People low-key sleep on this game and I really want it back. To me it's way more fun than the other sonic racing games

@voidbg7017

3 жыл бұрын

if you want it back play sonic riders competitive

@voidbg7017

3 жыл бұрын

mb its called tournament edition

@Kumkani4117

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@chasm9168

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I agree I played it a long time ago and it was an amazing game 10/10 would play it again

@haaxxx9

3 жыл бұрын

Riders is fun but I would not put it above All-Stars Transformed. Transformed will always be my go-to sonic racer!

God Sonic Riders is so underrated. I want the game back in modern consoles with an active online community

@DjGaiden

2 жыл бұрын

Luckily they have an online community that just came to light off of an E-Sports video.

@DjGaiden

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/pZN22sZ-Y6Wvfbw.html

0:14 You can't convince someone to love something if they already love it.

Among all the crazy stuff Sonic was doing in the mid to late 2000s, I always felt that Riders fully encompassed the series' full attempt to be creative and unique from others. I love the newer racing games by Sumo Digital but at the end of the day they're just other kart racers. Sonic using a board and being active while racing is such a cool and fitting concept

@formarkv

3 жыл бұрын

Ikr! I feel like that's the thing critics (and even fans) miss when thinking about Riders. The physicality and attitude of skateboarding in the 90s/00s PERFECTLY fit a cocky, faster than sound hedgehog.

0:40 you missed the opportunity to say "*im gonna show you* why you need to play sonic riders"

*i thank the KZread recommendations* i remember playing sonic riders when younger, it was fun as hell, could never beat the third race level, though, i still adore the game

@kaexewires7531

3 жыл бұрын

8:59 wait are you telling me i have kept missing the rails all the time because i wasn't pressing the button a second time and not because the collision with it was strange?...

@Navi_Silver

3 жыл бұрын

@@kaexewires7531 some game mechanics take time to understand xD

@kaexewires7531

3 жыл бұрын

@Paul Bell yeah i was pretty bad at the game back then so i never unlocked them

@pumpkimann6916

3 жыл бұрын

I have fond memories of my cousin slapping me

@chasm9168

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

At first I was gonna disagree about needing a tutorial, but looking back on this game didn't realize how steep the learning curve is. Hard to believe I got really good at this. For a racing game the story had no business being this good. And I completely agree that Jet is Sonic's best antagonist. We've never seen someone get under Sonic's skin before, it's kinda surreal seeing him get mad for the first time. A few indermediate/advanced tips for those that wanna ace this game: >When you start a race start walking back then start your run around the 2.5~2.7 second mark in the count down. It's a bit difficult to get right but if you do, garunteed excellent/unbelievable start >When drifting you wanna input direction first then R. If you press R first you'll just brake and kill momentum. >When you do tricks you have to land properly to get to get the air and trick grade. HOWEVER if you do 4+ tricks in a row you will get an 'X' grade and the rider will auto orient themselves upon landing and keep up momentum. > There are 3 types of ramps: low incline ramps, steep half pipes, and 45 degree short ramps. To get the best air off each, hold control stick up for low ramps, back for half pipes. The 45 degree ramps could go either way or even sideways but depends on the stage. >Each level has a 100 ring capsule that will automatically max level your gear. Find where they all are and save them for the 2nd/3rd lap. If someone attacks you, your gear will reduce to lvl 1 and these capsules can be a great comback

@anthonyradford8605

3 жыл бұрын

Addendum to the last point: You can only get the 100 ring capsule in the forest stages as a flight type, and the 100 capsule doesn’t exist in the frozen factory in free race/Grand Prix, but it does in story mode for some reason?

@spazerabanekozeroshki

3 жыл бұрын

Not sure if anyone knows this but you can escape a turbulence by inputting a tornado although one doesn't appear you will escape turbulence, but I don't remember if you kill your momentum

@greatwavefan397

3 жыл бұрын

I beat the game and never even knew we could use tornados.

