Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo DS)
common sense media says
Fast, furious, fun family-friendly kart racing at its best.
parents & educators say
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing contains cartoony violence that falls into the comic mischief category. Players jostle each other while on the track, and flatten one another with over-sized hammers and giant eggs, although no one is ever hurt. Play is suitable for all ages, but the game has an option for unsupervised online chat during play on Xbox and PS3. a feature that Common Sense Media does not advise for kids under 12.
Educational value:
Not applicable.
Positive role models:
The game includes a huge lineup of characters from a range of games aimed at younger audiences and all are benign in their roles here.
Ease of play:
The controls, consisting of accelerate, steer, and "drift" are simple and fluid.
Violence:
During races, players collect power-ups, some of which allow them to fire missles, run opponents off the track, hit them with giant hammers, etc. This creates funny chaos and no one is hurt.
Sex:
One character, Oolala, from the game Space Channel 5, wiggles her hips suggestively and wears a mini skirt.
Language:
Not applicable.
Consumerism:
All the characters appear in other game franchises, so this title is a form of cross-promotion.
Drinking, drugs, & smoking:
Not applicable.
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F-Zero studios
teen, 14 years old
teen, 14 years old
I have this game and it rocks too.
This one character Ulala, these power-ups, and this cash where the sega shop is and earned for doing GP mode, Mission mode, and time attack are my concerns.
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TDunne
parent of 7 year old
parent of 7 year old
Common Sense Media gives the Empire Strikes Back 8+ but this game 9+. That does not make sense. Darth Vader cuts off Lukes hand while telling him he is his father and Han Solo spends the night in the belly of a dead animal. Sonic has no violence even close to this level.
Great game to play with your 1st grader. Plenty of unlocks and split screen co-op. In 60 days he went from struggling to not be in last to 1 ever time and I am not sure I can beat him anymore. Up to four can play at once locally so his friends come over and play. The only thing you have to worry about is keeping a time limit on playing .... you will hear ...just one more race ... please.
Oh yeah ... Empire Strikes Back is an awesome movie for a 8 year old.
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mrbookworm01
teen, 13 years old
teen, 13 years old
Good game, but got kinda frustrating
The game was like a typical racing game, but could get kinda frustrating, and young kids might get upset and give up. Good for kids 9+
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camboy1999
kid, 12 years old
kid, 12 years old
bad!!!
retarted game!!!!! good for all ages but a wast of money
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Justino4
teen, 14 years old
teen, 14 years old
Some Bad Content
The bad or offending content found in this game contains some creepy stages. The game also contains some bad words, but the game developers aren't aware of this much. Shadow snaps a D-word whenever someone bumps or gets in front of him. Since this game is E10+, the d words can be accepted. The game isn't bad for an E10+ game, but does contain some bad content.
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CrazyBlu4Eva
kid, 10 years old
kid, 10 years old
Better than MarioKart!
This game is really fun.I always win 1st place!It's not really hard to play.The stages are very colorful,it always make me want to play!
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djlyon1
parent of 6 year old
parent of 6 year old
FUn for family and play alone, though some courses require real skill
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larlar327
teen, 14 years old
teen, 14 years old
Best rival to Mario Kart!
The best rival racing to Mario Kart! Only violence is the power-ups. There is a bit of profanity, which is D-A-M-N. There are some scary stages too. It is fun for the whole family!
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master_nacho
teen, 15 years old
teen, 15 years old
Its a racing game just like mario kart. ya the violence is throwing things to stop your fellow racers. On some circuits, there are zombies. So, its on for 7+
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Baro Shijj
adult
adult
Good, but not without faults
This is a great game, but there's a lot of consumerism. Also, some of the levels are kind of creepy. (zombies)
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koalaMADNESS8
teen, 17 years old
teen, 17 years old
lame
Okay, so, like, is this a spoof of Mario Kart or something? 'Cause if so, that's PLAGERISM!!!! (dunno if I spelled that right).
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Peenut2k7
kid, 10 years old
kid, 10 years old
Horrid Game ruined by my little brother's LOVE FOR IT.
This game is AWFUL. AWFUL. MY LITTL BROTHER NEVER STOPS PLAYING IT, HE PLAYS MY FILES, PLAYS AS SHADOW AND SUCKS AS HIM, AND BECUASE OF SUCH, I AM ACTUALLY AFRAID OF THIS GAME! NO SEQUELS! PLEAAASE!!!
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Samuel M.
kid, 11 years old
kid, 11 years old
sonic & sega racing parks in the winner's circle
One of my favorite games. It's fun, it's competitive, and it's all masked in gorgeous environments. The controls are easy to master, there are also mini-games for further amounts of fun, there are thorough voice acts, a good announcer, and one of the decade's best original soundtracks. Need I say more? Oh, save for the extremely long and irritating to type name. So get this game before YOU become roadkill.
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nduns
adult
adult
Sonic racing done right
While I do find the idea of someone who hates this game giving it a perfect score anyway strange, that's not the point of this review. Anyway, when it comes to racing and Sonic, the results have not been all that great. Sonic R, Riders and Drift were all mediocre at best, Riders mostly suffering from a system that was quite difficult to figure out for the first day or so. However, the Sega All-Stars games have at least done a good job so far and this is no exception. It's easy to figure out and just plain fun, using many elements from Mario Kart while also adding the wonder simply known as special attacks, plus everyone has a different vehicle, no one actually using a go-kart, hence this isn't a Mario Kart ripoff. I have the DS version, so of course I don't have all the bonus characters that the other versions added, but nonetheless, it's still very enjoyable and the first truly great Sonic racing game.
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