Sonic X Shadow Generations Is Speeding Onto Switch Autumn 2024

Where are the guns

biggest win of my life my god

My last sonic game was Sonic Adventure 2: Battle for the GameCube!
I just haven't been interested in anything that came out after.
I love Sonic Adventure 2: Battle!
Never played Sonic Adventure though

Love that it's coming to Switch, love the focus on Shadow, having said that I'd rather have a Sonic Adventure 2 remaster.

Glad we're getting this either way, trailer looked cool.

But HUGE agree, where are the guns!

Been wanting to replay the game for awhile anyway so works out for me. Hopefully they don't Sonic Colors it.

Yes and it's not by Blind Squirrel, hopefully it stays that way.

No guns, no buys.

Must buy on concept alone

@Lizuka seriously. Don't mess up the 2 best Sonic games that generation.

I'm buying this, for sure.

Heavily rumored, but now they're adding Shadow content from SA2 and Shadow? Hell. Goddamn. Yes.

Calling it now, Sega's going to take down the Steam listing for the original Sonic Generations, and this will launch with Denuvo.

Oh I am definitely picking this up!

So no Sonic Heroes Remastered in 2024

And this game is coming right before Sonic The Movie 3 also with Shadow, premiering in December

Is this the right time for me to come out of the bunker and admit that I have alot of nostalgia for Shadow the Hedgehog GCN game? This looks wicked.

Guys, I googled 'Sonic x Shadow' beforehand and let me assure you, that trailer is VERY misleading. Be wary!

The proper Sonic Generations experience is finally coming to a Nintendo console. It's very satisfying for me since I wanted this release to happen for more than a decade.
Also, what a curious name. What's that on your mind huh?

@Kyloctopus To be fair, they ARE trying to drum up hype for the 3rd Sonic movie.

@martynstuff So how long until the Social Media pages make fun of the name?

Black Doom, SEGA sure knows how to get me interested... but then shows stiff Forces-like gameplay and makes me feel uneasy.

If this is truly a retread of Shadow levels then great, they wouldn't miss the chance to use Mephiles again.

The only time I got to play and beat this game was on ps now and yes it is amazing I had to freaking deal with delay and lag and all that, I’m happy I finally (hopefully) get to play this amazing sonic title in all its glory!

I was about to buy Sonic Generations on Xbox 360 so this announcement came just in time! Loved Sonic Adventure 2 and Shadow the Hedgehog, so I'm really happy with this

Damn!! I'm been thirsting to play something with Shadow in it ever since Sonic Adventure 2. Hope this doesn't disappoint.

@martynstuff Googling anything that is Sonic was your first mistake.

Is it me or it feels like the Shadow part is the main show while the remaster of Generations is like a side show?

I don't know that's the impression I'm getting. Still glad Sonic Generations: White Space-time (that's the Japanese name of the HD game) is finally on a Nintendo system. Though I also wish they included Sonic Generations: Blue Adventure (the 3DS game).

I feel like they should have thought that title through considering what usually appears when you type Sonic X Shadow.

@HammerGalladeBro Maybe they could add some of the stages from the 3DS version to this version too?

@larryisaman Guns are for whimps.

Shadows supposed to be the "ultimate life form" that uses his own chaos powers.

Never played it, but I always understood this was a very good game by any standard.

Hope there's a 60 fps mode. I don't care if the graphics get worse. I need stability with my speed.

@russell-marlow I yearn for the guns

Shadow the Hedgehog has always been one of my favorite video game characters since Sonic Adventure 2. Always thought he was cool and I'm a sucker for edgy characters with a tragic backstory.

@larryisaman Nope. It's how Shadow got branded as a try-hard edgelord and a laughing stock. Nobody outside the Sonic fandom takes him seriously and he's looked at as a joke.

On a more serious note, I'm willing to guess SEGA will go their 'Digital Deluxe Edition’ route and charge another £10 for the base game, a Sonic Prime skin, 3 bonus music tracks and a bonus gallery.

