Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity

Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity
Also known as: Sonic Riders: Shooting Star Story (JP) Developer: Sonic Team Publisher: Sega Platforms: PlayStation 2, Wii Released in JP: January 17, 2008 (Wii) Released in US: January 8, 2008 Released in EU: February 22, 2008 Released in AU: March 6, 2008 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused music.

The sequel to Sonic Riders, this time introducing the gravity control function for maneuvering around corners and riding alternate pathways.

Unused Graphics

Early Title Screen

Assets for an early title screen can be found in "TSEA_GS" archive both on PS2 and Wii.

Early Character Renders

Early renders for the character select screen can be found in "MMSEA_GS" archive both on PS2 and Wii.

Early	Final

Early Extreme Gears Renders

Early renders of Extreme Gears can be found in "MMSEA_GS" archive both on PS2 and Wii. Most of them only have placeholder renders.

Early	Final

Early Level Select Icons Renders

Early renders of the level select icons can be found in "MMSEA_GS" archive both on PS2 and Wii. Some have different lighting, different camera angles and are generally unfinished overall. Interestingly, MeteorTech was originally referred to as MeteoTech in the English version.

Early	Final

Early Story Select Menu Renders

Early renders for the story select menu can be found in "MMSEA_GS" archive both on PS2 and Wii.

Early	Final

Metal City Title Card

The title card for Metal City from first "Sonic Riders" can be found in "G2S00E" archive both on PS2 and Wii. Judging by the name, this level was transferred to Zero Gravity as a test. No other files seem to be present.

Early Extreme Gears Names

At least two Extreme Gears have a different names. Textures with the old names can be found in "MMSEA_GS" archive both on PS2 and Wii.

Ring Linker → GP Accumulator

Influential → Skill Booster

Early	Final

Misspelled Names

For whatever reason, Rouge The Bat and Cream The Rabbit were misspelled on early version of texture. In an earlier version they are listed as Roug The Bat and Crea The Rabbit.

Early	Final

Unused Text

Present in the executable.

At 0x531240:

SEGA NN Library for PlayStation2
nn Ver 1.18.56 Build:Dec 26 2006 17:14:10
1.18.56
%s Version %s
(C) SEGA Corporation Creative Center Graphics Sect.

At 0x5325B1:

PX Ver.1.46.07 Build:Jun  2 2006 18:45:34

Truncated Menu Music/Early Remix

The song played in the main menu is what appears to be an instrumental of an early Electro Extended remix of Un-gravitify. The song normally loops, but if the looping is disabled through a specialized audio player capable of playing ADX files (like foobar2000), the song can be heard in full, with a proper ending. Disappointingly, the instrumental of Catch Me If You Can heard in the Options menu simply cuts off if looping is disabled and has no ending to speak of.

In-Game Instrumental	Final Remix

Version Differences

Although the game was released only for Wii in Japan, the US PS2 version's language selection includes both Japanese text and audio. The European PS2 version removes these options.