History VideoGame / SonicR

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This game is notable for being [[EndOfAnAge the final game of Sonic's "Classic" Era]]. It is also the only fully 3D console game wholly featuring the original character designs.[[note]]''VideoGame/SonicJam'' and the Saturn version of ''Sonic 3D Blast'' only have small sections in 3D, while ''VideoGame/SonicTheFighters'' did not receive a Saturn port.[[/note]]

* ShiftingSandLand:
[[RuinsForRuinsSake Regal Ruins]].

** Tails Doll and Metal Knuckles never reappear in any other game. Metal Knuckles got an {{expy}} in the ''VideoGame/{{Sonic Advance|Trilogy}}'' series and the Tails Doll eventually appeared in [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehog the Archie comic]].

** Eggrobo is essentially a clone of the already slow and hard to manoeuvre Dr. Robotnik, albeit lacking the ability to perpetually hover. He hovers for a brief amount of time before gradually grinding to a halt and sinking, which is more of a hindrance than just sinking by default.

* CallBack: Several to ''3D Blast'':

* DubNameChange: Per usual, Dr. Eggman became Dr. Robotnik in thr international releases.

The game is known for its power-pop soundtrack by Richard Jacques with songs performed by British singer TJ Davis. Like many CD-based games of the era,[[labelnote:†]] Including all '90s-era iterations of ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD Sonic CD]]'' and the Saturn/PC port of ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3DFlickiesIsland 3D Blast]]''.[[/labelnote]], both the Saturn and PC versions can be played in any standard CD player, in case you wanted to listen to the music without having to play the actual game.

This game is notable for being [[EndOfAnAge the final game of Sonic's "Classic" Era]]. It is also the only fully-3D console game wholly featuring the original character designs.[[note]]''VideoGame/SonicJam'' and the Saturn version of ''Sonic 3D Blast'' only have small sections in 3D, and the UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame ''VideoGame/SonicTheFighters'' did not receive a Saturn port.[[/note]]

''Sonic R'' is a {{racing game}} staring [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog the spiky blue speed demon and his friends]], developed by Creator/TravellersTales (who also made ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3DFlickiesIsland Sonic 3D Blast]]'') and released in 1997 for the UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn and later for the PC (the PC version getting a unique feature in the form of seasonal effects). In 2005, it was re-released on the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]] and [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 PS2]] as part of ''[[CompilationRerelease Sonic Gems Collection]]'', which is based on the PC version of the game. It was also made available for download on [=GameTap=] for a short time in 2007.

Known for its (infamous) power-pop soundtrack by Richard Jacques with songs performed by British singer TJ Davis. Like many CD-based games of the era[[labelnote:†]] (including all 90's-era iterations of ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD Sonic CD]]'' and the Saturn/PC port of ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3DFlickiesIsland 3D Blast]]'')[[/labelnote]], both the Saturn and PC versions can be played in any standard CD player, in case you wanted to listen to the music without having to play the actual game.

This game is notable for being [[EndOfAnAge the final game of Sonic's "Classic" Era]]. It is also the only fully-3D console game wholly featuring the original character designs (''VideoGame/SonicJam'' and the Saturn port of ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3DFlickiesIsland Blast]]'' only had small sections in 3D, and the UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame ''VideoGame/SonicTheFighters'' did not receive a Saturn port).

!!Sonic R contains trope examples of:

* AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield: Radiant Emerald

* CallBack: Several to ''3D Blast''.

* CanonForeigner: Tails Doll and Metal Knuckles never reappear in any other game. Metal Knuckles got an {{expy}} in ''VideoGame/SonicAdvanceTrilogy'' and the Tails Doll eventually appeared in [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehog the Archie comic]].

* CasinoPark: Radical City (though only small parts of the level).
* DubNameChange: Dr. Eggman became Dr. Robotnik in international releases, as was the case then per usual.

** Eggrobo is essentially a clone of the already slow and hard to manoeuvre Dr. Robotnik, albeit lacking the ability to perpetually hover. He hovers for a brief amount of time before gradually grinding to a halt and sinking, which is arguably more of a hindrance than just sinking by default.
* LethalJokeCharacter: Amy is this. She is one of the slowest characters in the game who lacks the ability to jump since she drives a car instead of running on her feet. Her lethality is her ability to drive over water without losing speed, decent acceleration and good turning (in a game that's notable for its ''bad'' turning), and a rechargeable Nitro Boost ability that allows her to reach a top speed faster then Super Sonic for a few seconds, but it does take away her superior steering ability when in use.
** Add on to this the fact that when a character goes into a loop or enters an extended falling state, their speed gets locked in unless they decelerate and you can use Amy's boost on the path leading up to a loop with it petering out just as she launches into it or launch yourself off of a big drop at the last moment(Most frequently found in Radical City) and effectively gain an extra 25-50% bonus of boost depending on the size of the loop or length of the drop while still allowing her to recharge since the boost technically ran out. Skilled abuse of this can effectively give Amy two and a half boosts in a row, all the speed she needs to leave her opponents in the dust.

