Who Definitely Isn’t in Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
Tristan Oliver | October 6, 2009
Why One Classic Duo Can’t be a Part of It
If you were hoping that Sega would make a far left turn with their mystery phrase to have it clue in on ToeJam & Earl’s appearance, we are very sorry to burst your hopes into pieces.
As it turns out, the developers at Sumo Digital thought about the same thing. The duo, after all, was beloved by many classic Sega fans, and the franchise is frequently considered among Sega’s best early mascots. But a letter, written by a Sumo Digital employee identifying himself as Steve and sent to a member of Sega’s forums, erases any hope.
According to the employee, rights issues are the major obstacle:
Hello,
Thanks for your feedback!
ToeJam and Earl were characters we did want to include in Sega Superstars Tennis. Sega had looked into it, but it transpires that the rights to the characters actually belong to someone else.
I know Sega tried to resolve this so we could include them – but this wasn’t successful.
As such – though we again proposed their inclusion for Sonic and Sega All-Star Racing, it’s looking unlikely to happen at this stage.
Which is a shame, especially when you’ve pretty much covered our thoughts with your ideas, although we’d have them working together as a team in one car
Hopefully there will be some classic Sega characters that you do like in the final game though – keep an eye on Sega’s website as we’ve got more than a few to announce yet – and some classic ones included in that list!
Best,
Steve
This comes as fans eagerly await the completion of that mystery puzzle Sega has been teasing for weeks. At present, nearly all signs point to a giveaway that Ryo from Shenmue will be joining ASR. Something concrete should be arriving any day now, and we’ll be here to cover that announcement and what is sure to be a critical moment of fan raction.
Filed Under Gaming News, Sega, Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, Sonic Scene
geez alot of updates come when ya not around dosn`t it
lol
I hope they inclued Metal Sonic
, and Chip I love Chip (LightGaya) 
@SU: Yeah! Chip! Love that little dog!
@Werehog and SU: chip is a dog????!??!?!?!?!??!? 0_0 oh my blooming GOD!!! Sega invented a flying dog!? so yeah lol, yup he would be good!
Chip is light gaia? Way to give away the ending!
Also, there will be no more Sonic characters, according to SEGA.
And yeah, Chip is widely believed to be a chihuahua.
Chip’s autopsy report confirms that he was infact a chihuahua fairy. I want classic characters in this game, though. Mainly Ristar, Sketch, and Vectorman. You’d have to be stupid to not at least try and include them.
Wl Sega does alot of stupid things..so you never know
The comments section here is an eye sore.
“Where’s ______ and ______ and ______ Sonic character???”
We have enough Sonic characters in the freaking game. I know this is a Sonic website and all, but please let the non-represented franchises get some representation FFS. It is called “& SEGA All-Stars Racing,” after all.
Yeah Chip rocks I still like him for saving Sonbic but he would good as a background character like in a Eggmanland stage
i have an idea for a character: Yuji Naka!! XD
It wouldn’t be sega’s craziest idea after all!
Yeah the case of T&E is kinda well published. They are two of my favourite characters but unfortunetly sega cant touch em… even for re-releases. They have to cut through so much red tape to get at them so…. *sigh* past-is-past
NinMicroSega… thank you…
and no. chip is not a dog… I thought the fanbase was smart… wait I lied… well since its already been spoiled, Chip is a Gaia… not a dog
I think Chip is an imp.
edge & Sonic FTW : Maybe Chip is a imp with a dog-like appearance
Aww darn ir, it would have been epic to see ToeJam & Earl to be in the game as a team but Sega wasted it. I hope they don’t dog out Sakura Shinguji the same way.
where’s vectorman >:(
yeah, i hope vectorman`s in this! Or i will be badly dissapointed! Can someone not request this to sega somehow? it would kick ass! btw its my mates Bday! he`s 15 today!
Mr. Greg Johnson has responded:
“Yo Wha’sup. Big Earl here, a.k.a. Greg Johnson – co-creator of the ToeJam and Earl games.
I just want to let you know that I hear you my alien brothers and sisters, and your voices make a difference. I can’t promise anything but I’ll give it another try and see if I can get the homies at Sega to talk again on the phone. No promises, but I’ll see what their interest level is. Hopefully they can see what amazing devoted fans TJ&E has. Hurray for the FUNK! Well if I get any news I’ll come back and post it here. And I’ll keep trying to get some new TJ&E game off the ground. No publisher has agreed to foot the bill yet, but never say never. The funky duo shall yet return.
Thanks for keeping the faith after so many years. Who says you can’t make a difference.
Big Earl out…”
Chip is a dog, a chihuahua and a gaia at the same time! Like we are humans, persons and living things at the same time.
And I like chaos_controllers idea with Yuji Naka. We need more famous gaming guds in games!
Well apparently, Ryo from Shenmue is confirmed for this game
http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/143/14353444/imgs_1.html
I think ToeJam and Earl are cool!