Sonic Riders Evo: New Custom Boards & Stages!

[@atomic...]

We need a new riders game. There's so much they could do for it. Or if your going to be lazy Sega, give us a remake or rerelease of the original.

[@lowhp_comic]

I just wanna play as Ulala in a new modern day game again 😭

[@atomic...]

It would be cool for sega to represent there lesser known franchises again, like they did in sonic and sega all stars racing/ transformed.

[@NekodroTheYouTubeMan]

Well that is true the ideal story of the games are kind of the same the difference being what they're after but yes it'll be nice to see them try something different

[@atomic...]

There's potential for sega to do something unique. They just don't.

[@Purinpurinyt]

@@lowhp_comic facts bro

[@DarkAura19]

Honestly shocked me how none of the Riders games used a futuristic version of the SA2 board as an unlockable

[@tuluflulu]

That would've been great!

[@PrinceoftheBlackArms]

Isn't the board from SA2 technically a piece from a helicopter?

[@WorldRings_]

Not much to do with it, literally just a piece broken off from a helicopter

[@bartdude82]

@@WorldRings_ yes but it’s iconic

[@megapulsar9244]

The snowboard from SA1 : 😢

[@traegiggers50]

The moment they get a handle on how the AI will navigate these maps, and (local) multiplayer the races I feel this will be a renaissance of riders content once again.

[@manoaloe15]

Fun fact: Sonic Riders Evo has an epic improvement skills to keep going fast enough 😊

[@bartdude82]

The stage with Tails using the Warp Star was BEAUTIFUL. Definitely a worthy homage to the original games’ stage designs.

[@leothehuman_9476]

...That's a bad port of Planet Wisp from Sonic Colors with awfully bad lighting, which is somehow even worse than Colors Ultimate's broken version?

[@leothehuman_9476]

I'm quite impressed on how you know about Sonic Riders and not about one of modern sonic's most famous stages, Planet Wisp is probably the most famous modern sonic stage ever (talking about new original ones since sonic 06)

[@deathkillrt]

Riders deserves all that love, it's the most stylish of the sonic games.

[@startend3857]

It's beautiful. I want it. Also, it would be cool to have Infinite (Zero) as a playable character. I'm always glad when fan games turn out so beautifully like this one. I love Sonic Riders. The series doesn't get enough love.

[@tucannYT]

Planet Wisp is enough proof that Riders gameplay still works with modern Sonic stages

[@isaaccooper862]

I like that stuff was taken from Riders, Zero Gravity and Free Riders, and the boost mechanic is a hold button now instead of just pressing it once

[@sonicovertime]

Sonic Riders X has been renamed to Evo. The Generations board and warp star are probably my favorites. Also anyone know the name of the board at 02:54?

[@kaze7907]

Looks like the B Dasher from mario kart

[@codycooper320]

Ahhh sweet! That means they're still making progress! I really hope this will become a sonic riders "engine" so people can make their own stages

[@RizS3]

@@codycooper320 Custom stages are already possible, i've made a few stages myself (and the mod being shown)

[@TheDarkShadow12]

​@Kaze790 yes I think it's B Dasher

[@Sholver]

It's the Intrepide / B-Dasher

[@shadowzx2419]

Sonic Riders Evo Looks Amazing The Levels,The Boards,And Everything Looks So Good Sega Should Make Another One On Modern Platforms.

[@ayoubp7689]

But so far all specific shortcuts for different style don't seem to matter. Like in previous games where flying leads you to another nice path but then put you back in the track

[@boneylockz3967]

​@@ayoubp7689 I don't think the purpose of class specific shortcuts are entirely meant for a huge advantage but instead rather a way to get away from the competition for a few seconds and get some air if you're running low due to missing the capsules. The only real shortcuts are the ones where you get a capsule and it makes you run on your feet and get to run into an exclusive area that gives you a huge advantage but is only accessible mostly to players who are 5th place and below since the item doesn't really come at higher positions lol

[@actingapple3607]

This looks absolutely amazing, back when I first played Sonic Riders I was really bad and always ran out of Air, which is why I liked Zero G better. But hearing the menu sounds again has brought back a lot of nostalgia

[@N_DAnimationEnthusiast]

Oh. You used the stage from the Mario & Sonic Olympic Games in Japan. Awesome! Really wish they would make another Sonic Rider’s game.

