WMG / Team Sonic Racing

Egg Pawn will be playable.

Lots of people aren't including them in roster predictions. They are seen driving in trailers and the chances of them being CPU-player only or otherwise not playable are slim (why would they bother to model/animate a CPU-only racer?)

• So new gameplay came out and every CPU team is just a team of Egg Pawns - maybe the playable Egg Pawn is a distinct color from the CPUs.
• Egg Pawn will probably be playable. It's already in the game, so why not let players use one as just a little extra thing? And there's precedent for it, as the Riders games had Mecha-Mooks that were used as filler in certain story mode levels, and could eventually be unlocked to play as in other modes.
• Wouldn't that also mean that the Death Egg from the final boss also be playable?
  • Currently Jossed. Maybe for DLC?

Team Rose and Team Chaotix will be playable.

With the focus on teams and the return of Omega and Rouge to fill out Team Dark, it makes sense the other two Sonic Heroes teams would show up as well.

• Confirmed for Team Rose (though surprisingly, Team Rose mainstay Cream has been replaced by a group of Chao). Jossed for Team Chaotix as a brand new team called Team Vector (composed of Vector, Blaze and Sliver) takes their place instead.

The starting fifth team will be...

• Silver the Hedgehog, Blaze the Cat, and... Marine the Racoon.
• Team Easy: Silver the Hedgehog, Cream the Rabbit (since she's not part of Team Rose), and Blaze the Cat.
  • Both are Jossed: Silver and Blaze have joined up with Vector to form Team Vector.
• Classic Sonic, Classic Tails and Classic Knuckles.
• Team R: Metal Sonic, Tails Doll, and Metal Knuckles.
• Team Super: Super Sonic, Super Tails, and Super Knuckles.
• Team Eggman: Classic Robotnik, Modern Robotnik, and Eggman Nega
  • Alternatively: Modern Eggman, Metal Sonic, and an Egg Pawn.
  • Alternatively: Modern Robotnik, Orbot and Cubot in one car and a EggRobo.
• Team Metal Sonic: Metal Sonic, Mecha Sonic, and Silver Sonic.
  • All team combinations jossed: the fifth team has been revealed to consist of Eggman, Metal Sonic and Zavok.
  • Two characters guesses confirmed, Robotnik and Metal Sonic.

Team Dark will be Advertised Extras for Team Adventure Mode.

Considering Fake!Shadow, Chaos, Metal Sonic, and Zavok's treatment in Sonic Forces. And the possibility that Team Sonic will be the only playable team for Team Adventure Mode.

• Jossed. Teams Sonic, Dark, Rose and Vector are all fully playable in Team Adventure Mode, though Team Dark isn't unlocked until a couple worlds in. Team Eggman isn't playable in Team Adventure Mode, however.

The Phantom Ruby will be involved in the game.

During the E3 trailer, red glitch-like particles can be seen flashing intermittently across the logo. Given that the game has been confirmed to follow Sonic Forces, the Phantom Ruby may play a part in the story.

• Jossed.

Related to the above, the new character seen on the box art is a jackal.

It’s a shot in the dark, but given the black fur and white muzzle, it’s a possibility. The blue eyes don’t match any of the Jackal characters we’ve seen so far, but if the Phantom Ruby is involved in the game, the eyes could be a disguise/illusion of sorts. (Whether or not they have anything to do with Infinite is another matter.)

• Jossed, the new character is apparently a tanuki according to translations of a recent Famitsu article.

There will be a "Team SEGA" DLC with non-Sonic characters.

Possible members (some returning from the Superstars/All-Stars series) include:

• Speed: Aiai, Beat, B.D. Joe, Jacky Bryant, Joe Musashi
• Technique: Alex Kidd, NiGHTS, Ryo Hazuki, Opa-Opa, Ulala, Bayonetta
• Power: Akira Yuki, Amigo, Blaze Fielding, Gilius Thunderhead, Zobio, Joker

Dodonpa is either robot made by Eggman, or is Eggman in disguise.

The body type, mustache, and vehicle are a dead giveaway. And The Reveal will have one of the racers Lampshade how they didn't see it sooner.

• Jossed regarding him being Eggman in disguise, as one story mode sequence has Eggman show up, Dodonpa announces him as the fifth team, and he claims he has nothing to do with it. But that doesn't fully Joss the fact that Dodonpa might be helping Eggman in secret...
  • Double jossed, as he gets kidnapped by Eggman, and is forced to finish his Engine so Eggman can use it.

Going off of the above, when Eggman makes his grand reveal Sonic will reveal that he was expecting this all along.