Honestly, I love Riders, its probably the best sonic racing game, it was a racing game in a style that fits sonic, cuz Riding hyper fast hover board while going throught some extreme terrain, sounds like something sonic would do, the game it self is really fun, and makes more sense then sonic driving a car

It’s the game that got me into Sonic. I love this game so much. Jets Definetly my favorite character.

Funny this has been brought up. I was just playing Zero Gravity last night

@kaexewires7531

3 жыл бұрын

man zero gravity is GREAT, love that one also

@playerback7722

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@edwardrobinson5470

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome. Zero gravity is one of my favorite sonic games.

@TheTrickmeister

3 жыл бұрын

The first 2 are so good, it's a shame Free Riders killed the series. It honestly could have been good if the motion controls weren't a thing.

@SilverXTikal

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheTrickmeister True. I mean the wii’s motion is probably the best way to go lol. Too many broken joysticks from the first one xD

Me and my brother had such a big rivalry on this game in the PS2. When he finally got good and defeated me, he was so happy.

Yeah somebody gets it. This is my favorite racing game of all time.

Fun fact: I got this game for Nintendo GameCube on Christmas in 2006 along with Super Smash Bros. Melee. And I gotta tell ya, Those were my childhood games to play.

Instructions unclear, Adam Sandler was at Red Box with the script for Click2 and a Gamecube2. Send help in the form of Hatsune Miku.

Finally someone acknowledges sonic riders and thinks that it needs a comeback!

Dude there's an entire community dedicated to this so hard they made a mod that makes it even more fun and even a esport

Dis game’s intero is lit

@greatwavefan397

3 жыл бұрын

I've always wished the track in the animation was part of the game.

I feel like mentioning that backflipping off of curved jumps and front-flipping off of flat jumps to get to the higher jump paths is rather important. As long as u have a well charged jump that is

9:05 OMG THANK YOU THAT IS LITERALLY THE ONLY MECHANIC OF THE GAME I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND I NEVER GOT TO FINISH THOSE RAIL GRINDING SIDE MISSIONS

@thanoscarssbu153

3 жыл бұрын

Bruh

@makotoyuki6429

3 жыл бұрын

@@thanoscarssbu153 sup bro

@thanoscarssbu153

3 жыл бұрын

@@makotoyuki6429 heya

I'm watching this while playing Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time ❤

@ItsNickForShort

3 жыл бұрын

Never played a R&C game myself but I’m certainly gonna give the new PS5 one a shot

@RotcodFox

3 жыл бұрын

@@ItsNickForShort You'll probably love it :D

@jadestep9624

3 жыл бұрын

YAY! I love Ratchet & Clank!

@greatwavefan397

3 жыл бұрын

Only one I've played is Tools of Destruction. The game gets much easier the more you play... probably too easy.

I love this game to bits. The story's cheesy but the gameplay is awesome.

Legit, Sonic riders is probably one my favorite sonic games. Up their with the rush games and adventure 2.

Bought the japanese version on gamecube 2 or 3 years ago, still playing to this day. I’m glad you talked about the way they handled the cut-scenes, the characters are so expressive ! I think they are among the best in the series !

It’s got everything, even a fan parody

@NeonLightsYT1

3 жыл бұрын

The fandub

Ngl this was my "Mario Kart".

@jalonjones8567

3 жыл бұрын

Same!

