Sonic Team in conjunction with Sega has put out yet another title in the Sonic Riders franchise. The racing hoverboard game, , has taken heights to the motion control era with Microsoft's new Kinect technology.

Forget what you know about Adventures, Dance central etc... Sonic is the first Hard game for kinect, after you learn some moves and tricks its also the best game for kinect.

We've seen a number of ‘extreme' racing games released over the years on a variety of platforms featuring SEGA's inimitable blue mascot, Sonic T. Hedgehog, most probably in an effort to try and provide a super-powered alternative to Nintendo's mascot-imbued Mario Kart series of racing games.

So far, 2010 has seemingly been the year of the hedgehog. With Sonic Colors ripping up many jaded gamers' low expectations, Sonic the Hedgehog 4 taking a first step in the right direction and the solid, yet dated, Sonic Adventure DX remakes popping up, the tail end of the year might lead one to...

I have to admit, I was one of the biggest Kinect sceptics around prior to its launch. I questioned whether the slick machine with the black piano finish would be a fad. I also questioned whether Xbox 360 gamers would embrace it.

Why is SEGA endlessly obsessed with putting Sonic on hoverboards The whole point of him is he can run really fast anyway. It's like Superman getting into hang gliding. And yet, here we have another game nobody asked for in the shape of Sonic Free Riders.

Sonic Free Riders makes one thing clear from the second it loads up: this is not the Sonic the Hedgehog of yesteryear but instead the o...

Unique Kinect gameplay; Upgradeable boards; Changes in gameplay mechanics

Unreliable controls; Difficult online infrastructure; Lack of content

. After a quick tutorial you soon start to discover that the game might not be as fun as it sounds, as even during these brief glimpses of the game you will find the controls are terribly inconsistent. You stand facing the TV at a ninety degree angle and lean forward or backward to turn.

Fast paced racing game with cool tracks, with fun to be had on each new track, Some of you may think 8/10 is a bit much for a very flawed game but with the work arounds i stated above from the menu's to the use of arms aswell as leaning for turns work flawlessly, jumping on the ramp instead of as...

Another motion control game review ! Already! Okay, if that's the way the wind is blowing these days, fine. Sonic Free Riders is a launch game for Kinect, it's a hoverboard racing game, and it's probably the best reason to own a Kinect device at this moment in time.