[@VongolaXZax]

Sonic Riders: Evolution, has a nice ring to it

[@jeremiahtaylor1817]

I need a Zero Gravity 2 that mixes the first Riders game and Zero Gravity 1 in terms of mechanics.

[@ThundagaT2]

As long as the gravity mechanics arent motion controlled

[@sonicfan2486]

​@@ThundagaT2 thank God I had a PlayStation 🙃

[@sonicfan2486]

Hmmm... Mechanics of 1, vehicle options of Zero Gravity (cuz the gravity wasn't all that for me😢), and maybe throw in some Free Riders stuff like the Pole Grab and Gear Swap Stance (I like it more than Zero Gravity's pay-to-change)

[@Soundwves]

@@ThundagaT2 You could use a controller, even on the Wii version.

[@williamscsharpwalkthroughs4316]

Impressive stuff. I was really into the OG Sonic Riders on the GC. Zero gravity didn't quite capture the vibe in my opinion, and I'd personally love to see a new entry in the series, coming off from the original formula.

[@Takashii85]

Same! For me zero gravity lost the plot, but I was happy enough that the franchise made a sequel..

[@sonicfan2486]

Man... Kinect was such a curse for Free Riders... Had it not been designed for Kinect, it absolutely would've had what fans wanted in a third Riders game. I'm glad I got to play it for myself a few years back. It went way better than expected especially in a crowded lab

[@self-absorbed5269]

I like the warp star for Tails , gears need to be more unique as different types. But out of all the under used Zelda items , instead of the spinner , they chose the shield? Other than that , it's not looking too bad. Though I really wish I could get some new music , I understand if it's not going to happen.

[@RizS3]

Didn't know about the spinner. I've only really played Breath of the Wild. The shield surfing in that game was so much fun I figured why not try to include it in Riders

[@self-absorbed5269]

@@RizS3 , I got the shield surfing bit. I just wanted an under used Zelda item to finally get star treatment. It actually looks like ancient gear.

[@IWILLSINGFORSPARECHANGE]

this is beyond sick!

[@KotalaGod]

With the success of Racing Transformed and Team Racing you'd have thought they'd make another riders game and just do a shit ton of sega cameos. Like Id love to see stages based around guest characters like Beat and Ulala and feature some music from their series. Id also kill to see Kiryu on some extreme gear

[@FoKoPuffs]

There’s no way they added a piece of the Helicopter from SA2💀

[@cordellriemer5177]

They did

[@LostWolfFlow]

I wish I could have this game right now, I miss OG sonic riders so much man

[@damascusunverse8183]

makes me upset that we havent gotten a newer Sonic Riders game. This and Zero Gravity were childhood games of mine.

[@thesithsaiyan4864]

I would kill for a new Riders game!

[@DewMan31]

Now this is exactly what I've wanted for years now! A modern sequel to my favorite game of all time. I've been keeping my eye on this project and I can't wait to play it.

[@RillaKurai]

This game actually looks so amazing, already super excited!

[@Teto80655]

0:00 I remember playing this game in sonic and Mario at the Olympic Games while telling myself that this is the closest thing we’ll get to a new sonic riders game

[@SpeedDemonPowerage98]

Literally same.

[@fearanger1]

God, this looks so COOL!

[@masufame]

This is amazing! The stages look so clean. The only issue i see is that there are no animations for power characters when they go through obstacles

[@harrytaylorjr2770]

I always loved Planet Wisp Stage Music. It just hits so DAMN GOOD!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@BlazeHedgehog]

Something about the trick system doesn't feel right. I think it's a combination of slightly stiff animation and camerawork that doesn't sell the ramp launch correctly.

