Sonic Racing CrossWorlds Coming Sep. 25, 2025

hypothetically speaking, if they delayed it till 2026, doesn't mean the conversation around Mario Kart will be as strong, even if it's sales IS still strong, it's not about raw sales but collective mindshare, releasing the game later can make it have the spotlight for itself and that can only helps, Mario Kart at launch will be it's strongest period regardless, as it looks like switch 2 will have historical launch, Japan alone had 2.2Million interested in getting the system from Nintendo official store alone, without counting other retailers, Switch 1 launched there with about 300K units for comparison

 

What's the 2.2 million metric from? I'm not doubting the interest, but would like to know how the number is being pulled. There's also the question if there's going to even be that many units available at launch.

I think everyone here is too hyper focused on Mario Kart here. The Switch 1 and PS4 are still in play. If anything this is great counter programming. Zeph mentioned this before, but this is a "Mario Kart at Home" option. There's also the new general audiences Sonic has picked up over the years thanks to the movies that will buy anything with Sonic in it. If a game like Superstar can chart during a busy month with multiple heavy contenders, why wouldn't CrossWords when it only has one, locked on a new platform?

I'm guess I'm just struggling to understand what everyone here's sales expectations are. If the game charts at all in NA and Euro markets, that seems like a win and that's as far as I'm expecting.

 

It's from nintendo themselves, them not having that many units in Japan IS the news -Japan use a lottery system for pre-orders and they said due to high demand, they apologize that a lot of people will not get pre-orders directly from nintendo-

https://x.com/Nintendo/status/1914982671522083155

 

Fadel GamesGage shared this on Twitter:

This is a damn looking-good render. This better be the game's cover.

 

I think it's going to be this one, honestly:

Spoiler: Large image

The local should be moved up a little, but it's pretty much already perfectly layed out to account for age ratings and console labels. Hopefully this new render is used for a reversible cover or maybe a collector's edition steelbook.

 

I like how they're basically the same scene at different angles.

 

It wouldn't work vertically.

 

We can kinda hear a Green Cave remix from Sonic Riders in this video.

 

We're getting Holoska back!

Surprised they did a Night remix of the stage.

 

I am this close to winning Unleashed Bingo...
(Sky Road takes place over Rooftop Run)

 

Wait a minute.

Holoska never had aurora borealis!
This clearly should have been Frozen Factory!
That's the Zeena level!
Zeena should be in this game!

 

Yes it did.

This is an image of the Wii/PS2 version where it's clearly visible:


And the HD version where it's staring you in the face right at the very start of the level (although it's not super bright):

 

They made the right choice. Cool Edge Night is a better song than Cool Edge Day.

 

It doesn't sound quite right without the Werehog screaming bloody murder after I fail to grab a hanging icicle, though.

 

Man, you let the kids call Unleashed some misunderstood masterpiece and suddenly it's the new nostalgia craze.

I think I'm past the point of worrying about how much content the game will have at this point. We've seen 17 of the touted 39 locales so far and pretty much every single one has been substantial and unique, with returning tracks being heavily remixed at a minimum. Meanwhile, TSR had 21 tracks across 7 zones and half of them were just ports from the previous games. Hopefully they're focusing on tightening up the gameplay behind the scenes now in response to the network test feedback.

Not in this game it don't, it's just a generic cloudy sky now. On the plus side, that gives room for Market Street to also return...

 

I saw this vid which shows Windmill Isle

I like that they chose Holoska at night. Maybe it would be cool if the 3rd lap for Windmill Isle also takes place at night.

 

They really like that dinosaur model, don't they?
Wonder if they are trying to make it their version of the t-rex from mario odyssey.
It's pretty sick either way so go off.

 

I don't understand what you are referring?

 

The somewhat random dinosaur that keeps showing up in the promo art. I guess it's just cool looking thing that shows off the idea of different worlds.

 

Shock horror, SEGA wants to get their mileage out of a new, high-detail model they've created rather than making just one render with it and calling it a day.

If this were across different games, you might've had a point, but this is literally all just marketing for one game - it'd be weirder if they didn't reuse it.