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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[Idaho]

If it makes Sonic Origins on par with community mods for retro sonic games, maybe it'll be worth a buy when there is a sale...

 

[wsh1994]

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.

True. Which only stresses the problem of overdigitalisation more. Certain games (like the spyro reignited Trilogy on switch for example) are reduced to nothing more than a digital only version in a box

 

[Marc_LFD]

Just tried the newer build of Sonic 3 A.I.R. for Android and seems to work pretty well, nothing odd (I only tried the first stage, mind you).

https://sonic3air.org/android/android.html

Who needs Sega. Fans have delivered it.

 

[Bladexdsl]

Who needs Sega. Fans have delivered it.

and unlike someone who else who won't be mentioned they don't DMCA the fuck out of everything

 

[elmercastro]

Cool. Fortunately, Sonic Origins is getting better.