Fun fact: this opening animation was actually handled by a little known animation studio who would later go on to produce a subsidiary that did a few small indie projects, nothing big, just a few shows like Attack on Titan, The Ancient Magus' Bride, and SpyxFamily.
When I first played this game at 6 years old, I was a little intimidated by this opening. But I fell in love with it so fast. This was my introduction to Sonic The Hedgehog 😁
@@christosdoesthings "another sonic game lets be real" Sonic is just factually the coolest shit ever and my point is only further proven with the release of Sonic Frontiers
2000s cornball "coolness" is the legacy definition of cool, dude I swear to god sonic might've made me a little weird during elementary school but I still eat this shit up like craazyyy
Got this game when it first came out on GCN and this intro STILL hits just as hard. GOD, Sonic Riders was so good, **especially** when you got that moment of struggling to perfectly hitting that curve that was always bugging you and then you just...ROCKETED in skill. From learning the skills to learning the *techniques*.
Um dos jogos que mais joguei na minha infância, eu e um amigo de condomínio éramos viciados nesse jogo. Nunca esquecerei os momentos felizes que vivi jogando essa maravilha ❤
This opening lit a fire under my ass with awesomeness that few other things did. Along with the Archie Sonic comics with Scourge and Sonic Heroes on the PS2, it served as my introduction to Sonic the Hedgehog.
Ngl Sonic using a hoverboard fits him more than a fancier car. If only Free Riders was made without the kinect as an obligatory thing to use and the game was avaliable in other consoles, things could have been very different.
Thomas & Friends (2005) Thomas Edward Henry Gordon James Percy Toby Emily Bill and Ben Harvey Molly Neville Lady Diesel 10 Diesel Arry and Bert Mavis Salty Daisy Derek Dennis Skarloey Rheneas Peter Sam Rusty Duncan Mighty Mac Proteus Bertie Trevor Harold George Caroline Cranky
Like I previously said, I got this game when it first came out and kept watching the intro... AND I JUST NOW NOTICED that they use in-game mechanics like the wake riding to catch up!
I loved when Sega made literally the coolest racing game style ever that perfectly fit Sonic the Hedgehog's style, then completely scrapped it because of a single bad kinect game and put him in a car
I remember I used to always play as Silver, Knuckles, Shadow, or Tails while my cousin played as Sonic. I always got bodied and was always in last place😭. Cut me sum slack man I was hella your playing this game n im 21 almost 22 now😭
I Remember This as Kid.it’s Because How Awesome this Anime Was Looks. I played 3 Sonic Riders Game. One Of Sonic Free Rider I got that Game and I Sucks Playing with Xbox 360 Kinect controller was horrible.
![Sonic: His World (Zebrahead Ver.) [With Lyrics]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/qrCGk0BE7RA/mqdefault.jpg)
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I would kill for a sonic anime in this style
Honestly it should’ve been done.
Yes!
I'd kill for a fully functional extreme gear! Either Blue Star 2 or Type J
Oh, that’s a good question, Cobi. Uh-I don’t know… But, you know, on an unrelated note, did you ever find your da-
SAMEEE
1:06 This segment is my favorite, Sonic, hitting the quickest uturn, just to help his buddy Tails with that grin and thumbs up. Peak homie right there
And then he probably still won chasing their backdraft, cause for some bs reason all things related to racing just come natural to him *chef's kiss*
SONIC IS SO COOL!!!!! EEP!🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
Incluso parece que knuckles gritó para avisar a Sonic 😊
Es raro pero sin contar Sonic héroes no he visto interacción entre Knuckles y Tails😅
Fun fact: this opening animation was actually handled by a little known animation studio who would later go on to produce a subsidiary that did a few small indie projects, nothing big, just a few shows like Attack on Titan, The Ancient Magus' Bride, and SpyxFamily.
Mappa?
Nah, its Wit Studio
This studio produced the first three seasons of Attack on Titan, Mappa produces the final season
Wit studio sweet! I never thought they were behind this opening scene
Production I.G
I know it's a joke but those shows are pretty huge
I still love how Sonic would sacrifice winning the race to help Tails after the Babylon Rogues pulled that shit on him.
It's tradition for tails to be given the business
That makes Sonic so WONDERFUL! EEP!🤩
I can feel it Dreamcast and 4Kids
It literally establishes Sonics character in less than 2 mins. Which is crazy from a story standpoint
finally, a decent recording of this intro!
Lythero &
Lythero &
OH, HELLO THERE
Lythero, you think they need to bring this game back to consoles?
What are you doing here?
This game is the reason i started skateboarding.
same
Me too
ME THREE!!!
