With Mario Kart World as the flagship launch game for Switch 2 this year, it’s an unusual time for Sega to be working on its own kart racer starring its iconic blue blur. But Takashi Iyazuka, head of the Sonic Team at Sega, not only acknowledged the elephant in the room during this year’s Summer Game Fest — he also tried flexing on the Nintendo franchise.

Following a trailer featuring new characters for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, Iyazuka took the SGF stage to highlight one major difference between his game and Mario Kart World.

“Unlike the another kart racing game, this game will have online cross-platform matchmaking so you can race against all your friends across all of the platforms,” Iyazuka said amid a roaring cheer. As fans know, Mario Kart is a first-party Nintendo franchise that’

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