The Future of Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic Team has been busy necking with Nintendo lately. First with "Sonic & Mario at the Olympic Games" and, as previously reported, in the upcoming "Super Smash Bros.: Brawl." However, Sega and Sonic Team are coming out with another Sonic title early next month.

Scheduled for a January 8 release in North America, "Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity" just sounds like another racing game with a big name. Pretty lame right? Wrong. Check this out - this is the opening video from the game.

Weird, right? It's where Sonic, Final Fantasy and "Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace" all meet. I mean honestly, doesn't that opening shot look like the battle droids all waking up in the new trilogy? Ahem, sorry, back to the main point.

But this game looks interesting. The idea reminds me of "TrickStyle," the Dreamcast game based around hoverboarding (and "Back to the Future," of course).

So let's keep our fingers crossed, everybody. This could be exciting.