I'd believe it. Sega was quick to adopt waggle for Sonic, this should be no different.

I think it'll be a new game.. and with Natal controls, Id be interested.

"X-Box! Sonic Free Riders is real". It coming on November 4 for Kinect.

Edit- According to Sega blog you can use either a Sonic character or your own Avatar in the races.

Hooray a whole new Riders game I'll probably never be able to play because I'm not at all interested in Kinect....

 Found a video of some dude playing it

I hope to God Almighty they didn't bring back the air mechanic.  I hear the warning noise from Riders 1 that 'bleep bleep bleep' when  you were low on air.

Actually. Crap I think they did! Argh.  Well if nothing else I hope they don't kick you off your  board when you run out.  But to me it looks nice.  I just hope I get to play it.

I hope they give the option of playing with a regular controller like they did with the Wii Zero Gravity cuz I don't want to have to spent $150 on a addon to the 360!

It still uses the Zero Gravity trick system. Bit of a let down. But even from the camera's view that level looks quite pretty.

I hope they give the option of playing with a regular controller like they did with the Wii Zero Gravity cuz I don't want to have to spent $150 on a addon to the 360!

Actually Sega confirm in their Twitter account that the game only works with Kinect.

The game looks pretty in motion. Btw I hope whoever made this game remember that Sonic can't swim. 

Dang it!! I don't won't to have to pay $150 on the Kinect! Darn you, Sega and Microsoft!!!!

Well screw it. I like the Riders series but they just lost one customer.

The flailing doesn't bother me. I normally don't play my video games
unless I'm the only one in the house. And if I did play this with other
people we'd all look like idiots together and just generate a lot of laughs. But forcing me to shell out
almost an extra 200 bucks for some piece of plastic that will probably
only work with a hand full of games? Heck no.

And I really wanted to get Free Riders too.

But to not rain on anybody elses Parade.  This just came out.  IGN   getting a more in depth look at the game  which apparently is still being tweaked

I doubt Kinekt will be 'just a handful' of games...they seem pretty intent on making it integral to the console overall, and not just on the gaming side of things. Of course, that could all be hype, but they HAVE maintained this for a good while now.

Looks like SFR will have 2 to 12 players online and some company name O-Two is developing the game.

Arg ok maybe I jumped the gun. I might decide to buy this thing if the way it works actually makes the games fun to play and not just embarrassing to play.

New videos - Sonic can swim now...

http://www.tssznews.com/2...c-free-riders-quicklook/

http://www.tssznews.com/2...ge-of-sonic-free-riders/

I like some things about this. Different skills for Normal and Goofy stances, how you use weapons... thats it. I suppose the graphics dont look too bad in motion.

But you are going to loose some damn weight.

I hope they give the option of playing with a regular controller like they did with the Wii Zero Gravity cuz I don't want to have to spent $150 on a addon to the 360!

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Actually Sega confirm in their Twitter account that the game only works with Kinect.

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Thanks for the info. Oh well, I was hoping for a Sonic game to play. x_x

Have no interest in Colors or StH 4, Red?

Have no interest in Colors or StH 4, Red?

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Colors: Not right now as after looking at one of the videos posted recently in this forum it reminds me too much of Sonic Advance, which doesn't make it worth buying for me.

StH 4: I do not have enough information at the moment (due to not reading/viewing anything about it) to determine whether or not I should be interested.

I know Riders is a gimmick game, but it's a gimmick game I enjoy playing--similar to my love of Sonic Battle and Sonic Chronicles. If I love the gimmick, I'll keep paying for it, especially when it doesn't come out every year.

Here the cover for game.A bit dissapointed it not as cool as the previous Riders games covers.

Wow! Looks like alot of fun. I'm one of the lucky few who will be able to purchase Kinect, and I can't wait.

Here TGS 2010 trailer. it shows a new stage and what appear be co-op with Sonic and Tails pulling a stunt together.

CONFLICT.

Wow, Metal Sonic's in this; I know several people will be happy to hear this! (I'm indifferent to him myself.)

Sonic Free Riders Introduction video. Almost makes want a Kinect. Almost.

Too late, John already posted it last page; that's what my post was in response to.

See japanese people play the game. Also the video confirm the game has theme song and Silver and Rouge are playable.

http://www.gamespot.com/x...c-free-riders-daily-demo

Teams:

Sonic Tails Knuckles

Jet Wave Storm

Amy Cream Vector

Shadow Rouge Robot

Blaze Silver Eggman

Plus Metal Sonic and another robot and unlockables

Hey, Vector! But it is a system that I will almost certainly not buy. Would definitely like Espio as an unlockable and a non-Kinect port, but that does not sound likely.

Well played Sega. Metal Sonic and Vector. Complete the holy trinity with Big* and gosh darn it I wont know what to do.

OH ++%$! I just heard some Super Hang On music...

*Will accept the following - Espio, Omega, Shade or Marine.

I really surprised no one found this yet, but Free Riders site is up! Fairly barebones for now, but my gosh, the Media section has a highly addictived tune, at least imho!!! Also, for those hoping it would have an option to allow controller play, the site completely shoots that down as it is indeed required to have Kinect; of course, that doesn't necessarily rule out a possiblity of a Wii/PS3 port down the line somewhere, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

I got some enjoyment out of the first Sonic Riders, and this looks kinda cool. I might get it when I impulse buy Child of Eden and a used Kinect without the stupid pack in game.

Weapons trailers. I LOL at Soda Rocket.

