


They're just completely impractical, and poorly implemented, so much so they make the game almost impossible to control. The rest of the controls, also, mostly make sense. And this is all well and good - although it isn't all that welcoming for lengthy playing sessions (as you'll quickly crick your neck by trying to turn your head at a 90 degree angle to your body, so it stays facing the TV), it kind of makes sense. Robotnik's involved, and there's a cute little guy called Omochao serving as a commentator for the event, as Sonic and other characters from the loveable hedgehog's universe take part in a global hoverboarding championship.īefore you start each race, you'll be asked to stand with your body perpendicular to the TV, as if you were standing on a snowboard.

an excuse to jump on some hoverboards and get racing. There is a story behind Sonic Free Riders, although it doesn't really serve a purpose, other than to give Sonic and Co. Reaching your hand out to grab the rings is one of few things that works. After much back and forth with the console, we did manage to figure out a trick to use the menu (by moving your hand down, out, and to the side, before sweeping back across the menu), but when you can't even make the menu of a game work, it doesn't exactly bode well for the rest of the game. All you have to do is sweep your hand across it in order to cycle through the options, but no matter how much you try, something inside the game seems to get completely confused whenever you try to use it, leaving the options scrolling left and right wildly, as you try slowly waving your hand to calm it down.

Sonic Free Rider's menu is so bad, it's practically unusable. Not with excitement, you understand, but just because we couldn't actually make them work. It loaded up, and our hearts were beating - and when it presented us with the menu, we almost exploded. So it was with great anticipation that we turned on our 360, and put the game in. Which Animal Crossing Character Are You?.How many Harry Potter characters can you name from their PS1 renditions?.Games Represented: Sonic Free Riders Booklet – Front & Back Booklet – Inside Disc Image Underneath Disc Tray OBI Strip Back Image of the CD Case Support the Official Release! Available at: .Play quizzes, win prizes! Test your knowledge with our quizzes, and you could win £/$/€20 of PSN/XBL/eShop/Steam credit! Special Thanks: Takahiro Uno (O-Two inc.), Kiyoshi Yoshida (Attic Arcade, inc.), Hiroki Hayashi (ESP Guitars), Yuichi Sugata (ESP Guitars), Yas Yokote (Performance Guitars), Scott Uchida (Jim Dunlop), Yujiro Obata (Zoom), Naofumi Hataya, Shinobu Yokota Mastered by: Masahiro Fukuhara, Shigeharu Isoda Produced by: Richard Jacques, Jun Senoue, Tomonori Sawada, Conway Studios Composed By: Tomonori Sawada, Koji Sakurai
