Sonic Drift Racing
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| Original title | Sonic Drift 2 ( ソ ニ ッ ク ド リ フ ト 2 ) | ||
| transcription | Sonikku Dorifuto Tsu | ||
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 Sega
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| Publisher |
Sega |
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| Senior Developer |
Motoshige Hokoyama Katsuhiro Hasegawa Norihito Kato A. Morino |
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| composer |
Masayuki Nagao Saori Kobayashi |
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| Erstveröffent- lichung |
Sega Game Gear : March 4th 1995 March 17th 1995 November 17th 1995 Nintendo 3DS eShop : November 14th 2012 July 4th 2013  |
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| platform | Sega Game Gear , Nintendo GameCube , Windows , PlayStation 2 , Nintendo 3DS | ||
| genre | Racing game | ||
| Game mode | Single player , multiplayer | ||
| language | English | ||
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Sonic Drift Racing in Japan as Sonic Drift 2 ( jap. : ソニックドリフト2 , Hepburn : Sonikku Dorifuto TSU ), is a racing game that of Sega developed and for the first time in Europe on March 4, 1995, the Sega Game Gear was published . In addition to the characters from its predecessor Sonic the Hedgehog , Miles Tails Prower , Amy Rose and Dr. Robotnik now also has the new drivers Knuckles the Echidna , Metal Sonic and Fang the Sniper (from Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble ).
The game should not be confused with its predecessor Sonic Drift , released exclusively in Japan in 1994 .
Gameplay
Four of the seven characters Sonic , Tails , Amy , Dr. Robotnik , Knuckles , Metal Sonic and Fang carry out car races in their vehicles with various advantages and disadvantages. Sonic drives a red and white sports car called The Cyclone , which is very fast but difficult to control. Tails' vehicle is a Formula 1 car from the 1960s with the name MTP-01 Wheelwind , which is balanced by the attributes, while Amy's convertible The Breeze is easy to control at the expense of speed. Dr. Robotnik's Egg Typhoon has a high top speed, but it is the easiest to get off the road, whereas Knuckles' vehicle Tempest is balanced. Metal Sonic drives the fastest of all characters with the Blue Devil , but also has the worst handling and Fang's car bears the name Marvelous Queen , which comes along relatively balanced with slight tendencies towards speed to minimal loss of handling.
At the push of a button, you accelerate or brake and steer with the control pad. On the racetrack there are rings, red monitors (briefly increases the speed), blue monitors (brief invulnerability), springs that briefly throw the driver and his vehicle into the air, yellow monitors (identical to springs), black monitors (put one Mine on the track), reverse balls (briefly left and right are swapped on the controls) and stars (makes the screen white for everyone). If a character collects two rings, he can use his respective special ability: Sonic the Speed Dash (identical to the red monitor), Tails the Jump over (identical to the spring item), Amy the Toss Heart (reduces the speed of the opponents), Dr. Robotnik the Drop Mine (same effect as with a collision), Knuckles the Punch (effect like a collision for nearby enemies, otherwise identical to the spring item), Metal Sonic the Super Speed Dash (extremely increased speed, costs Metal Sonic but always three rings) and catch the Sling Oil Balls (same effect as in a collision)
In the single player mode there are three so-called Chaos Grand Prix, sorted according to the colors of the purple, white and blue Chaos Emerald. Each Grand Prix consists of six different courses, some of which represent zones from Sonic the Hedgehog 2 ( Emerald Hill Zone , Hill Top Zone , Casino Night Zone , Mystic Cave Zone and Death Egg Zone ) and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 ( Ice Cap Zone ) or created from scratch ( Dark Valley Zone , Desert Road Zone , Iron Ruin Zone , Rainy Savanna Zone , Quake Cave Zone , Balloon Panic Zone , Emerald Ocean Zone and Milky Way Zone ). Three laps are driven per route. According to the placement, points are distributed, which are added up at the end. When Sonic, Tails, Knuckles or Amy have solved the last Grand Prix, there will be a final race against Dr. Robotnik. When Dr. Robotnik, Metal Sonic or Fang have solved the last Grand Prix, there will be a final race against Sonic. You can train in the Free Run mode , the Versus mode works as a multiplayer mode if two Sega Game Gear are connected to each other with the Gear-to-Gear cable .
reception
Sonic Drift Racing received mixed ratings. The Japanese trade magazine Famitsu gave 19 out of 40 points, less than its predecessor. GameSpot judged "basically unplayable due to the weak controls and the narrow horizon". In return, GamePro praised the detailed graphics, that each track has its own soundtrack and that this is the best possible racing game experience on Game Gear.
New releases and successors
Sonic Drift Racing was included on Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut (2003, Nintendo GameCube , PC ), Sonic Gems Collection (2005, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 ) and Sonic PC Collection (2009, PC).
Over time, Sonic R (1997, Sega Saturn ), the Sonic Riders series, as well as Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (2010), Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (2012) and Team Sonic Racing (2019) were created more sonic games of the racing game genre.
Web links
- Official Website (Japanese)