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Revision as of 15:42, 22 July 2006

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Sonic Riders is an Sonic racing game, revealed by Famitsu on September 7, 2005, prior to 2005's Tokyo Game Show. The game differs from traditional racers (such as Sonic R) in its use of air-based travel with features such as "turbulence" affecting gameplay.

Plot

Sonic, Tails and Knuckles are walking through Metal City one evening, and Tails detects a Chaos Emerald on his radar. Glass shatters and from Metal City Bank fall Jet the Hawk, Wave the Swallow and Storm the Albatross, who have the Chaos Emerald! Sonic and Knuckles manage to knock Storm off the airboard he was riding, but Wave catches Storm and gives him a lift. Sonic steals the board the clumsy albatross left behind and pursuits Jet. However, Jet gives Sonic a taste of his own medicine, and the Babylon Rogues escape. Wave slows down a bit, allowing Storm to grab his airboard, then they get away.

The next day, Sonic found that Doctor Eggman had set up a hoverboard racing tournament, with the prize being the very Chaos Emerald that was stolen, and the top three entries being the theives! Our heroes promptly took up the challenge. But what was Eggman's true motive, and what of the three theiving birds?

The boards that the characters ride are air-powered. While it's possible to refuel air at various points along the track, the main method of refueling is to perform various stunts with your board, or ride off the turbulence another board gives off.

Playable Characters:

Other Characters:

  • Omochao: Omochao is the announcer for the races. He has a new voice, along with the rest of the crew.
  • E-10000Y: A flight robot that appears in Egg Factory, and tries to thaw the ice in Ice Factory.
  • E-10000P: Purple robots that are in production. The production of the E-10000Ps stop when the factory is frozen.
  • Amigo: A monkey that plays maracas at a concert in SEGA Carnival.
  • Axel: A man with green hair who drives the Crazy Taxi.
  • Opa-Opa: Enemies in SEGA Illusion.

Courses:

  • Metal City/Night Chase
  • Splash/Red Canyon
  • Egg/Ice Factory
  • Green/White Cave
  • Sand Ruins/Dark Desert
  • Babylon Gardens/Sky Road
  • Digital Dimension/Babylon Guardian
  • SEGA Carnival/SEGA Illusion

Extreme Gear

It has been confirmed that there will be more than just air boards. It sounds as if the air vehicles will be called "Extreme Gear." Currently, three types are known. Bikes, skates, and boards. The boards are the main one, but the other two can be found, as well. Eggman uses a bike, and Shadow uses air shoes. The known gear is below.

  • Boards
    • Sonic - Blue Star/Blue Star II (NOTE: After Sand Ruins, Sonic uses the Blue Star II because Wave sets a bomb, then detonates it on the Blue Star and blows it up, forcing Tails to create new Extreme Gear)
    • Tails - Yellow Tail
    • Knuckles - Red Rock
    • Jet - Type J
    • Wave - Type W
    • Storm - Type S
    • Amy - Pink Rose
    • Cream - Smile
    • Rouge - Temptation
    • Aiai - Banana
    • Ulala - Space Channel 5
    • NiGHTS - Night Sky
  • Skates
    • Shadow - Darkness
  • Bikes
    • Eggman - E-Rider

