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 not officially announced but leaked by Kotaku at the New York Toy Fair. At the New York Toyfair new toys were revealed for, 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, Vita and 3DS.

Playable Characters

 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Miles "Tails" Prower
 * Knuckles The Echidna
 * Amy Rose
 * Dr.Eggman
 * Amigo
 * Aiai
 * B.D. Joe
 * Beat
 * Vyse
 * Gillus Thunderhead

Trivia

 * This is the second time that a Sonic game was leaked because of toys. The first time is when toys of Rouge the Bat and Shadow the Hedgehog have been announced before Sonic Adventure 2 was even revealed.
 * Surprisingly, the game will have 3 distinct racing experiences, On ground, Air and on water. This is highly similar to Diddy Kong Racing, a game which is exclusive for the Nintendo 64 and a sequel in the Nintendo DS.
 * However, with the recent release of Mario Kart 7, which feature land, air, and water segments, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed could be based off of Mario Kart 7.
 * The water segments look similar to Hydro Thunder Hurricane, an Xbox 360 arcade game.