It looks like an enhanced release of Sonic Origins is on the horizon as The Game Rating and Administration Committee of Korea has rated an upcoming title "Sonic Origins Plus", as spotted by Gematsu.

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This news suggests that a retail release of the game, which was only previously released on digital storefronts, is on the way if SEGA follow the same approach as their previous title Sonic Mania Plus - which added new playable characters and an "encore" mode as well as some extra QoL features.

Sonic Origins released in June of last year to mixed reviews mostly due to a lack of polish, poorly implemented music and a somewhat unfinished port of Sonic 3 & Knuckles.

We're speculating here, but perhaps a Plus release of Origins could see the addition of new playable characters such as Amy Rose who was prominently featured in Origins marketing but was suspiciously absent from the games. Maybe we could also see Mighty and Ray ported into the Origins collection. We'd also like to see a proper save selection screen for the trilogy of games, improved music quality, customisable controls/skills and perhaps some additional unlockable emulated games from the 8 and 16 bit era as well as further refinements and fixes to Sonic 3 & Knuckles.

What would you like to see added in a Plus release of Sonic Origins?

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[Kwyjor]

I always say: why does anyone buy games brand-new at launch anymore when you can wait a few months until they're actually finished and available on sale?

Well, it'd be better if they ported the original DC version to PC and modern consoles than the GCN version which was used for the HD Remaster

Are the differences that significant? I seem to recall there were a bunch of mods in the works for the PC version of SA1.

 

[RichardTheKing]

What would you like to see added in a Plus release of Sonic Origins?

Oh, I dunno; how about relisting all the separate versions, that built up a crapton of mods and other third-party support over the years, and are cheaper and don't have the flaws present in this collection?

Other than that, let that Christian Whitehead or whatever handle 'retro' Sonic, instead of your in-house team of typewriter monkeys? Mania displayed how skilled that guy's team was, so give them 90s Sonic.

 

[Metoroid0]

Oh good, I wanted this on cartridge.

It's so weird hearing that, cause just few years ago it was the opposite. Physical games where default.

 

[Rahkeesh]

Oh, I dunno; how about relisting all the separate versions, that built up a crapton of mods and other third-party support over the years, and are cheaper and don't have the flaws present in this collection?

Other than that, let that Christian Whitehead or whatever handle 'retro' Sonic, instead of your in-house team of typewriter monkeys? Mania displayed how skilled that guy's team was, so give them 90s Sonic.

Most of Whitehead's team worked on 3 (stealth + headcannon), and yet it was still released in the state it was. Some of that was on the wrapper the Japan offices put together, some of that was on the team not meeting the deadlines set by Sega.

Whitehead himself was busy with Freedom Planet 2. I don't feel confident about him working with Sega again. Or Stealth either given how he publicly called out Sega.

 

[Marc_LFD]

Oh good, I wanted this on cartridge.

Cartridge? We've not had consoles use cartridges since the N64.

We do have cards which Nintendo transitioned to. Well, Sony too with the Vita, but that's dead (and it was a handheld while the Switch is a hybrid console).

 

[Jayro]

Cartridge? We've not had consoles use cartridges since the N64.

We do have cards which Nintendo transitioned to. Well, Sony too with the Vita, but that's dead (and it was a handheld while the Switch is a hybrid console).

The switch still uses cartridges, don't get hung up on symantics.

 

[Marc_LFD]

The switch still uses cartridges, don't get hung up on symantics.

Nah, that's cards similar to an SD Card.

 

[Jayro]

Still a cartridge.

 

[BORTZ]

I could go for a nice physical release on this one

 

[TraderPatTX]

Because they stupidly fucked it up.

I'm having flashbacks of the 32x, Saturn and Dreamcast.

 

[Marc_LFD]

I'm having flashbacks of the 32x, Saturn and Dreamcast.

Poor Saturn and Dreamcast.

They deserved better.