2:19 do you see that sonic heroes render and a picture of sadx

I love Riders, and its art style. It easily has some of the best character models of the series next to the both Adventure game and 06's. Too bad Free Riders killed it dead. Talk about start as you mean to continue - beating out Colours by about a week - with a pretty piss poor decade of the Meta Era in terms of games, story and character representation as well how they are supposed act when they do appear... Also with saying about Tails getting mad about being dissed by Wave, its good that they actually let him do something about it, proving he can stand as an equal beside Sonic. Rather than having being stuck having to prop up and carry and bad tribute act who has barely enough personality to fill a sandwich, despite the fact that Sega are trying to pass him off as Sonic. "And don't you dare try and do anything that makes you look cool in his presence Tails!" Sega warn. "As that could undermine our cheap marketing gimmick! And we need him to look strong. Hence why we're having Chaos take a dive after one hit rather than letting you fight himself yourself, allowing the chance of growth as you start to climb out of the hole of despair you're in." I was just as surprised when they let him stand up for himself against Silver in Rivals 2, who was coming across more like a high school bully, trying to take the young fox cub's lunch money/rings. But he soon learned he was messing the wrong kitsune and I remembered it was indeed from a different time. Here's hoping we can get back there again in the 2020s, now that Pontac and Graff have been given their marching orders. I heard they dumbed down Zero Gravity quite abit compared to the first game, but I guess when you can actually play the game with proper controls, unlike Free Riders, I guess you can't fault it too much. Plus I do like after Wave disses Tails, you see Amy going into battle for the pride of the young fox cub, proving that she isn't blind to the plight of others and is just a crazed Sonic fan girl... seriously how did Free Riders butcher her character so badly!?

@vocalcalibration8033

3 жыл бұрын

Zero Gravity is a different beast entirely and I think it's kind of unfair to compare the two i their gameplay.

@tjlnintendo

2 жыл бұрын

Zero gravity is a bit more beginner friendly.

@kieranstark7213

Жыл бұрын

Screw BlueBlurBoy for defending Sonic Free Riders (re: it’s controls and its flanderized characters)

Oddly enough, this was my first Sonic game. 😂

@Probably_JENOVA

3 жыл бұрын

Me too! Then I played Sonic Adventure afterwards.

Sonic Riders was and still is my favorite sonic game. I can't even describe the joy I get from this graphics, gameplay and art direction that is so cool but rare.

You forgot to mention that you can take top paths from ramps by jumping at the very edge of the ramp and holding either forward or back on the control stick to either shoot yourself forward or pop yourself up, depending on what that specific top path requires you to do to get on it (example: the top path in metal city requires you to hold forward when jumping off the edge of the ramp to get to it, while the one in egg factory requires you to hold backward). (Edit) also the ball and chain item, but I’m fine forgetting about that lol

@rhondahoward8025

3 жыл бұрын

Sometimes I do that, and I still don't reach the top path. I think there are certain tricks you have to do to reach the ramps too.

Well, i used to have the ZERO GRAVITY sequel, and i have heard it is not as loved, but screw that, i had a lot of fun with it

6:43 don't forget Sonic Rush, where he also uses the tornado spin in his boss battle in Blaze's story and the "He's like the wind" line from Tails.

24:45 Ulala from Space Channel 5, its an Rythmn game for the Dreamcast

I always need someone to tell me to play Sonic Riders. Game is too dang good!

I've never played this game but I own Zero gravity which is a fun game. Watching this game it looks a lot more fun. I dont mind using the gravity mechanic but it stops the gameplay a lot. While this game seems to be all go. It also seems to be a lot faster then Zero gravity. I'm surprised this game hasn't been rereleased on modern platforms. Cause if it was I might give it a shot. I have a gamecube but they cost a lot of money nowadays.

@haruhirogrimgar6047

3 жыл бұрын

You can emulate it on PC. The tournament version that he was talking about in the end is basically just the game but on computer. And the biggest differences between this and Zero G is air management (a skill that takes a lot of time to get good at,) speed (this game is a lot faster and it feels glorious,) and automation. Zero G automates and locks away a lot of stuff that you could just do in this game.

24:45 Nick, that's Ulala from the Space Channel 5 series. She became a playable character in the SEGA All-Stars Racing games (just like AiAi and NiGHTS in ASR Transformed). Also, Sonic Riders was the first Sonic game I ever played back when I was young. Even now, it still remains as my #1 favorite racing game. The "hoverboard" concept makes it more unique and thrilling than any of the Mario Kart games IMO. I look forward to your review of SR: Zero Gravity. Keep up the good work!

