Maybe, I don’t know. It’s what Go Nintendo seems to be implying at least. Sumo Digital has put out a job listing for a senior artist, and “SSR 3DS” appears to be listed as one of the projects. I am personally crossing my fingers on this one. ASR is one of those games I am hoping we’ll get a 3DS port of. Here’s the job listing in full.
Ad:Senior Artist
Location: INDIA – Pune, IND – Sumo Digital
Job Code: 785
# of openings: 5
Description* Senior Artist (SA L1 to L3) with 4+ years of experience in Game art creations for AAA titles.
* Hands on experience in modelling and texturing in areas like Environment Assets & Characters, except VFX & Animation
* Ability of making Concept Art would be an added advantage
* Communication skills in English.* Edit – 07 Oct 2010
* Artist will be assigned to Sumo Digital – ARS2, SSR 3DS, Crispins
How does either ARS2 or SSR = Sonic and Sega All-Star Racing.
While I'd really like them to be making All-Star Racing 2, I don't fancy it being 3DS exclusive.
SSR = "SEGA Superstars Racing" = The original name of the game. And I think S0L mentioned once that internally they still refer to the game as "SSR".
Oh I see. Well that seems legitimate then.
Still… I hope it is a port of the original because the last thing I want is the sequal to be exclusive to a handheld.
Per a comment from Shadzter over at TSSMB:
"Been Google searching, and it seems those abbreviations at the bottom are referring to technical Arcade hardware stuff, including SSR. I think there was maybe supposed to be a comma after SSR, and 3DS be listed as a platform that the applicant would have to work on at the company, or they're reffering to SSR coding (or whatever technical thing it is) on the 3DS."
Yeah, Google searching reveals they're coding terms for hardware such as arcade machines, including SSR. SSR 3DS probably means a part of the 3DS hardware. So, basically the listing is telling the applicant what kind of hardware coding they'll be doing.
Forget the 3DS version, where's the sequel? I need my next SEGA racer fix.