SEGA All-Stars Racing Transformed

SEGA All-Stars Racing Transformed (セガオールスターレーシング交換 Sega Ōru-Sutāzu Rēshingu Kōkan lit. SEGA All-Stars Racing Interchange) is a 2007 racing game developed by Sega AM2 and Sumo Digital. It is the third entry of the SEGA All-Stars Racing series. 
A mobile version was developed by Gameloft, and released for iOS in June 2011, as a paid download. A version for OS X was released by Feral Interactive in April 2013.
== Gameplay ==
Like previous entries, Transformed challenges characters from various Sega franchises to race against each other on Sega-themed tracks. The game features over 36 playable characters from across the company's history. At certain points in a race, vehicles can alternate between car, boat and plane modes. The car mode handles similarly to the previous game, in which players can earn boost by drifting around corners or performing tricks whilst in the air. Boat mode features boating physics, requiring players to consider their vehicle's turbulence. They may be affected by waves made in the water, some of which can be used to leap into the air and perform stunts. Plane mode, the fastest of the three forms, gives players the freedom to move both vertically and horizontally. Like the other modes, players can 'air-drift' around corners to earn boost and can perform rolls to quickly adjust their position, earning boost for narrowly dodging obstacles. Players alternate between these modes by driving through blue transformation gates. Certain tracks in the game terraform as players proceed through them, offering different playstyles between each lap.
The main campaign is the Career Mode which, along with returning features such as Grand Prix, Time Attack and Single Race, mainly revolves around the returning World Tour. Like in SEGA All-Stars Racing Burst. World Tour involves going through a branching series of events, ranging from standard races to various challenges, including earning time by drifting, maneuvering through traffic or fighting against large tanks. Completing these challenges on various difficulties earn stars which are used to open up new branches and unlock new characters and mods. Racing with each character in any mode earns XP which unlock modifications that alter the stats of each vehicle. As the player wins more races and completes more challenges, more tracks on multiple worlds become available. In each level, the player must win a trophy by coming in first place. When the player receives all four trophies in a given area, the "Boss Zone" of that world can be accessed. In the Boss Zone, the player competes in a one-on-one race against a boss character. If the boss character is defeated, the character will relinquish a Chaos Emerald, which the player uses to access new worlds and ultimately to face against Metal Sonic.
== Characters ==
=== Playable ===
There are over 36 playable characters, including returning racers and new characters. The player starts with only 12 racers (Sonic, Tails, Alex Kidd, Opa-Opa, Gilleus Thunderhead, Jacky and Akira, Vyse, Billy Hatcher, Beat, Ulala, Hatsume Sega) while the other characters are unlocked by winning enough stars in the events in World Tour. Ristar from SEGA All-Stars Racing Re: Burst makes a return.
* Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog)
* Miles "Tails" Prower (Sonic the Hedghog)
* Knuckles the Echidna (Sonic the Hedgehog)
* Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)
* Metal Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog)
* Dr. Eggman (Sonic the Hedgehog)
* Alex Kidd (Alex Kidd in Miracle World)
* NiGHTS (NiGHTS Into Dreams...)
* Wonder Boy (Wonder Boy)
* Gillius Thunderhead (Golden Axe)
* Bonanza Bros. (Bonanza Bros)
* Jacky Bryant and Akira Yuki (Virtua Fighter)
* Joe Musashi (Shinobi)
* Opa-Opa (Fantasy Zone)
* Jean-Luc (Panzer Dragoon)
* Candy (Fighting Vipers)
* AGES (SEGA All-Stars Racing)
* Hatsume Sega (SEGA All-Stars Racing)
* Ulala (Space Channel 5)
* Pudding (Space Channel 5)
* B.D Joe (Crazy Taxi)
* Amigo (Samba de Amigo)
* Neff (Altered Beast)
* Arle Nanja and Carbuncle (Puyo Puyo)
* Space Harrier (Space Harrier)
* Bowie (Shining)
* Ristar (Ristar)
* Vyse (Skies of Arcadia)
* Billy Hatcher (Billy Hatcher)
* Beat (Jet Set Radio)
* ToeJam and Earl (ToeJam and Earl)
* Vectorman (Vectorman)
=== Boss characters ===
The game also includes six different boss characters the player can race against, with most of them being villains from past Sega franchises.
* Death Adder (Golden Axe)
* Janken the Great (Alex Kidd)
* MEKA (Wonder Boy)
* Dark Prince (Puyo Puyo)
* Mr. X (Streets of Rage)
* Dr. Bad-Boon (Super Monkey Ball)
== Plot ==
In a world known as Racing World, a mysterious being has taken over the land and starts bringing in characters from across various worlds to compete in a racing tournament for his own amusement. As the racers are forced to compete in the tournament, a young girl from Racing World called Hatsume Sega would appear to the player character and plead with them to stop the mysterious being. She then reveals that the mysterious being's airship requires the seven Chaos Emeralds to reach it. These Emeralds are scattered across Racing World and are guarded by one of the mysterious being's lead minions.
After obtaining the Chaos Emeralds, they then enter the mysterious being's airship, it's revealed that the mysterious being is Metal Sonic, whose been collecting data from the various racers in order to prove himself superior to Sonic. After transforming into Neo Metal Sonic, the player character, with the help of Hatsume Sega and the other racers, battles against Neo Metal Sonic and eventually defeats him with the power of the Chaos Emeralds. After Metal Sonic reverts back to his original form, Hatsume Sega and the rest of the Racing World inhabidents thank the player character before they help send the racers back to their worlds.
== Development ==
After a ballot of what game series would get a new entry, it was decided that a new SEGA All-Stars Racing game would be developed. During the promotion of the game, Sega would collaborate with Dengeki Bunko to create the Sega Hard Girls spin-off project, with many of the characters from the spin-off inhabiting Racing world as goddesses. The game is also the last in the series to utilize the Sonic the Hedgehog voice cast from 4Kids Entertainment that was first introduced with the English-language release of Sonic X in 2003 (with the exception of Mike Pollock who continues to voice Dr. Eggman).
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