[@juhadexcelsior]

momentum doesn't carry far enough sometimes when launching off ramps as well

[@Adalz27]

Yeah the creator of the game Giygas has been working on fixing it for a while, this release was from over a year and half ago

[@martin.97]

this looks amazing, the character models and how smooth the gameplay is - i like that it's more like the first game too😄

[@tropixx_xlr1549]

I wonder how many Sonic riders fan games are in active development? This is one I never heard of before...

[@SpeedDemonPowerage98]

Probably a lot.

[@Sir_GrimReaper]

i think that the trick system of riders could work really well in sonic momentum game

[@SaderabinGaming]

yes they need to bring this beautiful iconic game back into existence, Sonic Riders was amazing, need a revamped version of it or remake into a new one at least with more variety to it, give it an online mode experience in multiplayer up to at least 8 to 12 players, also the Zero Gravity one was great to, really awesome aspects on both of them

[@MrZongalito]

Wow, I did not know about the project changing names

[@MegaGeek-gr6ts]

Sonic Riders will always be the definitive Sonic racing game to me, there is just so much style to it. I always liked the futuristic locations and the boards. But it could be so much more, they could truly make it the Mario Kart for Sonic.

[@advocatusdiaboli5344]

It's weird not to hear wisp in a triple-q mash-up.

[@Rivera_pex]

Love the warp star and the B dasher lol

[@bigdro5227]

an open style sonic game like JSR would be sick as fuck man

[@dennj]

The stages from free riders need a bit more work, but the overall presentation is impressive and I love the new gears, almost make you wonder why didn't sega ever think of making a skateboard as a gear lol

[@codenamexelda]

Man sonic riders takes me back... Edit: Is it just me or does everyone have massive shoes in this remake?

[@DamageMaximo]

A fangame re-creating Sonic Riders in a way that new characters, gear, tracks, music, etc can be added easily and make multiplayer championships more interesting and polished and basically be the future of the Sonic Riders community? Fuck yeah

[@DarkSonic06ki]

Man, I love the music in the Riders series, including free Riders 😊😊

[@xudokai]

Bro the nostalgia is going crazy rn

[@SpeedDemonPowerage98]

Good to see someone didn’t ignore the fact that Grand Metropolis in its Mario and Sonic at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games Dream racing version is literally a Sonic Riders Track with one lap compared to the 3 of the other Sonic Riders Tracks.

[@saumonrai]

It always amazes me how these people are not hired by official companies to make the games....

[@izdatbOi]

That last track is in desperate need of lighting. It could be so sick and beautiful frfr

[@dinar8749]

This looks soooo good. We need a Riders 4!!

[@Twocoolman115]

Anyone know the theme playing during the Generations Board segment? That shit slaps This looks like it slaps too. I’d give anything for a new Riders game that looks this good.

[@JORISGUY7XD]

Metropolis Speedway from Sonic Free Riders

[@dave9515]

I am more of a te and DX guy. Those modders redefined sonic riders gameplay to me and have only made it better every big update while adding some new characters as well now. I would say even though TE and DX used the first game as a base it feels like a riders 4 at this point already with how well crafted the mod is.

[@codycooper320]

This used to be called sonic riders X, it's a huge port made by the same guy that's porting and enhancing sonic 06 to pc.

[@eggbreakerdotexe]

@@codycooper320 ChaosX isn't involved with this (though he has his own Riders project you might be confusing it with).

[@RizS3]

@@codycooper320 Only thing ported in Sonic Riders Evo (Sonic Riders X) is the stages. Everything else is made from scratch. The current version is made by Giygas and Beatz. Might have this confused with something else

[@heythisisntxboxrl5174]

@@codycooper320 this isn't by that person, nor is it a port

[@professionalgamer3646]

i completely forgot about sonic riders even though i was a huge fan of it when i was little seeing this makes me wanna hookup my ps2 and play the og again

[@ericsanders9847]

Who knew that I would want a Hyrulen Shield as a board

[@Teto80655]

Knuckles took shield surfing to a whole other level

[@paulhancock9942]

the acceleration effect could use some work so it has parity with OG riders but looks great otherwise.

