Line #31 WMG/SegaSuperstars


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2	[[WMG:There will be no more newcomers]]
3	* Highly demanded characters such as VideoGame/{{Vectorman}}, [[VideoGame/ToeJamAndEarl ToeJam and Earl]], [[VideoGame/RhythmThiefAndTheEmperorsTreasure Phantom R]], [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Hatsune Miku]], VideoGame/WonderBoy, and even [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Blaze the Cat]] have been deconfirmed. [[VideoGame/NiGHTSIntoDreams Reala]] is a full character, not a reskin. It's not likely VideoGame/{{Ristar}} or VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}} will feature either. I think the rest will all be returning from the first one.
4	** Jossed - During the SUMO Digital panel at Play Expo in the UK, it was confirmed that not everyone from the first game will be returning, and some console exclusive characters were set to be announced in the weeks before release. It was also revealed that the final unlockable would something the fans would be ''very'' pleased with, and that [[VideoGame/SonicGenerations Classic Sonic]] isn't in the game.
5	** [[http://www.tssznews.com/2013/01/25/lycett-confirms-approval-for-potential-asr-transformed-character-dlc/ Lycett has recently confirmed that one of the characters listed above has been approved as potential DLC.]] However, Classic Sonic has been ruled out entirely, as the only condition that Sega would relent to putting him into the game alongside Modern Sonic would be if the game had a time travel element to justify his appearance a la ''Generations''.
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7	[[WMG:The rocket Segata Sanshiro rode to his death and in the Race of AGES was launched by Creator/{{Sony}} by proxy of [[VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet Sackboy]].]]
8	When we last saw Segata, he sacrificed his life to save the Dreamcast from a rocket launched by one of Sega's competitors, whose identities weren't disclosed. Given than ''[=LittleBigPlanet=] Karting'' is the direct competitor to to ''All-Stars Racing Transformed'' (so much that Sony denied Sega permission to use Sackboy as a GuestFighter), it seems plausible that Sackboy took a tip from his masters years ago and attempted to blow up the race with the same rocket to achieve total market domination, only to be denied by the same person who foiled them before. Sackboy is a NotSoHarmlessVillain, is he? (... give or take [[VideoGame/PlayStationAllStarsBattleRoyale that one time he attempted to befriend]] [[VideoGame/BioShock a Little Sister]].)
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10	[[WMG:In ''Transformed'', Sonic is [[WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph Turbo]].]]
11	Presumably he followed Ralph out. It'd explain why he never leaves his kart and runs.
12	* Sonic can't swim or fly, he needs a vehicle to compete. Also, [[spoiler: Turbo is dead.]]
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14	[[WMG:Joe Musashi will ride on a motorized/mechanized Idaten from ''Shinobi III'' in the eventual third ''All-Stars Racing'' title.]]
15	What? [[VideoGame/SengokuBasara Date Masamune]] isn't the only guy with the chops to ride on a motorhorse. Plus, with "Idaten" already being featured as half of the theme for Seasonal Shrines in ''Transformed'', you'd figure its namesake would show too, right?
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17	[[WMG:Similarly, Eggman will be riding his Drill Eggman from Emerald Hill Zone in ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2 Sonic 2]]'' (sans the drill, maybe).]]
18	Honestly, I can't believe this hasn't happened yet. For bonus points, maybe it morphs into another one of Eggman's numerous boss vehicles for its All-Star.
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20	[[WMG:[[VideoGame/GunstarHeroes Green and Seven Force]] will make an appearance in the next game.]]
21	Now, yes, ''Gunstar Heroes'' is a Creator/{{Treasure}} IP, but the original game was released on the Genesis and was featured as part of Sega's Sega Ages line of compilations and re-releases. And with the transforming vehicle mechanic introduced in ''Transformed'', [[TransformingMecha Seven Force]] is a no-brainer. All they have to do is [[MiniMecha scale it down a bit]]. By any means, it makes a bit more sense than say, Danica Patrick or the ''Team Fortress 2'' crew.
