We had the chance to play CrossWorlds for roughly an hour at Summer Game Fest recently and talk to legendary Sonic producer ...

While there were good games in the mix, too – like the Sonic Rush duology, Unleashed, and Generations (and, of course, one of the best kart racers ever made, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed ...

Iizuka played coy when asked about the possibility of Shenmue's return to kart racing after his small cameo in Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. Though characters from other Sega series - like ...

Nickelodeon and Sega have officially confirmed their Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds collaboration, following leaks on social media earlier this month. Announced at the 2025 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards ...

Mario Kart World is courting controversy with a new update that makes it even harder to play traditional three-lap races, but Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds has been planning to make a very similar change ...

It would seem that Sega has been aware of this issue when designing its Mario Kart rival Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, which is coming to Switch, Switch 2, PS4, PS5, PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S ...

SEGA's Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds announcement arrives just a day after Nintendo's June 5 2025 Mario Kart World release. The studios have directly competed since their early days, both specializing ...

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds' Deep Kart Customization The biggest difference between Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds and Mario Kart World is that Sega's title focuses on kart customization. I'm not just ...

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds doesn’t have to revolutionize the kart racing genre, and I think it’s staking its claim on being a fun and carefree racer that celebrates Sonic and the larger Sega ...

While Iizuka has not played Mario Kart World yet, he says that his impressions are that it’s more of “an action game,” while Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds will focus more on racing elements.

Where Mario Kart only includes major Nintendo characters, Sonic Racing features some rad crossovers, like Hatsune Miku. Not Iizuka reviving the beef between Sega and Nintendo.

Sonic Crossworlds restores that layer of strategy to the genre in Mario Kart’s absence. Each character has base stats, and cars can be tinkered with for players that want to finely tune their cars.