I literally just googled to see if this was your channel also, recognised your voice straight away. This randomly popped up in my feed, what a pleasant surprise.
I do not see Mario kart with full on special abilities for each and every character with their own theme song. I genuinely wish that Sega would allow this one and transformed to be backwards compatible for the Newer generation consoles.
Idk what those critics are on about, I absolutely ADORED the announcer. He was hilarious, and breathed so much life into these races; not to mention being incredibly useful when a character you don't recognize the leitmotif of is using their super move and you're wondering how to dodge it. Like, sure, maybe give us a toggle to turn it off in case it does get grating for some people, but personally I'd keep it on. Too much of a gem to ignore.
I have the steam verison of S&SASR, and unless im losing my mind, there IS a setting to turn it off (i just never use it bc WHY would i ever want to turn the announcer off lol)
@@lonetomfoolery8762 Ah, I wouldn't know, I not only had the Wii version but also never even thought of doing that (and either way also rarely went into the settings either iirc). The announcer's just THAT Good imo.
When I watched that part of the video, I was surprised that many people disliked the announcer. I loved him, and I thought the commentary made it more immersive lol
I do wonder what a new All-Stars racing would look like in Unreal Engine now that Sumo uses it. The Toejam & Earl situation reminds me of when Bayonetta's creator didn't allow her to appear in Project X Zone, but then later regretted the decision.
@@GameFactsSpecial Real talk, I think the Traveler's Tales Sonic games were underrated. I have always loved the original PC version of Sonic 3D Blast. It was the first Sonic game I ever owned and the second Sonic game I ever played.
They could even just remaster All Stars Racing Transformed to include all the original game tracks too and add new characters. Call it Sonic All Stars Racing Transformed Deluxe.
How about sega can make two expansions pack of sonic and sega all stars racing and transform, except for team sonic racing. We don’t talk about that game. This about sega we are talking about.
I was at the event the sega bits interview happened at. We played an early build of the game where knuckles (because of course it was knuckles) fell through the floor on the starting grid countdown! Cue staff frantically covering the screen saying "YOU DIDN'T SEE THAT!"
Loved Playing this game on the Wii as a Kid, recently got it on PC and it’s got way less content than I remember. I wish we’d get another All Star games.
Ulala✨🎶 I loved her as a little kid who knew nearly nothing about SEGA games. All Stars Racing is my favorite kart racing game to this day, perhaps Transformed would definitely take its place if I had gotten to play it as much at the time. Not a single Mario Kart has been nearly as entertaining (and they are a lot of fun, I mean, it's Mario Kart). I say that when it comes to speed and races, Sonic ran circles around his old plumber rival with these two titles, easily 💫 Sumo did an excellent work
Thanks for making this video, it was really fascinating! Sumo's always seemed like a really cool studio, so it was great to hear all of these details about their work
I remembered playing sonic and sega all stars racing the demo on my cousin’s Xbox when we were kids. It sure brings back memories this game truly introduced me to all the sega IPs which I thought sonic the hedgehog was the only character from the series. He’s the only character I’m familiar with throughout my life. However if sega green lite the series with the third installment. I know we’re ready to have some fun just like the old days. If the game releases onto consoles. I hope they add something to keep the franchise to be a prefect return. Is to add more returning tracks, add brand new characters from the sega franchise, custom tracks, returning characters from the first game, and returning avatars from Xbox and miis from Nintendo. So, let’s all keep praying for sega to bring back the series so we can play it with friends and family united to play the best racing game of our childhood.
I’ve imagine if sega were to add some new characters in the game from idw sonic the hedgehog the comic, samba de amigo on Nintendo switch, super monkey ball, space channel 5 VR, puyo puyo, sonic frontiers, and sonic superstars. To fill up the roaster to get fans hype to see the characters once again to celebrate sega as a series in a whole.
You know how a lot of people grew up with Mario Kart on the Wii. Well, I grew up with this game on the Wii. And this might be an unpopular opinion, but I like this better than Mario Kart Wii
It's been a while since a game development history video had me hooked, amazing work, and I just LOVE all stars racing, one of my favorite racing games of all time!!
