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Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed - Wii U Trailer
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Baconsammy
Banned
Hmm Avatar racer means Master Chief is in the 360 version. Sold.
evilromero
Member
Nintendo Power confirmed the two-screen co-op mode in the most recent issue.
denshuu
Member
You mean Xbox Avatar racer.
Baconsammy
Banned
Yes. I unlocked a Master Chief avatar suit. Thus he's going to be racing against Sonic. Vroom.
denshuu
Member
I totally misunderstood what you said and I feel like a terrible person. That is going to be pretty cool.
Tizoc
Member
I think Fighting game announcements kinda spoiled us =P
As exicted I am about the game, a part of me likes that not all characters were revealed, reminds me of the days before the internets when u just got the game and got surprised by what characters you can play/unlock in the game.
Are you serious?, if true I'll be back on the day 1 WiiU bandwagon with it and Tekken.
Shadow Hog
Member
Doom guy, too.
Two Screen Coop could be pretty cool. Hell even 1 vs 1. No more "You are looking at my screen!!". You could even play in an another room!
ShockingAlberto
Member
The only announced Sonic game for a Nintendo console.
Kind of surprising.
Kind of surprising.
Is it possible to video chat with friends while playing Wii U games or no?
KillerTravis
Banned
I actually expected that Sonic Dimensions rumour to be real, and wanted it to be real. The developers from Colors and Nintendo developers working on the same game may produce the best Sonic to date.
Gianni Merryman
Member
Yes, but depends upon whether programmers care to implement it, and I'm afraid Sonic team racer's team admittedly ditched that feature because of the lack of time, focusing their effforrts instead on a solid frame-rate.
Oh... disappointing. Are the S&ASR games really good by the way? I'm thinking of getting the the Wii U game.
Yeah, there are two Wii U-exclusive multiplayer modes--the Monkey Ball mode, where the player with the gamepad tries to run people down in a monkey ball, and a Shinobi mode where the gamepad player has to "tag" people as Joe Musashi.
I can't quite remember how it works but there is some degree of customisation in there somewhere.
Pretty much anything goes--Wiimote/Nunchuk, Classic/Pro Controller, sideways Wiimote. It'll use MotionPlus if you've got it but it's not mandatory.
They said they plan on keeping at least one character under wraps, yeah.
There's only been one game before this one. It wasn't brilliant but given the budget they had to play with it was definitely pretty good. The most common complaints centered around the repetition of stage tropes and the gimped online play, but both of those issues have been addressed with the new game, plus a whole lot more besides.
EDIT: also, the PC port of the first game sucked and had no online play at all, but they've assured us that the PC port will be fully-featured this time around.
Baconsammy
Banned
Hmm, I might buy the Death outfit from Darksiders 2 just for this.
dragonlife
Member
"ITS RACING TRANSFORMED"
Anyway, looks like it could be fun.
Anyway, looks like it could be fun.
ShellyDeKiller
Member
Are those modes available online?
evilromero
Member
Epic Mickey 2, yes. Being in a Sonic Racing thread made me a little confused at first. But yeah, it's on page 57.
No game currently announced supports two Wii U pads. Don't expect to see support for this until Nintendo updates their SDK (late next year?).
I'm going to guess that Nintendo finally implemented 2-pad support, but it was too late for developers to implement it into the first wave of Wii U games.
DashReindeer
Lead Community Manager, Outpost Games
Wow, that trailer almost sold me on the game. I fear I am gonna go crazy with launch purchases, but 5-player local racing might be too good to pass up...
Diablohead
Member
No ristar no day 1 sale.
He's the flagman.
radioheadrule83
Banned
Yup, I'm sold. Mario Kart substitute with awesome looking gameplay and 5 player local multiplayer? Swiping to play off the gamepad is neat, and I like the little weapon kill cam on the gamepad too..
shocked at how good a port this is!
shocked at how good a port this is!
CrashPrime
Member
Are you serious with that roster? And there is gonna be 7 more?! Fuck you Sega. Pre-ordered.
Sold!, tyvm good sir.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
9 more, actually, the Avatar and the Mii don't count towards the 29 established character roster.
As I said in a previous thread, I loved the last game. I played this one at PAX, and it literally has improved over the original in almost every conceivable way from the several rounds I played, very much looking forward to this. Very promising to be one of the best Kart racers in years. Was especially impressed how solid driving felt (sort of felt a bit floaty in the last game), and how much attention to detail was put in the boat sections (how the waves and current make a difference, you can ride on other players water current, leap off of waves, etc). Going to be interesting to see the full package.
Wow, that seems really awesome actually. I will have to keep an eye out for reviews and the general consensus of this since we probably won't get MK until next holiday season on Wii U.
They do. No one version will have all 29 racers.
I have no idea, maybe S0L can fill us in...
Nintendo's not going to be selling standalone gamepads until next year sometime, so devs can't add twin-gamepad support until they do, AFAIK.
That'll be the one that's 60fps.
Baconsammy
Banned
Infinitely more interesting to me than Mario and a bunch of toads.
Christberg
Member
That'd be the PC version. I don't see myself buying 3 additional X360 gamepads and cramming everybody in my man cave to play that when I've already got a bunch of Wii remotes laying around and this plugged into my living room setup. So for me this=definitive version. Plus does the PC version even support split screen? Wouldn't be surprised at all if the answer was no.
B
bomb
Unconfirmed Member
Will buy if Toe Jam & Earl are in it.
Jaded Alyx
Member
The original did, but didn't have online..But you're right, it most certainly won't have 5 player split-screen.
The Mana Legend
Banned
What's the single player mode like? Like the last one, or did they attempt to add an adventure/story mode to it?
There's a proper story mode with missions and stuff. I did watch some off-screen footage that outlined how it was gonna work but I'm kinda fuzzy ATM--getting gold/silver/bronze in a challenge would net you stickers that you could then use to customise your cart, or your profile card, or something?