Earlier this month, Sega confirmed Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds visitor characters reminiscent of 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 Cross, which incorporates the Nickelodeon content material in addition to the just lately 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 stated CrossWorlds will function an enormous roster of over playable characters, for those who embody DLC. Characters you’d count on to see, reminiscent of Sonic, Dr. Eggman, Knuckles, Shadow, and Tails are current and proper, however now you’ll be able to add the likes of SpongeBob SquarePants into the combination.
CrossWorlds is in fact going up in opposition to Swap 2 unique kart recreation Mario Kart World, which has to this point resisted including visitor characters from exterior the Nintendo pantheon. Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is about for launch on each the Swap and the Swap 2, so it seems to be like we’ll be set for some old style Mario vs. Sonic kart racing rivalry when Sega’s effort launches in September.
IGN just lately went hands-on with Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds and got here away impressed. “It’s a vibe,” we stated, “and one which I’ve loved and can look ahead to drifting by way of.”
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