The character roster for Sega and Team Sonic’s kart racer Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds continues to grow as they announced the next three guests coming via free updates.
The next trio of characters are all within the wider Sega family as it brings another character from the Like A Dragon series, a Puyo Puyo character and most curiously, an Angry Bird.
(Rovio is now under Sega and the publisher has started to regularly sneak in a cameo of the Angry Birds series in latest Sega titles. You can listen to the Angry Birds theme in Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties, for example.)
Red from the Angry Birds series (in his modern depiction, with arms, legs and fingers) is set to join Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds this April. This followed by Goro Majima (Captain Majima), referring to the one-eyed madman’s appearance as pirate as seen in Like A Dragon Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii, in the same month. Arle will join in May.
All three will arrive their the signature Machines, parts that can be mix-and-matched with other existing vehicles.
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Wave 7, 8, 9 Free Update Schedule
- Wave 7 (April)
- Red from Angry Birds
- Machine: Super Roaster
- Wave 8 (April)
- Captain Majima from Like A Dragon Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii
- Machine: Goromaru
- Wave 9 (May)
- Arle from Puyo Puyo
- Machine: Twinkle Bayoen
On top of that, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds will be adding music from Sega’s back catalog of racing games. Tracks including Magical Sound Shower from Outrun, Soul On Desert from Sega Rally 2 and Like The Wind from Power Drift (all in their original arrangements) will be added as well.
Three more characters will arrive this year as free updates.
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is out now on PS4, PS6, PC (Steam, Epic Games Store), Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2. A demo is available and, interestingly, has been updated to include Extreme Gear Machines (hoverboards as featured in Sonic Riders). Check out our review of the game here.