Sega Announces Two Sonic Game Collections For Switch

I don't know if I'd call Superstars a "classic," but... I'll just chalk it up to it being in the classic style. ^^;

In any event, good deals, I think!

@MasterGraveheart I would. Better than Frontiers, anyway

Don't gaslight me like that. I thought they were bringing back the pre-Colors 3D Sonic games.

The first box set would be worth getting. Although, I wonder with both collections, you could buy all games, used, individually, much cheaper(?)

I think the success of Sonic Generations gave Sega a weird obsession with dividing the Sonic series into "Classic" and "Modern"... for no real benefit imo.

The fact that certain characters like Shadow are banned from existing within the "Classic" universe, and certain classic characters like Mighty are not allowed to be seen in the "Modern" universe is just needlessly restrictive. and confusing. Because most fans aren't keeping track of this stuff at all.
Especially when you consider that the only reason the Chaotix crew is allowed to exist in the modern games is because they decided to bring them back for Sonic Heroes, which was before such a divide existed.

The fact that they are literally releasing a product with the title "Modern Sonic Collection" is really funny. Because that's such a weird and awful way to name something that only makes sense to someone who's already deep in the mindset of there HAVING to be this divide between two separate styles of Sonic.
And including a 2023 game in a "Classic" bundle comes from the same mindset too.

I have origins but not all the others. might have to get these collections.

But if I buy this collection now, will it get a switch 2 treatment in 6-12 months and will there be an upgrade path?

See, Sega, you're making it difficult for me to buy your games...

I might've actually considered these, if it wasn't for the fact that I already... y'know... own all of them...

...cough...

A MODERN SONIC COLLECTION? THAT SOUNDS AWE-oh.

Its just the 3 most recent games that are readily available everywhere.

Not adventure.

Not Heroes.
....
Well then.

@Friendly It's Sega, I would bank on no upgrade path. Especially after today's other news of Frontiers not having one.

They seem determined to squander any goodwill that might have been gained from their decision to backtrack on the original Crossworld release plans.

@RupeeClock I thought the 1st physical Sonic Mania Plus has the "plus" dlc on the cart? At least the one I had it rather then a dlc code like origins did.

@batmanbud2 Don't worry, I thought the same. I though we were getting at least Sonic Adventure 1, 2 and Heroes.

@ottoecamn I mean Adventure and Heroes are over 25 years old so there considered Classics now rather "modern" Sonic games now, tho it would be nice if they did do a "Dreamcast collection" or something like they did in the 360/PS3 era

@Indielink yeah, and then they say sales have fallen short compared to their expectations...

For people who don't own these games, the collections are a great value though!

Was hoping they'd do something for the middle age Sonic games like Adventure 1,2, Heroes, Shadow the Hedgehog, etc. Still cool beans announcement though.

These seem cool to me. Though yeah, perhaps some weird selections. Or maybe just weird titles for the collections.
And it feels strange that these are only being released for Switch 1 (of course realizing that S2 has backwards compatibility). Especially as S2 gets the announcement for a "definitive" Sonic Frontiers. And someone else pointed out other DLC or later additions also being omitted here.
Just some odd choices here, maybe.

So you could buy Sonic Frontiers "Definitive Edition" with better graphics and performance but no new content...or buy the OG version, with the same content, AND get Forces and Colors Ultimate for the same price? What a decision!

This is all just the Switch 1 versions of those games except for the awful Frontiers, this might be worse than nothing, before I had hope to see something... now there's this pile of games that have been available on the platform for years.