Editing Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (section)

===Planned characters===
ToeJam & Earl were originally planned to be in ''Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing'' as a duo driving their spaceship, but Sega could not come to terms with ToeJam & Earl Productions co-founder Greg Johnson.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.seganerds.com/2009/10/06/toejam-earl-were-planned-for-sonic-sega-all-stars-racing/|title=ToeJam & Earl were planned for Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091011003858/http://www.seganerds.com/2009/10/06/toejam-earl-were-planned-for-sonic-sega-all-stars-racing/|archivedate=11 October 2009|publisher=Sega Nerds}}</ref> However, fans did call and mass-emailed Johnson for his characters' return.<ref>{{Cite web|author=RawmeatCowboy|title=Let's get ToeJam and Earl in Sonic and SEGA All-Stars Racing|url=http://www.gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=99528|publisher=Go Nintendo|date=6 October 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711110937/http://www.gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=99528|archivedate=11 July 2011|accessdate=7 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=McWhertor|first=Michael|title=There Will Be No Toe Jam & Earl In Your Sega All-Stars Games|url=http://kotaku.com/5375494/there-will-be-no-toe-jam--earl-in-your-sega-all+stars-games|publisher=Kotaku|date=6 October 2009}}</ref> He responded on the official Sega forums under the pseudonym "Big Earl" stating that he would "''give it another try and see if ''[he could]'' get the homies at Sega to talk again on the phone.''"<ref>{{Cite web|last=Johnson|first=Greg|title=Big Earl on Sega Forums|url=http://forums.sega.com/showpost.php?p=5290608&postcount=50|work=Sega Forums|date=6 October 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812202652/http://forums.sega.com/showpost.php?p=5290608&postcount=50|archivedate=12 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=The News Team|title=Greg Johnson says SEGA won't pay to include ToeJam and Earl in Sonic & SEGA All-Star Racing, intentions of creating another TJ&E<nowiki>;</nowiki> title|url=http://www.gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=99588|publisher=Go Nintendo|date=6 October 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711110945/http://www.gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=99588|archivedate=11 July 2011}}</ref> He later mentioned that the duo would not be appearing in the retail game, since it was too late in development.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ashcraft|first=Brian|title=Catching Up With ToeJam & Earl|url=http://kotaku.com/5401043/catching-up-with-toejam--earl|publisher=Kotaku|date=10 November 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Johnson|first=Greg|title=Big Earl on Sega Forum|url=http://forums.sega.com/showpost.php?p=5360575&postcount=306|work=Sega Forum|date=10 November 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816161011/http://forums.sega.com/showthread.php?299703-Toejam-and-earl-fans-unite!!&s=cda48b8a2fe9d039100cfc5a8db65e34&p=5360575#post5360575|archivedate=16 August 2011}}</ref>

In its prototype form, Gilius Thunderhead from ''Golden Axe'' was a playable character who rode one of the Chickenleg monsters from the game. While he was scrapped from the game's roster, he does appear in the sequel. In his developer diary, Lycett makes it clear that this did not confirm him as a final character.<ref name="ASR diary 1">{{Cite web|last=Lycett|first=Steve|title=Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing Dev Diary – Concept|url=http://blogs.sega.com/usa/2009/11/12/sonic-sega-all-stars-racing-dev-diary-concept/|work=Sega Blog|publisher=[[Sega]]|date=12 November 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716153921/http://blogs.sega.com/2009/11/12/sonic-sega-all-stars-racing-dev-diary-concept/|archivedate=16 July 2015}}</ref> This was the case with Gilius, as he did not make the cut into the final roster. Lycett has also talked about Vyse from ''Skies of Arcadia'' in an interview with Gamereactor (interesting to note, both Vyse and Thunderhead appear in the game's sequel).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lemne|first=Bengt|title=Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing|url=http://www.gamereactor.eu/previews/2095/Sonic+&+Sega+All-Stars+Racing/|publisher=Gamereactor|date=5 November 2009}}</ref> Segata Sanshiro was also considered as a possible character, riding a [[Sega Saturn]], as well as Nei from ''Phantasy Star II'', though neither ended up in the roster.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Oliver|first=Tristan|title=Segata Sanshiro Considered for ASR, But Unlikely|url=http://www.tssznews.com/2009/12/02/segata-sanshiro-considered-for-asr-but-unlikely/|publisher=TSSZ News|date=2 December 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100506082956/http://www.tssznews.com/2009/12/02/segata-sanshiro-considered-for-asr-but-unlikely/|archivedate=6 May 2010}}</ref> Early in development, [[Mario]] was considered as a Wii-exclusive addition, but Sega decided against it so as not to cause cross-contamination with its [[Mario & Sonic series|''Mario & Sonic'' series]].<ref name="seganerds.thekartel.com">{{Cite web|author=kgHapa|title=Exclusive Q&A<nowiki>;</nowiki> with Sonic and Sega All-Star Racing's producers|url=http://seganerds.thekartel.com/blog/2010/02/22/exclusive_qa_with_sonic_and_sega_all-star_racings_producers|work=Sega Nerds|publisher=The Kartel|date=22 February 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100418153708/http://seganerds.thekartel.com/blog/2010/02/22/exclusive_qa_with_sonic_and_sega_all-star_racings_producers|archivedate=18 April 2010}}</ref>

Lycett also mentioned there would be various cameo appearances from other Sega characters who didn't make it in the playable roster, such as Ristar in the Death Egg track.<ref>{{Cite web|author=NinMicroSega|title=List all SEGA characters who could have a cameo in this game|url=http://forums.sega.com/showthread.php?p=5338915|work=Sega Forum|date=29 October 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716153920/http://forums.sega.com/showthread.php?302480-List-all-SEGA-characters-who-could-have-a-cameo-in-this-game&p=5338915#post5338915|archivedate=16 July 2015}}</ref>