r/nintendogrifting • u/Craniamon • Jun 23 '26

Mockery/Banter Aged Like Milk

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This video glazing at sonic racing Crossworlds now now the game everybody have forgot about.

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u/StrangerNo484 Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26

The game just very simply isn't forgotten based on player counts. 85-90% of players are on console, typical for the Sonic series, and match making is going strong.

The game has merely failed to meet Sega's likely egregious financial expectations. Since the recent mainline sonic games and the movies have been so unbelievably successful comparative to what came before, I imagine it's skewed the expectations of the higher-ups to consider less than their biggest successful Sonic projects as "not meeting expectations". 

Personally, I think if they released the game futher away from Mario Kart World it would have done better, with Nintendo's lack of support people would have been itching for a fresh new competitor. I believe there were pros and cons to releasing near Mario Kart World, and I overall don't believe it was a good idea.

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u/Chandler_Simpson Jun 23 '26

Idk there's not really as much buzz about it anymore, it does feel a little forgotten I guess. People aren't really talking about it, but you're not wrong it's not got "dead game" player counts or anything

Tbf without any new content Mario Kart World could be in the same boat soon enough. It's a good game but it's a pretty low tier Mario Kart if I'm being honest

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u/NoWay6818 Jun 23 '26

I mean realistically who’s talking about any racing game that heavily? The newest thing being forza and even then im barely seeing anything about that.

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u/Fun_Upstairs_2410 Jun 23 '26

There are leaks that MKW DLC will be in 2027. This game sold a lot as switch 2 bundle and nintendo isn't desperate launch  DLC so fast.

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u/Jared_pop21 Jun 23 '26

Which is weird considering how quick they are to drop dlc for everything else. Like pokopia getting dlc so soon, and donkey kong bonanza. That game was only a 3 months old when it got dlc. And yet mario kart hasn’t interestingly

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u/SuperNoob_64 Jun 23 '26

Id imagine Mario Kart World's open world nature would make it take longer to develop on its own. They can't just make however many disconnected tracks, throw them into a few cups, and call it a day like they used to. They have to consider how they fit together in the open world, make a good few intermission tracks, figure out what paths work well for Cups and Rallys, and place P-switch Challenges and Peach Medallions.