{"id":136967,"date":"2026-04-27T23:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T23:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-200437"},"modified":"2026-04-27T23:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T23:45:00","slug":"sonic-racing-crossworlds-adds-another-free-character-to-the-roster-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/04\/27\/sonic-racing-crossworlds-adds-another-free-character-to-the-roster-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Adds Another Free Character To The Roster This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/41b3fc0737a09\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/41b3fc0737a09\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"41b3fc0737a09\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/41b3fc0737a09\/sonic-racing-crossworlds.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/41b3fc0737a09\/sonic-racing-crossworlds.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: SEGA<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/sonic-racing-crossworlds-nintendo-switch-2-edition\">Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds<\/a> has been adding new characters to the roster on a regular basis, and this week sees the arrival of Captain Majima.<\/p>\n<p>This free DLC character, as seen in Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii, will be made available on <strong>29th April 2026<\/strong>. Starting 30th April 2026, there&#8217;ll also be a festival, where players can earn points for decals, gadgets, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s included in this next game update:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Goro Majima (Captain Majima) as a playable character<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Goro Majima (Captain Majima)\u2019s vehicle, the Goromaru<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Special emotes and sounds<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"cols cols-2\">\n<div class=\"col col-1 col-width-50\"><a title=\"Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds\" class=\"scanlines\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/12c79c3f9bac1\/sonic-racing-crossworlds.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/12c79c3f9bac1\/sonic-racing-crossworlds.445x250.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"250\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col col-1 col-width-50\"><a title=\"Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds\" class=\"scanlines scanlines\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/dc366892b18a6\/sonic-racing-crossworlds.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/dc366892b18a6\/sonic-racing-crossworlds.445x250.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"250\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Images: SEGA<\/em><\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<p>This character follows the recent release of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wii\/angry_birds_trilogy\">Angry Bird<\/a> representative &#8216;Red&#8217; as free DLC earlier this month. These racers will also be joined by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/puyo-puyo-tetris-2s\">Puyo Puyo<\/a> character Arle in May 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds also got a physical Switch 2 release in March, following its digital release on the Switch 2 in December last year.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"HB2NgZm2s3Y\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HB2NgZm2s3Y?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\">\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:199950,199153,198891 @ 1777348994 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p>Will you be checking out this character in Sonic Racing? Are there any other characters you would like to see added to this roster? <em>Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: SEGA Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds has been adding new characters to the roster on a regular basis, and this week sees the arrival of Captain Majima. This free DLC character, as seen in Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii, will be made available on 29th April 2026. Starting 30th April 2026, there&#8217;ll also be [&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-136967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136967","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=136967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136967\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}