With San Diego gearing up to host a much-anticipated Sonic the Hedgehog 25th Anniversary Party, there's more for fans of the blue blur to enjoy while they wait. Partially outlined in this week's Nintendo Download Update details, a range of tempting discounts are currently available on the Wii U and 3DS eShop stores in North America.
The following deals are up for grabs until 28th July.
Wii U
- Sonic Lost World - $14.99 (normally $39.99)
- Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric - $14.99 (normally $29.99)
- Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed - $11.99 (normally $29.95)
3DS
- 3D Sonic the Hedgehog - $2.99 (normally $5.99)
- 3D Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - $4.19 (normally $5.99)
- Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed - $11.99 (normally $29.99)
- Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal - $14.99 (normally $39.99)
- Sonic Generations - $11.99 (normally $29.99)
- Sonic Lost World - $14.99 (normally $29.95)
- Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble - $2.49 (normally
Are any of you in North America tempted by these deals? Let us know, and be sure to join us for the live stream of Sonic's Anniversary event in our live blog later today - it kicks off at 6pm Pacific / 9pm Eastern / 2am UK / 3am CET, though our live blog will start well ahead of that time. A new Sonic game announcement is anticipated, and we're hopeful that it'll be worth the wait.
[source nintendo.com]
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The event is at 2AM UK time?! Meh, I'll stay up for it.
Would be nice if Europe saw a SEGA sale too. This is the 2nd time I've seen these SEGA discounts this year alone.
I'm tempted to grab the Wii u version of lost worlds.
The event is at 2AM UK time? That gives me plenty of time to get Team Callie wins.
I can't wait to see what date they announce at the end of the announcement that we have to tune in to in order to see the actual announcement. How many times have we been trolled now @ThomasBW84 2 or 3?
Nice discounts on the sale prices. Would need at least 60 gold coins in My Nintendo to get a discount that large. We already played most of them, so not sure if we'll pick any up, but good deals none the less. Oh, and we also just picked up Ratchet & Clank Tools of Destruction and A Crack in Time for $2.99 each, so we have games to play.
Europe? Ignored again.
I'm starting to doubt that you guys would ever mention the NA Senran Kagura sale right now, but I'd understand why it wouldn't come up here (nudge nudge wink wink)
Hopefully the Old Continent will follow suit!
@DiscoGentleman
@SLIGEACH_EIRE
To be fair, it's also the other way around!
Great prices for those games! Especially Generations and Transformed. The Wii U version of Lost World is a good deal, too, for anyone who is still on the fence about that game.
Can't wait until later today! Hope the new game will be great!
Very happy to see Sonic 2 is on sale, gotta load up my latest eshop card to grab that one!
Picked up 3D Sonic 2.
@DiscoGentleman
It's been a great sale, a great deal up there with the humble bundle. Plus you get all the gold coins too
The WiiU Sonic deals are decent but the 3DS Sonic deals are not as great. The retail "new" prices for Sonic 3DS game are much lower than the list prices in the esop.
Sonic and All Stars Racing Transformed Wii U is more fun than Mario Kart 8 (yes I own BOTH and I honestly have more fun with Sonic)
In other words, if you don't have Sonic Racing on your Wii U SNAG IT NOW!!!
I'll be at Sonic's 25th anniversary party today, I can't wait!
Already had sonic 1 & 2 (and honestly, sonic 1 is more of a nostalgia thing than an actual good game, whereas sonic 2 is really good), none of the others appeal to me.
I agree with the posters upthread, I would like to be alerted of all sales if possible instead of maybe catching somebody talking about it on twitter.
Everyone should at least try the Wii U Sonic Lost World game. It's a really underrated Sonic game with gorgeous visuals, options for speed, challenging levels, and great music. The DLC Nintendo stages are even better.
Eh...I already have everything there I'd be interested in. I mean, I don't All-Stars Racing, but I'm not so sure if I'd have fun just playing by myself, and I'm afraid that the online community might be dead, given that it's a racing game on Wii U that's not Mario Kart. Anyways, let's hope that game announcement is good!
@NintendoFan64 Actually I'd highly recommend Sonic Racing just for the single player alone.It's really great,much better than MK8's equivalent.There's a lots of variety in single player with various racing modes like 1v1 ,boost mode,drift mode etc and CPU opponents give a good challenge without feeling cheap.Really good game.
Sonic Racing on the Wii U was pretty damn fun. Didn't expect it to be as good as it was. I recommend it to anyone on the fence about it.
I already have Generations on PC but I'm thinking of getting a console version since the PC version runs like crud (I really can't tell whether it's my hardware or just poor optimization). Maybe I'll give in to this sale.
@SLIGEACH_EIRE Exactly how I feel
4 hour Sonic livestream tonite from 6 PM Pacific, which will include reveals, special guests, and music performances including Crush 40!
@OorWullie Well, that's good to hear. However, I probably won't be picking up the Wii U version, since it turns out I got Transformed in the Sonic Bundle from a while back.
@Vee_Flames The 3DS version has different stages from the other versions for example Mushroom Hill instead of Sky Sanctuary.
@Vee_Flames It has some different stages, but there is one issue: it's incredibly short. I managed to beat it in an hour. Still, I at least enjoyed myself, so...yeah.
May have to pick up that Sonic 2 3D. If you're considering Lost World for Wii U, I actually have really enjoyed it since I picked it up on sale a few weeks ago. It's a bit uneven and the story is childish, but as a game it's definitely worth $15.
I've been playing a lot of Sonic games in anticipation for hopefully a new game announcement tonight! Very tempted to download Sonic Lost Works and Sonic 1 & 2 3D classics.
@rjejr My thoughts exactly. I'm not sure that it's worth staying up till 2 in the morning just to get told to tune back in at a later date for the real announcement, AGAIN...
Would anybody recommend sonic racing transformed for 3ds?
@BluStreak yeah, it's really not bad, In my opinion it's nowhere near as nice as colors, (in terms of originality, music and gameplay) but it's still a good game. I think it just got a bad wrap for coming after generations, everyone thought it'd use that formula again.
@adrianbiga If it's the only way you can play the game, I recommend it. It's easily the worst version of the game as you'll run into some glitches and the controls feel a bit more floaty. However, I'd be lying if I said I didn't have fun with it.
The 3D Sonic and 2 for 3DS, I may get those.
@millarrp I'd recommend Sonic Lost World on Wii U, it's a fun game and I love how colourful it is.
Rise of Lyric guys, if you haven't yet played this masterpiece, this work of supreme art in video game form, this is an offer you can't refuse.
P.S. There are surely people here who are uninitiated, so to clarify: the above is a joke.
@DiscoGentleman can't blame them to much... very very little Nintendo news to report on.
I may have to get lost world.
But I'm enjoying my new sonic colors on the Wii right now
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