I remember playing this in this after school care and I used to play with older kids and I was like 2nd grade and everyone wanted to be wave. I finally got her for the first time, but then some 5th grader was complaining "hey I wanted to be Wave"! So this other 5th grader was a bully and his friend so he snatched the controller from me and switched it to someone else. I didn't do anything because I was in 2nd grade and soft. But other than that this game was awesome. 👌😎👍

Sonic riders has one of the best soundtracks ever. The electronic beat just makes me, satisfied.

@greatwavefan397

3 жыл бұрын

Sonic Riders is how I got into electronic music and never went back.

@PG-sy6dh

2 жыл бұрын

@@greatwavefan397 Exactly! Splash canyon had me like 🕺

sonic riders mechanics are really interresting, i wish more racing games had a"complex skill based gameplay like riders

I seriously need to give this game a go, I have Zero Gravity on Wii but I haven't played it in ages and it's the only Riders game I have. Great video!

I'll admit, when I first played this game, I had NO idea what I was doin, it took me a bunch of experimentation to figure it out. Once I did though, I was zooming around the track and having no issues. It's a fun game.

It took me two years before I understood how to drift. I was stuck on sandy ruins for two years due to that final corner. Once I did it, l realised there were more stages. To play a game and realise years later that theres more maps to play on was mind blowing to me.

*TELL 'EM, NICK!*

I was _just_ playing this game last night, and here are some tips: •The story and mission modes are insanely hard, so do not feel bad if you fail again and again. •On that note, be sure to take breaks while playing. At least on the PS2 version, trying races over and over really hurts your fingers and sometimes messes up my fingernails (I don't bleed, but the nail ends stick out from the sides of my fingers, it's kinda gross and very painful). •Do *not* buy the cloud from the shop. Like Nick said, it is far too slippery. Don't be like me and think "hehe good stats and funny Journey to the West/ Goku reference. Better save up all my rings after 3 years of on-and-off play of the story mode to get it!".l Actually, a lot of the gears are garbage, so be sure to check some GameFAQs guides to know if a piece of gear is worth your rings. •Feel free to replay the first stage dozens of times to get rings. Buying new gear is very fun, even if you cannot use them in story/mission mode.

@playerback7722

3 жыл бұрын

Yep

@sanjuku

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I found the Babylon story especially hard. First place EVERY mission is a bit demanding. Yeah you get experience because you have to do Hero side first but it's still to easy to lose last minute due to bull shit. The mission mode I didn't find hard to finish but getting those gold medals is hard as fuck. Especially the tricking missions, you basically have to get an X rank off every ramp!

@Legoluigi26

3 жыл бұрын

@@sanjuku Getting gold on the trick missions so far has been easy enough for me. You just have to hold jump down for a stupidly long time before hitting the ramp.

I am loving this absolute renaissance of this game. It used to be a cult classic that the only people would play this are people who grew up on this game but now so many people are hopping on. Here’s to hoping that Sonic team gives this series one more shot

This game was a huge part of my youth. My cousin and I struggled to understand how to play this game optimally. When we finally figured it out, we were like GODS.

Thanks for making this video man. I was already interested in checking this game out since I'm a huge nights fan, but you totally convinced me. I'm sold

the sonic riders intro makes me feel invincible lol

18:53 Uhh dude his name is literally in reference to a Sonic Boom which is what occurs when breaking the sound barrier.

Yes dude the people has come to your Chanel lets gooo i hope you keep it up

Okay so this might be my favorite Sonic video on KZread. I have plugged hundreds of hours into Riders and it is one of my favorite games of all time. I'm so happy to see that very detailed tutorial you put in, considering that I had to figure all of that shit out myself as a kid I know how steep the games learning curve is. Also. Finally! FINALLY! FINALLY!!!! SOME RESPECT FOR MY BOY JET!!! FOR THAT ALONE I'M SUBSCRIBING HOLY SHIT!! Riders, more than any other subset of the series, is what I want a new entry in the most. Thanks for making this.

