Sonic X Shadow Generations Estimated Switch File Size Revealed

None of these are Switch screenshots. I bet they're not showing that 'cause it looks crappy. They did the same with Frontiers.

I hope it’s not like episode shadow on sonic forces where there are only 2 or 3 acts for him to play. I want an entire campaign.

@AdolBannings-Laylee You're getting an actual campaign. At least 4 zones (probably a few more than that, plus that DLC later on if you get the deluxe edition) with 2 acts each and a hub world in the style of one of the islands from Frontiers, multiple boss fights.

@JohnnyMind where'd you set your preorder? Would not mind a discounted physical copy.

@JohnnyMind ah! That'll happen, well thanks for letting me know!

@MirrorFate2 Way to be a downer lol. You won't know until it comes out. I'd say the main game at least could look good on Switch since it'll be the same thing from 10+ years ago, but the new story on the other hand...maybe that might suffer on Switch, but who knows.

@VHSGREMLIN sonic generations is so good you have no idea dude

@MirrorFate2 Doubtful. Sonic Frontiers is a current gen Sonic Title so it was always going to look worse.

Sonic Generations was a 360 / PS3 game. so despite this being a remaster/upscale and the more powerful platforms potentially running the game with an improved FPS, the game was a looker back in the day. There's no reason to think the Switch version won't be the same.

That being said, I can't speak for the Shadow Generations portion - but I suspect they'd be keeping the look of both sides of the game in tandem as per the recent videos.

@VHSGREMLIN We all know you like Sonic Forces lol

Why don't you guys here at NintendoLife discuss in an article why there is no new Mario and Sonic Olympics game for the first time ever, I searched for the game since Paris Olympics started but no there is no game 😢

Sega is probably taking very direct inspiration from Bowser's Fury here - the old game will run well and the new one will suffer from performance issues! (Except it'll probably be 720p/30fps for Sonic Generations and adaptive resolution/framerate for Shadow Generations, and not 60fps across the board for 3D World and 30fps in handheld for Bowser's Fury)

People keep saying the generations switch version will run well cause it's a 360/PS3 era game. But like, sonic colors was on the Wii, and the switch version is dreadful, so I'm not keeping my hopes up.

@Bigmanfan yes, however Sonic Colours Ultimate was bad across all platforms.

Additionally, Colours was outsourced to the 3rd party studio 'Blind Squirrel' to port/remaster whereas Sonic Team have already confirmed that this game is being developed in house, so there's good reason to expect the execution of the end product will be different.

@Ruthchild Remember the series is a SEGA thing, and Nintendo only supervises the Mario side and sometimes does publishing.
Maybe SEGA didn't bother getting the rights for a game based on the Olympics, maybe what happened in Tokyo 2020 (postoponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the fact people were calling for their cancellation due to the uncertainty of the COVID around that time) made them wary of an Olympic game based on Paris 2024.

All of this is just speculation, but keep in mind they also skipped PyeongChang 2018 (Ubisoft got the rights for that one) and Beijing 2022, both Winter Olympics Games. We haven't had a Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games since Sochi 2014 on the Wii U.

Anyway, I'm derailing the topic, I saw the Digital Deluxe Edition of Sonic X Shadow Generations, and I'm really hopeful they pull a Digital Deluxe Upgrade down the line. I'd rather get the game physically.

@Sonicka Yes, but the switch version is much worse. That said, I hope you're right on it being an outlier. Despite sonic Forces being sonic forces, it still runs well on switch, so there's hope Still definitely gonna wait and see though. Digital foundry is very clutch for these situations thankfully!

@Bigmanfan fair - Colours should have been better than it was on Switch for sure. Ultimate edition it most certainly was not.

But Sonic Forces is a good example of a cross platform game handled decently, Frontiers was ok from what I've played on the system - but punching above it's weight.

I feel confident in this one (but that's probably the Sonic Cycle in me talking lol) - as you say, DF will have the final say in a few months

@Bigmanfan thats why im holding out hope, forces is a visually impressive game that still looks good on switch so im hoping so does this one. I'm less so worried about the sonic gens content and more so about the shadow content and especially the open hub world. Though the cyberspace levels ran just fine on switch so hopefully the levels themselves for shadow will run good too! It also probably helps that they've had time to learn from frontiers how to make a huge open zone work more optimally and that the environment itself is a lot less complex. That and that its not being outsourced to a third party or being put under a time crunch

It's always interesting looking at 3D Sonic screens. I remember when I first started seeing Sonic Adventure screens, and removing my jaw from the floor. I was less interested in the obvious path on which Sonic was running from the whale, and more into what might be under that water or behind the rocks jutting out from the water in the background. Then I thought "Man, how are they going to handle Sonic's speed...maybe just a walk button to navigate tricky geometry, something like that?" Oh you just fall through the level. Cool. Luckily they've figure all of that out. Would be really embarrassing if that was still the case...

@mikegamer absolutely not. You are off your rocker for even suggesting it.

There really is a lot of faith being put in Sega to treat this game with the respect that it deserves as a great title and the switch with its massive install base deserving a decent port of the remaster. But Sega have shown time and again that hope and nostalgia of their fans are things they simply weaponize for sales and profit.

I hope too, but that hope would never extend to a pre-order, @Ace-Lucario yeah I've completed both the x360 and 3ds versions of generations, both amazing but almost completely different game, except for general story and the zone names.

@VHSGREMLIN daaaaang man thats cold! if you havent played it before its 100% worth a try if you like platformers or really getting into time attack modes! I dont know what makes you abhor this series so much but there really are some super games in it! Ya dont know until you try it, right?

@Ruthchild I've had a brief look and it would appear that the lack of any Olympic video game (be it M&S or regular) could be an economic issue. It's worth taking into account while sports games do well in general, the likes of FIFA, Madden etc. already have a steady audience with yearly releases whereas mainline Olympics games are every four years so there's no guarantee that the install base from the previous game will still be there for the new game.

Or at least that's what I understand

that is quite large for a switch game... i hope sega dosent delist the pc version of the original because of how much mods it had!

@Hee-ho-master It will be. They did that for Sonic CD once Origins was released.

@VHSGREMLIN well, to each their own! I used to be in that camp with sonic until i played mania in 2020 and that really opened my eyes to how good the games could be. Of course they're not all winners (sonic 06 is infamous for a reason, though the fan pc port is excellent), but if you were ever to have a change of heart, this would be one of the games to start with! Have a good one, hope something comes out this year you can get behind! See you around!

@VHSGREMLIN If you say so