If you’re making a kart racing game, the standard to beat is Mario Kart; it always has been, and it probably always will be. Even after three decades, there’s still nothing that hits quite like Nintendo’s adorable racer — although a few have come close. Sonic has been playing second fiddle to Mario for years now, even in the kart racing realm, but that ranking might be in jeopardy. Sonic Racing Crossworlds looks like it could give Mario Kart World some serious competition, and not just because it looks and plays well, but because it’s capitalizing on the kind of “Super Smash Kart” experience that Nintendo isn’t.
If the launch of Mario Kart World has proved anything, it’s that people go absolutely crazy for a wide array of weird characters in kart racers. After the game’s reveal, the number one thing people were talking about was Cow — the fact that you could now play as an adorable cow in a little kart.