The mobile version seems to have the main version's menus and HUD with 3D elements taken from the DS version. And i LOVE the way it handles, it's so much smoother than any kart racer ever, and i have some good experience with racing games to back this statement up. I prefer this kind of drifting over Mario Kart's "transition-less drifting", your car jarringly goes from cornering to drifting and doesn't change directions unless you get off the drift button. In ASR mobile, your car transitions between cornering and drifting seamlessly, and changing directions is basically as easy as turning on the other direction for long enough. I'ts also way more controlable than anything you'd see coming from any other game. It hits that sweet spot between Mario Kart and GRID Autosport
While Takashi Iizuka might be head of Sonic Team these days, he did not create the titular character. That honor belongs to Naoto Oshima and Yuji Naka.
Holy shit we could have had Nei AND Segata Sanshiro as racers?? I really wish these racers got more DLC than fuckin... Yogscast. Who tf thought THAT character would stand the test of time? Like "oh yeah the classic characters Metal Sonic, Ryo Hazuki, and Simon Honeydew [???] Shit's weirder than Danica Patrick and Wreck It Ralph in Transformed, at least those are a Nascar driver and a mainstream movie character who actually already crossed over with Sonic in his movie.
Yeah would have been nice if they just put more Sega characters in the game rather than weird crossovers no one is asking for. If there was one racer you could add who would it be?
@@sonicultimateyt1090 smash is made by different people, plus smash already gave us M rated characters like solid snake in 2008. Bayonetta is also exclusive to nintendo platforms as of now due to nintendo providing funds to platinum games to make more games happen and sega allowing it. On top of that any form of nudity to bayonetta was censored beginning in smash 4 and in ultimate.
Not to burst anybody's bubble here, but Body Harvest is a DMA Design (Lemmings, GTA, Space Station Silicon Valley, Uniracers, Manhunt; now known as Rockstar North) title.
0:48 Caddicurous really made this game way better than people give it the right to be from the looks of it. And I’m not shocked since this game has better controls than the majority of Kinect games.
@@GameFactsSpecial I haven't played the original in a while, but I remember using the Bonanza Bros. a lot. Now I would probably pick Jacky/Akira or Ryo Forklift
According to another commenter, when you drift and press the direction on both the analog stick and d-pad it makes your drift turn really sharp. I couldn't do it on the Wii version with Wii remote + Nunchuk, but I tested it on 360 and it works there. Should work on other similar versions too.
A channel founded on "Game Facts" shouldn't beshowing Spyro as a contemporary PlayStation Mascot at the time of ASR's development. Spyro was a 3rd party character at that time. Keep up the work. I like the idea of different narrator's ala Didyouknowgaming
@@GameFactsSpecial I would really love further info on lesser known and researched Sonic games- Chaotix or Segasonic arcade for example. Also, the Shinobi series- particularly those after the Megadrive- PS2 and 3DS- It's a series that doesn't get enough love these days...
My actual passion is making games. I made a fan game called Sonic Time Twisted and I'm working on my next game No More Robots. But I'm the kind of guy who wants to do it all. So I also started this youtube channel for a couple reasons. 1. to provide some paid work for friends. 2. To make the kinds of gaming videos I want to see. 3. And yes hopefully some financial stability eventually (been let go from jobs a few times in the past couple years). So yeah lots of reasons! :)
Please LIKE and COMMENT. The channel's been on a downward trend lately and I hope for this video to bring it back!
Super glad to see this uploaded! I had a ton of fun recording it!
Yooo!!!!!
Garoul 64!?
omg its garlrolus64!! :D
i was NOT expecting your voice
I literally just googled to see if this was your channel also, recognised your voice straight away. This randomly popped up in my feed, what a pleasant surprise.
6:32 I had no idea the community had no much influence in the development of this game. It shows Sega has a very long history of listening to fans.
They really do, especially given how much crap the community gives them. Thanks for commenting Willie!
@@GameFactsSpecial I think one of Sega's biggest strengths is their ability to satisfy community feedback.
People who just write it off as a simple "Mario Kart Clone" really dont see the magic behind all-stars racing.
I do not see Mario kart with full on special abilities for each and every character with their own theme song. I genuinely wish that Sega would allow this one and transformed to be backwards compatible for the Newer generation consoles.
Idk what those critics are on about, I absolutely ADORED the announcer. He was hilarious, and breathed so much life into these races; not to mention being incredibly useful when a character you don't recognize the leitmotif of is using their super move and you're wondering how to dodge it.
Like, sure, maybe give us a toggle to turn it off in case it does get grating for some people, but personally I'd keep it on. Too much of a gem to ignore.
I have the steam verison of S&SASR, and unless im losing my mind, there IS a setting to turn it off (i just never use it bc WHY would i ever want to turn the announcer off lol)
@@lonetomfoolery8762 Ah, I wouldn't know, I not only had the Wii version but also never even thought of doing that (and either way also rarely went into the settings either iirc). The announcer's just THAT Good imo.