@ItsNickForShort

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! All the sharing you can do helps so I can keep doing big projects like this!

im very happy to see that recently the original sonic riders is getting the attention it deserves, and with it so many fan projects that reimagine what a remake would be like... and thank you for including sonic riders tournament edition!!

When I was a kid, I played Zero Gravity on mi Wii, which has oversimplified mechanics. I started to play this game a couple of weeks ago, and I certainly struggled to learn how to play, each race from the story mode took me hours to beat until I mastered the mechanics and the shortcuts, but its so satisfying and fun once you get into it. I wish SEGA remake this game someday, an eventual online mode would be crazy.

Holy crap! I came as a tournament edition regular to see this cuz indeed riders is probably one of the most underrated gems of all time, but geez you went so into it! Im honestly just surprised you mentioned tournament edition in the first place. I will say though, if you do decide to play tournament edition, there is so much more to learn than what he talked about. From tech like boost chaining to skips that cut out sections of the track, there is so much to do in tournament edition. Other than all that though, great video! Its so awesome to see so many people talking about riders now! I just wish sega would stop sleeping on it Edit: forgot to mention this video alone earned you a sub. You’ve earned it

Yet again another great video man, keep it up dude

My friend, you just summarized why I still enjoy Sonic Riders to this day. Totally not biased since it was my first Sonic game ever, but I still enjoy its art style and characters. Never got used to its mechanics, but it won't stop me from getting it again just to play it to its entirety.

There's a competitive scene that growing in the sonic riders modding scene.

hoooohh my god this is making me really want to finally give this game a play again after all these years dirt rally 2 has really changed my taste when it comes to racing games and this sounds like exactly the kind of thing i can sink my teeth into like that i really do wonder how i managed to somehow get to the sega parades as a shitty ignorant child with no direction though 🤔

hot tip it takes 2.5 seconds from the fifty mark to get to the line, so there's your perfect starting timing you can also hold back on certain ramps to jump higher for some shortcuts and forward to jump farther to access some shortcuts, other than that well covered

I'll die on that hill with you, I love jet, always love seeing him in the sonic games, even though he's barely mentioned

Man back in the day with my ps2 I would play this for hours! Discovering the mechanics of a racing game were always one of my favorite pastimes. Learning this game was extremely satisfying. From learning the best way to hold the analog off a jump, the shortcuts with flying type, and experimenting with all the e-gear! Zero gravity wasn’t as good for me but I still put tons of hours into that game as well. Sonic riders will always hold a place in my heart as one of the funnest racing games I’ve ever played and still do to this day. Wish it could make a comeback.

This was absolutely favorite racing game growing up. Many hours playing these every weekend with my cousins

Thank you very much for explaining this game to me :D I am definitely gonna try this game again

I beat the hero story a while ago, and I didn't see this video, probably because I beat it before the video and babylon garden was a chore. But I've started bablyon story and am on ice factory. I'm definetly gonna use this video for help! This was super informative and is going to help alot! You earned a new subscriber!! Also, I'm playing zero gravity right now and even though there are different mechanics, it's still gonna be helpful!

@starrush1818

3 жыл бұрын

Side note: I just beat hero story in zero gravity! It wasn't as hard as babylon garden, thankfully, but it still proved to be a challenge!

Keep it up with this amazing content!

This is one of my favorite Sonic games. I could never figure out how to unlock all the characters, but now I know.

Love this game. It's nice to see other people loving it too. First time I discovered this game, I played for weeks with my cousins. And it was fun slowly learning and figuring out how the game works on our own. But even so, yea I agree, a good tutorial never hurts. I love Mario Kart and all, but they really need to bring back the different racing games that we had in the past. Like this game or even stuff like Kirby Air Ride.

