RYO RETURNS! Sonic & Sega racing!

[Bluecast]

Whenever I get my Amazon giftcard for trading some stuff in to Gazelle I will use it to buy my copy.
I really love the idea of having a good kart racer with Sega,wanted one since Sonic Adventure 2 mini game of Sonic kart.

[Kenny]

To give it credit, it plays way better than the racing from Sonic Adventure 2. Though the drift technique takes a bit getting used to.

[DoubleO_Ren]

Once you get used to it, it gets really easy.

[Crimson Ryan]

It's pretty much the same mechanic as Sumo's OutRun games with some tweaks to it.

[Peter]

Haaaahaaaa great video Ziming. I loved the bit where Ryo got into the forklift and the announcer says "Its time to go to work!"

[Peter]

Is there a Shenmue-based track?

Fraid not. Be paid DLC if it happens. I'm surprised there isn't a Dobuita track, actually.

Believe it or not, the exclusion of a Shenmue track may have been done deliberately, as part of a strategy move by Sumo. If we go on the positive thinking that Sumo are very pro Shenmue III (taking into account their statement that they would be willing to develop the game!) then this could be the way they have come up with to assess the popularity of the Shenmue series and the reasoning for people purchasing this game.

We argued from the announcement of this game that we would buy this game solely to support Shenmue, but the snag was that there would be no hard evidence presented to Sega that the sales figures were Shenmue related. Well one thing that can be easily assessed would be Shenmue exclusive DLC for the game after its release. I mean if a Shenmue based track was released and other DLC also released, then the sheer numbers of DLC sold would indicate which is more popular both within the racing game, and also in general. I would have no doubt that out of all the DLC released for this game, Shenmue related DLC would easily outsell everything. Perhaps Sumo have realised this and will deliberately be releasing a Shenmue track in the future.

Again, its all about testing the waters for a potential Shenmue 3.

[myshtuff]

Or we can all be over thinking this entirely and Ryo's name was the last one pulled out of a hat at the team meeting to decide characters.

[FeelinLuckyPUNK]

Peter, I agree!

The first thing I did when I put this game on, was to check how much Ryo was and if there was a Shenmue track.

I was a bit disappointed that there wasn't but thanks to DLC it's a possibility it will come. I don't mind paying for a Shenmue map pack AT ALL since I was too young to purchase both the Shenmue games at retail when they came out (got second hand Shenmue 1 and my brother bought Shenmue 2 the day it came out).

If a Shenmue track comes out I think we owe Sumo a thank you.

[Without Remorse]

Or we can all be over thinking this entirely and Ryo's name was the last one pulled out of a hat at the team meeting to decide characters.

Actually they have said that Ryo was a major focus, as they fought hard to get him in the tennis game, and it just didnt happen.

[myshtuff]

I was just looking through the missions and there are 2 Ryo missions. The later one is titled"Have you seen Lan Di?" The earlier one is called "Monkey Capsules I love them!" I can't wait to play them.

[Barry the Nomad]

Yeah! Read the back of the "Monkey Capsules, I love 'em!" mission. Something along the lines of: "No Sailors to be found here, but plenty of monkeys in capsules!"

Combining Ryo's love for capsule toys with a track featuring monkeys in capsule-like balls was genius on Sumo's part!

Looking forward to the Lan Di mission.

[Without Remorse]

Anyone notice at the end of a Grand Prix Ryo's half assed roundhouse kick on the podium. Pretty funny stuff. I am up to amber liscence now, and its pretty cool that there is so much to earn and buy. This will be a disc that spins in my xbox for a long time.

[Ryo911]

Ryo F is awesome! although some people think your cheating online as they dont have him, their loss

Anyone with the game on PS3 my PSN is WkdSide

[Crimson Ryan]

Ryo F is awesome! although some people think your cheating online as they dont have him, their loss

Anyone with the game on PS3 my PSN is WkdSide

I forgot to ask you for that. Mine is zerolaff for all the Dojoer's in here with PS3's..

[Ryo911]

Ryo F is awesome! although some people think your cheating online as they dont have him, their loss

Anyone with the game on PS3 my PSN is WkdSide

I forgot to ask you for that. Mine is zerolaff for all the Dojoer's in here with PS3's..

Thanks for the add, will join you for a race shortly mate.