[@pr0v0cative4pple]

yooo the way you boost at the beat drop at 5:57

[@TheSpazmaticninja]

I came here to see what this video is about but stayed for the soundtracks Oh my God.

[@destroyermcw626]

This series needs to come back on these new powerful consoles

[@destroyermcw626]

@@ImTheRealSonic Dang it Metal!

[@KirbyGotenksabsorbed]

Looks neat, besides seemingly removing the ability to control flight type characters while they're in flight, no idea why they'd do that.

[@duel2803]

1:20 the planet wisp ost is so good😭

[@TiffanyKeyblades]

Keyblade ride is top tier loving it~

[@KingSolidTails]

The keyvlade looks dope af

[@henkohallows]

That's pretty good :D

[@cantreed6214]

I truly adore the use of mario vs sonic dream skateboard as a stage. that goes hard

[@piero4706]

The only way Sonic could become a massive and even competitive multiplayer game

[@Chadfill8348]

Sega: *Doesn't feel like doing a new Riders game* Fans: Fine, I'll do it myself

[@tallyhoswilly_4973]

let's get this straight. The fans/modders do wayyyyyy more for the game than the companies ever do XD lmao. Outstanding work y'all, deadass blown away.

[@RadElNew]

I think the propulsion on a couple of these boards should follow the trail physics, other than that pretty sick

[@Fonz128]

If Sonic Riders ever gets a sequel I need Jet the Hawk cooking Sonic after he beat him in a race.

[@sinestesis]

This looks sick Man...

[@FakutoVT]

my plegaries was eared! Thank you so much!!!!

[@stanzacosmi]

All they need to do is add in path based "moves the player with minimal interaction" points like the pully trains things from riders or the horrifying centipedes of the forest level in riders 1, and boost only paths like in riders ZG and then they can just... let the custom levels take care of the rest. oh and online multiplayer of course.

[@mehlon415]

The long limbs on him look so good bro 😭😭😭

[@SMEARGLEX75]

I saw this on my Feed and it looked soo good, I thought SEGA made a new Riders Game. Hope I can try out Evo some day, looks very neat-o.

[@4Shadows20]

Oh mane the stage with tails the music is so hard core Sega always have great music 🎶🎶🤤

[@fdg2208]

When did Jet become a Keyblade weilder? 😮

[@ericsanders9847]

I didn’t even notice

[@scarface51393]

Game is beautiful I wanna see the Babylon garden stage next

[@kvme1548]

the music is incredible

[@Chaaderbox]

10:19 that running animation smooth as hell

[@metalmagerin3]

Watching this gives me hope some dedicated fan can remake f-zero, too.

[@bartdude82]

I am SOOOOOO hyped for this game. I will pay good money for it too.

[@matthewmorrison3745]

Getting boost hit on that sidestepping section on planet wisp would suck because both players would fall down while stuck in the animation lol

[@BEEPIcons98]

Ahhhhh Sonic Riders I’ve missed this game soooo much. Wish they bring the series back with online multiplayer it’s right there Sega, that’s money but no make another Sonic all stars racing game with Sonic characters get rid of the crossover characters. Hopefully they bring the series back in the future.

[@GhostlyIvy80]

If we can get that Radical Highway snowboarding stage in the future that would be awesome

[@recomendagamer]

EPIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIC It would be great if they implemented 2 tricks modes, the automatic ones that were from sonic riders zero gravity, and the custom ones from the first sonic riders. Another thing that would be great is that they would also implement gravitational control and that it should be used to drift empty areas in which you cannot drift normally, and also the super gravitational power (I don't know what it's called but it was the one that made you fly xD) in order to make tremendous comebacks when they leave you far behind, even if they don't believe that it would be a great improvement and I say so, I spend most of the time playing that with some friends when they come to play.

[@juhadexcelsior]

landing tricks with high ranks should earn you a small speed boost

[@Devndj16]

Imagine riders but without boards they all just run!!!

[@a_g6724]

So much potential to work with sega like christian whitehead

[@jamminjester5248]

The music on the pyramid level is a jam!