@Serpenterror Came here to ask that - thank God.

@martynstuff I'm more curious how they'll update the Steam version of the game. I hope I don't have to buy Sonic Generations again to play this and it's just DLC added to the base game.

Wish Silver was playable. He's my favorite Sonic character.

Very cool. Can't wait to pick this up. I think i'd have preferred if they added extra levels from more recent Sonic games but i imagine they'd have had to do a proper remake as opposed to a remaster with a seperate, new story alongside it. Still can't be too ungrateful. Never going to say no to more content.

As someone who considers Sonic Generations to be the best 3D Sonic...

Please don't suck please don't suck please don't suck

I wish they would give Adventure 1 and 2 the same visual makeover

that title is so wrong...
unless you do ship them...

I really hope they bring back Goku to voice The Devil

@Serpenterror Blind Squirrel is blind at what they did to Colors Ultimate

@NatiaAdamo oh my goodness please this would make it even better.

@HammerGalladeBro They included Biolizard in the new Shadow story so maybe they also have Radical Highway in that meanwhile the other 3DS content ends up in the Sonic side of the remaster.

Oh this takes me back. Getting sonic generations AND my PS3.
The game was so fun but I can’t replay it now because my PS3 doesn’t work anymore. Can’t wait for this. I also love how they include a entirely new story mode so people who already have the game will have a incentive to get it like with Mario 3D world.

Cool, another mediocre sonic game!

Sonic generations is one of my favourite sonic games. I cannot wait!!

Nice, I liked this one. Hopefully performance will be decent given that it's an old game but then again, that was the conversation around Colors. It's on my radar but I'll ultimately wait for the reviews on this one.

Of course this is announced right after I bought a new 360 copy lol. I audibly said "YES" when I saw the biolizard.

No Chao Garden though....

THIS will be the one they put the work into.

Also it just occurred to me this is the first time a "real" boost game is playable on a Nintendo console. And might I say for anyone that missed the 360/PS3 versions of Unleashed and Generations, you are in for a treat. These two are by far the best boost games. Some of the others like Colors and Forces were a bit gimped and the levels weren't designed well to take advantage of it, but this game you can literally boost to your heart's content (provided you have the skill to maintain it) and blast through the level incomprehensibly fast. You want to know why some Sonic fans love the boost games? You'll understand a lot more by playing this game, the ones you've probably played aren't really the ones boost fans will point to as being great.

I've been waiting two decades for this. Now if they'd just bring back the chao garden, it would be perfect.

@HammerGalladeBro I think the Shadow sections are getting more promotion because it's new content whereas anyone that's played the original Generations more or less knows what they're getting in the Sonic campaign. I don't think the Shadow campaign is going to be super long, they'd probably only feature games that Shadow had a role in which would probably just limit them to SA2, Heroes, ShTH, and 06.

interviewer: What is the question that you are asked the most often?
Sega representative: "will there be a chao garden in this new game?"
interviewer: "Will their be a chao garden in the new game?"
Sega Representative: "no"

@Bolt_Strike Boost fans being incredibly discerning, after all.

@Grumblevolcano The Biolizard battle in this one seems to be completely different from the 3DS version's battle. I don't think they're just plopping 3DS content in here, I think Shadow's content is built from the ground up.

My guess is that they're going to structure it similarly to the main story, one level from a past game and a few bosses, but they'll only pull from games that Shadow appeared in. So probably 1 stage from the Dark story in SA2, 1 stage from Heroes, 1 stage from ShTH, and 1 stage from 06.

Based on the trailer it seems we can already make out some of their choices. The trailer seems to show Final Chase from SA2 and Westopolis from ShTH, as well as boss battles with the Biolizard and Black Doom. So we might be able to rule out the possibility of Radical Highway returning from the 3DS already.

