With Sonic and co. currently making waves in the global box office with Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Samsung has revealed that it is launching a new set of 'Pro Plus' MicroSD cards based on key characters from the franchise (thanks, Hot Hardware).
No release date has been set at the time of writing, but prospective customers can currently sign up for more information in addition to a cheeky 30% discount on the listed price.
The cards themselves come in four flavours, with Shadow leading the pack at 1TB of storage. Sonic follows with 512GB, then Tails with 256GB, and finally Knuckles with 128GB. In keeping with the theme of speed from the Sonic series, Samsung states that the cards will offer "rapid sequential read and write speeds of up to 180 MB/s and 130 MB/s".
Of course, you can also expect other standard benefits including durability against water, high temperatures, x-rays, and magnetic fields. Each card also comes with a rather generous 10-year warranty.
Here's a look at the price for each MicroSD card (remember that 30% discount will make these a bit more palatable):
Shadow (1TB) - $125.99
Sonic (512GB) - $68.99
Tails (256GB) - $36.99
Knuckles (128GB) - $23.99
Would you be interested in picking up a Sonic-themed MicroSD card? Which one tickles your fancy? Let us know.
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[source news.samsung.com, via hothardware.com]
Comments 27
Knuckles needs to up his storage game big time.
I do not recommend, a Samsung SD Card is the only that has ever(!) failed shortly before Warranty would have ended (so gladly i could get my Money back).
I have many that are very old by now and still work.
Samsung is selling Stuff that will break after Warranty, be it this or TVs, crap Company.
I wonder what the max size card the switch 2 will be able to handle as I imagine some hefty 3rd party file sizes inbound.
@Azuris I don't even usually use Samsung-branded Micro SD Cards. I USUALLY go for SanDisk, but I recently got a Lexar Play 1TB Micro SDXC coming to me, tomorrow. Much more affordable than both SanDisk AND Samsung. And I think SwitchForce recommends Lexar, anyway.
The ultimate life form.
A reminder that these cards will live undisturbed inside your Switch 99.9% of the time and a logo on said card doesn’t make it run better than a non-Sonic branded one.
Unless it’s painted red, of course. Da red wunz go fasta, as all civilized people know.
@dskatter Needs a bit more dakka me thinks.
Pretty cool, happy for those interested in these - not me included as I don't have more than one MicroSD for each device apart from a couple for my PC, but they're great for those who swap them!
I've been thinking of getting a 1TB microSD for my Switch and honestly the Shadow one with 30% off seems like a pretty great deal. Hopefully it's compatible with the Switch 2 too.
@dskatter My thoughts exactly. prints on SD cards are such a minor thing.
But if not painted red by da boyz, would dem load fasta?
@Luminous117 ALWAYS MOAR DAKKA
@Princess_Lilly I freely admit that I DO have a Nintendo-branded card in my Switch currently. But said card was also on massive discount at the time and I needed to expand my storage badly at the time.
And dem flash gitz know howta paint dem propa, dey loadz da fastest!
Does anybody else see the irony in Sonic-themed micro SD cards not even being among the fastest on the market?
Pathetic showing, Sega.
The Nintendo branded (SanDisk) memory cards have an actual warranty by Nintendo printed on the package. So “cute design” or not, I’d rather have a guarantee to at least get my money back if my data is lost/corrupted.
I wish they didn't make the customers pay extra for SD cards branding. You can't see it on daily basis anyway.
Que lastima…I thought these were new sonic themed balatro playing cards…
@YoshiAngemon SwitchForce the Youtuber?
Shadow has the biggest SD card, which means that he is the best, does this mean that Sonic is actually the fake hedgehog? Have we been living a lie this whole time?
@Yosti Yes.
@SammyGoesHowdy It's because he lost his memories and now has much more room to store new ones in.
@Azuris Same experience here. I use SanDisk now.
The Nintendo ones had a nicer design, but I'd bite with the Knuckles one if I hadn't just bought a few cards already.
@YoshiAngemon Had the urge to make an account just to reply to this.
I would not listen to a single word SwitchForce says. He may or may not be right about Micro-SD cards, but his clickbaity, low-effort videos over the years are just a plague to YouTube.
Anyways, hello NintendoLife community.
@Azuris Oddly enough, I've never had a problem with Samsung (except for a really old one that does after 10+ years), but SanDisk microSD died in record time every single time.
I got a 1TB SanDisk for 58€ with slightly slower speeds. This is so overpriced it hurts.
@MareOfSea welcome,
And i logged in just to add that you completely right about SwitchForce.
He also complains a lot about the Switch and not like SMD64 does as he actually knows about specs and etc. SF always promoted indie games especially when he still did it with Gabe (RIP) but after he left he became full on whiney about the Switch its power. Only for 3rd party games which arent as missed on Switch as he wants to claim and which the Switch 2 in these times is perfect for.
Where even Digital Foundry can be very complimentary for a 'triple A 3rd party port' of a Switch game he still finds way to dragg it down where i was like "is this guy serious?".
I wish him well but ive been skipping his video for atleast 2 years or so. He adds nothing.
@Lord Likely still 2TB, but hey, maybe we'll go higher than that.
@MareOfSea Maybe I should switch back to the SanDisk, and pay the extra 10 bucks.
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