Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed is the sequel for the first racing game of the SEGA Superstars series. The game was leaked by Kotaku at the New York Toy Fair by revealing, according to Kotaku, "Sega's Sequel to Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing". Pictures depicting the side-view of the shelf revealed boxes for Sonic, Tails, Beat, and Aiai. Shortly after this event the website called Starland.com also added info on the game. They listed it in the pre-order list for the PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii. It was listed as $57 for pre-order. This was then removed by SEGA at the website. It was also listed for release on 11/30/12.

On April 30th an announcement trailer was released revealing the game's official name as well as a new mechanic that transforms the character's vehicles to land, air and water capable forms. The confirmed platforms of release are PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Vita and 3DS.

You will be able to earn points to put towards a leveling system, which can potentially unlock vehicle mods and other items.

Playable Characters
Due to their popularity from the previous game, it is highly likely that Shadow the Hedgehog, Ulala, Billy Hatcher and Alex Kidd will be playable.
 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Scourge the Hedgehog
 * Miles "Tails" Prower
 * Knuckles the Echidna
 * Amy Rose
 * Doctor Eggman
 * Amigo
 * Akira Yuki
 * Aiai
 * B.D. Joe
 * Beat
 * Vyse
 * Gillus Thunderhead

Stages

 * Dragon Canyon
 * Temple Trouble

Trivia

 * This is the second time in which a Sonic game was leaked due to the premature release of toys, the first time being when toys of Rouge the Bat and Shadow the Hedgehog had been revealed before both characters' debuting game, Sonic Adventure 2, was even announced.
 * This game is similar to Diddy Kong Racing due to the karts turning into boats when they encounter water instead of getting a propeller behind them, like in the 3DS title, Mario Kart 7. However, Mario Kart 7's success was most likey the reasoning for this idea for the kite and water propeller to be used since the first game is already similar to the Mario Kart series. They made it more like Diddy Kong Racing with the transformations.
 * Unlike the first game, the PC version will feature online multiplayer.
 * There is a minor change in the title from the first All-Stars Racing game as the "SEGA" is missing, just making it Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed rather than Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing Transformed. This was probably just an effort to make the title shorter.
 * The announcement trailer for All-Stars Racing Transformed uses the song "Promises" by Nero.
 * This makes All-Stars Racing Transformed the second Sonic game to have a trailer that uses non-Sega music, the first being Sonic Generations which had trailers that used the songs "Tenderoni" by Kele and "Na Na Na" by My Chemical Romance.
 * Although Beat appeared in the first All-Stars Racing game with his Jet Set Radio Future design, he appears in All-Stars Racing Transformed with his original design from Jet Set Radio.
 * The Karts in the game have undergone a radical design change, probably due to the transformation gimmick in this game. Notable examples include Sonic's Speed Star which now has sharper angles, different wheels and less 'Sonic spines' Amy's car loses the tire cover and get's a bigger wind shield and becomes rouded, and Doctor Eggman's monster truck now is a unknown six-wheeled red 'tank'. Others have changed to different karts compared to the prequel such as Beat, whose "De La Custom GG's" is replaced by some sort of street bred quad bike influenced by his games. The best example in this case is Tails' kart, which is a F1-esque racecar that is essentially a modern, teched up version of his MTP-01 Whirl Wind from Sonic Drift instead of the Tornado Racer.
 * This is Sonic's first game on the Playstation Vita.