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

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.
 * Unlike the first game, the PC verison 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 use 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.