HELL YEAH ME TOO
same, though i'm nervous about it, i'm not really used to controlling a skateboard
When I first played this game at 6 years old, I was a little intimidated by this opening. But I fell in love with it so fast. This was my introduction to Sonic The Hedgehog 😁
amen to that brother Me to man and to this day my fav video game character
Same to me, I played Sonic first time from Sonic Riders at age 6 too.
Same lmao 🤣
Me too! I got sonic riders on my 6th birthday in 2006! My first introduction to sonic and it got me hooked and I became a fan of the franchises.
What if I say that I really love this kind of animation? This anime-ish style with absolute BGM and overall good feeling really fits a Sonic game.
studio WIT actually animated it so yeah that’s where the anime style comes from lol
Vinland Saga?!
Aot?!
Spy x Family?!
@@anonymoustroll2432 tessék, mit tetszett mondani?
@@anonymoustroll2432 Yep, and before all of those too!
i always was amazed by the fact that Sonic went back to help Tails and didnt cared about his winning or losing the race
The opening theme to Sonic Riders is RAAAADICAAL!!!
Sonic (4Kids): COME ON!!
Sonic (Dreamcast): ALL RIGHT!
This just proves once again that art direction is forever and realism is temporary.
this is literally the coolest shit to ever exist, name one thing cooler than this, if you can then its probably from another Sonic game lets be real.
Imagine being wrong
@@unbelievable8833 Wonder how that'd feel like, considering you're wrong, you probably know, so how about you tell me
sonic cd intro:
@@christosdoesthings "another sonic game lets be real" Sonic is just factually the coolest shit ever and my point is only further proven with the release of Sonic Frontiers
Devil May Cry? But yeah that breakdance on the hoverboard is pretty much the coolest thing ever
Never even grew up with this game, *and yet this intro still proves to be a ironically-nostalgic BANGER 😎*
Imagine at the beach, you are surfing, and then you see a rainbow wave coming your way
it's gonna hit me with super sonic speed
Im allergic to the water
At that point, it's an oil wave. A polluted gay colored ocean
Yrust me all my life is leading to that moment. Kts just a matter of time.
Probably oil of some kind you’d want to stay away from that😂
This opening is timeless, they went crazy!
This opening made by studio that animated Attack on titan SS1 & 2
NO WAY.
I just found that out today!
0:59 I don’t know why but when Sonic does those flips, it just YELLS OUT SONIC!!
that what teils will do
2000s cornball “coolness”, I unironically love it.
2000s cornball "coolness" is the legacy definition of cool, dude I swear to god sonic might've made me a little weird during elementary school but I still eat this shit up like craazyyy
As a guy who played almost exclusively Nintendo growing up. This introduced me into the sonic franchise
My favorite intro of all Sonic games.
This shit is so obscenely well animated, it's fucking crazy god damn.
this intro was always so damn hype. I miss this game so much.
this intro is by far one of the best intros i have ever seen in a Sonic game, alongside Sonic CD
Why would they never make this a series in this art style, this would’ve hit like crack in the 90s
We should get an 2D animated sonic series like this
Ew no
@@MasterAlpha1000why not?
Did you ever find your dad
@@MasterAlpha1000i mean why not you gen alpha kid
This game was my only racing game I had growing up, and I loved it so much.
Got this game when it first came out on GCN and this intro STILL hits just as hard.
GOD, Sonic Riders was so good, **especially** when you got that moment of struggling to perfectly hitting that curve that was always bugging you and then you just...ROCKETED in skill. From learning the skills to learning the *techniques*.
Nothing will beat the high of seeing this for the first time.
.... You're telling me I'm supposed to not love a game that has starts like THIS?
Oi
@@vaniachagas5726 OI YOU, SHUT YOUR MOUTH AND LOOK AT MY WAD!!!
I'd play this opening repeatedly and just let the game run
It's chill
This is one of my favorite intros i love it😊💙
Red Knuckles
Orange Storm
Yellow Tails
Green Jet
Blue Sonic
Purple Wave
Hero Team: Primary Colors
Babylon Team: Secondary Colors
1:07 Storm: Omae wa mou shinderu.
Tails: NANI?!
when you realize the people that made this are the same ones that made Attack On Titan…
1:29 Best part
I have such a HUGE smile on my face rn
god i love this intro so much 😁
I like how they reverenced city escape
Um dos jogos que mais joguei na minha infância, eu e um amigo de condomínio éramos viciados nesse jogo. Nunca esquecerei os momentos felizes que vivi jogando essa maravilha ❤
0:03 Me when my brother takes my legos
Lmfao
😂
This opening lit a fire under my ass with awesomeness that few other things did. Along with the Archie Sonic comics with Scourge and Sonic Heroes on the PS2, it served as my introduction to Sonic the Hedgehog.
