Sonic Free Riders

Sonic Free Riders is an upcoming game that will be released in Holiday 2010. The game will be using the Microsoft Kinect's motion sensor capability. The game was first announced on 14th June, 2010 on E3 2010 at Microsoft's Conference. It is the third installment of the Sonic Riders series, the first being Sonic Riders and the second, Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.

Gameplay
The game brings full body motion controlled fast-paced boarding action, developed to take full advantage of Kinect for the Xbox 360. Kinect’s unique motion sensor means Sonic Free Riders will see family and friends controlling their fully customizable hover board or bike by twisting, turning, and jumping in an exhilarating race to be first to cross the finish line.thumb|300px|right|This video shows how to play with a Speed Type Character (Sonic)

Choosing from one of your favorite Sonic characters or your own avatar, you can reach out and grab a variety of pickups along the course. By throwing, shaking, or swinging your arms to launch your items, you can gain the competitive edge over your rivals in high octane single or multiplayer races. Players can use Kinect to hurl items such as bowling balls, rockets, and other traps toward opponents in the race to the finish.

Multiplayer
The multiplayer will be up to 4 players with 12 players as online multiplayer. The game will also have "taunts" in which you can taunt your opponent by actually speaking, this belongs to the ability of the Kinect.

Kinect Controls
Basically the Kinect Controls of the game are simple, in order to turn left or right you move the upper portion of your body in the direction given. However the player must actually stand as if he/she is really on a skateboard. In order to perform a jump on a trick platform the player must jump in a spin once the time is right. Once a special part of the track comes the player must do certain movements, (e.g Flapping the arms and hands in order to swim the way through).(Spin your whole body to swicth the characters gear from fly gear to speed gear.)

Customization
In this game the player can customize a character's own extreme gear. The gear can be designed, colored, named and set as Power, Speed or Flight type. Once the player creates a custom extreme gear, he or she can use it for any character. Once the gear has been used in a race and the player gets 1st, 2nd or 3rd, the gear's stats will upgrade to a higher level.

Courses
SEGA haven´t mentioned yet the names of the new stages for Sonic Free Riders, but they have mentioned on his Official Site that the courses are going to be like sun-drenched resorts, deep winding canyons, glimmering waterfalls, majestic ancient ruins and the the stage that is in the demo that looks like a Aquatic Mall

Offline features

 * Players: 1-2
 * Players Co-op: 1-2
 * Multiplayer Versus
 * In-game Dolby Digital
 * HDTV 720p
 * Storage Device

Xbox Live features

 * Players: 2-12
 * Content Downloads
 * Leaderboards
 * Voice Messaging
 * Voice Support

Speed Type

 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Jet the Hawk
 * Amy Rose
 * Shadow The Hedgehog
 * Espio The Cameleon

Flight Type

 * Miles "Tails" Prower
 * Wave the Swallow

Power Type

 * Knuckles the Echidna
 * Storm the Albatross
 * Dr. Eggman (as seen here)
 * E-10000G (as seen here)

Other

 * Xbox 360 Avatar

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Trivia

 * This is the first Sonic Riders game to be released exclusively on a Microsoft console.
 * Microsoft mentioned Kinect's games retail price and that could have shown that Sonic Free Riders could be for $50.
 * Sega mentioned that the characters from the previous game would return in this one.
 * This is the first game where Sonic is seen swimming without a life jacket (With the exception of Super Smash Bros. Brawl). However this is probably not cannon in the series and merely for gameplay purposes.