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 When we were kids, we either grew up with SEGA or Nintendo (or if you were lucky both) so you grew up with either Sonic or Mario.
Me? I grew up with SEGA and as I was quite young I can only remember up to five game’s I owned on the mega drive, one of which I don’t think is well known within the SEGA community. You may have already guessed this, but I got into gaming thanks to the SEGA mega drive which in sense was the first console I owned but you can’t own a console you can’t play at the age of Zero…
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 Available: Out Now!
Released on: Wii, DS, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Played on: Xbox 360
Age Rating: 7+
Publisher: SEGA
Developer: Sumo Digital
Sega and indeed Sonic Team have tried a few times before to deliver a racing experience to fans of Sonic, looking back there’s Sonic Drift 1 & 2 as well as the well known Sonic R on the Sega Saturn. They were great to play in their own right but the experience was always cut short one way or another and only in Sonic Drift did we actually drive vehicles. Now we have Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing (ASR) following on from Sumo Digitals successful Sega All Stars Tennis released a couple of years ago and surprise! they’ve also been developing this title too.
Before I even begin reviewing ASR, I’m going to address the ‘Mario Kart’ issue. Mario Kart has created this benchmark for other kart racing games ever since it was released back on the SNES all that time ago. Since other Sonic kart racing games have been released they’re been compared to Mario Kart in some respects; that’s largely because in our heads Mario & Sonic are old school rivals and every time a Sonic racing game comes out it’s a reflex to compare them side by side it would seem. But it’s somewhat inevitable that these games are going to feature quite a lot of similar elements such as a wide variety of tracks, characters, vehicles and so on. Quite frankly what matters to me and should matter to most of you is how the game plays – so for the love of god enjoy it as its own game then pass on your own judgement. With that out of the way, onwards we go.
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 So It’s been a couple of weeks since Sumo Digital released their latest All Stars incarnation; the game has been doing the rounds and been achieving many thumbs up in and out of the community.
We thought it was time that we did our bit in the community by uploading the soundtrack of the game for your all to download. Sonic & Sega All Stars Soundtrack showcases some of the best tracks from Sonic the Hedgehog, Billy Hatcher, Jet Set Radio Future, Samba de Amigo, The House of the Dead as well as Super Monkey Ball.
Over 60 tracks in total, but don’t forget that there’s the original score from the in-game menus which sound pretty cool as far as menu music goes! Keep an eye on FastFeet Media tomorrow when we’ll be revealing our very own review of Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing.
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Our friends at RadioSEGA have just announced the first part of their long awaited Project 7 update. Project 7 has promised members of the website the biggest revamp to date, and this first part has certainly met that expectation.
Starting from this Friday (12th March), RadioSEGA will be broadcasting Live Shows for the first time in its 3 and a half year history. The first show to hit the airwaves will be forum member ResidentSD’s SEGA AGES, a 90 minute show dedicated to specific years, consoles, or any other themes. The first show centres on 2001, and will feature music from Rez, Planet Harrier, Shenmue II and Sonic Adventure 2, amongst many others.
Saturday evening brings about my very own creation: Saturday Night SEGA. Saturday Night SEGA will be a mixture of classic SEGA tracks, along with some of the very best remixes from within the VG Music community. And, of course, I’ll be showcasing some of the tracks from the two Living Sedative albums I made for Sonic Relief.
If you happen to miss a show, don’t worry. RadioSEGA has you covered there, too. 24 hours after the initial broadcast, you’ll be able to download the show as a Podcast, allowing you to relive a particular favourite, or just catch up on any shows you might have missed.
RadioSEGA have announced that they’ll be revealing more shows in due course, including one or two that may surprise you. We’ll keep you up to date on all the latest announcements.
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Forgive me father, for I have sinned. I am not the good catholic boy you think I am. I have strayed from the flock and enjoyed it spending the last decade consumed in the world of Phantasy Star and partying, pausing only to sleep, learn Japanese and check out some handheld Sonic games; Sonic Advance and Sonic Rush being great but let us sweep Sonic Battle under the carpet or lock it away never to be seen.
Upon my return to Sonic, I discovered Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing and have enjoyed every second of it. I’ve even got the family involved on wireless DS multiplayer, yes, the family. I know it’s like every other party game out there – Sonic has the coolest car I’ve seen for a while. Shadow and his shady past (hur hur) sports a motorcycle that is pretty nifty on the narrower Samba de Amigo based courses. However, my favourite has to be Ulala who doesn’t quite drive but hovers about 2 feet off the ground with hilarious consequences.
If you’re looking for an alternative to actual family feuds, beat the crap out of each other playing Sonic & SEGA All-Star Racing!
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A disclaimer before we start: This is in no way, shape or form a confirmation of Mario & Sonic 3. If such a game appears, and uses anything mentioned in this article, that’s just pure coincidence.
OK, with that out of the way, let us begin. We’ve had two games pitting Sonic and Mario against each other in sporting competition. Ironically, they were both Olympics titles. So, if SEGA and Nintendo were to put the two rivals against each other again, what would be the best way to do it?
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It hasn’t taken long for somebody to rip the intro video from the Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing demo on Xbox 360 and upload it onto YouTube! We’re rather glad they took the time to upload it in HD though, it looks awesome on the highest setting.
The video features quite a few of the main characters, but we’re not going to spoil the video for you. Watch it below:
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I know we’re a bit behind on some of our coverage so we’re going to make more of an effort to keep up to date with some of the newer developments that are going on at the moment. As of today Sega have released the Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing demo on the Xbox 360 marketplace and is currently only available to gold members, whilst it is a bit of a whopper to download at over 1Gb in size it is truly worth the wait to have a play. The game was available to play at Summer of Sonic 2009, however I was a little busy to say the least on that day so I didn’t get a chance to play it.
You can expect to hear more of my opinion very soon as I will be getting this game rest assured, as it seems to be the nearest thing that Sega have made (or Sumo Digital depending on how you look at it) that can compete with Mario Kart. I wouldn’t compare the two games directly as Mario Kart has had several incarnations under the same name which has been around since the SNES days and this is an entirely fresh game by comparison. But the demo isn’t the only thing Sega released today…
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I thought it was about time FastFeet Media got on the newly released downloads a little bit, so here is the complete game rip from Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games.
I’m fairly certain this is the Wii version but if I’m wrong you’re welcome to correct me! So far they’ve been tagged reasonably well and have album artwork, but when I get some more tim I will tidy up all the tags.
That is when I have finished adding all of the Video Game music which is currently being added here. Anyways click the links below to be taken to the game rip download and some tasty new entries:
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Following on from the amazingly best selling Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games comes the Winter Olympic version and just in time for the cold weather to set in, well in this side of the hemisphere anyways. Checkout the launch trailer direct from Sega, seeing as the game is out today, I’ve heard good things from people who have played this so far so it looks as good as the orginal – if not better! So if you have nothing better to do with your weekend grab your Wii or DS and get a copy from you local games store! Expect a full video review in SEGASonic:TV Series 2 and when I get ahold of my copy!
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