This is the best game in the gamecube
That's was the first intro I don't like to skip
when I was little I had no clue how to play this game, and to this day I still have no clue how it works
Ngl Sonic using a hoverboard fits him more than a fancier car. If only Free Riders was made without the kinect as an obligatory thing to use and the game was avaliable in other consoles, things could have been very different.
Why couldn't the whole game be like this?
It is? The original game is. The first game is yea
if only it was made as a tv show 😢
Thomas & Friends (2005)
Thomas
Edward
Henry
Gordon
James
Percy
Toby
Emily
Bill and Ben
Harvey
Molly
Neville
Lady
Diesel 10
Diesel
Arry and Bert
Mavis
Salty
Daisy
Derek
Dennis
Skarloey
Rheneas
Peter Sam
Rusty
Duncan
Mighty Mac
Proteus
Bertie
Trevor
Harold
George
Caroline
Cranky
Like I previously said, I got this game when it first came out and kept watching the intro...
AND I JUST NOW NOTICED that they use in-game mechanics like the wake riding to catch up!
0:58 Sonic flexing the moves
The best sonic racing game series ever. But noo, let’s have sonic race in cars 😒 SOO original.
I loved when Sega made literally the coolest racing game style ever that perfectly fit Sonic the Hedgehog's style, then completely scrapped it because of a single bad kinect game and put him in a car
this remembers me of old sonic flash animations
Man youtube making these sonic videos as kid content is annoying
They need to get rid of that for kids shit.
Very annoying since I can't put some videos in a playlist.
F U Coppa
Man this brings me back
Wish there was a sonic riders anime for this 😞
Crazy how far the people that made attack on titans has come
Do you wanna know what’s so weird about this, this animation reminds me of the one used in Sonic X
Sonic X just uses the Sonic adventure 1 art-style along with this too
@@N.D.A.N.I can see that!
Now that’s how you start the summer, with an adventures flare🔥
Ah yes, my favorite anime that is not Sonic X, Sonic Riders. Very underrated!😎😎🏄🏻
Dear sega… where is our spin off series in this art style?? I love 3d sonic prime but sonic has to get an anime again eventually
They kinda already did with Sonic X. Though one in this art style would've been interesting.
Hands down one of the best sonic games ever made.
I Think I Might Use This For My Channel Intro (2025)
Tails acting like he can't fly lol
I love this amazing 2D cartoon. 🥰😍😘❤
I remember I used to always play as Silver, Knuckles, Shadow, or Tails while my cousin played as Sonic. I always got bodied and was always in last place😭. Cut me sum slack man I was hella your playing this game n im 21 almost 22 now😭
Silver must have come in later sequels.
Sonic Riders actually came out first before Silver’s debut in Sonic 06.
this video is too good
No wonder Kobe wanted an anime opening of this
I miss that Intro
What episode of Attack on Titan is this from?
The animation Studio for Attack on Titan actually made this funnily enough.
Very first Sonic game I’ve ever played. Played it on the PS2
I wish Sega remaster both sonic riders games for modern game consoles 😄
That’s a good question, Coby. Idk.
Nostalgia pura
Will there ever be extreme gear created?! Cmon
Now this wave is Sonic’s lane not no damn car
anyone else think this animation goes hard as fuck with the Air Gear opening song or is that just me?
Did not need to go this hard
And I add it my board
Btw who's here at 2024
That's so nostalgic 😢
I need this game remastered for Xbox
Lore: *complicated*
Gameplay: *simple*
LOVE THAT GAME FOR YEARS AND SONIC , ONE OF MY FAV IS WAVE 😮❤❤💜💜❤💝💖😀😁☺😘🍨
Starring john Yakuza from the Yakuza series
I Remember This as Kid.it’s Because How Awesome this Anime Was Looks.
I played 3 Sonic Riders Game. One Of Sonic Free Rider I got that Game and I Sucks Playing with Xbox 360 Kinect controller was horrible.
Nice intro
What GC stand for?
Gamecube
Never ask sonic to make an anime of this shit aw hell naw💀💀
This Is What Anime Should Be Instead Of The Creepy Stuff Being Put Out Right Now.
I just created my character into Sonic riders 😁😁😁
Damn this is cinema 🗿🚬
Did sonic tails and knuckles lose this race?
They lost
that’s because of storm making them lose the race
I’m the 800th Liker here.
I am making a song inspired by Sonic RIders called Triumphant City. Stay on the lookout. My artist name is NamesLano.
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UwU
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