

The game was produced in commemoration of the Sonic series' 15th anniversary and was the first Sonic racing game since the 1997 Traveller's Tales game Sonic R. It was released in Europe the following month and for Microsoft Windows at the end of the year. It was developed by Sonic Team and Now Production, published by Sega, and released worldwide in February 2006 in Japan and North America. In the game's 16 tracks, the player competes against characters-either controlled by computers or other players-in story and battle modes. Sonic Riders is a 2006 racing video game for the GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox in which the player controls characters from the Sonic the Hedgehog series on hoverboards.