[@shaunathenicehedgehog6740]

*Nice!*

[@alexanderlowery1471]

Ok now I want Kirby in the game, but the warp star is good enough for now.

[@drakera]

so the only reason landing the tricks looked 'bad' to me was i think all it did was have the camera zoom out and back in, and gave it speed lines then i think the game would look great :D i know its in beta but this looks pretty good already for a fan made mod :P

[@awsxedc3]

Finally, a game making Planet Wisp good

[@gektoast4968]

This is amazing

[@Wavebby]

Man this is insane. This version reminds me of f zero.

[@Tedus987]

This just reminds me of how beloved sonic riders are and how much waisted potential hit this series of the franchise. For a gamecube, xbox O and ps2 title. Sonic Riders were just so ahead of it's time and the makings of a game that could be a perfect contender to mario kart in future instalments. So what went wrong. To put it simply, Sega made several missteps that it continues to do so with every one of it's franchises. Firstly, for some unknown reason, Sega always needs the sequel to be an "evolution" to its predecessor even if that flies in the face of... or ignores core mechanics that people enjoy. Sonic Riders and Zero Gravity are the same game, but take out the air mechanic and replace the boards with more unique looking gear. It doesn't sound like much but it removes one of the core fundamental mechanics of the first game made it challenging but fun once you understood it. As your mastery of the air system directly translated to not only how good you were but how good you looked playing the game. Further Sega choice to make this a ps2 and wii exclusive game in 2008 truly shot the title in the foot. The 360 was released in 2006 and the ps3 a year later. Surely it would be foolish if not business suicide to not release this on modern hardware. Sadly Sega was willing to shoot the game in the foot because of one detail. They knew in 2 years time they were releasing a new racing game involving Sonic. Why compete with yourself when you can release game 1 on platform x and game 2 on platform y. Simply put. While it was not being directly developed by Sega. Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing was looking to be the better competition to mario kart than than riders and released it as shovelware on an end of life system and a niche platform with odd controls. On the subject of all stars Sega would make the same mistake again in 2012 with All-Stars transformed by removing core mechanics for the game such as bikes so every characters vheacle could transform. Because at the time mario kart 7 introduced the glider. And sega needs to prove it can make a competitive racing game to kart. At all costs. Finally with freeriders while it was released in the same year as all stars. It was locked behind the kenect. Sega knew it wouldn't split there consumerbase since only connect owners would by the game. Something I deeply do not like as both ZG and FR treated with so little care that Sega pulled the old adage of "if it doesn't sell well. It must not be popular, it can't be anything we did or implemented." Finally to anyone who mentioned the PS3's backwards compatability for zero gravity. The PS3 needed to be able to run the game without issue for Sony to sign off on releasing an unlock code in the ps3 firmware. If the game had no unlock code. The ps3 would identify the game but not launch it and show an uncompatable splash screen. ZG was not in demand enough to become backwards compatible... I genuinely hope Sega sees a project like this and identifies the market still willing to pay and play the riders series. And hopefully understands that every next step in the series does not need to be some redefined "masterpiece" that forgets a core concept. Compare mario kart 7 to 8. What did they change. Magnetic tyres and underwater physics while still remaining true to there core gameplay features. All it changed was that the vheacles controlled slightly differently. They didn't strap rockets to the back of the karts and turn the cars into jets I don't think you needed to either. Sorry for the rant. Sega I grew up with you in my house but I'm not going to pull my punches on bad decisions.

[@BBB-2005]

First of all awesome Video :D and second pls I need the name of the OST from "Generations Board" timestamp. The ost starts at 06:50 or so

[@soniccrocodile4578]

My favorite rac8ng game is Sonic Riders Zero gravity. I have such fond memories of playing it with my sister. What I'd give to get a new one

[@michaeltwiz8477]

Man this music is jamming

[@RedVanquish]

If we ever get a new Sonic riders game, we need a JSR map and Beat!

[@fiahrose5961]

bro he's going so fast that boostpads slow him down