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Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing with Banjo-Kazooie
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| Developer | Sumo Digital |
| Publisher | Sega |
| Console(s) | Xbox 360 |
| Release date(s) | February 23, 2010 |
| Genre | Racing |
| Mode | Single Player, Multiplayer |
| Rating | ESRB: Everyone |
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing with Banjo-Kazooie is a 2010 kart racing video game, part of the Sega Superstars series, produced for the Xbox 360. It features various Sega characters, with Banjo and Kazooie as guest racers.
Gameplay[edit]
Much like in other kart racing games, characters race through multiple tracks and collect special items to finish the final lap in first place. Executing successful drifts or performing tricks midair also earns the racer boosts. Each character has an All-Star Move unique to them, such as Banjo and Kazooie's Jiggy Rain move where they use Mumbo's Wrench to attack their opponents with falling Jiggies.
Vehicles in Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing with Banjo-Kazooie are found in four categories: racing, off-road, bike and hovercraft. They perform differently depending on the terrain they are in, and work better in specific courses. For example, Banjo and Kazooie's car, the Bolt Bucket, is a racing-type vehicle and drives best on solid terrain like wood or concrete but drives poorly on soft surfaces like snow and mud.
Trivia[edit]
- Banjo and Kazooie's appearance in Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing is primarily based around their designs as seen in Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, due to the game having been released two years after Nuts & Bolts on the same system.
- Despite this, their in-game models are noticeably different from their original in-game appearance in Nuts & Bolts. The most obvious drawbacks include the lack of detailed fur rendering on Banjo as well as the colors of their textures generally being a lot bleaker. These models became more commonly used online than the original models from Nuts & Bolts due to the latter game being notably difficult to properly extract models from.
- Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing also released on Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo DS, iOS, and Android; but lacked Banjo and Kazooie as a playable character.
- Despite not being playable outside of the Xbox 360 version of Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, Banjo and Kazooie can be found in the source code and restored via a hex editor.
- The sound files for Banjo and Kazooie contain unused audio clips for Boggy's children from Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts.
- The vehicle, the Bolt Bucket, is from the cancelled Diddy Kong Racing spiritual successor: Fast and the Furriest.
Gallery[edit]
Unique "With Banjo-Kazooie" variant of the Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing logo
The opening screen showing Banjo and Kazooie driving the Bolt Bucket while Jiggies fall in front of the Sega logo.
Artwork of Banjo and Kazooie in the Bolt Bucket.
Wireframe version of the artwork.
The model for Banjo and Kazooie's vehicle.
Wireframe version of the Bolt Bucket.
Screenshot of Banjo and Kazooie activating their Jiggy Rain move.
Icon of Mumbo's Wrench.
