History VideoGame / SonicR

* FakeLongevity: There is a bug in the Saturn version where if you complete a course with the Chaos Emeralds, all the Sonic medallions, and finish first, which is required to hold onto the Chaos Emeralds after the race ends, you'll challenge the course boss. When that race is over, however, it negates the first place victory you won in the original race and you can't keep the Chaos Emerald(s) you collected. Thus you have to redo the course in order to get the Emeralds.

The game is known for its power-pop soundtrack by Richard Jacques with songs performed by British singer Teresa Jane 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 want to listen to the music without having to play the actual game.

* MetropolisLevel: Radical City is a racetrack in an empty city at night. It also has [[CasinoPark casino elements]]. The stage's music is "Livin' In The City," an upbeat pop song about, well, living in the city.

** SuperSpeed: The Speed Shoes power-up grants a temporary boost in speed.

* UpdatedRerelease: The PC version and its ''Sonic Gems Collections'' port lost some of the visual flair the Saturn version originally had (e.g. the colored lighting, the translucency effects of Radiant Emerald), however, it made up for this with tighter controls, a higher draw distance, a day of time system, new weather effects that can effect the tracks, and for the earlier 1998 PC release, online multiplayer through LAN play.

''Sonic R'' is a RacingGame starring [[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.[[note]]The PC version has a unique feature in the form of seasonal effects.[[/note]] In 2005, it was re-released for the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube and UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 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.

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 want to listen to the music without having to play the actual game.

* GameMod: The PC version has Sonic R Updater, which patches the game to run better on modern systems and adds new tweaks and enhancements such as widescreen support, windowed and fullscreen modes, and modding support.

* MasterOfAll: Super Sonic has perfect stats across the board.

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

''Sonic R'' is a RacingGame 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.[[note]]The PC version has a unique feature in the form of seasonal effects.[[/note]] In 2005, it was re-released for the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube and UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 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.

* SugarWiki/GeniusProgramming: Say what you will about the quality of the gameplay, but the visuals of this game are spectacular for the platform. It features full 3D graphics, something that was very difficult to achieve on the Saturn, on top of several graphical effects that should have been flat-out impossible on the hardware. One of the game's developers has a [=YouTube=] channel called [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfVFSjHQ57zyxajhhRc7i0g GameHut]] where he details how this was achieved.

* DefeatMeansPlayable: To unlock the robot racers, you have to collect all of the Sonic tokens around the tracks, finish in first, and beat them in a one-on-one race.

* SceneryPorn: Gorgeous backgrounds coupled with arguably the most detailed and vibrant environments seen on the system make for one of the most beautiful games of its generation.

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{Tagline}} Race for the goal with Sonic and his pals!]]]]

''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.[[note]]The PC version has a unique feature in the form of seasonal effects.[[/note]] In 2005, it was re-released for the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube and UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 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.

* TheAllegedCar: Amy's car- while it does make her the the slowest character in the game, she handles well. The car also has a speed boost and can hover in water.

Compare with ''VideoGame/SonicDrift'', ''VideoGame/SonicRiders'' and ''[[VideoGame/SegaSuperstars Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing]]''.

* TheAllegedCar: Amy's car.

* SugarWiki/GeniusProgramming: The game features full 3D graphics, something that was very difficult to achieve on the Saturn, on top of several graphical effects that should have been flat-out impossible on the hardware. One of the game's developers has a [=YouTube=] channel called [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfVFSjHQ57zyxajhhRc7i0g GameHut]] where he details how this was achieved.

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Not innuendo or violence, but religious. Like many Traveler's Tales games, the devs snuck in a Christian reference. One of the buildings in Resort Island has a Ichthus on it. Sega actually caught the reference during development, but were indifferent to its precense and let it slide.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Not innuendo or violence, but religious. Like many Traveler's Tales games, the devs snuck in a Christian reference. One of the buildings in Resort Island has a Ichthus on it.

* CanonForeigner:
** Tails Doll and Metal Knuckles have never reappeared in any other game. Metal Knuckles got an {{expy}} in the ''VideoGame/{{Sonic Advance|Trilogy}}'' series and the Tails Doll eventually appeared in [[ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog the Archie comic]].
** A Metal Knuckles lookalike featured heavily in a story arc starting in issue #108 of the Fleetway ''ComicBook/{{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 Dr. Eggman's Metal Series.
** The dummies fought by E-102 “γ” in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' are sometimes called Tails Dolls, but they're obviously not the same character.
** Tails Doll popped up for a split second in ''VideoGame/LegoDimensions''; Sonic thinks it [[AscendedFanon might be possessed]].

* FakeLongevity: There is a bug in the Saturn version (fixed in the PC and ''Gems Collection'' port) of the game, where if you complete a course with the Chaos Emeralds, all the Sonic medallions, and finish first (which is required to hold onto the Chaos Emeralds after the race ends), you go onto fight the course boss as usual but when that race is over, it negates the first place victory you won in the original race and you can't keep the Chaos Emerald(s) you collected. Thus you have to redo the course to get the Emeralds (meaning there's no point in trying to do both things because they're mutually exclusive).

* DubNameChange: Per usual, Dr. Eggman became Dr. Robotnik in the international releases, although since the game was developed in England, the trope is [[DownplayedTrope mitigated somewhat]].

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, while ''VideoGame/SonicTheFighters'' did not receive a Saturn port. While ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'' would bring back the classic designs of some characters, this is the only game to have the entire cast of them.[[/note]]

** Resort Island shares elements in common with Green Grove Zone.

** 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/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog the Archie comic]].

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

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Not innuendo or violence, but religious. Like many Traveler's Tales games, the devs snook in a Christian reference. One of the buildings in Resort Island has a Ichthus on it.
* GoKartingWithBowser: With Robotnik. Though the manual makes an admirable effort to pass it off as an evil plot.

** 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 by the fact that he has the lowest speed of any of the robots and his special is just to float higher up. [[TheDreaded The fans think differently, though.]]

* PalmtreePanic: Resort Island.

* QuirkyMinibossSquad: The robot bosses who are unlocked by finding the tokens hidden in the stages.

* ShiftingSandLand: [[RuinsForRuinsSake Regal Ruins]].

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