Sonic Riders (2006)

NOW Production, Sonic Team

Nintendo GameCube · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 2 · Xbox

3.11 from 562 ratings

1173 members have it in their collection · 17 playing now · 117 backlogged · 110 wish listed

How long? Main story 8h (from 1 logged playthrough)

Sonic Riders is the fourth racing game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, preceded by Sonic Drift, Sonic Drift 2 and Sonic R. The game was released to start off the 15th anniversary of the release of the Sonic the Hedgehog series. For a short while, the Microsoft Xbox version of the game was released with a free Sonic X … Read more
Sonic Riders is the fourth racing game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, preceded by Sonic Drift, Sonic Drift 2 and Sonic R. The game was released to start off the 15th anniversary of the release of the Sonic the Hedgehog series. For a short while, the Microsoft Xbox version of the game was released with a free Sonic X DVD. This game introduces five new playable characters, the Babylon Rogues and the E-10000 series. A sequel to Sonic Riders, entitled Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, was released in 2008 for the Wii and PlayStation 2, followed by the Kinect-required game Sonic Free Riders for the Xbox 360 in 2010. This was the last Sonic the Hedgehog game for the GameCube and Microsoft Xbox. Read less
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Release dates

  • Feb 21, 2006 (North_America) Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox
  • Feb 23, 2006 (Japan) Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox
  • Mar 17, 2006 (Europe) Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox
  • Mar 22, 2006 (Australia) PlayStation 2, Xbox
  • Nov 17, 2006 (North_America) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Nov 24, 2006 (Europe) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Mar 29, 2007 (Australia) PC (Microsoft Windows)

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Rating distribution

5 stars
65
4 stars
132
3 stars
204
2 stars
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1 star
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Duckielover151

Status Duckielover151 Aug 15, 2024

I mentally file this one under the 'I liked it; I just wasn't very good at it' category. Racing games have never been my forte.

I remember actually really enjoying the story and the new characters it introduced... I'm kind of sad to say I never did end up beating that final stage.

Jusfei

Status Jusfei Nov 27, 2020

Fully finished story

  • Played through Team Sonic & Team Babylon's Story
  • Defeated the final boss and reached the credits.

Final thoughts: This game's controls never clicked with me when I first played the demo disk, and it still doesn't click with me now. I feel like I'm playing an overly complex Kirby Air Ride, and even by the time …

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Fully finished story

  • Played through Team Sonic & Team Babylon's Story
  • Defeated the final boss and reached the credits.

Final thoughts: This game's controls never clicked with me when I first played the demo disk, and it still doesn't click with me now. I feel like I'm playing an overly complex Kirby Air Ride, and even by the time I finished the story I still don't feel I have good control over my characters. The game's physics feel too floaty to me. Also, anything with the "spin the control stick as fast as you can" controls gives me a sour taste due to the Mario Party 1's Tug-of-war palm blister fiasco.

The designs of Babylon Rogue's are pretty cool though, and it's sad they don't have a major appearance outside the Rider games. The techno music of this game is also high energy hype too.

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