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Sonic Riders is a racing game developed by Sonic Team's UGA Division (a second-party developer for SEGA) for the video game consoles Nintendo GameCube, Microsoft Xbox and Sony PlayStation 2. It is the fourth racing game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, preceded by Sonic Drift, Sonic Drift 2 and Sonic R. This time, the characters race on floating airboards, air shoes and motorbikes powered by wind, the Extreme Gear.
Sonic Riders was revealed by Famitsu on September 7, 2005 prior to 2005's Tokyo Game Show.
The game was released to start off the 15th anniversary of the release of the Sonic the Hedgehog series. This game introduces five new playable characters, the Babylon Rogues and the E-10000 series.
All-new air board racing. New blend of snowboarding, surfing and high-speed racing combat.
Innovative “Turbulence" air-system. Catch the drift of your opponents and leave them in your wake!
Insane tricks. The more difficult trick combo you pull off, the more air you get!
4-Player Ultimate Battle. New rival group, the Babylon Rogues sets the stage for scorching head-to-head multi-player battles up to 4 players.
Choose from 16 different playable characters, the largest selection in any Sonic game to date!
16 outrageous tracks, plus multiple modes, and tons of bonus unlockables.
Collect and ride over 50 unique Extreme Gear.
Unravel the mystery in Story Mode. You’ll play as two opposing teams, complete with cut-scenes.
Opening movie done by the legendary anime production company Production I.G.
Plot
It is midnight in Metal City, and Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles "Tails" Prower and Knuckles the Echidna are searching for a Chaos Emerald Tails detected on his radar. Glass shatters and from the Metal City bank falls Jet the Hawk, Wave the Swallow, and Storm the Albatross, the legendary band of thieves known as the Babylon Rogues. The thieves are riding on Extreme Gear, floating airboards. Sonic tries to get Jet to pull over, but the hawk ignores Sonic. However, Knuckles manages to send Storm flying off his airboard. As Tails notices a strange symbol, Wave appears to catch Storm. Seeing the Babylon Rogues escape, Sonic grabs the board Storm left behind to pursuit Jet. The two are racing, but despite his inexperience, Sonic gets ahead. Sonic notices that Jet is gone, but when he looks up, Jet uses a tornado to send Sonic flying off his board. Jet makes a snide remark and flies away, as Wave and Storm arrive so the albatross can grab his board and flee.
The next day, Sonic, Tails and Knuckles are still in Metal City, and they see a familiar face on the monitors. Dr. Eggman announces that he's created a race called the EX World Grand Prix. It is a competition to see who is the best on Extreme Gear. Sonic decides to pass, but when Eggman announces that the prize is all seven of the Chaos Emeralds, and that the current racers are the same thieves Team Sonic met up with yesterday, Sonic quickly changes his mind saying his famous battle line, "Let's do this!"
Sonic, Tails and Knuckles have a hard time getting through to the final match, Tails and Knuckles defeating Wave and Storm while Amy Rose who had also joined the competition was defeated in the earlier heats. Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Jet made it to the final race, taking place on the Sand Ruins track. Sonic almost reaches the finish line, but Wave blows up his Extreme Gear with a bomb attached to the bottom, allowing Jet to win. Jet then activates an odd cube which causes the Chaos Emeralds to fire a beam of light to the desert in the distance which causes a giant island to rise: The Babylon Gardens. Eggman steals Jet's cube and heads off into the Gardens. The heroes give chase, Sonic and Jet racing one last time, and Sonic wins. The seven heroes then find the entrance to the location of the Babylon Treasure, but are confronted by an evil genie known as the Babylon Guardian.