* ShiftingSandLand / RuinsForRuinsSake: Regal Ruins.
* SmugSuper: Super Sonic, natch. He's so bored by the competition that he'll simply fall asleep when left idle....[[PowerFloats in mid-air...]]

* SoundtrackDissonance: Most egregiously in the PC version and the ''Sonic Gems Collections'' re-release, "Can You Feel the Sunshine" will play no matter what the weather is like. The Sega Saturn original, however, does not have any weather effects at all.

* DubNameChange: Dr. Robotnik is naturally Dr. Eggman in Japanese, as was the case then per usual; however, in Japanese materials, [[SpellMyNameWithAnS [=EggRobo=]/Eggrobo]] is renamed "Eggman Robo" for some reason.

* PowerFloats: Super Sonic and Puppet Tails. Super Sonic in particular does it so effortlessly that, [[MundaneUtility he'll simply kick back and lounge in mid-air if left idling.]]

Known for its (infamous) power-pop soundtrack by Richard Jacques with songs performed by British singer TJ Davis. Like many CD-based games of the era[[labelnote:†]] (including all 90's-era iterations of ''VideoGame/SonicCD'' and the Saturn/PC port of ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3DFlickiesIsland 3D Blast]]'')[[/labelnote]], both the Saturn and PC versions can be played in any standard CD player, in case you wanted to listen to the music without having to play the actual game.

* CasinoPark: Radical City(though only small parts of the level).

** [=EggRobo=] is essentially a clone of the already slow and hard to manoeuvre Dr. Robotnik, albeit lacking the ability to perpetually hover. He hovers for a brief amount of time before gradually grinding to a halt and sinking, which is arguably more of a hindrance than just sinking by default.

* PromotedToPlayable: Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik, who you can unlock by beating the game once.
* ThePsychoRangers: [[EvilKnockoff Metal Sonic, Metal Knuckles and the Tails Doll]]… [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and]] [[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles EggRobo]].

* SecretCharacter: There's Metal Sonic, Tails Doll, Metal Knuckles, [=EggRobo=], and [[GoldenSuperMode Super Sonic]], the last of whom you unlock by collecting all the Chaos Emeralds.

''Sonic R'' is a {{racing game}} staring [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog the spiky blue speed demon and his friends]], developed by Creator/TravellersTales (who also made ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3DFlickiesIsland Sonic 3D Blast]]'') and released in 1997 for the UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn and later for the PC (the PC version getting a unique feature in the form of seasonal effects). In 2005, it was re-released on the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]] and [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 PS2]] as part of ''[[CompilationRerelease Sonic Gems Collection]]'', which is based the PC version of the game. It was also made available for download on [=GameTap=] for a short time in 2007.

* CasinoPark: Radical City (though only small parts of the level)
* EternalEngine: Reactive Factory

* GreenHillZone: Resort Island

* ShiftingSandLand: Regal Ruins

* [[GoKartingWithBowser Go-Karting with Robotnik]]: Though the manual makes an admirable effort to pass it off as an evil plot.

* VideoGameSettings:
** Resort Island -- GreenHillZone
** Radical City -- CasinoPark (though only small parts of the level)
** Regal Ruins -- ShiftingSandLand
** Reactive Factory -- EternalEngine
** Radiant Emerald -- AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield

''Sonic R'' is a {{racing game}} staring [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog the spiky blue speed demon and his friends]], developed by Creator/TravellersTales (who also made ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3DFlickiesIsland Sonic 3D Blast]]'') and released in 1997 for the UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn and later for the PC. In 2005, it was re-released on the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]] and [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 PS2]] as part of ''[[CompilationRerelease Sonic Gems Collection]]'', which is based the PC version of the game. It was also made available for download on [=GameTap=] for a short time in 2007.

This game is notable for being [[EndOfAnAge the final game of Sonic's "Classic" Era]], and thus the last ''Sonic'' game to use the original designs for all the characters. It is the only fully-3D console game to do so (''VideoGame/SonicJam'' and the Saturn port of ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3DFlickiesIsland Blast]]'' had only small sections in 3D).

''Sonic R'' is a {{racing game}} staring ''[[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog the spiky blue speed demon and his friends]]'', developed by Creator/TravellersTales (who also made ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3DFlickiesIsland Sonic 3D Blast]]'') and released in 1997 for the UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn and later for the PC. In 2005, it was re-released on the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube and UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 as part of ''[[CompilationRerelease Sonic Gems Collection]]'', which is based the PC version of the game. It was also made available for download on [=GameTap=] for a short time in 2007.

Known its (in)famous power pop soundtrack by Richard Jacques and songs performed by British singer TJ Davis. Notable in the fact that the PC and Saturn versions of the game could be played in any standard CD player, in case you wanted to listen to the music without having to play the actual game.

This game is also notable for being [[EndOfAnAge the last of the Classic Era Sonic games]] and also the last ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' game to use the "classic" designs for all the characters, and is the only fully-3D console game to do so (''SonicJam'' had only a small section in 3D).

