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    Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing demo available on XBL Marketplace

    Monday, February 8, 2010, 02:33 PM PST [General]
    Posted By: G

    Oh yeah! SEGA has now released a playable demo of Sonic & SEGA All-Stars racing on Xbox Live Marketplace.  The demo allows you to play as Sonic or Banjo (oh you love him really) and on one of tracks, "Lost Palace".

    Weirdly though on the SOE Blog they say that you play across "a selection of tracks" - but it looks like you can only play on one - though that's not a weird thing for a demo.  But that doesn't stop it from being a really fun demo; I've already played through it about five times and that's only the single player, I'm still yet to tackle the multiplayer option.

    The only downfall is that the demo is a pretty weighty 1.03GB download.  Not the biggest ever, but it'll take a little longer to arrive on your hard drive and if you are impatient, like me, then it's a real bitch.

    But that's not all for Xbox 360 users. 

    There is also a premium Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing theme available for download too (shown above) at 240 MS Points.  I'm not usually one to go for premium themes (because they don't do anything) but I gotta say that this is easily one of the best looking ones around.  It's all colourful and pretty to look at.

    Right now the demo is only available for Xbox 360 users, but we have been told that other demos will be available at some point.  So you PS3 (and I guess Wii... do they have demos yet?) owners just hang in there, there should be something for you soon.

    [Source: SEGA PR]

    [Edited By Moderator]

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    I really like that theme. But not at 240 points.

    CrimiNOLElawyer
    February 08, 2010
    02:50 PM PST

    Awesome. I need to go download it right now. Does it have Xbox Live options?

    Trike
    February 08, 2010
    03:15 PM PST

    @Trike No online racing. Only multiplayer is split screen.

    Demo was pretty fun, but either my racing skills are rusty or this is gonna be a tough game. Played the track twice and my best finish was 3rd.
    Some of the items seems cool, the trick boost is nice. Seems like a worthy Mario Kart clone as long as the whole game is as good as this demo. Depends on how BS the AI can be as well.

    JoeCamNet
    February 08, 2010
    08:42 PM PST

    That's pretty cool, going to go add it to my download list in a few minutes. This looks pretty cool, and looks to be a good fun racer for the 360. Not going to change my premium theme though. I got a dante's inferno premium theme that is pretty cool, that or one from blazblue.

    Koga
    February 08, 2010
    08:38 PM PST

    Demo was pretty fun. If any of you are having trouble it is probably because it starts off on the hardest difficulty.

    Trike
    February 08, 2010
    10:40 PM PST

    Hopefully the PS3 demo has different content. Getting Banjo as the other character was lame.

    Kogen
    February 09, 2010
    08:33 AM PST

    Ill try that demo but with tempered expectations. I can't even remember the last time a good Sonic based game was put out.

    Hatter
    February 09, 2010
    07:32 AM PST

    Just played the Demo to death, Loving it so far, I'd love to see Sega do work more work with Sumo Digital in the future.

    It's great to see some old characters of Sega in there to like Ryo, Speaking of which does anyone know if there is a racing track themed on Shenmue in the game?

    Taw
    February 09, 2010
    06:09 AM PST

    So to those who can play it...(PS3 Owner) is it a clone of Mario Kart, or at least a good clone of Mario Kart?

    Homerun17
    February 09, 2010
    08:16 AM PST

    It's very Similar to Mario Kart it has power ups short cuts etc. But I have to admit I was surprised with this game, I downloaded early on and been playing none stop!. It's got allot more interesting characters then Mario Kart, better and more fun power ups and the tracks are allot more detailed and it's just more fun to play then Mario Kart.

    Taw
    February 09, 2010
    07:00 AM PST
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