Earlier this month, Sega confirmed Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds impermanent characters specified arsenic Hatsune Miku, Ichiban Kasuga (Yakuza), Joker (Persona 5), and adjacent Steve, Alex, and Creeper from Minecraft. But the impermanent characters bash not halt there. Sega has present announced a Nickelodeon collaboration that brings SpongeBob SquarePants to the way — and teased Avatar and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters down the line.
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is simply a kart racer packed with Sega characters and arsenic specified celebrates the company’s history. In addition, big-name impermanent characters are helping to soma retired the roster of racers. As portion of that, those who bargain the Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Digital Deluxe Edition get the Season Pass, which includes the Nickelodeon contented arsenic good arsenic the precocious announced Minecraft characters, vehicles, and tracks, characters from the Netflix series, Sonic Prime, and 2 much yet-to-be-announced collaborations.
The trailer beneath shows disconnected SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star racing the Patty Wagon, a conveyance shaped similar a Krabby Patty from the SpongeBob SquarePants series, crossed the Bikini Bottom way (Bikini Bottom is the main mounting successful the SpongeBob SquarePants series).
Sega has said CrossWorlds volition diagnostic a immense roster of implicit playable characters, if you see DLC. Characters you’d expect to see, specified arsenic Sonic, Dr. Eggman, Knuckles, Shadow, and Tails are contiguous and correct, but present you tin adhd the likes of SpongeBob SquarePants into the mix.
CrossWorlds is of people going up against Switch 2 exclusive kart crippled Mario Kart World, which has truthful acold resisted adding impermanent characters from extracurricular the Nintendo pantheon. Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is acceptable for merchandise connected some the Switch and the Switch 2, truthful it looks similar we’ll beryllium acceptable for immoderate old-fashioned Mario vs. Sonic kart racing rivalry erstwhile Sega's effort launches successful September.
IGN precocious went hands-on with Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds and came distant impressed. “It’s a vibe,” we said, “and 1 that I’ve enjoyed and volition look guardant to drifting through.”
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