Sonic Free Riders

I'm going to wait for more information before I comment. I'm not especially interested, but the thought doesn't exactly repel me, either.

 

I've enjoyed the Riders series, it has a steep curve but it's plenty unique, with cool gimmicks and the racetracks always look awesome. It's serviceable.

I'd be interested in seeing a current gen entry. + - With a soundtrack by Hideki Naganuma  

 

If if it like the sonic riders games I would have thought the wii motion board would work a lot better, natal may pick up body movement and poses but when it comes to riding a board I think foot control is important, doubt natal can do it well enough. If it takes angle and movement from body positions then lol, fail.

 

Not only that, but historically, peripherals don't do that well, especially major ones. The Wii can get away with motion controls because it does it by default, but if people are forced to buy a 150USD camera in order to play motion controlled games, they may not be as interested.

 

Never really played any of the sonic riders titles, but this sounds like an exciting addition to the series

 

Loved the first Riders (gameplay-wise, the models were horrendous), but I hated Zero Gravity as it was incredibly wonky in movement, controls and overall concept. If the game plays anything like Zero Gravity I won't buy it.

 

... is this a joke?

Sonic Riders sucks, the first part sucked, Zero Gravity sucked even more. Is it possible to get any worse?

 

If the controls for Sonic Free Riders is anything like this new video I will never play the crap out of humiliation.

 

And that's why I won't buy Natal.

 

Explain why you thought these games sucked, please. I found them very enjoyable for the reasons I stated here.

 

Seriously? Sonic Riders wasn't that bad. Sure no one likes Jet, but at least it was fun. Only complaints I had about it was the fact that the character models looked retarded. Zero Gravity was horrible. The effects were overused and I nearly got motion sickness from playing it. Plus the entire 'zero gravity' bit was retarded. Also black hole! Not to mention the levels were meh.

 

According to this article, domains for Sonic Free Riders have been registered.
Looks like the game is legit. I'll assume that the PS3 gets this too so that all the main consoles have at least two Sonic games out this year.

 

Exactly this.

Sonic Riders was fun. ...The sequel, not so much. And Natal *cough* Kinect *cough* is gonna be totally lame. I was already disappointed with the Wii myself; it could be good but developers are too busy dicking around with the controls to actually make a decent game, besides a very select few games. Natal *cough* Kinect *cough* is gonna be the same way.

 

Hell.
If this comes out I'll have to buy a Natal to play it - because I'm a sucker.
And since I'll be playing Natal, I'll be a sucker who looks gay gayER.

EDIT:
Furthermore, I wonder quite how much shovelware Sonic Team needs to make before people accept that there isn't going to BE a 20th anniversary 3D HD extravaganza of a game, and this stuff is all we're getting?

 

Yep it's real. They showed a grid of the 15 Kinect launch titles just now at the E3 stream, and "Sonic Free Riders" was indeed there.