Like most Sonic games these days, Sega's spiky blue mascot doesn't make much of an appearance in these new Sonic Rivals screens, and instead you'll have to make do with some shots of his new, psychic mate, Silver.
He's not the only colourful mammal in Sega's new side-scrolling racer, either; a cast of other Sonic characters also make an appearance including old pal Knuckles and that angsty gun-toting fellow, Shadow. Over and above the vanilla single-player offering, 'Rivals also sports some kind of trading-card 'reward system', which lets you customise your characters and bet cards on wireless multiplayer bouts.
We'll let you know how Rivals turns out when it spin-dashes onto PSP in the autumn.