Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
A new trailer for Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed has surfaced during Comic-Con and, while it doesn’t provide any new details on tracks or characters, it gives us a date as to when we can get our hands on the game! Set your calendars for 16th November 2012 if you’re in Europe or 20th November if you’re in North America and get ready to race!
The box art for the game has also been unveiled! Take a look right after the jump.
You can find the box art for all the other systems over on SEGA’s blog.
I made an oopsie
Europe – November 16th
North America – November 20th
So much HYPE for this game! :V
Woo hoo! Europe is getting it first! Nice…now I need to find a site that is taking pre-orders of the game.
Ugh… Get over the Sonic milk-fest SEGA…
I am sick of seeing Sonic as the main, only, oh so important character…. Look how many of him are on the box…
Seriously… Get over Sonic…
Man, what are you even doing here? You think a Sonic fan site wants to see you complain about something like that?
Hello, Sonic is SEGA ‘mascot’, the guy who brings the company MONEY…why wouldn’t they advertise him and why should they get over him?!
That’s like Nintendo saying “Hey, we’re making a Mario Kart U but Mario is not going to be in this one”. That doesn’t make sense does it….also, the reason why there are “so many Sonic’s” on the box is because that is showing the different forms of transformations one step at a time.
If you feel that way, then why are you here…on a SONIC FAN SITE?
You’ve got a point there hoever sonic is showing off the transformations, and uhhh buddy you know Sonic+Sega=$$$$ and they are in desperate need of it right now.
Sorry that’s kinda what a flagship character does. Are you seriously saying that there’s too much sonic ON A SONIC SITE? Plus, in terms of milking, SEGA is the least of the offenders right now *coughmariocough*
Think of it like this: why does Nickelodeon advertise Spongebob everywhere for their company, or why Disney advertises Mickey Mouse? Because that character IS WHAT BRINGS THE COMPANY MONEY IN THE FIRST PLACE. Say what you want about the character, but try to understand entertainment companies use characters that sell well, like Sonic or Mario, to gain profit so they can thrive. And the others are right, it’s not a good idea to complain about Sonic on a Sonic fansite, it asks for trouble.
Listen.
Sonic should be at the very front. The version of him in the normal car. That way he is the biggest thing on the cover AND in the lead as number one.
Then behind him the other characters should be used showing off the other transformations. A character for each stage and each in between stage.
That way it looks like everybody is racing to the cover of the art with Sonic in first as number one.
Get it now? Got it memorized? THAT’S how you advertise Sonic AND the company and its history as a WHOLE.
Think with a reasonable and open attitude people. Be open to opinions and conversation, not oppressive and beat down.
@Chris K. – Your recent comment should have been your first comment in the first place. :/
I disagree. If they use one tranformation for 1 character each, it won’t be clear to those who pick up the box if transformations apply for all the characters. Sure general people would use common sense by reading the title and such, and the same applies with with children, but a visual example would be best, so that they know just by looking what they are in for. What better way to get this across by having their mascot show off the different transformations in one fluid sequence? “Awesome! Sonic’s car transforms! I bet all the racers do so as well!” You are trying to go for diversity all the while forgetting about getting the message across of what the game is about in the quickest and simple manner possible.
Yeah. I wouldn’t even like SEGA if it wasn’t for Sonic. Those other characters are just heavy support. SEGA wouldn’t survive without Sonic, but SEGA could strive with the loss of any other character and any other game franchise. Get yourself and your ignorance off of this site.
Looking beautiful as ever.
I think the real revelation here is that the boxart seems to be showcasing a stage like Green Hill Zone, Emerald Coast, Splash Hill, Emerald Hill, or Seaside Hill.
SumoRex said that the background is not related to a level in the game.
They nailed the cover. I was expecting an average box, but this one really is gonna stand out on retail shelves this fall.
This…looks surprisingly awesome. To be honest, I’ve never actually had any interest in the Sonic and Sega All-Stars series, but this, I can’t believe I’m saying this, looks like it could be better than Mario Kart.
Also, is it really sad that I noticed that some of Sonic’s voice clips came from Generations? XD
Nope! They reused 06 clips in the first game…I would say thats sadder than Generations voice clips
Overall reusing voice clips is somewhat of a downer ;c But hey, it doesn’t affect the gaming experience since its a racing game.
I think that might have only been for the trailer.
I agree, Beau.
When we saw some game play for ASRT on PlayStation Blog, (or it might have been an interview w/Steve Lycett) when the game play music boosted up, I heard an UNFAMILIAR voice clip that I have never heard before. ALSO, when Steve Lycett was answering fan questions on SSMB, one fan asked about if ASRT will have new voice clips. Steve answered, saying that fans have asked for new voice clips since AST, and that SUMO has carefully listened to their feedback.
