Famitsu on TSR (3): Team Dr. Eggman & new stage "Doctor's Mine" revealed!

News from 2019.02.12
Archived on 2019.03.22

Famitsu's TSR series: 3rd article on Team Sonic Racing by Famitsu!
Translation of previous articles: see tag #Famitsu

Revealed are information on the appearance of Team Eggman together with a new stage "Doctor's Mine"!

『チームソニックレーシング』Dr.エッグマンがメタルソニックやザボックとともに参戦決定！　新コース“Doctor’s Mine”も公開 https://t.co/mFPkRLwQsy pic.twitter.com/c2t7hqsk5h

— ファミ通.com (@famitsu) February 12, 2019

Original article:
『チームソニックレーシング』Dr.エッグマンがメタルソニックやザボックとともに参戦決定！　新コース“Doctor’s Mine”も公開
https://www.famitsu.com/news/201902/13171815.html


Translation:

Team Sonic Racing - Dr. Eggman is coming with Metal Sonic and Zavok! A new stage "Doctor's Mine" also revealed

Team Eggman is joining the race! 

Dr. Eggman (Technique Type)
A self-proclaimed evil scientist and Sonic's eternal rival. He joins the Grand Prix almost forcefully with the racing machine he developed by himself.

Metal Sonic (Speed Type)
A high-performance fighting robot that was created to defeat Sonic. Joins the race with a high-speed machine with mysteriously glowing head light and front cowl.

Zavok (Power Type)
A warrior of combat clan Zeti. Joins the race with a dragon-like powerful machine that bears a burning fire inside it.

Egg Pawn (NPC)
A mecha loyal to Dr. Eggman when he takes part to a race as a team of three.


They also show screenshots of cutscenes:

• Eggman driving with Egg Pawns
• Eggman's evil smile
• Eggman releasing an aggressively-looking orange Wisps
• Eggman and Egg Pawns chasing after Team Vector

Team Adventure

Some other screenshots from dialogue from Adventure mode:

1. Eggman: Ho-ho-ho-ho-ho! Good day, people! Here comes the genius scientist of the century, Dr. Eggman! (caption: Dr. Eggman appears in front of Sonic and his friends. Looks like it's going to be turbulent again!)
2. Eggman: Ho-ho-ho-ho-ho! Sonic and his stupid friends are gathering around! I'll take this chance to get rid of them all together! (caption: Dr. Eggman is joining the race.)
3. Cubot: Oh! Look, same thing every time! Our boss is cool～♪ (caption: Dr. Eggman's support robot, Cuobt. That probably means his buddy is there too?)
4. Zavok: I was seen by Chao...! (caption: Zavok seems to be acting independently. What could be his purpose?) 

New course: Doctor's Mine

"A course on the mine towering on Planet Wisp. It has dynamic and complex field caused by infiltration of Eggman's massive factory build in the beautiful nature.
The road is broad so you don't have to worry too much about course-outs, but there are places where the course is broken, so stay focused!
The course is full of three-dimentional gimmicks such as tunnels and jump boards, so try to remember their placements to speed up for your victory! Also watch out for dangerous gimmics like moving spiked gears!"

They then show a concept art of Doctor's Mine with Knuckels and Blaze racing through on a road that becomes almost like a wall, placed inside the mine with purple waste liquids visible below them. Falling off the road here doesn't look like a good idea! Speed up!

Also they show us screenshots of the actual stage. They look fun!
Captions:

1. A dynamic course consisting of vast terrain.
2. It's full of gimmicks unique to a mine.
3. Going into a tunnel after a forking route.
4. You can enjoy the nature with the broad course.
5. The road turns 90 degrees before you reach the huge purple waterfall.
6. Speed up with boost if you reach a straight path.

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That's it for my summary & translation!
Look at those screenshots of Doctor's Mine, they are gorgeous!! It's nice to visit this place again after Sonic Colors and Generations, Planet Wisp on Wii is one of my favorite stages with that awesome music in the entire Sonic series. The contrast between calm, green nature and aggressive crimson mine. Oh I love it.
I can't wait to drive through this course with full of gimmicks!

And the adventure mode seems to have both cutscenes and dialogue scenes, just like in Sonic Forces. The dialogue looks more similar to that of Sonic Runners though.
The cutscene looks pretty nice already! I'm looking forward to this game.

Let's look forward to May 21st!

Check out the cool official website of Team Sonic Racing, and don't forget to pre-order the game!

http://sonic.sega.jp/TeamSonicRacing/

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