Sonic and friends (and far-fetched, barely recognisable acquaintances) are still stuck to those questionable hoverboards. Racing games are supposed to be fast and precise, but Kinect has a bit of lag and prefers to use broad gestures rather than small movements. Let's be honest: it's not looking hopeful. It's got an all-star cast - you remember Wave the Swallow, right? Perhaps Sonic Team thinks that taking the controller away entirely will solve the series' congenital control problems. Why SEGA has chosen this particular racing game to resurrect for Kinect is a question for the ages. Unfortunately, here it is, back yet again. 'A complete waste of time, effort and the planet's resources,' said Ellie. It was, as anyone could have predicted, even more awful. The only way to make it worse would have been to add dodgy motion control - and lo, that is exactly what SEGA did with Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity on the Wii. It was convoluted, impossible to control and inflated beyond all sane proportions by one of the most nonsensical stories in game history (even by mid-noughties Sonic spin-off standards), narrated by voice actors with the cadence of malfunctioning robots. It's the worst racing game I've ever had to play except Donkey Kong Jet Race.

Remember Sonic Riders? No? That's probably because it was awful.

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