Yeah, Soda Rocket is cool; also, I'm liking Sonic's yeah, you can definitely tell the difference!

IGN video review gives the game 7.5. Fun but shallow. You can also hear Vector and other characters voices. 

Free Riders multiplayer trailer

Free Riders website has been updated with the characters section. So greed is the reason Vector join Amy's team. Somehow I am not suprised.

Launch Trailer. And this what Amy,Cream,  Rouge, Vector and Shadow now sound like. I like Shadow and Rouge new voices. Vector sounds pretty much the same.

Edit- Also Babylon Rogues.

IN THE WIND, IN THE WIND...

Oh god get it out of my mind!

Vector sounds retarded. Christ I miss Heroes Vector.

Rest of them sound ok/similar to the 4kids lot.

Shadow and Rogue have improved. Hate Vector's new voice, it sounds like a bad Sam Jackson impersonation and Amy's voice is actually more annoying.

It's so quiet I can't hear it effectively even at max volume.

Here's the voices we know so far:

Knuckles-Travis Willingham (Roy Mustang, Portgas D. Ace)

Cream-Michelle Ruff (Ruukiiiia!)

Shadow-Kirk Thornton (Isa/Saïx)

Omochao-Laura Bailey (Lust)

Big-Kyle Hebert (Aizen)

Vector/announcer-Keith Silverstein (I'm not really sure on this one though)

Edit: According to this, Willingham also plays Storm and Kate Wave, and Karen Strassman plays Rouge!

Once More: Amy-Wendee Lee (Faye Valentine)

IN THE WIND, IN THE WIND...

Oh god get it out of my mind!

LOL, it is pretty catchy isn't it! Anyway, just now heard the voices and I like them! People are right, Rouge does sound hot, and I actually think Jet's voice suits him!! They only problem I have is Thornton's Shadow, I really don't care for it much but I might like it if I heard more of it and with better sound.

Thought I'd mention that this info seems rather conflicting with what Sonic Stadium is reporting

http://www.sonicstadium.o...ng-full-free-theme-song/

Also I don't know where you're getting Wendee Lee from, the page you linked to doesn't even say that. it's clearly not her. on a side note Roy Mustang as Knuckles!?! I approve and Aizen as Big is a bit WTF but I'll hold judgement until I hear him.

Well, when I reported that, Amy Rose's wiki page was saying Wendee Lee; so, I was just reporting there since that was the only thing to go by at the time. Anyway, I find it funny that Renji is playing Vector and we better not look at Big's fishing pole when he casts his line!!

Edit: One more thing, does anybody know who this Mike Mycheck/Yurchack/whatever is and what other voices he's done?

Story mode spoilers for this very important game in the Sonic canon.

Heroes Story

Babylon Story

Dark Story

Rose Story

Best Game Ever.

Sonic: Decent, but still too deep

Tails: Very good, not the best Tails (probably the voice from Sonic Heroes) but better than most and not annoying

Knuckles: The best Knuckles. He sounds like he does in most games, but deeper

Vector: I can't decide if I hate this voice or am merely meh about it, primarily because the quality of the acting varies wildly by scene

Rouge: Passable, better than the horrible 4kids voice but not as good as the Sonic Heroes voice

Shadow: Wow, how did this guy pass the audition? He makes constipated Vegeta sound natural

Cream: Not good, still sounds like an adult with falsetto rather than a child, but it is a definite improvement over the terrible voices she's had

Amy: Bad, though it does kind of fit her annoying personality

Jet: Even more annoying than he was before, though not by much

Wave: Above average, probably the best voice other than Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles

Storm: Below average, but decent enough and in character

Omochao: Rather decent

Silver: Okay

Blaze: Okay

I think they got kind of lazy with the casting other than Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles. Some of them are cast too close to bad past voices, particularly Vector, who sounds like a combo of his 3 previous voice actors, which would have been fine if it were 2 of his previous voices instead, since Carter Cathcart should not be emulated, ever, and Cream, who still has that falsetto even if the actor is better at it. It may be that the actors are fine, but are being directed to emulate bad examples.

These cutscenes are the laziest things ever. And it breaks my heart. I like the Cutscenes from the first two Riders, especially the second. As far as in game cutscenes go, the character models seemed to express emotions far better than even the models in the main stream games.

And then.....they do this....My God.

Is this game on the PSP or something?

Also Amy is now Minnie Mouse.  I'm going to miss Lisa Ortiz I just know it. Actually I already do.

Like seriously. This is the first time in a long time where I've felt
myself leaning precariously on the precipice of nerd rage. And I know
its for a stupid reason but still!

I was always "meh" about Sonic 4. I was dis heartened by the news of a new voice cast. But I know to accept change.

But this...THIS?! They couldn't even give this game proper cutscenes?!

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!

The youtube video is an upload of the audio with static pics as a guide, not the cutscene. 😛

.....Really?

Then I need to see the real cutscenes ASAP!

I've bamboozled myself

No wait....are you sure those aren't the real ones?

Oh wait...you haven't seen them yet. ahahahahahaha you just haven't seen them yet....

is this the PSP?  Get a load of the fail.

lol

The cutscenes are still static :O

lol

The cutscenes are still lame as all heck :O

Fix'd - unlike the game. 😛

I don't know how they manged to take 10 steps backwards in cutscene quality. Maybe they felt it didn't matter.

And yeah they all have that ugly blue tint .

What is it with Tinted cutscenes...it's like watching a Film through a Limo window. =/