13 Facts About Sonic Riders

Sonic Riders is a 2006 racing video game for the GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox in which the player controls characters from the Sonic the Hedgehog series on hoverboards.

Sonic Riders was the last Sonic title produced with the involvement of franchise co-creator Yuji Naka, who acted as executive producer and left Sega shortly after its release.

Sonic Riders was released to mixed reviews from critics, but was a commercial success and was later re-released under the GameCube and PlayStation 2 bestseller lines.

Sonic Riders is based around characters racing each other using devices known as "Extreme Gear", anti-gravity-equipped vehicles consisting of hover boards, hover skates, and hover bikes.

Team Sonic Riders, joined by Amy Rose, compete with the Rogues in several races.

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Team Sonic Riders follow them inside, where they encounter the Babylon Guardian, a giant creature tasked with protecting the treasure.

Sonic Riders was developed by Sonic Team and Now Production for the GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and Windows in commemoration of the Sonic series' 15th anniversary.

Sonic Riders was the last Sonic game that Naka was involved with; he resigned to form his own company, Prope, shortly after its release to focus on original games.

Sonic Riders was primarily designed to appeal to fans of Sonic and extreme sports games, while the multiplayer modes were included for casual gamers.

Yuda considered them best-suited for Sonic Riders series racing games, and noted Sonic Riders characters are usually designed with one specific storyline in mind.

Sonic Riders was announced in the September 2005 issue of Famitsu, before being showcased at the Tokyo Game Show later that month.

IGN wrote "Sonic Riders Team has done a solid job of delivering on speed and anarchy" and cited the pace as making races unpredictable and fun.

Sequel to Sonic Riders, titled Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, was released in 2008 for the Wii and PlayStation 2.