Customer Reviews

Sonic All Star Racing

5 star:		(11)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

Sonic Sega All Stars racing is definitely an updated version of Mario Kart. Graphics are great, it has the same concept as Mario Kart; trying to hit bonuses to help you get into the lead. I think children will love the Sonic characters involved, and the fun tracks. Much faster than Mario Kart, which takes some practice and getting used to. I give it 5 stars, as it's a game that can be enjoyed by all.

My nine-year-old son loves this game. It is more fun than MarioKart. He enjoys the racing action and the characters. Once he starts playing, it's difficult to get him to stop. It's worth the money. You can't go wrong.

We bought this yesterday for my 7 year old and he is helping me with this review. Since getting it, he has played it for MANY hours and really loves it. He loves Mario Kart too, but is enjoying the change of characters and the fact that the races are faster than Mario Kart. He really loves earning money to buy additional players, racing tracks and music. It's great to see him enjoy it so much!

You might read the title of this review and think, "What?!? How can this game be better than Mario Kart". There are some people who, even after playing this game, decide that Mario Kart is superior. I, however, hold a different opinion. Basically, Sega waited for Mario Kart to come out. Then, they made a game that was extremely similar, only they added stuff that would make it more interesting and removed stuff that was unnecessary or weakened the game.

Gameplay:
The controls are almost exactly the same as Mario Kart DS, except for the tricks you can do while in the air. However, you can get an All-Star move occasionally if you are in a really bad position. The All-Star move itself is varies, but each one is pretty much an invincible form that has super speed, smashes enemies, and sometimes attacks. Sega did a better job making each character unique than Nintendo did. The one mistake Sega made was making Opa-Opa to good. If the CPU is using Opa-Opa, you should probably quit and hope that Opa-Opa won't be an opponent when you try again. Oh yeah, Sonic and Sega also emphasizes drifting a lot.

Grand Prix:
The Grand Prix is pretty neat. They removed Mirror Mode, which is a good idea since, if your friend chooses regular in a multi-player race and you have been playing lots of Mirror, you will have trouble re-learning the courses, giving your friend an advantage. They shouldn't have removed the ratings, though, because they give the player something extra to work for. Plus, you will be rewarded the same whether you beat all of the Grand Prix on Hard or on Easy. The Grand Prix is not really the highlight of the game.

Multi-player:
I haven't tried the Wi-Fi yet since the random opponent you're racing could make their account name anything they want. I like the fact that you can do Wi-Fi with people you've registered as "friends"; I hope to try that feature soon. The download play is OK. The Multi-card play gives you courses to choose from that both players have unlocked. Unfortunately, after each race, you are moved back to where you choose characters, rather than selecting something where you can simply do race after race after race without stopping t re-select your characters.

Missions:
This is what I consider the highlight of Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing. The missions are of greater variety than Mario Kart, although they removed the "mega-boss battles". The layout of how you unlock new missions is complicated (you need a certain number of stars obtained on previous mission(s) to unlock the next mission), but is better than simply having different sets of missions. The missions are also more challenging. The only annoying thing is that they made the final mission way too easy.

Overall, Sonic and Sega does have some bad points. Then again, Mario Kart has comparatively more bad points. In my opinion, the good outweighs the bad in Sonic and Sega. Sorry Mario...

Very few games lately can be played by both my 3 and 5 year old, my 5 year old has hit the age of games and my 3 year old wants to be like his brother but just doesn't get the concept or can read to do them himself. I like this game because BOTH my kids can enjoy the game and it has fun options that they both like. Typical racing game with fun characters you can unlock from sonic.

really awesome game! i got it yesterday. its way way better than mariokart.this game is my favorite ds game. i would give it one million stars!

This game is simply awesome, I love it, the wife loves it and after owning it for 9 months we still play it all the time. This is the best racing game I own hands down. It never seems to get boring. I highly recommend it.

In 2005 Mario Kart DS was born.
People were amazed by the graphics and gameplay. Hands down Mario Kart is a great game but it needed some improvement.
Sonic and Sega All Stars Racing just kicks Mario Kart in the face.

Graphics: The graphics are absolutely jaw dropping and the colors just really pop off the screen. I didnt expect too much especially coming from a Wii user. In my opinion they are better than Mario Kart.

Gameplay: The game runs very smoothly and there are no frame rate issues. The graphics arent pixelated like a lot of other DS games too.

Controls: A is Gas. B is brake. L is the item button, and R is for drifting. The controls work very well and are very similar to other racing games.

Tracks and Characters: Of course a cart racing game wouldn't be good without good tracks right? Tracks like "Whale Lagoon" and "Ocean Ruin" looks amazing on the DS. Although I do find some of the tracks to be short the majority of them are well constructed.There are 24 tracks

The game also has a "Missions" mode that lets you go on tracks with a certain objective. One can be to go through all of the rings in the selected time, collect all the rings, drift at high speeds, or just beat the race.There is also a single player mode which all you do is pick your character,track then your ready to race. Last but not least is the Grand Prix mode in which you enter a cup to win.

Overall i definately reccomend this game to anybody. It is truly a great game that will keep you playing for hours.

So I realize by my title that I probably already got your attention, but I was shocked myself when I found that I and my 4.5 year old son LOVE this game better than Mario Kart 7. The graphics are far superior, even if we played it on our 3DS in non-3D mode. The price is great at under $20, and the cars, characters, and racetracks are superior as well!

My son loves how the cars do not look "cutesy" like Mario Kart, but look more like suped-up racecars! The characters are a little tougher looking, but the tracks are what we really like. The racetracks that go along the mountains edge or fly over walls look really impressive, and the features for "racing" are exactly the same as Super Mario Kart 7 (so he didn't need to learn new hand controls).

If it is not extremely important to you to play in 3D mode, then this game is perfect and easy enough for kids ages 5 and up to control.

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You won't want to put this game down for a second. (Though in order to save your thumb I highly suggest you do lol) Some of your favorite Sega characters are here. Aiai, Dr. Eggman, Shadow, Knuckles, Ulala, Sonic, Tails, etc. The graphics are beautiful and the controls are simple. Really simple. You'll get them right in your first try. The stages and songs will bring back sweet nostalgia. And the speed of the racers is MUCH faster than Mario Kart. Even the heavier characters are speedy and easy to control.

Do yourself a huge favor and pick up this gem of a racing game. You won't be disappointed.