Production Credits

Sonic Riders Staff

Executive Producer: Yuji Naka
Producer: Takashi Thomas Yuda
Director: Kenjiro Morimoto
Art Director: Hideaki Moriya
Main ProgrammerL Kenichi Koshida
Sound Director: Tomonori Sawada
Character Art Director: Yuji Uekawa
Player Character Designers: Takeshi Mitsumoto, Yukiko Kimura
Player Motion Designers: Yoichi Takeda, Masahiro Hoshino, Yasuhiro Maruo, Sayuri Okumiya, Megumi Hatano
Player Character Programmers: Yoshiharu Kanai, Takayuki Kiyohara, Takaaki Ieki, Steven Dwyer
Main Game Designer: Kenjiro Morimoto
Level Designers: Hiroshi Miyamoto, Toshitsugu Oishi, Hiroki Atoji, Yuji Yamada, Hidekazu Kuroki, Masashi Jinbo, Kenji Kitamura
Course Gimmick Programmers: Kenichi Koshida, Yoshiharu Kanai, Hiroki Hayami, Shigeru Sato, Steven Dwyer, Yu Nakawatari, Akihiro Nakamura
Field Art Director: Hideaki Moriya
Field Artists: Mitsuhiro Sasatani, Koichiro Yamamoto, Daisuke Fujita, Emiko Yamamoto, Naoki Hirata, Shigeo Endo, Nachi Mizuki, Takuro Suzuki, Futoshi Okauchi, Masato Tanaka, Yuri Yamamura, Megumi Kitagawa, Yasuaki Hashimoto, Tetsuji Kuroda, Hisato Sotoosa, Yukiya Matsuura, Noriko Uono, Masahiko Utida, Tetsuya Mitomi, Chiho Tsuguiwa
Field Art Support: Makoto Yonezu, Kazuko Ito, Yuki Takahashi
Game Mode Designers: Hiroshi Miyamoto, Hidekazu Kuroki, Shinichi Uemaki
Battle Stage Artists: Mitsuhiro Sasatani, Daisuke Fujita, Naoki Hirata
Game Mode Programmers: Shohei Terada, Takaaki Ieki
Gear Designer: Hiroki Atoji
Gear Model Artists: Yukiko Kimura, Emiko Yamamoto, Masako Sogo, Akiko Yamane
Gear Programmers: Yoshiharu Kanai, Yoshitsugu Kondo
Scenario Writer: Hiroshi Miyamoto
Event Scene Artists: Hideaki Moriya, Takeshi Mitsumoto, Yoichi Takeda, Masahiro Hoshino, Yasuhiro Maruo, Sayuri Okumiya, Tomoya Momota, Hirotomo Ishii
Story Event Programmer: Yu Nakawatari
Menu Screen Programmer: Yasuhiko Hayashi
Menu Screen Artists: Asami Koga, Tetsuya Mitomi, Tetsuo Fukaya, Hiromi Sano
Multi Platform Programmers: Kenichi Koshida, Yoshiji Kondo, Takaaki Ieki, Takayuki Kiyohara, Shigeru Sato, Hiroki Hayami
Development Support: Toshihiro Nagoshi, Masayoshi Yokoyama, Junichi Ohno
CG Movie Producer: Takeshi Ito
CG Movie Director: Tomokazu Takahashi
Story Board Designers: Kenjiro Morimoto, Hiroshi Miyamoto
Movie Art Support: Takaaki Kise, Noriaki Hashimoto, Kouhei Kajisa, Yasuhisa Inoue
CG Movie Production: AOKI prod., Animation Staff Room
Lead Music Composer: Tomonori Sawada
Music Composers: Kenichi Tokoi, Fumie Kumatani

"Sonic Speed Riders": Tomonori Sawada (Music & Lyrics), Vocals by runblebee
"Catch Me If You Can": Kenichi Tokoi (Music), Rhymes & Vocals by runblebee

Sound Effects: Tomonori Sawada
Japanese Character Voices: Junichi Kanemaru, Ryo Hirohashi, Nobutoshi Kanna, Daisuke Kishio, Chie Nakamura, Kenji Nomura, Taeko Kawata, Etsuko Kozakura, Sayaka Aoki, Kouji Yusa, Rumi Ochiai, Chikao Otsuka Voice Recording Producer: Hiroyuki Inage (TOHOKUSHINSHA)
Voice Recording Director: Keiichirou Miyoshi (TOHOKUSHINSHA)
Recording: STUDIO UNI
Recording Coordinators: Akinori Nishiyama, Takashi Iizuka, Hiroshi Miyamoto, Keith Palmer, Jason Kuo
Sound Engineer: Jason Cushing
Talent Coordinator: Kristen Thorne
Recording Director: Julie Rath
English Character Voices: Jason Griffith, Amy Palant, Dan Green, Lisa Ortiz, Bella Hudson, Mike Pollock, Kathleen Delaney, Rebecca Honig, Maddie Blaustein, Liza Jacqueline
Product Support: CRI Middleware Co. Ltd., Masao Oshimi, Katsumi Yabuno, Dolby Digital Pro Logic II

Animation Movie Staff

Animation Director: Itsurou Kawasaki
Animation Story Board: Itsurou Kawasaki
Animation Character Design: Kyouji Asano
Key Animation Supervisor: Kyouji Asano
Key Animators: Yasunori Miyazawa, Daizen Komatsuda, Toshiyuki Yahagi, Kazunori Akiyama, Shinichi Yokota, Rieko Tsuji, Sachiko Okumura, Kyouji Asano
Inbetweeners Animation Checker: Yukiko Mita
Inbetweeners: Production I.G
Supervising Color Designer: Idumi Hirose
Ink & Paint: Production I.G
Animation Art Director: Yusuke Takeda (Bamboo)
Animation Art Digital Works: Kayo Kojio (Bamboo)
Animation Background (Bamboo): Tomonori Katou, Michiko Shinohara, Naoki Yamada
Animation 3D CGI: Atsushi Satou
Filming Director: Hisashi Ezura
Filming: Yumiko Nakata
Animation Producer: Tetsuya Nakatake
Animation Production Manager: Masahiro Kawashima
Animation Assistant Manager: Ayako Okada
Development Testers: Yukiko Mita, Hisashi Ezura
Animation Support: Masahiro Kawashima, Ayako Okada
Animation Production: Production I.G

