Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is definitely living up to its name and concept by including characters from other Sega and non-Sega properties and games as playable racer characters! During the Japanese State of Play event, it was revealed that SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star, NiGHTS, Super Monkey Ball’s AiAi, and Tangle and Whisper from the Sonic IDW series would be added to the game in the upcoming months.
Even better, some of the character drops, whcih are scheduled for each mont through February 2026 right now, will include a themed kart, course, music, and/or emotes as well!
See the new characters in action below, and read on for more details for the upcoming season pass.
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds – SpongeBob SquarePants Pack Teaser Trailer
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds – New Free Characters Update
Today, during Sony’s State of Play in Japan, SEGA released a new trailer giving fans a deeper look into the highly anticipated Season Pass content coming to Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds in the coming months. Players can look forward to racing as familiar characters both from the SEGA universe and beyond including SpongeBob SquarePants, NiGHTS, Tangle and Whisper from the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series, and Super Monkey Ball. Starting next week, fans can compete for first place as SpongeBob and Patrick through a Bikini Bottom themed course! Check out the SpongeBob content in the new trailer here.
Please see below for more details on the upcoming Season Pass content:
SpongeBob SquarePants
Release Date
Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 5 PM PT
Content Included
SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star as playable characters
Patty Wagon Vehicle
Bikini Bottom Themed Course
New SpongeBob SquarePants-inspired Music Tracks
Six different emotes per character
NiGHTS
Release Window
December 2025
Content Included
NiGHTS as a playable character
Dream Sleeper Vehicle
Super Monkey Ball
Release Window
January 2026
Content Included
AiAi as a playable character
Banana Cruiser Vehicle
Sonic the Hedgehog IDW
Release Window
February 2026
Content Included
Tangle and Whisper as playable characters
Be sure to keep an eye out for more details soon!
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is available now both digitally and physically on PlayStation®5 (PS5®), PlayStation®4 (PS4®), Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC starting at $69.99 USD and on Nintendo Switch™, Nintendo Switch™- OLED Model, and Nintendo Switch™ Lite starting at $59.99 USD.