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A series of [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]] games, each of a completely different genre, published by [[Sega]] and, except for the first one, developed by British company Sumo Digital. As the name implies, they feature a good deal of Sega's major and [[Cult Classic]] franchises.
 
'''''Sega Superstars''''': The first one, a 2004 [[Minigame Game]] by Sonic Team for the [[Play StationPlayStation 2]] EyeToy accessory. It's 12 simple minigames in one, using (as with every other EyeToy game) your body to control them. Descriptions of the minigames are forthcoming.
 
Also notable is that it isn't a crossover in the proper sense. Each series is sequestered to its own minigame, with no interaction otherwise save for the opening cutscene.
 
'''''Sega Superstars Tennis''''': In which Sumo Digital picked up the mantle and followed suit with. Building on their own experience with the ''Virtua Tennis'' series, the game is [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin]]. Also features a bunch of Sega-themed tennis minigames.
 
'''''Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing''''' ("[[My Friends and Zoidberg|With]] [[Banjo-Kazooie]]" on the [[Xbox 360]] version, at Microsoft's request): [[Growing the Beard|The one game that made the series stand out]], and thus the most likely reason you are on this page. Released in February 2010, it can be easily described as "''[[Mario Kart (Video Game)|Mario Kart]]'' [[X Meets Y|meets]] Sumo's ''OutRun'' games". That is, you get the item-filled [[Wacky Racing]] of the former combined with the arcade racing action, handling and speed of the latter.
 
