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Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds' Takashi Iizuka on Crossover Racers Like Minecraft's Steve and How Travel Rings Change Everything - IGN Live 2025
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 67478" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><img src="https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2025/06/08/sanic-1749350784584.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p>Alongside debuting new gameplay, Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka joined us at IGN Live to share more about Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds and why this is one big crossover kart racer you need to play.</p><p></p><p>We are just one day removed from <a href="https://www.ign.com/videos/sonic-racing-crossworlds-official-crossover-trailer-summer-game-fest-2025" target="_blank">Sonic Racing: CrossWorld's big reveal at Summer Game Fest</a> that Hatsune Miku, Like a Dragon's Ichiban Kasuga, Persona 5's Joker, and Minecraft's Steve, Alex, and Creeper will all be guest characters, and Iizuka reflected on what the process was like in choosing who gets to join in on all the fun.</p><p></p><p></p><p>"We wanted to make sure the second lap around was going to be full of surprises as you're going to a different world that you didn't even think was possible," Iizuka said. "So, when brainstorming what we could do to make that really fun and exciting, we knew it would be great to go to some of the Sega IP worlds, but we also wanted to go to other IP worlds and really surprise people with that second lap. As we got to thinking about what worlds be fun to explore, we really thought Minecraft and its characters could be very fun."</p><p></p><p>For those unfamiliar, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds has a very interesting three-lap formula thats starts with a pretty standard first lap. However, the racer in first place will then get to pick a new world everyone will race through via Travel Rings.</p><p></p><p>"The three Lap formula is really good for racers," Iizuka said. "It's really easy to understand, and we wanted to make things new and fresh so you're not just racing around the same place over and over again. And that was where the idea of the Travel Ring formed, which is to bring you somewhere new and unknown in that second lap. That's not all, as we wanted to keep the surprise and the racing really fresh and fun, so we added in some surprises for the third lap too."</p><p></p><p>We then shifted our conversation to items, and Iizuka shared that he loved that Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is paying homage to Sonic Racing games with the addition of the Rocket Punch item and Team Sonic Racing with Wisp items, but he did admit that his favorite item in this new game is the Monster Truck power-up that "lets you turn your vehicle into a monster truck and just run over everyone in front of you."</p><p></p><p></p><p>There's a lot more to look forward to in Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds when it is released on September 25, 2025, including the return of Sonic Riders' hoverboards, the ability for any character to ride in any vehicle, racing up to 12 players online, and even the most-welcome of features in cross-play.</p><p></p><p>Speaking of different platforms, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds will be released on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC, and Nintendo Switch. And yes, even though it may arrive a bit after, Switch 2 players will also soon be able to hit the road with the over 23 racers featured in this game.</p><p></p><p>For more, check out our <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/sonic-racing-crossworlds-the-first-preview" target="_blank">Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds preview</a> and everything else you need to know about <a href="https://www.ign.com/live/" target="_blank">IGN Live.</a></p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Adam Bankhurst is a writer for IGN. You can follow him on X/Twitter </em><a href="https://twitter.com/AdamBankhurst" target="_blank"><em>@AdamBankhurst,</em></a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/adambankhurst/" target="_blank"><em>Instagram,</em></a><em> and </em><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@adambankhurst" target="_blank"><em>TikTok,</em></a><em> and listen to his show, </em><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/talking-disney-magic/id1773431375" target="_blank"><em>Talking Disney Magic.</em></a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/sonic-racing-crossworlds-takashi-iizuka-on-crossover-racers-like-minecrafts-steve-and-how-travel-rings-change-everything-ign-live-2025" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 67478, member: 1"] [IMG]https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2025/06/08/sanic-1749350784584.png[/IMG] Alongside debuting new gameplay, Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka joined us at IGN Live to share more about Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds and why this is one big crossover kart racer you need to play. We are just one day removed from [URL='https://www.ign.com/videos/sonic-racing-crossworlds-official-crossover-trailer-summer-game-fest-2025']Sonic Racing: CrossWorld's big reveal at Summer Game Fest[/URL] that Hatsune Miku, Like a Dragon's Ichiban Kasuga, Persona 5's Joker, and Minecraft's Steve, Alex, and Creeper will all be guest characters, and Iizuka reflected on what the process was like in choosing who gets to join in on all the fun. "We wanted to make sure the second lap around was going to be full of surprises as you're going to a different world that you didn't even think was possible," Iizuka said. "So, when brainstorming what we could do to make that really fun and exciting, we knew it would be great to go to some of the Sega IP worlds, but we also wanted to go to other IP worlds and really surprise people with that second lap. As we got to thinking about what worlds be fun to explore, we really thought Minecraft and its characters could be very fun." For those unfamiliar, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds has a very interesting three-lap formula thats starts with a pretty standard first lap. However, the racer in first place will then get to pick a new world everyone will race through via Travel Rings. "The three Lap formula is really good for racers," Iizuka said. "It's really easy to understand, and we wanted to make things new and fresh so you're not just racing around the same place over and over again. And that was where the idea of the Travel Ring formed, which is to bring you somewhere new and unknown in that second lap. That's not all, as we wanted to keep the surprise and the racing really fresh and fun, so we added in some surprises for the third lap too." We then shifted our conversation to items, and Iizuka shared that he loved that Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is paying homage to Sonic Racing games with the addition of the Rocket Punch item and Team Sonic Racing with Wisp items, but he did admit that his favorite item in this new game is the Monster Truck power-up that "lets you turn your vehicle into a monster truck and just run over everyone in front of you." There's a lot more to look forward to in Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds when it is released on September 25, 2025, including the return of Sonic Riders' hoverboards, the ability for any character to ride in any vehicle, racing up to 12 players online, and even the most-welcome of features in cross-play. Speaking of different platforms, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds will be released on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC, and Nintendo Switch. And yes, even though it may arrive a bit after, Switch 2 players will also soon be able to hit the road with the over 23 racers featured in this game. For more, check out our [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/sonic-racing-crossworlds-the-first-preview']Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds preview[/URL] and everything else you need to know about [URL='https://www.ign.com/live/']IGN Live.[/URL] [I]Adam Bankhurst is a writer for IGN. You can follow him on X/Twitter [/I][URL='https://twitter.com/AdamBankhurst'][I]@AdamBankhurst,[/I][/URL][I] [/I][URL='https://www.instagram.com/adambankhurst/'][I]Instagram,[/I][/URL][I] and [/I][URL='https://www.tiktok.com/@adambankhurst'][I]TikTok,[/I][/URL][I] and listen to his show, [/I][URL='https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/talking-disney-magic/id1773431375'][I]Talking Disney Magic.[/I][/URL] [url="https://www.ign.com/articles/sonic-racing-crossworlds-takashi-iizuka-on-crossover-racers-like-minecrafts-steve-and-how-travel-rings-change-everything-ign-live-2025"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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