 

[Xzi]

Amazing how all Sega had to do to achieve critical and commercial success with Mania was hand over development to someone else and not micromanage. Yet they somehow thought it a good idea to use the exact opposite strategy with Origins and, unsurprisingly, totally fucked it up as a result. Here's hope Plus fixes everything wrong with the original release, though I'm not holding my breath.

 

[KeeperCP1]

Can't wait to play as mighty and ray in Sonic 1, 2, CD, 3&K!

 

[wsh1994]

It's so weird hearing that, cause just few years ago it was the opposite. Physical games where default.

And honestly, it should still be imho. The biggest flaw of Digital editions is that once the store its form closes or delists it you can no longer play the game you bought if something happens to the console/PC it was installed on

 

[Metoroid0]

Nah, that's cards similar to an SD Card.

Its a cartridge ok?

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And honestly, it should still be imho. The biggest flaw of Digital editions is that once the store its form closes or delists it you can no longer play the game you bought if something happens to the console/PC it was installed on

downloadable should be an option. owning a physical game should be a thing. You should OWN a damn thing, not having it in bits. You still own a bits, but they are on volatile memory unlike proprietary carts that Nintendo made for you to keep your bits safe from erasing, harm or loss. its your forever till you break it. But you can feel it.

Idk why people don't see the importance of OWNING an actual touchable thing.
That mentality goes beyond just games and it will be our doom. No i'm not being dramatic, its literally like that.
You can have whatever format you want, but you should understand an importance of owning physical things.

 

[Marc_LFD]

Its a cartridge ok?

Haha, no.

Cartridge:

Card:

Moreover, Nintendo themselves call it game cards.

And here's a comparison of a Switch card vs an SD card:

End of discussion about it being a "cartridge."

 

[wsh1994]

Its a cartridge ok?

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downloadable should be an option. owning a physical game should be a thing. You should OWN a damn thing, not having it in bits. You still own a bits, but they are on volatile memory unlike proprietary carts that Nintendo made for you to keep your bits safe from erasing, harm or loss. its your forever till you break it. But you can feel it.

Idk why people don't see the importance of OWNING an actual touchable thing.
That mentality goes beyond just games and it will be our doom. No i'm not being dramatic, its literally like that.
You can have whatever format you want, but you should understand an importance of owning physical things.

Exactly, of course downloadable should still be a thing, but i think that as soon as you pay more than 10 euros (or well, the same value in your currency) it should not be digital ONLY.

to me personally it is like this: i plan on buying zelda TOTK, why? just bc i am a HUGE fan of the series and have never been disappointed by zelda games. This will likely set me back 70 Euros. So in e few years the switch will be legacy hardware, the switch eshop will go down and well... i just like to be sure that if my switch evnetually dies and i have to buy a new secondhand one i still have access to my own games.

Digital only is flawed in that way. of course there is worse ways to distribute games, like how a certain company forced a certain trilogy to be only streamable on switch, making it playable as long as they decide to keep the server online EVEN if you dont erase the software... such games should not be marketed as "for sale" but more like "for lease"

 

[Kwyjor]

The biggest flaw of Digital editions is that once the store its form closes or delists it you can no longer play the game you bought if something happens to the console/PC it was installed on

I think the advantage of physical releases is kind of diminished considering companies see fit to release partly-unplayable software on physical media that absolutely requires an update that is only available by digital download. At that point the cartridge practically becomes nothing more than a dongle for a digital release. But that's probably stating the obvious.

 

[CMDreamer]

Has Sega fixed the screw up they did and that's why it's called the "Plus" edition?

Don't think so.

They will be calling "Plus", this and all other releases, because Mania had some success with its Plus version, so they will get into the same wagon. They really think players are stupid.

 

[godreborn]

I bought origins on the series x for like five bucks during a sale. The plus version sounds like mania plus, gotta build them all. Or is that pokemon if it's reverse engineered?