8 Ridiculous Video Game Premises That Make No Sense
4. Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
The premise: Sega desired to get in on the popular practice of collating famous faces from across all its franchises and chucking them together for some racing hijinks a la Mario Kart, Crash Team Racing or any other of its kind.
Those invited to the competition included Alex Kidd, Ryo Hazuki, NiGHTS and, of course, Sonic himself, with all his associates tagging along for the fun and games.
Why it makes no sense: Now, it's unclear whether you're aware of this Sega, but Sonic can move alarmingly fast without the aid of four wheels and a combustion engine, so why does the Blue Blur, whose competitiveness forms part of his core personality, opt to get in the driver's seat for a racing contest?
The reason why each franchise from which you borrowed the idea worked is that their rosters were comprised of characters that (mostly) abided by the laws of nature. The concept falls flat when your mascot can finish the race on foot before other candidates have even turned the ignition key.
Should have just made a sequel to Sonic-R. At least that game made (more) sense.