When I watched that part of the video, I was surprised that many people disliked the announcer. I loved him, and I thought the commentary made it more immersive lol
You actually do have the option. He even gets distressed as you start turning down his volume.
I do wonder what a new All-Stars racing would look like in Unreal Engine now that Sumo uses it.
The Toejam & Earl situation reminds me of when Bayonetta's creator didn't allow her to appear in Project X Zone, but then later regretted the decision.
13:00 This concept art looks neat. I wonder what the game would have been like if they went with this direction instead of making it a kart racer.
I would honestly like to see another foot racer for Sonic. Last one we got was Sonic Rivals.
@@GameFactsSpecial Sonic R 2? LOL
@@WillieCorley Yes Sonic R 2 and Sonic Shuffle 2
@@GameFactsSpecial Real talk, I think the Traveler's Tales Sonic games were underrated. I have always loved the original PC version of Sonic 3D Blast. It was the first Sonic game I ever owned and the second Sonic game I ever played.
@@WillieCorley Sonic 3D Blast is a fantastic game. Sonic R... I find uncontrollable. So close but not quite.
Just imagine they made a third game then we can have internal Champion Phantasy Star all the new IP
They could even just remaster All Stars Racing Transformed to include all the original game tracks too and add new characters. Call it Sonic All Stars Racing Transformed Deluxe.
How about sega can make two expansions pack of sonic and sega all stars racing and transform, except for team sonic racing. We don’t talk about that game. This about sega we are talking about.
I was at the event the sega bits interview happened at. We played an early build of the game where knuckles (because of course it was knuckles) fell through the floor on the starting grid countdown!
Cue staff frantically covering the screen saying "YOU DIDN'T SEE THAT!"
If you want Doctor Who and Sonic, try LEGO Dimensions…
Sonic actually interacts with the Doctor.
did NOT expect to hear garrulous voice in this video, but im not complaining
It's unfortunate this game hasn't really been properly remade/remastered because in my opinion it is the best of the sonic racing trilogy
21:00 i loved the ios version. I wish they never delisted it
Loved Playing this game on the Wii as a Kid, recently got it on PC and it’s got way less content than I remember. I wish we’d get another All Star games.
18:25 Well, I never expected Red Dwarf to be brought up in a Sonic related video! 0.0
Who is your favorite racer from All-Star Racer? Sonic or Shadow?
Ulala✨🎶 I loved her as a little kid who knew nearly nothing about SEGA games. All Stars Racing is my favorite kart racing game to this day, perhaps Transformed would definitely take its place if I had gotten to play it as much at the time. Not a single Mario Kart has been nearly as entertaining (and they are a lot of fun, I mean, it's Mario Kart).
I say that when it comes to speed and races, Sonic ran circles around his old plumber rival with these two titles, easily 💫 Sumo did an excellent work
Bonanza Bros
@@GameFactsSpecial The Chuchus & Opa-Opa
OPA OPA🔥🔥🔥
Opa-Opa.
Thanks for making this video, it was really fascinating! Sumo's always seemed like a really cool studio, so it was great to hear all of these details about their work
Glad you enjoyed it!
Being a huge fan of red dwarf. Finding that out about the anouncer blew the hell out of my mind
I wish for a new Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing game.
This was my favorite kart racer as a kid and i never knew anything about it when it came to its development, thank you!
i love the sonic and sega all stars racing games, but learning that we missed out on a sega superstars fighting game did hurt a bit
I remembered playing sonic and sega all stars racing the demo on my cousin’s Xbox when we were kids. It sure brings back memories this game truly introduced me to all the sega IPs which I thought sonic the hedgehog was the only character from the series. He’s the only character I’m familiar with throughout my life. However if sega green lite the series with the third installment. I know we’re ready to have some fun just like the old days. If the game releases onto consoles. I hope they add something to keep the franchise to be a prefect return. Is to add more returning tracks, add brand new characters from the sega franchise, custom tracks, returning characters from the first game, and returning avatars from Xbox and miis from Nintendo. So, let’s all keep praying for sega to bring back the series so we can play it with friends and family united to play the best racing game of our childhood.
These videos are really well produced.
Hey thanks! appreciate it!
I’ve imagine if sega were to add some new characters in the game from idw sonic the hedgehog the comic, samba de amigo on Nintendo switch, super monkey ball, space channel 5 VR, puyo puyo, sonic frontiers, and sonic superstars. To fill up the roaster to get fans hype to see the characters once again to celebrate sega as a series in a whole.
