Sonic Superstars Locks In October Release, Right Before Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Begun this software war has...

hardcore Sonic fans will buy Superstars no matter what but their not enough to make the game a sales success

I'm buying later in winter. I have a good reason for it. Just have to space out how often I buy games.

I have no idea what to buy between this or Wonder! Likely both eventually, but I like spacing games out to give them plenty of time and not just rush into the next one. Then there is Mario RPG too! Ooof.

Why not both? Christmas is a few months after their release.

Looks great! I’m in!

This looks good, but somehow it just doesn't look like a $60 game to me. I'm not against 2D games being full price, but this seems like it should have been $40 at most. Maybe when reviews come out, I'll be proven wrong.

Mario first, as it'll never go on sale for more than like $10 off, but Sonic will be half off by xmas

The music in that trailer was great! Felt very much like Hyper Potions.

The game looks fine, I'll probably consider picking it up on sale at some point down the line.

So Green Hill Zone IS in this game then?? Just not in the main mode...

from what we know of this game im already sold on it, the main curiosity at this point is how well it will play on switch since in an ideal situation thats the version i would get.

It's gonna be very awkward if the rumors are true and Mario Wonder does not have online co-op

Sonic vs. Mario, the 2D Mascot War is about to begin on Switch in October.

@Axecon It will have online play, probably just not announce yet or just won't be ready at launch.

https://mynintendonews.com/2023/08/21/super-mario-wonder-site-says-details-of-online-play-coming-at-a-later-date

Launching 3 days before Super Mario Bros Wonder is a bold choice.

Amazing! I'm buying both of these day one and then saving them for Christmas holidays!

They kind of have to go earlier. Because they also have competition from Spider-Man 2 on PS5 releasing the same day as Mario. October is gonna be an amazing month.

It looks slow, I guess it was a change neccesary to make the game more playable in coop.

My wallet is gonna be hurtin

@KBuckley27 watch yo tone with us sonic fans we havent had a genuinely good game since 2017 with sonic mania we're on the mfing edge here

@Mana_Knight Well, Mario wonder is most likely going to be a better game and a safer bet, and you'll most likely find Sonic Superstars for a cheaper price in a sale a month later.

I'm looking forward to Sonic Superstars, however, I'll be picking up Wonder first (most likely), as PNP Games will no doubt have Superstars discounted shortly after its release.

It will be really great to see Mario and Sonic occupying the top 2 places in the sales charts.

Thanks for the warning. Now I can save my money for Super Mario Bros. Wonder, the much better game.

Welp kiss goodbye for any good week 1 Switch sales for this game because I doubt the average Switch gamer is gonna pass over a Mario game for a Sonic one if they can only get one game in that timeframe. Not to mention only one of those games are gonna have a deep discount fast and it’s not the Nintendo game.

The other platforms are gonna have to compensate extra hard now.

@Waluigi451 should have just delayed it for Nov. Sonic isn’t as big as Mario or Spider-man.

@Arawn93 I agree. As long as it’s out before Thanksgiving, they would’ve hit the holiday market

@Fizza Agreed. I'm going to get both games this October in one pre-order.

There’s to many good games coming out! Stop! (Don’t stop) I can hear a wallet crying!

Why is every publisher trying to cram every game under the sun into the month of October? Seriously, there's only so much money/time the people have.

What a time to be alive! If this were back in the day, I would definitely be getting both of these games for Christmas.

Echoing what @sketchturner said, $60 seems a bit steep personally. Admittedly I'm not a huge Sonic fan so I might not be able to provide a great viewpoint, but as good as the game looks, I don't know if I'd say it's $60 with an additional $70 deluxe edition good. 2D games can be fantastic, don't get me wrong, Metroid Dread was great and full price $60, Celeste is one of my favorite 2D platformers and even though it's only $20 I'd gladly pay full price for it, and Hollow Knight was my favorite game of all time for years and it's one of the few games I'd gladly pay next/current-gen $70 for (ignoring the fact it's actual robbery to get it for $15). There are FANTASTIC 2D games out there and I will fully advocate that a well-made 2D game is just as good as a well made 3D game, even if someone might personally prefer one or the other, but something about this just sits differently with me.
I fully admit I'm not the target audience, I still haven't bought Sonic Mania and at this point no matter how much I swear it's in my backlog I don't know if I ever will end up playing, so if you want someone's opinion on the price, mine is definitely NOT one to take into account. It just seems odd, especially after Mania was only $20 and resurrected the franchise after the Boom era, and even now without the initial reaction of being out of the "dark age" people still seem to adore Mania.

Sorry Sonic, as good as this looks, Mario and Spidey have my October money.

I'm getting both Superstars and Wonder. The number of games that come out that appeal to me per year are getting fewer and fewer so I have plenty of game budget, it's no sweat to pay full price for these.

@fenlix Good points. SS does seem very expensive for what it is, if the current price is going to be accurate (£55!) and Frontiers keeps going on sale on Amazon etc. Wonder probably won't any time soon. A slight discount in their own summer sale etc maybe.

@Fizza Well said!

I don't really understand what this Battle Mode is? How is it different to proper online co-op as it doesn't seem to have that? The trailer isn't very clear, is it like a Smash Bros style mini-game where you "battle" each other? :-/

Shame no proper online co-op considering Sonic 4 had it.

To be fair I think I would pick sonic over Mario on this one
All the new super Mario bros game were really bad
So I might skip Mario on this one.

@Fizza Mario and Sonic are my 2 favorite game series next to pikmin. Im so glad Im going to play a new Core Sonic game and a new core Super Mario Bros game in the same month im going to be in gamer heaven. I love these 2 gaming icons. Nothing beats them.

@Mirage-5x5 New Super Mario bros wii and ds were pretty good though.

Also keep in mind this is not a new super mario bros game this is something different from the new super mario bros series. Its legit just a Super Mario bros game.

@Bizzyb Im only getting Mario and Sonic in october lol. but yea your right october is too packed.

Yeah I played the wii and ds version did not like them at all
I even play the 3ds and wiiu versions as well just really did not like. the new super Mario bros on switch did not get as it was the same terrible game!
Mario wonder even though the graphics are slightly different I really don't think going to be any better unfortunately
I just all ways end up going back to Mario World which I think is really good game.