The reason we hear old voice clips is because the CGI trailer was probably being made very, very early in development of ASRT, and SUMO had not yet recorded new clips, so they had and now have to settle with the old voice clips, but for the CGI opening only.
I sound accurate, right?
Who’s the douche in the other Blue car that’s shooting rockets at Sonic at the beggining of the trailer?
Vyse from Skies of Arcadia (Saturn I think). Old game that never had a sequel, so it fits the usual SEGA franchise description
Dreamcast actually
DAMMIT
They maynot have a sequel, but they have an awesome gamecube port.
Hey, Vyse isn’t a douche, he’s awesome.
Only Vyse from one of the best Dreamcast RPG’s besides Phantasy Star Online. Seriously that game not getting a sequel always confused the hell out of me. At least rumors are rife that there is going to be an HD version released. Wonder if they will use the Directors Cut version they released on the Gamecube or the Dreamcast original tho. More on topic tho, I wonder of they will have a Skies of Arcadia track, Aika, Fina, Gilder etc making appearances on their ships im the background in HD would be cool.
When that and Grandia II came out on the Dreamcast I was in single player RPG heaven!! Still got my PAL copies, may be time to give them another spin sometime soon.
Hmmmmm… I dunno guys, I think this box art looks pretty bland. I mean, you only have Sonic, Eggman, and AiAi, and then there’s Seaside Hill… again… EXCITEMENT! XD But either way, I’m glad we got an official release date and a new trailer, that’s all swell.
The background is NOT related to a level in the game.
Oh, okay, well that’s good.
But even still, the box art looks really dull… not to nitpick much… but yeah, it’s never the box art that matters. XD I mean, just look at Mario Kart DS, Mario Kart Wii, and Mario Kart 7.
The boxart looks SO empty with just 3 characters… Also the trailer was awesome. This or Forza Horizon… This or Forza Horizon… HMMM I THINK BOTH HERP DE DERP
Boxart lacking the creativity SEGA is best at……how horrifying.
It looks like they were making the cover with Sonic and Eggman and at the last second they went “oh shit it’s not only sonic.”
SEGA Employee 1: Uh, uhhhh! What do we do?! The cover will be completely ruined if we only have Sonic and Dr. Eggman on there!
SEGA Employee 2: Uhhh, why don’t we just slap AiAi on there…?
SEGA Employee 1: Great idea, Clive! Say, you’re a real expert on this box art stuff, what do you think we should make the background look like?
SEGA Employee 2: *stares at Mario Kart 7 box art* I’ve got it, Bob!
Hideous box art. Not that I’d expect anything less from the company that made the box art for Shadow the Hedgehog, Iron Man 2, Golden Axe: Beast Rider and Binary Domain.
Hmm… the cover needs more NiGHTS.
okimsorryNiGHTSfanswerealreadygivensomuchalreadyillstop
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now if can get a trailer with Danica then we be set.
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*whipes drool* So, does anyone know if this will be cross-play compatible with the PS3 & Vita. Not that it really matters, tho, I’d still get BOTH, but it’d be nice to be able to utilize that feature like the way MVC3:Ultimate does where you can play against someone online either via PS3 or PSVita, at the very least.
Hey, hey, guys… if this comes out on the 20th/16th of November…. does that mean the Wii U will also come before then?
Because, well, I’m looking forward to getting this on the Wii U.
So is there any word on a new core Sonic game.I know there was talks of a new modern Sonic,basically Sega’s plans to reboot Sonic.Is this still going on or what ,I know it’s off topic but hey I gotta know !
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Anyone notice that this version doesn’t have the PS VITA logo at the end? All the versions I’ve seen elsewhere have the VITA logo included.
HOORAY FOR RECYCLED VOICE CLIPS!!!
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I can’t wait for this! Haha I had a feeling this would be released in November
Think I’ll now start playing the first game again while we wait 
….just less than 5 months to go! The box art looks quite cool but I think I slightly prefer the box art from the first game but this is still good! 
Hopefully Seaside Hill won’t be a returning track and I don’t want to see Green Hill Zone either.
I gotta love how Sega is always desperately clingibg on Sonic to make sure they’re going to make profit from this game. Dont you just feel like the boxart just screams “HEY KIDS, THIS GAME HAS SONIC!!!1!1!….and Aiai…and other buncha people you probably dont care about since we’re actually terrible on handling other franchises that are not Sonic *shrug*”
What’s happened to the Wii U version?
A day before my birthday ;_;