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23	[[WMG:The drivers of the [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Team Fortress]] [[GuestFighter car]] are all actually the Spy.]]
24	The vehicle transforms in either an explosion or a flash of light (both of which could conceal the Spy changing his disguise with the disguise kit). It would certainly explain why Heavy and Pyro [[TheOtherDarrin don't sound like themselves]], as the Spy could just be enjoying the adrenaline rush gained from the race a little too much to worry about [[OohMeAccentsSlipping keeping their voices as well as]] [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent his own improbable accent]] [[OohMeAccentsSlipping straight]].
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26	[[WMG:''Transformed'' will be the last game to feature, outside of a [[NostalgiaLevel Classic Cup track]], [[VideoGame/SonicHeroes Seaside Hill]] as a locale.]]
27	Regardless of ''Heroes''' somewhat mixed reception among the fanbase (personally, I actually liked it), the resurgence of Seaside Hill (and by proxy, Ocean Palace) in more recent ''Sonic'' titles comes across as a bit odd. It has this weird form of WolverinePublicity going for it: Seaside Hill had three courses in the first ''All-Stars Racing'' and another in ''Transformed'', not to mention a winter variant was featured in ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]'' and Seaside Hill was used as the representative for its game in ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations''. Granted, it has yet to be milked to death in the same way GreenHillZone has, but it runs the risk of doing so, especially since Seaside Hill is the GHZ throwback level of ''Heroes'' (mixed in with PalmtreePanic, but the inspiration should be readily apparent). Even if every track ''has'' to feature at least two of the three vehicle types, there are certainly more interesting choices across the board: [[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Angel Island Zone, Launch Base Zone, Flying Battery Zone, Lava Reef Zone]], [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure Sky Deck]], [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 Metal Harbor]], [[VideoGame/SonicHeroes Grand Metropolis, Egg Fleet]], [[VideoGame/SonicUnleashed Cool Edge, Dragon Road]], [[VideoGame/SonicColors Aquarium Park]]... The list goes on and on, and that's not even getting into the handheld titles or other spin-offs. Sega and Sumo had to have realized this if they were willing to include [[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Sky Sanctuary]] and [[VideoGame/SonicColors Starlight Carnival]] in ''Transformed''.
28	** Jossed. Whale Lagoon, Lost Palace and Ocean View return in [[VideoGame/TeamSonicRacing Team Sonic Racing]] with a fresh coat of paint and fresh remixes and parts of the story mode explicitly take place at Seaside Hill. The tracks taking place in Casino Park and [[spoiler: Final Fortress]] also get brought back alongside Seaside Hill to make up roughly half of the tracklist.
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30	[[WMG:[=PS3=]-exclusive characters]]
31	* [[VideoGame/{{Yakuza}} Kazuma Kiryu]]: He remains one of the only [=PS3=]-exclusive Sega characters, and the ''Yakuza'' fanbase is still a sizable one. The only problem would be his vehicle, since we already have a taxi driver (BD Joe), but you never know, as the ''Yakuza'' games run on MundaneMadeAwesome.
32	* A team consisting of Franchise/RatchetAndClank, VideoGame/JakAndDaxter and VideoGame/SlyCooper. They fit the cartoony style of most of the Sega titles, and are closely associated with each other. Realistically, Jak would handle the land vehicle, Ratchet the plane and Sly the boat.
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34	[[WMG:Nintendo will eventually get a guest racer, but it won't be Mario.]]