You know how a lot of people grew up with Mario Kart on the Wii. Well, I grew up with this game on the Wii. And this might be an unpopular opinion, but I like this better than Mario Kart Wii
It's been a while since a game development history video had me hooked, amazing work, and I just LOVE all stars racing, one of my favorite racing games of all time!!
I'd still love to see All Stars skating, paintball, and fighting games. Those just sound plain awesome
So Kotaku was partially to blame for the announcer not coming back, ofc smh. Add that to the long list of reasons why I absolutely dont like them
15:37
At the very least, we got some deep Sega history represented.
top tier voiceover from garry64 i love that guy
8:51 Toe Jam & Earl is not an IP owned by SEGA? WTF? I thought they were an intellectual property owned by Sega.
How do the karts drift backwards in the background footage? Is that a mechanic I'm not aware of?
When you drift and press the direction on both the analog stick and d-pad it makes your drift go extra tight in said direction. Pretty insane.
@@itscieltho That's so cool! But it sounds painful to execute with a controller
@@playbossthebest936 Try doing it with a Wii Wheel lol
treetop pit stop is actually used in the ds and ios/android versions of the game and the track is actually a reverse of treetops in the actual game
SEGA Superstars wasn't Sega's first crossover. Fighters Megamix, by AM2 was.
Cool!! 5:35
Great video, very well researched
The mobile version seems to have the main version's menus and HUD with 3D elements taken from the DS version. And i LOVE the way it handles, it's so much smoother than any kart racer ever, and i have some good experience with racing games to back this statement up. I prefer this kind of drifting over Mario Kart's "transition-less drifting", your car jarringly goes from cornering to drifting and doesn't change directions unless you get off the drift button. In ASR mobile, your car transitions between cornering and drifting seamlessly, and changing directions is basically as easy as turning on the other direction for long enough. I'ts also way more controlable than anything you'd see coming from any other game. It hits that sweet spot between Mario Kart and GRID Autosport
18:31
Um… Ocean Drive, Avalanche Peaks, and Super Monkey Ball… were in the final game?
Their names were just changed at least.
While Takashi Iizuka might be head of Sonic Team these days, he did not create the titular character. That honor belongs to Naoto Oshima and Yuji Naka.
We need a Sega Allstars fighting game that plays like power stone
Holy shit we could have had Nei AND Segata Sanshiro as racers?? I really wish these racers got more DLC than fuckin... Yogscast. Who tf thought THAT character would stand the test of time? Like "oh yeah the classic characters Metal Sonic, Ryo Hazuki, and Simon Honeydew [???]
Shit's weirder than Danica Patrick and Wreck It Ralph in Transformed, at least those are a Nascar driver and a mainstream movie character who actually already crossed over with Sonic in his movie.
Yeah would have been nice if they just put more Sega characters in the game rather than weird crossovers no one is asking for. If there was one racer you could add who would it be?
Word has it bayonetta was gonna be in the first sega all stars racing but was excluded because sega felt she was too inappropriate for the game.
@@AutZentus yet she made it into smash bros.
@@sonicultimateyt1090 smash is made by different people, plus smash already gave us M rated characters like solid snake in 2008. Bayonetta is also exclusive to nintendo platforms as of now due to nintendo providing funds to platinum games to make more games happen and sega allowing it. On top of that any form of nudity to bayonetta was censored beginning in smash 4 and in ultimate.
Given Danica is currently sucked up into the insane conspiracy theorist rabbit hole, it’s best they fully distance themselves from her..
Doctor Who and Sonic are my two fixations as well haha. Thanks for the video, this was really informative!!
Can we get a follow up with Transformed?
Transformed has a killer soundtrack. It's the best kart racing game ever imo.
awesome watch, i wish y'all the best going forward!
Much appreciated!
I hope sega remakes this like they are the other games
I played on the sega all stars racing arcade. It was hard to control due to how it feels slippery and the vibrations were too strong.
Not to burst anybody's bubble here, but Body Harvest is a DMA Design (Lemmings, GTA, Space Station Silicon Valley, Uniracers, Manhunt; now known as Rockstar North) title.
Yeah it was just published by gremlin
@@GameFactsSpecial I'm guessing outside the US because Midway handled the publication of the title here.
I just got jumpscared by garrulous64 lol. I’m happy he’s here tho
There’s only so much you can do with tennis. I don’t know what people were expecting.
