{"id":136010,"date":"2026-02-11T03:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T03:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-197311"},"modified":"2026-02-11T03:05:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T03:05:00","slug":"sonic-racing-crossworlds-super-monkey-ball-dlc-update-launches-for-free-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/02\/11\/sonic-racing-crossworlds-super-monkey-ball-dlc-update-launches-for-free-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Super Monkey Ball DLC Update Launches For Free This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/508a954ede88d\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/508a954ede88d\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"b6711819968f6\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Super Monkey Ball Sonic Racing\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b6711819968f6\/super-monkey-ball-sonic-racing.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b6711819968f6\/super-monkey-ball-sonic-racing.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Super Monkey Ball Sonic Racing\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: SEGA<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sega has been bolstering the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/sonic-racing-crossworlds-nintendo-switch-2-edition\">Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds<\/a> roster with all sorts of paid and free DLC characters, and the fifth free update is out this week.<\/p>\n<p>Following NiGHTS, who was added as a playable character at the end of last year, this time it&#8217;s AiAi from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gamecube\/super_monkey_ball\">Super Monkey Ball<\/a> series. Alongside this, there&#8217;ll also be some exciting races taking place in the in-game Super Monkey Ball Festival between 12th February and 15th February.<\/p>\n<p>This free update will include not only AiAi as a playable character, but also features his vehicle, the Banana Cruiser.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from AiAi, the Sonic the Hedgehog IDW comic duo Tangle and Whisper are scheduled to be arriving as a free character update at some point later this month. When we hear more about this, we&#8217;ll be sure to let you know.<\/p>\n<p>Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is available on the Switch and the Switch 2, with a paid upgrade for the title also an option.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/sonic\/related-articles:195676,194831,196123 @ 1770799460 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p>Will you be racing as AiAi in Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds? <em>Tell us in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: SEGA Sega has been bolstering the Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds roster with all sorts of paid and free DLC characters, and the fifth free update is out this week. Following NiGHTS, who was added as a playable character at the end of last year, this time it&#8217;s AiAi from the Super Monkey Ball series. Alongside [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136010\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}