eh ... dunno about that ... i'm not really excited for the new Sonic racing game .... since they made it Sonic-only .... bummer
On the one hand there aren't many Sonic characters to justify a large roster.
If you were to make a SEGA Racing game, you'd only need at least 6 Sonic characters:
Sonic, Knuckles, Tails, Amy, Dr. Eggman & Shadow. Metal Sonic as a bonus but I never cared for him much and don't get why he is so popular. Guess Sonic CD made him way more popular than I thought.
As is it having only Sonic characters...well on the other hand I'd say it has more relative characters than Mario Kart.
Like putting aside Donkey Kong series, you've got the main gang being
Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi & Bowser. Seeing as Toad was in pretty much all 3 original Super Mario games, I guess we can count him in, but notice that even with Toad, that's 6:6 with the Sonic cast I mentioned above.
These are THE most well known characters in the franchise. The remaining cast vary from minor side characters to your average Mario enemy. In fact MK having regular mook enemies (Dry Bones & Koopa Troopas) feels off.
With Team Sonic Racing you've got
Sonic, Tails, Knuckles
Shadow, Rouge, Omega
Amy, Big, Chao (?!!?!?!!?!?)
Blaze, Vector, Silver
Dr. Eggman, Metal Sonic, Dodonpa (main villain in TSR)
That's your main roster so far and generally they reflect the main playable cast of Sonic Heroes to an extent. Now granted you could say there are side characters in there but at least Blaze and Silver had major roles in their respective game series.
This is why I find the roster not too bad because it is compact and focuses on primary characters and not having it filled with odd choices like Koopa Troopa or Boo.
True enough... I just refuse to loose hope. New sonic racing MUST be good
I have faith in Sumo. Sonic Racing and Transformed are among my cousins' favourite racing games we spent hours playing during get togethers and long as they have fun too that's all that matters to me.
