AGES

AGES is a character that appears in Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed.

Appearance
In AGES true form it is based off of a Dreamcast VMU, with a digital face on it's display. This face can emote, and despite being made of what should be hard plastic, AGES can contort it's body like rubber.

In AGES land racing form, it transforms into the Hornet from Daytona USA.

AGES transforms into the F-14 Tomcat from After Burner for both it's flight form and it's All-Star move.

When in the water AGES transforms into a speedboat that resembles a Dreamcast controller.

History
AGES' only true appearance is in Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, where it is the last character to unlock, requiring a massive 165 stars to do so.

Trivia

 * AGES voice lines were recorded from the Dreamcast's UI.
 * AGES was included as a way to include the Daytona Hornet and After Burner jet into the game. Steve Lycett states in an interview that the team recieved many suggestions for them to be included, but as they wanted to give each racer lots of personality, it took something like AGES to combine them into a personable racer.
 * AGES name is both SEGA backwards as a reference to the Sega Ages line.