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October's gaming season for new releases is up ahead, and with it comes the rumours and leaks which are inherently tied to any new big release for AAA titles, and this time it hit two of the biggest gaming mascots in the industry, Sonic & Mario.

Several sources have started to sprout out about a confirmed leaked copy of Sonic Superstars for Switch almost one week ahead of release breaking its street date, and in Mario's case, it seems like the leaked copy that's floating around is the actual Switch demo that's been shared around through selected retailers, like Best Buy, GameStop, Target, & Walmart.

Update: The Mario demo leak is a confirmed hoax and as yet the game has not broken street date.

Update 2: Super Mario Wonder has now leaked ahead of its 20th October release date.

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There's rumours about the actual full Super Mario Wonder game also being leaked, but it has yet to be confirmed.

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[K3Nv2]

Kind of impressed it leaked before wonder

 

[linuxares]

Kind of impressed it leaked before wonder

Gotta leak fast!

 

[NinStar]

hi, someone whos been in all the wonder threads on 4chan.
The demo is real. Whoever has it was posting several screenshots, including hacking in 99 wonder seeds to bypass the demos blockade. They gatekept it and stopped posting screenshots after everyone got tired of begging for it. They haven't posted anything else since. It was played in emulator, not real hardware.

The full game is real and has footage. A person on twitter got it early, made a discord and streamed about 48 minutes of gameplay which has been uploaded. They do not have a modded switch and have explicitly stated they're not interested in modding their only switch.

tl;dr everything so far is real

Yes, I highly doubt it is a hoax, I just saw a bunch of screenshots and footage earlier today.

 

[K3Nv2]

Gotta leak fast!

I noticed videos of it in target having it set up probably just a demo download from the eShop though

 

[linuxares]

I noticed videos of it in target having it set up probably just a demo download from the eShop though

It's on shops so it's real.

 

[64bitmodels]

Kind of impressed it leaked before wonder

it was coming out 3 days before so yeah.

Don't care though as this is a leak of the Switch version. I want the Steam Version as that's likely going to be way better from a performance standpoint

 

[XXLANCEXX]

Uh Oh

 

[K3Nv2]

Uh Oh

A YouTube channel slamming switch games, how original.

 

[linuxares]

Uh Oh

Sonic Team touched it? No wonder it turned to shit

 

[Bladexdsl]

yep yet another disappointing sonic release. just give the rights to whitehead and let him do whatever he wants for fuck sake sega!

 

[James_]

Uh Oh

Most reviews of the game give it a 7/10 or 8/10 which was about what I was expecting.

(Metacritic score is at 74 right now.)

 

[NinStar]

Uh Oh

He has good points about the level design, it seems to suffer from similar issues from the original Sonic the Hedgehog.

 

[Bladexdsl]

i'll still download it when the steam version hits but I'm not expecting to like it. and this is why we pirate

 

[linuxares]

i'll still download it when the steam version hits but I'm not expecting to like it. and this is why we pirate

Sega often use Denuvo

 

[LinkToThePresent]

He has good points about the level design, it seems to suffer from similar issues from the original Sonic the Hedgehog.

see i disagree, The game has a proper nostalgic feel to it. I did find it odd that i was able to get the first emerald within like 40 seconds of playing the first level and there are a fk load of bonus levels in one level. The emerald powers are an "ok" mechanic, i don't have all of them yet to judge. but overall the game itself it fun. reminds me of the first three sonics. There are DEFO issues with the game though, the lighting he is talking about is actually a thing but i honestly think its something that will be patched and fixed.

If you like sonic games you'll like this one. If you're expecting this to be anything but sonic then you're gonna hate it

 

[QCLasky]

Well.. I played it a bit an I can say I like this one

 

[Bladexdsl]

marios new voice is Kevin Afghani

 

[impeeza]

marios new voice is Kevin Afghani

itsnt me

 

[wolf-snake]

Sonic afficionado here: game is really meh. Controls feel clunky rather than fluid. Looks and feels somelike a mobile game (not far off the dreaded sonic 4). Music get’s on my nerves really quick. doesn’t feel “sonic quick”. to many gimmicks that aren’t actually fun.The bonus level where you’re supposed to swing towards the emerald is awful imho. What a pity.
Looking forward to SMW...

That means its probably a pretty alright and fun game.

 

[MightySashiman]

oh and I forgot, the switch version looks no way near as good as on the other platforms minimum effort from Sega...