35	The ''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games'' titles are the reason Mario didn't make it into ''Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing'' in spite of the game being a perfect fit for the ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' alum. However, he's not the only Nintendo character (first or second-party) to have their own racing game. [[FountainOfMemes As sorely tempting as it'd to be to say]], "Put [[VideoGame/FZero Captain Falcon]] in the game!", him riding in the Blue Falcon would be akin to Sonic actually getting out of his car on the land-based tracks and running on foot unless you shoved him in a go-kart version of the F-Zero machine (a la ''Wii'' and ''[[VideoGame/MarioKart8 8]]'') and gave it the ability to transform (which would be amusing to see in action). [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry Diddy]] [[VideoGame/DiddyKongRacing had his own racing game with three distinct vehicle types]] (each corresponding to the types found ''Transformed'' quite well) and [[VideoGame/WarioLand Wario]] has his own muscle car (best seen in ''Wario Land 4'' and ''[[VideoGame/MarioKartDoubleDash Double Dash!!]]''), making them both feasible options. Personally, I'd bank on Franchise/{{Kirby}}. I'd assume that the Warp Star and most of the Air Ride Machines from ''Kirby Air Ride'' would be relegated to All-Star Move status if implemented, but the problem of the [[VideoGame/KirbySuperStar Wheelie Bike]] being only a land vehicle could be circumvented by sticking Kirby on a metallic-looking Air Ride Machine (particularly the Dragoon or Hydra) or in the [[VideoGame/KirbySuperStar Starship/Star Chariot]][=/=][[VideoGame/KirbysEpicYarn Star Shooter]], and then giving that vehicle transforming abilities (you could even make the car mode a mechanized Wheelie Bike). In the case of the Dragoon/Hydra, you'd even get "Legendary Air Ride Machine" as the All-Star Move theme. Even better, Lycett said that if they had asked Nintendo for an exclusive character in the Wii U version, their pick would've been Kirby.
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37	[[WMG:There'll be a ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''-like game eventually]]
38	Sega has more than enough characters to make one. They already have racing and tennis games, a fighter won't be absurd. Sony made ''VideoGame/PlayStationAllStarsBattleRoyale'' so it's not like it'd be seen as too ripoff-ish.
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40	[[WMG:[[VideoGame/StreetsOfRage Axel and/or Blaze]] will find their way onto the next racer's cast of playable characters.]]
41	Not much to explain here. ''[=SoR=]'' is one of the more notable Sega [=IPs=] that, oddly enough, has yet to be included in the series (same goes for ''VideoGame/PhantasyStar'', which at least has been considered for both character and track representation in past titles). It's only fitting that their All-Star Move would somehow include the allied squad car from the original game, complete with the driver's rocket launcher-toting, napalm-firing wingman.
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43	[[WMG:Mishaela from ''VideoGame/ShiningForce'' will be in the next game.]]
44	She's a somewhat notable character (and villain) from a long-running Sega series yet to be included in the ''Sega Superstars'' titles. Her chances are about as good as anyone else's. For bonus points, Mishaela's appearance would be updated to resemble the unnamed Sorceress from ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'', since many presumed that's who the Sorceress was supposed to be in the first place.
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46	[[WMG:[[VideoGame/BanjoKazooie Banjo and Kazooie]] went Turbo.]]
47	They felt that ''Nuts & Bolts'' was their last adventure.
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49	And then they died outside and thus is why they were never seen again.
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51	[[WMG: Alex Kidd hates everyone else in the game.]]
52	Especially Sonic, who he feels robbed him of his stardom. His goal in these games is vengeance. He feels that if Sega had kept him as the mascot they'd still be making consoles today and he would have defeated Mario (he's generally alone in that opinion). And the reason he seems skinnier now is because he's been starving without work for over twenty years.
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54	[[WMG: Danica Patrick is trapped in the Sega world.]]
55	Dr. Eggman brought her into the Sega world using the Master Emerald so that she would beat Sonic, and now she's stuck there.
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57	[[WMG: Sonic drives a car because it's only fair.]]
58	If he got out of his car and ran, he'd lap everyone and finish the race before anybody reached their second lap. But he's too good of a sport to do that. Shadow drives a car because he wants to defeat Sonic fair and square, without cheating.
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60	[[WMG: Manga/InitialD]]
61	Why not? Takumi Fujiwara is competent enough to race against other racers. And here's his dad, Bunta, who's JackOfAllStats.
62	* Rin "Shinigami" Hojo would be an insane bet too.
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64	[[WMG: If the series ever makes a comeback, there will be a full-on sports game.]]

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