I'm curious what they might pull from Heroes and 06 though. Perhaps Egg Fleet, White Acropolis, and the 2nd battle against Mephiles (the one that takes place in Dusty Desert at the end of Shadow's story in 06)? That would be thematically appropriate.

@KayFiOS It will suck if/when they do but go get it on Steam during the Summer sale if that's the concern if you haven't already

So Sonic X Shadow Generations? Yeah, I'm on board with that.

@PipeGuy64Bit Nah, I'm already good. I've had Sonic Generations on Steam for a while.

Yes!! I haven't checked to see if I could preorder, but as soon as I see it...INSTANT Deluxe Edition Preorder! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

So this is technically Shadow the Hedgehog 2?

Oh I am

SO READY to be disappointed by this

going from paying $5 on Steam to what's probably going to be somewhere between $40-$60 isn't gonna be fun but if it means playing the game at a Solid 30fps on Switch rather than a constantly fluctuating frame rate on my probably-not-meant-for-gaming Laptop, then I'll take it.

@HammerGalladeBro i mean with mario 3d world + bowsers fury the actual rerelease felt like the side content compared to the hype surrounding bowsers fury

@Bolt_Strike it really is one of the best sonic games, and id go as far to say one of the best 3d platformers money can buy

Sonic and Shadow are so cool.. I wish hedgehogs were real.

Looks good, just hope they got rid of that pick-a-lane mechanic from the other recent Sonic games.

@larryisaman I agree not enough guns or swearing in the trailer

In all seriousness, I'm hyped. I've slowly become a sonic fan over the years. I hope they dip their toes in the Sonic Heroes, or redeem games with shoddy execution like forces and 06.

Day one.

I'm glad Sega remembered people like Shadow.

@Nintendo_Thumb Worth noting this is a remaster of a game from 2011 and plays similarly to Unleashed, Colors, and Forces (although it's most similar to the 360/PS3 version of Unleashed). Set your expectations accordingly.

As far as the "pick-a-lane mechanic", if you mean the Quick Step, where you could press a button and instantly sidestep to another "lane", yes that is in this game.

Awesome! But I plan to get the PS4, mainly as it's like when I got the PS3 version of the original in 2011...also trophies.

Would love to see them somehow brind the 3ds content into this remaster. Don't leave it behind Sega!

Great, the horrible rumored name is real, super....

Moving on, I’m really hoping this has enough new content outside of all the Shadow stuff to actually excuse a full price. Like more stages & bosses (including the ones from the 3DS version), and overall more unlockables.

@AlienX That did cross my mind. I was very excited, then I remembered the stiffness of Forces...and I am bit wary now as elements reminded me far more of that than SA2B, even with it directly including scenarios from it
I really did want to play Generations though, so will try and keep positive.

@TheExile285 Oh, they already knew that in the 2010's.
They did.

Well this is so cool!

I don't understand this franchise...

I loved generations and have been hoping for some sort of sequel for awhile but this will do, shadow stuff looks interesting almost like a reimaging of the ps2 game

@russell-marlow Nobody outside the Sonic fandom takes any Sonic character seriously

I'm glad for people that only has Switch, but I was hoping for a collection of Sonic 3D games, since Sonic Generations is 60fps and 4K on Series X, especially after they defined this as a "all-new collection".

Sonic superstars and now this! Plus all those other Sega Ips coming…..wow Sega your back on form!

I'm excited for this, but we don't have to forget the Sonic cycle. Sega will find a way to ruin it.

@kalosn

"Also, what a curious name. What's that on your mind huh?"

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It would be cool if it included the 3DS stages.

I'm just surprised Sega remembered the spikey swirly thing from the original Shadow the Hedgehog logo.

I guess I'm wondering if they would add new stages from the games that have come out since generations. That but also what other stages they'd give shadow besides SA2B and Shadow the Hedgehog

This is "the good one" when it comes to 3D sonic, right? I never played it so depending on this versions performance, maybe it's time.

Sega knows how to get my money....

@BeefSanta when it comes to 3D Sonic, this is one of the better games.