Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity

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Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity is a hoverboard-racing set in the Sonic universe and it is the sequel to Sonic Riders. When four mysterious meteorites crash into the planet, they accidentally activate MeteorTech robots around the globe who go on a rampage. It's up to Team Sonic to find out the mystery behind the MeteorTech and why the robots are going after the meteorites.

Compared to the previous game, this edition presents some new abilities. By performing tricks and completing challenges, gravity points can be earned. This allows for the Gravity Dive that opens up a black hole, sucking the player in and thus providing faster speed, and Gravity Control. By changing gravity alternate paths can be used through walls and other surfaces. A third one is called Gravity Drift. Just like the Grip move in the previous game, characters can use it to turn tight on corners. There are various items, obstacles on the course and different vehicles such as hover boards, bikes, air riders, yachts, air skates and other crafts. These can all be upgraded, even while racing.

The three new game modes are Survival Mode (smash into opponents on certain parts of a track), Survival Relay (relay courses with multiple players) and Survival Ball (football game). There are sixteen courses with two tracks each, sixty different vehicles, and eighteen playable characters, of which most need to be unlocked. They are divided into three categories (Speed, Fly and Power) and have personalized gear that allows them to make use of specific short-cuts.

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Alternate Titles

• "Sonic Riders: Shooting Star Story" -- Japanese title
• "Sonic Riders: シューティングスターストーリー" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Animals: Hedgehogs
• Genre: Kart racing
• Physics Engine: Havok
• Sonic Riders series
• Sonic the Hedgehog universe

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Critic Reviews

Nintendo Life	Wii	Feb 24, 2008		80
Gamers' Temple, The	Wii	2008	67 out of 100	67
Diehard GameFan	PlayStation 2	Jan 24, 2008	6.5 out of 10	65
GameAlmighty.com	Wii	Jan 25, 2008	6 out of 10	60
GameZone	Wii	Jan 18, 2008	5.9 out of 10	59
IGN	PlayStation 2	Jan 14, 2008	5.8 out of 10	58
Power Unlimited	PlayStation 2	Oct 07, 2008	50 out of 100	50
1UP	Wii	Jan 15, 2008	C-	42
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Wii	Apr 17, 2008	4 out of 10	40
Blend Games	Wii	Feb 06, 2008		30

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Related Web Sites

• Sonic Riders: シューティングスターストーリー (Official game website (Japan))
• Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity (Official game website (US and Europe))
• Wikipedia: Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity (Article in the open encyclopedia)