The easiest way to describe Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing would be to call it a Super Mario Kart clone. But instead of featuring famous Nintendo-characters like Mario and Bowser, the players use Sonic, Billy Hatcher, Dr. Eggman and 17 other more or less famous characters from the SEGA games library.

The core gameplay remains the same though: in a normal race the player has to compete against seven other racers using both his racing skills and one of the several different power ups that are scattered around the track like a boxing glove to shoot racers in front out of the way or mines to destroy his pursuers. Since all cars drive at the same speed, no matter which character they belong to, charging up the boost by doing drifts is the most important thing in order to get to first place. Tricks are also available to gain access to a turbo-boost. But the decision what racer and car to use does influence which All-Star-Action is available to the player. While Sonic the Hedgehog turns into Super Sonic for a short while, giving him a great amount of additional speed, Billy Hatcher lays egg-shells on the track to obstruct his followers. Like all other power-ups, the All-Star-Action has to be collected on the track first before it can be used.

The game features several different game-modes. In single player the player can either do time trials, single races, a Grand Prix or one of the several dozen missions that are available and require the player to fulfil many different goals other than simply being the first in a race. These goals include using one long drift to get to the finish line, roll over as many crows as possible or get to the finish line without destroying any pots and many more.

Multiplayer consists of a split screen mode for up to four players and an online mode (not available in the PC-version). Besides normal races several battle modes are waiting like King of the Hill or simple Deathmatch. Completing a mission or winning a race either in single player or in multiplayer earns the player SEGA miles which are used in the internal shop to unlock additional characters and tracks.

The Xbox 360-release features in addition to the SEGA characters and tracks also Rare’s Banjo-Kazooie - hence the additional subtitle.

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Alternate Titles

"Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing with Banjo-Kazooie" -- Xbox 360 title
"Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing mit Banjo-Kazooie" -- German Xbox 360 title

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Console Monster	Xbox 360	Mar 04, 2010	89 out of 100	89
GameFocus	PlayStation 3	Mar 22, 2010	8.8 out of 10	88
Cheat Code Central	Xbox 360	Mar 05, 2010	4.2 out of 5	84
IGN	Xbox 360	Feb 23, 2010	8 out of 10	80
GameTrailers	Xbox 360	Mar 09, 2010	8 out of 10	80
videogamer.com	Xbox 360	Feb 26, 2010	8 out of 10	80
PAL Gaming Network (PALGN)	Xbox 360	Mar 11, 2010	7.5 out of 10	75
Jeuxvideo.com	Windows	Mar 01, 2010	15 out of 20	75
GamersGlobal	Windows	Mar 08, 2010	7.5 out of 10	75
GameZone	Xbox 360	Mar 01, 2010	6.5 out of 10	65