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Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 8:48 pm
by Retrix
I attended Sumo Digital's presentation and Q&A of S&ASRT at the Play Expo in Manchester yesterday.
Really looking forward to this now, and Steve Lycett really is such a friendly and approachable person!

Some tidbits that were confirmed (some of which may not be new):
- There will be (as yet unspecified) platform-specific characters besides the Miis and Xbox Avatars.
- Big the Cat has been dropped from the roster. (Someone did ask!)
- The "SEGA call" and crowd cheering recorded at Summer of Sonic is definitely in the game.
- According to Steve, the final unlock will really delight serious Sega fans, but he wouldn't say what that was.

It appears that in the campaign/mission mode (which can be completed single player or co-op), 1, 2 or 3 stars can be earned depending on the difficulty level selected and cleared. (This differs from the first game where up to 10 stars were awarded depending on how well you did.)

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 8:55 pm
by Twinny
Oo sweet info there! I may create an article from this!

I do hope whatever this "final unlock" doesn't backfire and alienates the fans...

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 8:57 pm
by RW26 BLAZE
Retrix wrote:I attended Sumo Digital's presentation and Q&A of S&ASRT at the Play Expo in Manchester yesterday.
Really looking forward to this now, and Steve Lycett really is such a friendly and approachable person!

Some tidbits that were confirmed (some of which may not be new):
- There will be (as yet unspecified) platform-specific characters besides the Miis and Xbox Avatars.
- Big the Cat has been dropped from the roster. (Someone did ask!)
- The "SEGA call" and crowd cheering recorded at Summer of Sonic is definitely in the game.
- According to Steve, the final unlock will really delight serious Sega fans, but he wouldn't say what that was.

It appears that in the campaign/mission mode (which can be completed single player or co-op), 1, 2 or 3 stars can be earned depending on the difficulty level selected and cleared. (This differs from the first game where up to 10 stars were awarded depending on how well you did.)
I was there myself.........I did the video recording on most the recording.

If u remembered I ask the Question bout Bentley Jones having any music in.

I was actually sitting left side of the second role in a black hoodie holding a camera, if u saw me.

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 8:59 pm
by Twinny
RW26 BLAZE wrote:I was there myself.........I did the video recording on most the recording.

If u remembered I ask the Question bout Bentley Jones having any music in.

I was actually sitting left side of the second role in a black hoodie holding a camera, if u saw me.
Those two videos was from you then? Can I add them to the article?

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 8:59 pm
by Kaito-kun
Retrix wrote: - According to Steve, the final unlock will really delight serious Sega fans, but he wouldn't say what that was.
Segata Sanshiro confirmed as a playable character.

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 9:12 pm
by DigiDragoon
Kaito-kun wrote:Segata Sanshiro confirmed as a playable character.
Nah my money is on playing as the consoles or even the logo :D lol

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 9:23 pm
by Retrix
RW26 BLAZE wrote:I was there myself.........I did the video recording on most the recording.

If u remembered I ask the Question bout Bentley Jones having any music in.

I was actually sitting left side of the second role in a black hoodie holding a camera, if u saw me.
Ha, you were in the seat right in front of me! Now I really wish I'd asked in advance who else on the forums here was going to this!
I did figure you must be a quite a Sega follower for knowing of Bentley Jones. I'm not surprised he won't be featuring in ASRT though, due to the fallout he had with Sega a while back over the use of one of his tracks on a soundtrack CD.

I was wearing a Dreamcast VMU t-shirt (which Steve complimented me on!), and I asked the question about the Summer of Sonic chants, which also acted as a way of name-dropping the event to the audience.

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 9:33 pm
by RW26 BLAZE
mtwinny wrote:Those two videos was from you then? Can I add them to the article?
feel free, sonic stadiums already done one. I sadly was running low on memory but I got as much as I can. The Multiplayer with ralph on was me playing..
Retrix wrote:Ha, you were in the seat right in front of me! Now I really wish I'd asked in advance who else on the forums here was going to this!
I did figure you must be a quite a Sega follower for knowing of Bentley Jones. I'm not surprised he won't be featuring in ASRT though, due to the fallout he had with Sega a while back over the use of one of his tracks on a soundtrack CD.

I was wearing a Dreamcast VMU t-shirt (which Steve complimented me on!), and I asked the question about the Summer of Sonic chants, which also acted as a way of name-dropping the event to the audience.
I might have seen u them, the multiplayer with ralph on was me playing during the press LOL!

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 10:14 pm
by Retrix
Quoted from main site article:
mtwinny wrote:We have a few new tidbits ofSonic & All Stars Racing: Transformedcourtesy of forum membersRetrixandRW26BLAZE! They were at the Manchester Play Expo and both came back from the event with some "exclusive" findings!
mtwinny wrote:In addition,Lycetttold him about the new revamped campaign/mission mode, speaking on how the Star system from the original game has been reworked and this time based on difficulty
For the sake of clarity:

The information in my post earlier thread was not from a "mini-interview" as such. I only asked about the Summer of Sonic recording during the panel. The other bullet points were responses to panel questions posed by other audience members.

The info about the stars in the missions was apparent from the demo, from the on-screen display before and after each mission.

I did get a brief private chat with Steve though, but we didn't really talk about new S&ASR details. We reminisced about Summer of Sonic, and joked about the fact he must have been relieved no-one brought up Danica Patrick during the Q&A!

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 10:23 pm
by RW26 BLAZE
Retrix wrote:Quoted from main site article:


I did get a brief private chat with Steve though, but we didn't really talk about new S&ASR details. We reminisced about Summer of Sonic, and joked about the fact he must have been relieved no-one brought up Danica Patrick during the Q&A!
I did asked him when the press conference was finish in private bout danica.........also said the joke bout sonic 06 and he just laugh bout it.