This channel: *PERFECTION*

Great Video dude

thanks for this ive been struggling with the game due to the lack of a tutorial and couldn't get past race 4

This is what created my love for games when I was 3-4

I WAS OBSESSED WITH THIS GAME AND ITS SEQUELS BEFORE 2020 ENDED AND I STILL WANT TO PLAY IT SO BAD. My father promised an Xbox 360 before the year-end so I could play Zero Gravity but it never came. YET, I look forward to it in the future :) thanks for this video!

nice video, T_T people underestimate the poggersness of a tornado and how dangerous they can be. Thanks for makin this video, i'm sure a good amount of people will pick up the game for a bit. This game is pog. Granted the comp scene is currently at a big divide rn so soon enough we're gonna have 2 riders mods lmao. But uh yeah Extreme Gear labs has 2 mods, dx and RG for ZG. good video 👌👌👌👌

Great video, I was actually planning to make something like this lol.

Sonic riders is my favorite sonic game and I’m glad to see more people recognizing it

Not a bad video man. I've always praised Riders since it first came out so it's great to see another fan. Next time though, maybe add some different music tracks (especially ones that don't loop every 15 seconds). It was a bit distracting hearing the same song for miniutes on end.

I think you forgot to mention that when doing an air trick your height and distance are influenced by your tricks. If you rotate forward then you'll go as far as possible, if you rotate backwards you go as high as possible. Some platforms require you to do these types of tricks if you want to reach them, like the 1st track's 1st and last jump

@TGHunter

3 жыл бұрын

Its not rotating and its not about your tricks. Its what direction you are holding when you jump. Down = High Up = Far

For me, the main 2 issues of this game are: -1 The lack of a tutorial or practicing level, I still remember that I went to the free race mode to practice with the AI. And the worst issue for me is that the characters are too light, I mean that when you crash with an NPC (or wall or obstacle), the momentum pushes you out of the course to the limits of the track (I mean the grass or brown sand in the desert). That thing annoys me, because in the desert level of the Babylon story ( I don't remember the name since I skip the race introduction, bad for me) I always get pushed to the brown sand and I always lose on that race. Anyways great game, tha style and music makes me remember of Jet Set Radio Future and I love that game : 9/10

Bruh, next to SA2B, Riders was/is one of my all-time favourite Sonic games 🤩

There's also this mechanic about jumping where you can take shortcuts if when you jump you press a directional button. For example, you sometimes see that there's a second floor when you jump, like at the very beggining of Metal City, in these cases, you'd have to charge up your jump while also pressing the up directional button in order to "go further". On the other hand, sometimes you want to get higher, not further, like in Green Cave at the end where you can get a triple jump on spider webs or at Splash Canyon, also at the end where you can jump through the waterfall to land on a Rainbow, both cases done if you charge and "move" downwards. This mechanic was eliminated on Zero Gravity and well, it added some extra fun. All in all this will forever be my favorite game, and I'll always remember for bringing me so much fun and joy! Thanks for sharing this video so a lot of people can try this wonderful masterpiece!!!

"How cool would it be to know that maybe the ancient Echidnas fought the ancient Babylonians?" Paramount: Pretty cool.

@ItsNickForShort

2 жыл бұрын

Where my royalties paramount? 🤨

Nice video bro. You might know this but I wanted to say this after watching your footage. For ramps that curve upward like a quarter pipe, hold the back button while and just after charging your jump. For “kicker” style ramps that don’t curve up, hold up on your controller the same. That’s how you get the best air.

I agree. Very amazing video. Zero gravity is my favorite out of the rider's games. I like riders 1 as well. Never played the third riders.

