| Sonic Free Riders | |
|---|---|
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| Developer(s) | Sonic Team |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Director(s) | Kenjiro Morimoto |
| Producer(s) | Kenjiro Morimoto |
| Artist(s) | Hideaki Moriya |
| Writer(s) | Yasushi Otake |
| Composer(s) | Tomonori Sawada Koji Sakurai |
| Series | Sonic the Hedgehog |
| Platform(s) | Xbox 360 |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Racing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Sonic Free Riders[a] is a motion controlled racing video game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Xbox 360. The game requires the use of Microsoft's Kinect peripheral and was a Kinect launch title in November 2010.[2]
Sonic Free Riders is the seventh racing game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, and the third entry in the Sonic Riders trilogy. It is a direct sequel to Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity. The game's story centers on the series' main antagonist Doctor Eggman, disguising himself as "King Doc of Toreggmania", announcing a second World Grand Prix, secretly planning to gather data from the riders to program into his robots.
Free Riders received generally unfavorable reviews from critics, mainly due to game's motion controls, which were often described as unresponsive and inaccurate. However, some praised its presentation, multiplayer capability, and amount of content.
- ^ a b "Sonic Free Riders – Website Open And Release Dates Confirmed". Archived from the original on 2010-10-07.
- ^ "SEGA announces its first title for Kinect™ for Xbox 360®". Archived from the original on 2017-09-01. Retrieved 2010-10-04.
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