Sonic ASR Transfromed is better than Mario Kart!
Yeah that game is straight fire!
In terms of track design yes but in terms of physics no
Which one?
0:48
Caddicurous really made this game way better than people give it the right to be from the looks of it. And I’m not shocked since this game has better controls than the majority of Kinect games.
I love this game on the Wii! I found it really interesting to see a deep dive on it!
13:51
I never seen anyone drift like that in this game. I thought you just stop holding the accelerate button to make sharper turns.
Really good, informative video. Liked and subscribed.
Glad you liked it! Who is your favorite racer?
@@GameFactsSpecial I haven't played the original in a while, but I remember using the Bonanza Bros. a lot. Now I would probably pick Jacky/Akira or Ryo Forklift
@@guizhangchen1999 I like Shadow myself
@@GameFactsSpecial Shadow is definitely cool
love this game! i still play sonic and sega all star racing online on the wii with my discord members
Surprising history for sure. Jesus loves you!
thanks for always commenting
A wild Garrulous64 appeared!!!
Yo bro please tell me how you turn like 50% more while drifting 14:04 like this for example how are you turning so much?
According to another commenter, when you drift and press the direction on both the analog stick and d-pad it makes your drift turn really sharp. I couldn't do it on the Wii version with Wii remote + Nunchuk, but I tested it on 360 and it works there. Should work on other similar versions too.
@@Mandarin9900 thank you m8
This game was so good
This is one of my favorite games of all time. I don't care much for its sequels
Y’all know why they got away from the all stars racing and switched to just Sonic? It was disappointing to me personally Sega went that route.
This really was a game facts special,,,
Thanks got one on Sonic 2 and Sonic Fan Remix too! :)
5:08 Lego Dimensions with the Doctor Who and Sonic the Hedgehog expansions?!?!
20 YEARS AGO??!!??!??
It's hard to remember which game it was in, but SEGA actually used fan art in one of these games by accident because the art was that good!
Oh so you didn't watch the video all the way though :(
@@GameFactsSpecial just a die hard fan whose scared of artists because of TV turner. Thanks, I'll like the video now bro, my B already know it all
Loved this game when it came out!
21:56
Are you counting the 3DS version of Transformed? As TSR is just a Sonic game.
Cool channel. I hope to see it thrive
Dont mind me, I'll be chilling waiting for the game facts vid on transformed 😅
I think we'll do Frontiers first. But its coming!
bro this channel is so cool and the quality is so good why is it that low on subscribes it is also so sad to hear it is losing money
underrated channel!!!
It's there a Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed video coming up?
Yeah but not for a couple videos yet!
"Sonic Team Racing"...
Woops
A channel founded on "Game Facts" shouldn't beshowing Spyro as a contemporary PlayStation Mascot at the time of ASR's development. Spyro was a 3rd party character at that time.
Keep up the work. I like the idea of different narrator's ala Didyouknowgaming
I guess that's fair. But the cryi8ng effect was really cool! :)
Good video
Superb video!
Thank you, any suggestions for future videos?
@@GameFactsSpecial I would really love further info on lesser known and researched Sonic games- Chaotix or Segasonic arcade for example. Also, the Shinobi series- particularly those after the Megadrive- PS2 and 3DS- It's a series that doesn't get enough love these days...
Ok
Mario was supposed to be in the Wii version
21:05 Gameplay looks awful for this version, but I like the pixel art.
I agree it looks real clean
8:39 internal champion that's it probably didn't get anybody from that franchise
Still amazes me that we can go from these two great racing games to the dull and bland tripe that was TSR.
Bump
Also, loosing money on everything is normal for growing UA-cam channels. Why are you trying to grow a game facts channel? Passion or money? I wonder
My actual passion is making games. I made a fan game called Sonic Time Twisted and I'm working on my next game No More Robots. But I'm the kind of guy who wants to do it all. So I also started this youtube channel for a couple reasons. 1. to provide some paid work for friends. 2. To make the kinds of gaming videos I want to see. 3. And yes hopefully some financial stability eventually (been let go from jobs a few times in the past couple years). So yeah lots of reasons! :)
Should've just stuck with riders 😞
really good video but why is this channel subscirbed to me!?!?!??!!?!?!
I don't remember exactly but you make Sonic content so...
this game is just a mario kart wii ripoff and its soo much worse than mkwii
Any kart racer made after Super Mario Kart is a ripoff then, not specifically Mario Kart Wii.