Ratchet is one of the Mods that was available as one of the Pre-Order Bonuses. He also came with Clank, as an added bonus. He was available as a pre-order bonus from Amazon.com. By pre-ordering Modnation Racers from Amazon.com, you got a code to download him and Clank. He is from the Ratchet and Clank series developed by Insomniac.
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