observe — and teased Avatar and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters down the road.
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is a kart racer full of Sega characters and as such celebrates the corporate’s historical past. As well as, big-name visitor characters are serving to to flesh out the roster of racers. As a part of that, those that purchase the Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Digital Deluxe Version get the Season Move, which incorporates the Nickelodeon content material in addition to the not too long ago introduced Minecraft characters, autos, and tracks, characters from the Netflix sequence, Sonic Prime, and two extra yet-to-be-announced collaborations.
The trailer beneath exhibits off SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star racing the Patty Wagon, a automobile formed like a Krabby Patty from the SpongeBob SquarePants sequence, throughout the Bikini Backside observe (Bikini Backside is the primary setting within the SpongeBob SquarePants sequence).
Sega has mentioned CrossWorlds will function an enormous roster of over playable characters, when you embrace DLC. Characters you’d count on to see, corresponding to Sonic, Dr. Eggman, Knuckles, Shadow, and Tails are current and appropriate, however now you possibly can add the likes of SpongeBob SquarePants into the combination.
CrossWorlds is after all going up in opposition to Change 2 unique kart sport Mario Kart World, which has up to now resisted including visitor characters from exterior the Nintendo pantheon. Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is ready for launch on each the Change and the Change 2, so it seems like we’ll be set for some old style Mario vs. Sonic kart racing rivalry when Sega’s effort launches in September.
IGN not too long ago went hands-on with Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds and got here away impressed. “It’s a vibe,” we mentioned, “and one which I’ve loved and will sit up for drifting by way of.”
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