Sega has released a brand new trailer for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, and it contains some not-so-subtle jabs at racing rival Mario Kart World, as well as Sega's general history of rivalry with Nintendo.
In the trailer (thanks, Automaton Media), we see a TV, on which a heavily pixelated kart racing game is being played. It's pretty obviously Mario Kart World, and the camera quickly pans to a much more sophisticated TV, on which Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds appears.
Quickly, the Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds TV is attached to a sleek, speedy racing car, while the Mario Kart World TV, as seemingly befits its low-tech status, is hitched to a juddering RV. Just in case you needed some extra help, the RV is pictured next to a tortoise.
The ad closes with an invitation to players to "come race on our level", and in the trailer's description, Sega recommends players "leave the open road behind", which seems to me to be a pretty obvious jab at Mario Kart World's open...well, world.
It seems that Sega is poking fun at the old rivalry between itself and Nintendo, which primarily existed throughout the fourth and fifth console generations (and, partially, the sixth,...
