New Video: Duncan Says Sonic Team IP to be Announced for ASR
Tristan Oliver | November 26, 2009
That & More Gameplay Footage Inside
If nothing else, this may serve to either seriously calm down fears of a NiGHTS shutout in Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, or seriously elevate them.
Below is a 10 minute interview with Sumo Digital’s Craig Duncan, conducted by French site JV247 and posted on YouTube by Dusk the Crypt Keeper at the Sonic Stadium forums. There’s a lot of information on here, including a hint dropped by Duncan that there may be one more Sonic Team universe character to be announced for the game. That could span a lot of characters, including ChuChu Rocket! or even Phantasy Star Online, but it also means NiGHTS does remain in the mix for consideration. He also again says that the character roster has not been finalized, and that in addition to the above information, there’s at least one other character that’s Duncan’s favorite, that remains to be announced.
Also of note here–if the translation on the question holds up (our French readers, feel free to clarify and we’ll edit), but Duncan appears to disclose that 20-40 courses are being proposed, if not outright included in the game. Duncan also reaffirms that DLC is not a lock, and gives some detail on how the game’s in-game currency system will work.
And if that wasn’t enough, Duncan goes into detail on the decision to bring Ryo Hazuki and the Shenmue universe into the game, and there’s plenty of gameplay footage from all around.
Take a look below. If you thought the news was going to stop on Thanksgiving, think again–we have yet another English exclusive on this that we’re about to post here on TSSZ News, and that is on its way.
Filed Under Gaming News, Sega, Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, Sonic Scene
Awesome!
SWEET!
AWESOME! So we gain SEGA Miles, for racing offline or online and we get to choose what to unlock including characters, tracks, art, music n stuff! thats great!!! just like Mario and sonic! and Im very curious about that “cool character” that hasnt been yet revealed …hmmm…..
Since NiGHTS has confirmed to not be in, and since it was confirmed months ago by S0L that the in game character roster has long since been finalized….I thinking Ristar
. Which would be awesome and make me very happy. Pray to god it’s not PSU…
Ristar Ristar Ristar Ristar Ristar… I think I`ll go play Ristar on Sonic`s UGC
Hey nuckles87, I thought you were a mod for the Official SEGA Forums? Surely you have some inside information regarding the final roster?
Defintely Ristar, Because he’s also a Sonic Team Character. They might Add NIGHTS Along with Ristar in the Game as far as i can tell.
I got Ristar on VC
Astal, FTW
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astal
Now that is great!
I wonder who that character is—Ristar, NiGHTS, Kid Chameleon, Dr. Daniel Caine, or someone else?
Kid Chameleon and The Ooze (Dr. Daniel Caine) are SEGA Technical Institute characters, NOT Sonic Team characters.
I want them to put in at least one Crazy Taxi character. They should put in one from Crazy Taxi and one from CRazy Taxi 2……………………………………. and NIGHTS!!!!!!!
Sonic Team is Japan?
Here’s my Final Character Opions:
Ristar (One of the Sonic Team Cast, Not on the Website)
Kid Chameleon (Think Because he is a Cool SEGA Character)
Guilius (is confirmed)
Akira (A Virtua Character that will be rumored)
BD Joe (Just for Fans)
4 That i Don’t know?
heres what i believe
Nights(fans #1 choice)
Gilius
Axel or B.D. joe (Crazy Taxi)
Kapus and Chu Chus
Ulala
PS character
Amiga
that just what i think
What does PS character mean?
^Phantasy Star. And Gilius was never confirmed. He has a 50-50 shot of being a playable character in this game.
Kinda off NiGHTS has not been considered, especially since he is only second to Sonic in terms of Sonic Team’s most belived franshises.
isnt amigo from sonic team though?
@Stephen: But Amigo is allready in the game.
[...] foot in the game. It also set off an alleged confirmation of DLC, even in the face of a pretty consistent message that the idea is only being considered. The fact that Lewis has cut off public access to [...]
I really hope that my dream heroine NiGHTS make it to the playable roster. I’m looking forward to that she racing with the other sega characters in the race.
I also believe that Nights should race. and Gulius too. I think Gulius would be a perfect fit. Anyone driving a car (like Jacky Bryant) would fit
[...] presence of ChuChu Rocket! in the game. If that is the case, it would be the final Sonic Team IP still scheduled to be revealed, and would affirm widespread speculation that NiGHTS is not in [...]