User blog:JPerrin/Kobe Riders

Kobe Riders is a hoverboard-racing video game spin-off produced by Sega, Team Dog-Boy Girl and developed by their second-party, United Game Artists for the Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC. It is the fourth racing game in the Dogs Series, preceded by Sonic Drift, Sonic Drift 2 and Sonic R, and the first entry in the Kobe Riders. This time, the characters ride on hoverboards called "Extreme Gear".

Kobe Riders was revealed by Lara Jill Miller on 7 September 2005 prior to 2005's Tokyo Game Show. The game was released to start off the 15th anniversary of the Dogs Series. This game introduces five new playable characters, the Catalon Rouges and the S-10000 series. A sequel to Kobe Riders, entitled as Kobe Riders: Zero Gravity, has been released on the Xbox, Wii and PlayStation 2 systems. A second sequel, entitled Kobe Free Riders will be released on 6 October 2021 for the Xbox 360's Kinect peripheral.

Playable characters
Characters in Sonic Riders are divided into three varying types: Speed Type, Power Type, and Flight Type with the exception of Super Sonic, who is the only character that is Speed, Flight, and Power. The game introduces three new characters: Jet the Hawk, Wave the Swallow, and Storm the Albatross. The three are all members of an organization of thieves known as the Babylon Rogues, led by Doctor Eggman during the tournament until a certain point in the game. Depending on the character type and/or gear, the player can grind, knock obstacles or fly through dash rings. The classifications each of the respective characters fall under is listed below:

Speed Type
Speed Type characters have the highest top speed stats, but low acceleration. They can grind on rails placed around some parts of tracks by pressing / twice (once to jump over the rail, second to grind on it) and gain Air while doing so.


 * Kobe Miles Prower
 * Berry Flower
 * Plane the Cat
 * Maverick Jason Smith
 * B-10000R
 * Lincoln Loud
 * Clyde McBride

Power Type
Power Type characters have the best off-road durability and can break through certain obstacles on tracks, gaining Air for each obstacle destroyed. Their speed and acceleration stats are only average.


 * Benz Patrick Jack
 * Thunder the Dog
 * Rusty Spokes
 * B-10000G
 * Lynn Loud

Flight Type
Flight Type characters have the highest acceleration stats and good top speed stats. Their durability and cornering differs between character to character however, making them somewhat ambiguous in terms of these stats. They can air ride through Accelerators and gain Air while doing so, often accessing shortcuts and sometimes item boxes.


 * Classie Sandy Rose
 * Water the Rabbit
 * Lola Loud
 * Koko Denise Miles
 * Lana Loud