SEGA unveils Sonic Rivals for the PSP

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Latest pre-E3 announcement from SEGA.

SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON (May 3, 2006) -- SEGA® of America, Inc. and SEGA® Europe Ltd. today announced the development of Sonic Rivals exclusively for the PSP™ (PlayStation®Portable) system. Sonic Rivals is a head-to-head competition between Sonic and his top rivals, where the gloves are off and winner takes all! Built from the ground-up, the engine allows gamers to rip through tracks in some high-spirited single player and wireless multiplayer action against friends as Sonic returns in a whole new racing-platformer with classic 2D gameplay in true 3D environments for gamers on the go.

Full press release here, this time with some shots too: http://www.sega.com/e3/2006/announcements_tp.php?item=pr_20060503a

The look's cartoony and all, but overall the shots are quite unimpressive in my opinion.

 

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It loks like the took the Sonic R engine and applied it to a new game on PSP. Doesn't look too bad, but I need to learn more about this game until it is of interest to me.