* CanonForeigner: Tails Doll and Metal Knuckles never reappear in any other game. Metal Knuckles got an {{expy}} in ''VideoGame/SonicAdvanceTrilogy'' and the Tails Doll eventually appeared in the Archie ''Sonic'' comic.

** The Tails Doll. His profile at the Sonic Channel website states that no effort went into creating Tails Doll after Metal Sonic and Metal Knuckles. It's just a doll that can float around. This is supported in game he has the lowest speed and special is just to float higher up. [[TheDreaded The fans think differently, though.]]
** [=EggRobo=] is essentially a clone of the already slow and hard to manoeuvre Dr. Robotnik albeit lacking the ability to perpetually hover. He hovers for a brief amount of time before gradually grinding to a halt and sinking, which is arguably more of a hindrance than just sinking by default.
* LethalJokeCharacter: Amy is this. She is one of the slowest characters in the game who lacks the ability to jump since she drives a car instead of running on her feet. Her lethality is her ability to driver over water without losing speed, decent acceleration and good turning, and a rechargeable Nitro Boost ability that allows her to reach a top speed faster then Super Sonic for a few seconds, but it does take away most of her turning when in uses.

* PromotedToPlayable: Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik, who you can unlock by beating the game.
* ThePsychoRangers: [[EvilKnockoff Metal Sonic, Metal Knuckles and the Tails Doll]]...[[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and]] [[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles EggRobo]].

* SecretCharacter: There's Metal Sonic, Tails Doll, Metal Knuckles, [=EggRobo=], and [[GoldenSuperMode Super Sonic]], the last of who you unlock by collecting all the Chaos Emeralds.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Amy being the only girl in this game.

This game is also notable for being the last ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' game to use the "classic" designs for all the characters, and is the only fully-3D console game to do so (''SonicJam'' had only a small section in 3D).

Known for its power pop musical track by Richard Jacques and songs performed by British singer TJ Davis. Notable in the fact that the PC and Saturn versions of the game could be played in any standard CD player, in case you wanted to listen to the music without having to play the actual game.

->''Everybody's Super Sonic Racing, try to keep your feet right on the ground...''

** A Metal Knuckles lookalike featured heavily in a story arc starting in issue #108 of the Fleetway ''{{Sonic the Comic}}'' in August 1997, three months before ''Sonic R'' was released.

'''''Sonic R''''' is a {{racing game}} staring ''[[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog the spiky blue speed demon and his friends]]'', developed by Creator/TravellersTales (who also made ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3DFlickiesIsland Sonic 3D Blast]]'') and released in 1997 for the UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn and later for the PC. In 2005, it was re-released on the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube and UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 as part of ''[[CompilationRerelease Sonic Gems Collection]]'', which is based the PC version of the game. It was also made available for download on [=GameTap=] for a short time in 2007.

->''[[EarWorm Everybody's Super Sonic Racing,]] [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic try to keep your feet right on the ground...]]''

'''''Sonic R''''' is a {{racing game}} staring ''[[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog the spiky blue speed demon and his friends]]'', developed by Creator/TravellersTales (who also made ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3DFlickiesIsland Sonic 3D Blast]]'') and released in 1997 for the SegaSaturn and later for the PC. In 2005, it was re-released on the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube and UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 as part of ''[[CompilationRerelease Sonic Gems Collection]]'', which is based the PC version of the game. It was also made available for download on [=GameTap=] for a short time in 2007.

* [[GoKartingWithBowser Go Karting With Robotnik]]: Though the manual makes an admirable effort to pass it off as an evil plot.

** Metal Knuckles featured heavily in a story arc starting in issue #108 of the Fleetway ''{{Sonic the Comic}}'' in August 1997, three months before Sonic R was released.
** Metal Knuckles also appeared in the Archie ''Sonic'' comic as part of Eggman's Metal Series.
** The dummies fought by E-102γ in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' are sometimes called "Tails Dolls" by the fans, but they're obviously not the same character.

* GoKartingWithBowser: Though the manual makes an admirable effort to pass it off as an evil plot.

** The Tails Doll. A profile of him at the Sonic Channel website states that after creating Metal Sonic and Metal Knuckles, Eggman didn't really put any effort in creating him. It's just a doll that can float around. This is supported in game he has the lowest speed and special is just to float higher up. [[TheDreaded The fans think differently, though.]]
** Egg Robo is essentially a clone of the already slow and hard to maneuver Dr Eggman albeit lacking the ability to perpetually hover. He hovers for a brief amount of time before gradually grinding to a halt and sinking, which is arguably more of a hindrance than just sinking by default.

* PromotedToPlayable: Eggman/Dr. Robotnik, who you can unlock by beating the game.
* ThePsychoRangers: [[EvilKnockoff Metal Sonic, Metal Knuckles and the Tails Doll]]. [[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles EggRobo]] is in this game too.

* SecretCharacter: There's Metal Sonic, Metal Knuckles, Tails Doll, [=EggRobo=], and [[GoldenSuperMode Super Sonic]], the last of who you unlock by collecting all the Chaos Emeralds.