Sonic Riders and Zero Gravity are my two favorite Sonic racing games. ESPECIALLY the Regravitified mod. I just got it, and I am addicted.

look man this video is really good but oh my good crispy crunchy god the ten second loop of ice mountain in the background is killing me

@ItsNickForShort

2 жыл бұрын

If there’s one thing I wish I could fix about all my old content is that I went into huge projects really fast and my sound mixing is awful. If you listen to it at a lower volume it helps ;-;

i loved sonic riders so much as a kid, i'm currently playing Sonic Riders DX, an awesome mod that adds a lot of content

I was OBSESSED with this game as a kid, thank you for giving this game the justice it deserves.

This was such a cool video I absolutely love sonic riders and hope that it'll be one game that's backwards compatibility on xbox or ps in the future. Such a fun and underrated game series .I'd love to see another game made on today's hardware it would be fantastic especially if made based of the mechanics if the original game although sega probably won't ever do that .

I just like to say that Jet the Hawk is such an underrated Rival/Character in the Sonic series. 11:35 Like kinda excluding Metal Sonic, Jet is the only Sonic Rival that out right claims he's faster & better than Sonic and challenges him at his own game. I think there's a point he genuinely gets under Sonic's skin. Not to mention Jet is virtually the "Anti-Sonic" and it's a shame that he hasn't really came back until the IDW series during the "No Spoilers" Saga. Tho even there he and the Babylon Rouges really shined and it shows what great characters they are.

I grew up playing this a lot and pretty much mastered everything in your tutorial but still didn’t even know the tornado spin existed. Just shows how much this game needed a tutorial. Lol

I have played sonic riders before, I beaten it and 100% it. it's really enjoyable when you think about it, compared to games like mario kart or sonic racing transformed it's a entirely different thing and that what makes it unique. I do agree with you sonic riders has one of the best sonic cutscenes and maybe even up to date. the way how the characters express is great plus I can see from your point of view, the models do look hella nice even I wish they was in sonic heroes. sonic riders is underrated, it isn't talked about much and hell I didn't even know a fangame of it existed until you talked about it. I appreciate you trying to get fans into sonic riders because truly that game deserves more respect and love. I still play the game myself to this day well mostly using a emulator but I have fun speedrunning through the stages, learning new shortcuts in the process it's quite charming to say for the least.

When I was 8 year old and got this game for the GC it took me nearly a year to get all the mechanics or how to even jump on the rails as a speed type. After that time I discovered a tutorial video in the gallery but it was in english and I am german so thats that. Anways I remember having a great time with this game and at a point I even started speedrunning the story for fun back in the day

huh ive been playing this game basically since it came out and I never knew about the tornado spin move

Sonic Riders was a huge part of my childhood! I grew up with sonic on the Gamecube and wii 😄

Actually, the tornado spin does have one very specific and useful purpose; if you're using the Tornado Gear, it basically becomes free, infinite boost. It will send you forward instead of stopping you in your tracks, and you can spam it infinitely due to it costing no air.

Y’know, despite the very steep learning curve of this game, I understood the mechanics when I was 6. I have no idea how I even learned the game. I’m thankful that I understood the game so quick, because Sonic Riders is one of my favorite racing games.

I love this game so much and played it with friends endlessly. But my friend had to beat the end bits for me because I couldn’t figure out the rails or flying. I was not a good gamer at ALL as a child, a button masher if you will. Now I know how the tricks work I think I’ll try and beat it myself now lol

I used to play this game a lot as a kid, but I recently got my hands on it again and DEAR GOD IT STILL IS AS GOOD AS I REMEMBER, one of my favourite games ever. I'm currently trying to beat all missions with gold rank and man are they fun to do. The sequel's great too, especially with the new additions to the level up system

just finished 06! glad to find this video again so i can finally play this game!😁ITS SO FUN

The animated intro and CG opening cutscene always had me giddy as a kid; I thought this game was so fucking cool and exuded style. Remember absolutely getting my ass kicked in the story races until I became good enough, still have nightmares of trying to beat both of those Babylon tracks in either story. Really hope to see extreme gear make some sort of return in a future title, I recently read the IDW comic and had a cheesy smile when Sonic and Knuckles made use of them so it gives me some hope.