The only reason Sonic went along with Eggman's zany racing scheme is just because he liked racing and was completely ready to stop whatever he's got planned at the end, and then he bests the good doctor in one last race for the fate of the world (or his own life).

Dodonpa will be revealed to be an actual tanuki who is unaffiliated with Eggman, and Sonic will be genuinely surprised.

I mean, if he is the good doctor, it's certainly a better disguise than King Doc of Toreggmania.

• Practically confirmed.

The writers will try to get Zavok Rescued from the Scrappy Heap

Zavok is a pretty divisive character, but they might have a bit more writing to make Zavok a more likable villain. Not saying it will work, but they might try.

Costumes will be in the game

Either base game or dlc. Examples include:

• Riders Gear
• Outfits from the Avatar in Forces
• Outfits based on other SEGA characters (Jet Set Sonic, anyone?)
• Big’s Froggy merch from the web animation
• Outfits worn by characters in the app (such as Christmas Team Sonic and Halloween Team Dark)

Future DLC/Sequel Teams

• Team Mania: Classic Sonic (Speed), Ray the Flying Squirrel (Technique), Mighty the Armadillo (Power)
  • For bonus Mythology Gag/Call-Back, Classic Sonic could use a beefed-up version of the Cyclone from Sonic Drift as his car.
  • This DLC could also add Green Hill Zone, Studiopolis Zone, and Mirage Saloon Zone as tracks under the Mania-Verse location.
• Team Chaotix: Espio the Chameleon (Speed), Charmy Bee (Technique), Heavy and Bomb (Power)
• Team Mystic: Chaos (Speed), Tikal (Technique), E-102 Gamma (Power)
• Team Mayhem/Hooligan: Nack the Weasel/Fang the Sniper (Speed), Bean the Dynamite (Technique), Bark the Polar Bear (Power)
  • Nack would use his Marvelous Queen.
• Team Extra: Sticks the Badger (Speed), Cream the Rabbit (Technique), Honey the Cat (Power)
• Team Babylon: Jet the Hawk (Speed), Wave the Swallow (Technique), Storm the Albatross (Power)
  • Their cars would be modeled after their respective boards, natch, and could even be Car-Type Extreme Gears.
• Team Zeti: Zazz (Speed), Zeena (Technique), Zomom (Power)
• Team Ghost: Lah (Speed), Wu (Technique), Su (Power)
• Team IDW: Tangle the Lemur (Speed), Jewel the Beetle (Technique), Whisper the Wolf (Power)
  • Tangle and Whisper got into Dash and Speed Battle, after all. Plus, Whisper's car could be modeled after her Variable Wispon.
  • Sunset City could be added as a location, as it was based on the City stages from Sonic Forces. It would most likely be post-repairs, of course.
• Team SEGA: AiAi or Beat (Speed), NiGHTS (Skill), Joker (Power)
  • Joker's car would of course be Morgana's van form, and the other Phantom Thieves of Hearts might come along for the ride.
  • Mementos could be added as a track or location, complete with vehicles kicking up... whatever that pink liquid is.
• Team STC: Johnny Lightfoot (Speed), Tekno The Canary or Porker Lewis (Technique), Shortfuse The Cybernik (Power)
• Team Console-Exclusive:
  • Team Mario/Super Star: Yoshi (Speed), Luigi (Technique), Mario (Power)
    • Each of them would use beefed-up versions of karts from the Mario Kart series.
    • This DLC could also add the Mushroom Kingdom as a location.
  • Team PlayStation: The Cooper Gang (Speed), Ratchet & Clank (Technique), Jak and Daxter (Power)
    • The Gang would obviously be in Murray's Van, Ratchet & Clank could use either the Aphelion (who would likely have some color commentary of her own) or the Gyro-Cycle, and Jak and Daxter would use the Road Blade
    • Paris, Metropolis, and Haven City could be added as individual tracks or full-on locations.
  • Team X-Box: Banjo & Kazooie (Speed), Steve & Alex(?) (Technique), Master Chief (Power)
    • Banjo and Kazooie would reuse the Bolt Bucket, and Master Chief would naturally use a (disarmed) Warthog.
  • Team Fortress: Scout (Speed), Spy (Technique), Heavy (Power)

A post-release update will add motion control support for home consoles.

• This will parallel how Fortnite was released on the Nintendo Switch without motion aiming, but it was added in about a month later.

Zavok will create his own team for the next kart racing game.

• This team will be called Team Deadly Six or Team Zavok. The Deadly Six will share karts with each kart having two members of the Deadly six in.
• Power: Zavok and Master Zik.
• Technique: Zor and Zazz.
• Speed: Zomom and Zeena.