Sega Corporation

President: Hisao Oguchi
Consumer Division: Hideki Okamura, Masanao Maeda, Hiroyuki Miyazaki
Marketing Managers: Takeshi Shimizu, Yasushi Yamashita
Public Relations: Kenichi Hashimoto, Yasushi Nagumo, Hitoshi Kurosawa
International Business & PD: Yukiko Kato, Shiko Sakai, Tatsuyuki Miyazaki
Retail Sales Managers: Toru Yasuda, Tomohiko Hayashi
Creative Center Takashi Ando, Shinochi Uchida, Hideki Kudo, Hiroto Hayashi, Kenichiro Ookuma, Akira Kanasugi, Mito Yoshida, Yuki Kobayashi, Satoshi Nakajima, Noriyuki Tarumi, Ryo Suenaga
Customer Relationship Management: Kiyotaka Kondo, Yukihiro Taguchi
Test Department Junichi Shimizu, Akira Nishikawa, Akira Terasawa, Akinobu Koechi, Tomoki Matsuura, Hiroshi Fujisaki, Hidaka Ogasawara, Eisuke Hayashi, Takayasu Shirazu, Masanori Okamoto, Mitsutoshi Matsumura, Michiharu Takaya, Kazuyuki Eto, Katsuji Arai, Natsuki Okada, Takaaki Nomura, Tadayuki Yamano
QC Department: Kazuhiko Morii, Yuji Nakamura, Kenji Oohashi
Software Package Production: Yoshihiro Sakuta, Toshiki Yamaguchi, Yoshitake Ohta, Hisakazu Nakagawa, Colin Restall, Makoto Nishino

Sega of America, Inc.

CEO: Naoya Tsurumi
President / COO: Simon Jeffery
Senior VP of Product Development: Bill Petro
Localization Director: Osamu Shibamiya
Localization Producer: Jason Kuo
QA Director: Osamu Shibamiya
Senior Test Lead: Shawn Dobbins
Test Lead: Lee Frohman
Assistant Test Leads: Joshua Pfeiffer, Davidson Talag
VP of Marketing: Scott A. Steinberg
Sr. Brand Manager: Don Mesa
Assistant Product Manager: Yosuke Moriya
Creative Services Manager: Jenifer Groeling
Director of Web Development: Chris Olson
Online Art Director: Rodwin Pabello
Sr. Copywriter: Bridget Oates
Sr. PR Manager: Bret Blount
PR Manager: Erica Rogers
QA Manager: Deni Skeens
Testers: Stephen Akana, Michael Baldwin, Jared Bishop, Dennis Constantino, Steve Fleming, Ryan Jones, Patrick Joynt, Rhianna Kellom, J.J. McKenna, Frank Morales, Shymal Raj, James Shattuck, Patrick Woo Build Engineers Curtis Chiu, Rick Ribble Jr.

Sega Logistics Service Co., Ltd.

Manual Production: Yoshihiro Sakuta, Hisakazu Nakagawa, Colin Restall

Sega Europe, Ltd.

CEO: Naoya Tsurumi
President/COO: Michael Hayes
Creative Director: Matthew Woodley
Director of European Marketing: Gary Knight
Development Director: Gary Dunn
Localization Producer: Akiko Uchida
Head of Brand Marketing: Helen Nicholas
European PR Manager: Lynn Daniel
Assistant Brand Manager: Claire Brummell
International Brand Manager: Ben Chalmers-Stevens
Localization Team: Daniela Kaynert, Brigitte Nadesan, Marta Lois González, Giuseppe Rizzo
QA Manager: Mark LeBreton
QA Supervisor: Darius Sadeghian
Special Thanks: Hiroshi Nishiyama, Tomonori Fukazawa, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Michio Abe, Hisanobu Kometani, Masayuki Inoue, Shinobu Yokota
Created by: Sonic Team
Presented by: Sega

Boxart

GameCube Version

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    EU Boxart

  • JP Boxart

PlayStation 2 Version

  • US Boxart

  • EU Boxart

  • JP Boxart

XBox Version

  • US Boxart

  • EU Boxart

  • JP Boxart

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