Unclear, Though, is Whether Move Was Deliberate
As copies of Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing finally begin to spread among North American stores today, a handful are reconsidering their purchase of the game after it was revealed All-Star Moves, one of the game’s selling points, may not be available for online play.
“This is really a game killer for me!” wrote Sega forumer Bigball123.
“If this is international,” wrote another Sega forumer SuperCarl, “then i’ll reconsider getting the game.”
Widespread reports, purported to have been confirmed by a Sega Europe tester who frequents GameFAQs, allege that the All-Star Move capability is not available during any online multiplayer battle. It is a strange move, considering those moves and the multiplayer aspect are among the game’s key selling points. A few have wondered if lag has anything to do with the decision, which had not been previously disclosed.
We have not heard yet, as of the time of this article’s publication, from any Sumo Digital representatives on this matter. That is expected to come at some point soon, and we will update this story when it does. For the moment, we’re treating this as rumor, with an explanation as to why–or how to turn the moves on–pending.
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Well that sucks to a point but in mario kart on wii there was no all star moves so i do not see much of a big deal. The game looks like one of the better in the sonic racing series. Zero Gravity and riders lacked online play and a sense of traction on the ground so I do not see this being a game killer. I would like to play it online with the all start moves but meh.
I don’t see anything about All-Star moves in online play one way or another in the game’s instruction booklet. I would think if it was intentionally left out of online, they’d say so. I could be wrong, though.
How on earth are the all star moves a selling point?
Thats like buying Final Fantasy for the Limit Breaks.
OMGWTFLOL …. Soooooooooo there no ASM online… so fucking what if you play other racing games like these (Crash bandicoot and Mario) do they have like a over powered move what can win a race straight away no they dont so kudos to Sumo for not having it online
and Sega Forums are going to have a shitsttorm over tiny little thing like this for about a decade lmao
Allstar moves are pretty much WIN BUTTON why would you want this in a online mode?
“Allstar moves are pretty much WIN BUTTON why would you want this in a online mode?”
The nuke in Modern Warfare 2 is an instant win button, why would you want that?
@Pikawil
You get that by getting a set number of kills, and by actually doing well in the game.
Is this game, its by chance. A stupid little kid could be playing by bashing the controller and get an All Star Move, and then win. There would be no chance of this in MW2.
you have to be good to get a nuke you have to be doing bad to get an all star move
I want this game so bad but here in europe only 26 of this month…
I wonder when will SEGA realease SONIC ADVENTURE on XBLA humm…
Now and just want VERY badly SONIC&SEGA ALL-STARS RACING
, SONIC ADVENTURE (XBLA) and SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 4: EPISODE 1 
muhahahaha…
HELLO!?!?!?!
They obviously took it out to stop something…*Cough*LAG*Cough*
if they didnt take it out and it DID lag everyone would complain!!!
I VERY baldy want you to stop posting hyperbole laden low content comments Sonic Unleashed.
MW2 has more things in it designed to make bad players feel good about themselves than Mario Kart, nice to see ASR cater more to skill based play.
Ummm, who cares? That’s an incredibly stupid thing to complain about.
Don’t you guys have friends you can play split screen multiplayer with at home?
Still, only scrubs would complain about losing to all-stars, for a good winning player would easily able to stay ahead of them by using drifts and items effectively; they don’t reach the ridiculous extent of blue shell ‘n lightnings ‘n stuff.
ZOMG no ASM online, sum1 call teh waaambulance plox!!!!!!1!
I’m glad Sumo didn’t include it in the online, people compete to prove they can win via skills, besides if someone gets left behind it’s for a reason, no need to compensate bad players with an easy win.
Also calling that a deal breaker is just nonsense.
Yeah, I sort of agree. With the All-Star Moves present in Online; A player needs only to get left behind to come out big. If everyone is in on the deal, then the question is not who will go for first place but rather who will go for “last place”.
Hackers spamming All-Star moves would be a lot more gamebreaking than the regular items.
Unless if this was for the purposes of reducing lag, I don’t see the point of leaving it out completely in online matches. It should just be optional, as in the main game. “Use All-Stars online if you want, but if you feel they’re too broken, then you can disable them.” I don’t consider it a “game breaker,” though, and I’ll admit… much of the time I might even turn them off.
With barely any experience in Brawl I was almost able to beat my gf’s brother with me playing as Sonic and him playing as… well, whoever. I’d barely been able to play the game, but I was able to do well enough on my own, as Sonic, whose strength isn’t as great as other characters (due to his intense speed, obviously). And this is without any items whatsoever. A little more experience and I could probably beat just about any character as Sonic. Its all in the skill, not in random items.
I will admit myself… in reference to a similar game series, Mairo Kart, items are cool at times, but its really frustrating when you’re way ahead of the competition and then suddenly get slammed many multiple times from behind with an item you weren’t anticipated. This is especially worsened when its by red shells, blue shells, or Yoshi Eggs (in reference to Mario Kart: Double Dash… dunno if eggs appear in later MK games since I’ve barely played Wii and haven’t play DS).
don’t care. If allstar moves were in online play, people would complain about how they’re cheap and kill the game. Enjoy the race, people. Jeez. XD
All Star Moves aren’t as cheap as Blue Shells and other items in MK…generally, All Star moves don’t hit me when I’m in first. Only when I screw up.
And when I was playing as Big and FOUND FROGGY(a.k.a got ASM), it wasn’t an instant win. I only got up to 6th place.
I’m glad they took them out. We need to learn to use the awesome vehicles Sonic and friends built and use them for what they were intended, Racing.