The Rest of the ASR Nintendo Power Scans
Tristan Oliver | October 21, 2009
Final Fortress from Heroes Confirmed Track…but so are Missions
Maybe it was for the better we didn’t see all of the Nintendo Power article for Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing last week. Depending on your point of view, the information learned from the rest of the preview is either a blessing, a curse, or both.
Sonic Stadium forumer Emerl scanned the preview in full from the December edition, and we have it for you below. First, the good news: We will definitely see a Monkey Ball and Samba de Amigo themed track, according to the article, and Final Fortress from Sonic Heroes is a confirmed track, as is Curien’s Mansion from The House of the Dead. You can actually see what appears to be a scan of that Monkey Ball stage on that third page.
But here’s where it gets hairy–the article also notes that there will be single player missions in the game. Not just some–”more than 50,” according to the article. The tasks don’t seem that fun, either–the article cites a few ranging from the mundane to the potentially frustrating, including “collecting rings, “taking out a number of enemies within a time limit,” and perfect runs through courses. Not made clear in the article is whether the completion of these tasks will be required to unlock additional modes, characters, courses, or secrets in the game. If it is, that may not be a good thing, especially for those hungry to jump right into multiplayer modes.
Check out the scans below, and sound off on whether the new information changes your opinion on ASR in the comments section.
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Hmm. I’ve never played SuperStars Tennis, but I’ve heard anywhere from the worst of it to it being mediocre. The missions, though, I think could be here or there. 50 missions sounds like a shit-ton of missions to complete, but given that this is a racing game, they’re probably not going to last too long per mission–unless you fail. Time attack is pretty standard fare, so no complaints there. Destroying enemies could be either really fun or really bland, I imagine, but drifting perfectly through courses sounds mildly interesting. Collecting rings is probably going to be boring as shit and easy unless they decide to get crazy creative. As in, Crazy Taxi creative with collecting rings.
Best thing I’ve heard of the game so far are the new SEGA characters and that Confusing Star powerup. I’ve definitely never seen or heard of something like that before, so it’s good to see Sumo Digital is getting funky with it.
Look at the caption on the third page. Blast proceesing. Thats funny. ;D
Not sure why the missions are such a terrible or even suprising thing.
I mean it’s a freakin’ racing game what did you expect?
Besides nobody outside the fandom cares about this game anyway so quit yer worrying.
Y’know I just took the time to actualy read that article….
am I the only one who thinks this game sounds kinda cool?
I mean, maybe if they presented this right we could have an proper, mainstream hit here…
maybe.
‘running down zombies in the egg-monster truck’
*sniff* maybe
I wish it was Eggmanland, but oh well.
@ the idea of Final Fortress.
BOOOO
Yay Curien Mansion is back!
Mission system? In a racing game?
When will you learn, SEGA?
I’m hoping for a Space Colony ARK level.
SEGA… why? Why is EVERY Sonic stage from Heroes? I love the game, one of my favorites, but why only that? Why not Speed Highway, or Empire City, Spagonia, City Escape… Why not Emerald Hill? Lord knows we’ve had enough Green Hill. Give a little cred. to Sonic 2
Okay… so we have THREE Sonic Heroes stages? Why can’t we have stages from a DIFFERENT Sonic game? Bah… Ark would’ve been BADASS.
At least we don’t have Green Hill Zone… but seriously, there’s so much more that could be utilized. Look at Mario and Sonic at the Winter Olympics! Every stage is from a DIFFERENT game, and hell, we’ve even got one based on the TWILIGHT CAGE! (with the start and end taking place on Nocturne).
If the missions are franchise related and goofy like Tennis…I’m all for it.
I still love that seven Chaos Emerald mission in Tennis.
I quite like sound of this personally! Missions aren’t always a bad thing, they give a purpose to playing the game.. (Especially if there are unlockables) It would be nice to have a City Escape track though.
Since when was earning characters/modes a bad thing? Personally I hate having everything from the start, it gives me nothing to play for. I felt a sense of accomplishment when I earned every stage, song, trophy, sticker, character, and mode in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Even Mario Kart DS had missions, and that went over phenomenally with critics and fans.
I think final fortress is a very bad choice. One sonic heroes stage was enough yknow
I don’t see the problem of single player missions. Mario Kart DS did the same thing, and that didn’t make the game any worse.
boo, missions are probally going to suck big time
I’m quite looking forward to this game, it sounds like great fun. The missions sound like they could be a mixed bag but at least they are not the main emphasis on the game. The stages look cool, I agree that maybe there should be more variety in the stages from the Sonic series as they all come from Sonic Heroes. However each stage generally represents a common theme of stages used in Sonic, a beach level with Green Hill themes, a casino track and an Eggman / Robotnik base. Also this game needs Ristar!
Esse jogo tem o silver the hedgehog por favor
o jogo Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing tem o silver the hedgehog?
Sim
ou
Não
This game looks awesome. I am going to have to see a review first. If it makes an 8.0, I’m getting it for Wii.
It would be cool to put in Akira Yuki in on a motorbike or Virtua Racing Car. I would also want to see an “Outrun” course and one for the Virtua Tennis games
Sonic Heroes is a minor game. Why would they put courses from it in the game. On the bright side, they do look fun. When I was watching a video of someone playing Final Fortress in Sonic Heroes, it looked like a COOL course to race on. I’m happy about online gameplay. When online, they will probally show symbols to represent which players are using which system ( PS3, 360, Wii, PC or DS). I can’t wait to play this with my sisters and to see the storyline. Zobio and Zobiko should not be in this game. I does not fit at all! The Curien Mansion course looks fun. I hope Ulala and Cream and Vector are in this game!
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