While ''All-Stars Racing'' might be [[Follow the Leader|completely shameless about its inspirations]], it does its elements so well (and [[Your Mileage May Vary|to some]], the actual racing gameplay is better than that of ''Mario Kart''; a given when one considers Sumo's resume) that, to the surprise of just about everyone, it received a very high amount of praise for that reason alone, joining the likes of ''[[Diddy Kong Racing]]'' and ''[[Crash Bandicoot|Crash Team Racing]]'' in that regard.
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* ''[[Alex Kidd]]''
* ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'' (Xbox 360 only)
* ''[[Billy Hatcher and Thethe Giant Egg]]''
* ''[[Bonanza Bros]].''
* ''[[Crazy Taxi]]''
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* ''[[Fantasy Zone]]''
* ''[[Golden Axe]]''
* ''[[House of the Dead|House of the D]]''--- uhhh, we mean "[[Never Say "Die"|Curien]] [[Banned in China|Mansion]]"
* ''[[Jet Set Radio]]''
* ''[[Ni GHTSNiGHTS Into Dreams]]''
* ''[[Out Run]]''<ref>But not in the game you're actually expecting that one to appear in, naturally.</ref>
* ''[[Panzer Dragoon]]''
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* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]''
* ''[[Space Channel 5]]''
* ''[[Space Harrier (Video Game)|Space Harrier]]''
* ''[[Super Monkey Ball]]''
* ''[[Virtua Cop]]''
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=== The series as a whole provides examples of: ===
* [[Go-Karting Withwith Bowser]]: Uhh, Eggman. And playing tennis with [[Ni GHTSNiGHTS Into Dreams|Reala]]. And go karting with Metal Sonic and the Bonanza Bros.<ref>Their in-game bio makes it clear that they have been reverted to their Japanese backstory, in which they were [[Villain Protagonist|villain protagonists]].</ref>
* [[Never Say Die]]/[[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Yes, it's possible for the same case to embody these two conflicting tropes at once, the case being all references to ''House of the Dead'' being labelled as "Curien Mansion" or abbreviated as "HOTD".
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** The [[Never Say "Die"]] portion comes from the fact that Sumo aimed for these games to be family-friendly. (This is now [[Hilarious in Hindsight]], as the last Curien Mansion track in ''All-Stars Racing'' is called "'''Deadly''' Route".)
** The Getting Crap Past the Radar bit is because ''HOTD'' is [[Banned in China|Banned In Germany]]. They didn't feel like making a special localization just for the Germans, so...
* [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]]
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=== ''Sega Superstars Tennis'' provides examples of: ===
* [[Go-Karting Withwith Bowser]]: Sonic can play against Eggman, [[Ni GHTS]] can play against Reala, and Ulala can play against Pudding. So far, the only one that ''doesn't'' have a great deal of fun doing so is Pudding.
* [[The Cameo]]: Chao, Morolians, Nightopians and zombies all appear from Sonic, Space Channel 5, [[Ni GHTS]] and House of the Dead respectively. Many Sonic characters like Knuckles and [[Sonic CD|Metal Sonic]] appear on the court as well. Others include [[Large Ham|Professor K]] from Jet Set Radio and even the Outrun Flagman!
* [[The Voiceless]]: Amigo somehow communicates through random music that comes out of nowhere, mostly songs from the soundtrack of his game. This account for many a funny splurge of terrible trumpet music whenever he does something wrong.
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** He also has a thing for Ulala.
* [[Ascended Extra]]: The chuchu pilots' only appearance prior to this game was the instructions manual to both versions of ''ChuChu Rocket!''. They're mentioned briefly on one page to add a little spice to the [[Excuse Plot]] and nowhere in the game itself.
* [[Ascended Meme]]: The loading screen blurb: [[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (Animation)|"Sonic Says..."]]. See Loading Screen below.
* [[Brick Joke]]: An early mission has Robotnik finding Chaos Emeralds hidden in Seaside Hill. A late mission has Sonic take back those Chaos Emeralds from Final Fortress.
* [[The Cameo]]: Ristar can be seen on the side of the Death Egg track waving at the racers.
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* [[Downloadable Content]]: For the 360/PS3 versions. So far includes:
** An unlock key to let the player select Ryo Hazuki driving his forklift from the get-go.
** Metal Sonic and a Death Egg racetrack (with a [[Ristar]] cameo and music from ''[[Sonic the Fighters (Video Game)|Sonic the Fighters]]'' and ''[[Shadow the Hedgehog]]'').
* [[Dummied Out]]: The Final Fortress tracks reference laser gates and a cameo in Dark Arsenal that are no longer there. It's speculated that the laser gates were taken out because they messed up the game's pace, and the cameo was Metal Sonic, who was instead turned to DLC.
* [[Eternal Engine]]: The Final Fortress levels.
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* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: They forgot to censor the word "ass" out of the song "[[Jet Set Radio|The Concept of Love]]". The game got rated E anyway.
** Until the radar finally [http://www.esrb.org/ratings/search.jsp?title=Sonic+and+Sega&fromHome=fromHome# caught up].
* [[Go-Karting Withwith Bowser]]: Eggman is just driving alongside.
* [[Guest Fighter]]: Banjo in the Xbox 360 version [[Diddy Kong Racing|returns to his roots as a guest star]].
* [[For Halloween I Am Going Asas Myself]]: Opa-Opa, the most expensive of the buyable racers, has no vehicle to drive in. Rather, being a sentient starship, he flies ''as himself.''
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: With the exception of Mike Pollock, this game marks the final vocal appearances of the 4Kids cast for the Sonic characters.
* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]]: Zobio & Zobiko; made more apparent during their All-Star.
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* [[Palmtree Panic]]: All three Seaside Hill courses, as well as Monkey Target.
* [[Retroactive Wish]]: Occasionally when a racer has an All-Star move ready:
{{quote| '''[[Announcer Chatter|Announcer]]:''' I wish there was an All Star on the track! What's that? There is!? SAH-WEET!!}}
* [[Scenery Porn]]: Lampshaded in the profile for one of the Casino Park maps, telling you to not get too distracted by the environment while you're racing. They're not kidding.
* [[Shifting Sand Land]]: Sandy Drifts.
* [[Shout-Out]]: [[Ristar]] in Egg Hangar.
* [[Shown Their Work]]:
** [[Sega Superstars (Video Game)/Trivia|A great deal of the achievements/trophies/challenges' names]] fall under this.
** The four Chuchus have individual names in their in-game bio. Those names are brought up in nowhere else '''but''' the ''ChuChu Rocket!'' [[All There in the Manual|instruction book]].
* [[Slippy-Slidey Ice World]]: The first two ''Billy Hatcher'' tracks.
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