With the Blu-ray and 4K releases of this year's Sonic the Hedgehog movie set to launch in North America this week, it seems only fitting that Sega would host a blue blur sale on the Nintendo eShop.
A number of games have been discounted across both the Switch and 3DS. You'll find all the current discounts below (thanks, Comicbook), and you can also check out news and reviews relating to each title by clicking on your chosen game's name:
Switch
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 – $39.99 (previously $59.99)
- SEGA AGES Sonic the Hedgehog – $5.99 (previously $7.99)
- SEGA AGES Sonic the Hedgehog 2 – $5.99 (previously $7.99)
- Sonic Forces – $9.99 (previously $19.99)
- Sonic Mania – $9.99 (previously $19.99)
- Team Sonic Racing – $19.99 (previously $39.99)
3DS
- 3D Sonic the Hedgehog – $2.99 (previously $5.99)
- 3D Sonic the Hedgehog 2 – $2.99 (previously $5.99)
- Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice – $9.99 (previously $19.99)
- Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal – $9.99 (previously $19.99)
- Sonic Generations – $9.99 (previously $19.99)
- Sonic Lost World – $9.99 (previously $19.99)
All of the deals above end on 26th May, so make sure to grab any games you're after by then to take advantage of these lower prices.
Anything taking your fancy? Let us know with a comment below.
[source comicbook.com, via gonintendo.com]
Comments 42
For some reason they never put the Sonic Mania Encore DLC on sale.
Team Sonic Racing is great and has unique mechanics that are different than MK8.
Lol Tokyo 2020
I still don’t get why they didn’t just delay the Sonic Olympics Tokyo 2020 mobile app until 2021.
Fantastic, now if only we get Sonic 3 and Knuckles and Sonic CD on here.
@Tandy255 not a bad game but... too repetitive and too difficult in story mode... Some task are nearly impossible... Also the car tuning is ridicoulus
@RupeeClock I don't know why the base Sonic Mania game is even a thing since "Plus" is the complete game. There were a couple of times it was on sale and I aked my son if he wanted it and he said no, he only wanted the complete version. So I don't even ask him any more, it always seems to be the incomplete version that's on sale. Always.
@BabyYoshi65
If it's ready, why would they delay it?
I know the Tokyo 2020 Olympics got pushed back, but they'll probably just do another bug push when they come around in 2021.
Also, have you played the mobile Sonic Tokyo 2020 game, yet?
Does anybody own Sonic Forces? I've always been interested on that one, but the reviews are not the best.
@RupeeClock have you played it?
@rjejr I think he's referring to the DLC, not Plus, because at least for me, as someone who bought Sonic Mania before the DLC, it's annoying they've never offered a discount for early buyers.
Might be time to grab Team Sonic.
@ACNHislit No, I have not. I considered it, but I’m to obsessed with Animal Crossing for the time being. Should I play it?
Has anyone else here the mobile Sonic Tokyo 2020 game?
@BabyYoshi65
Okay. Just curious.
Good point. 😆
I haven't played it yet, but I've heard that it has more of a Super Mario Run system (one time purchase), with some microtransactions but not aggressively though. (If that makes sense).
It also depends if you've played the other Mario & Sonic Olympic Games and liked them, or like the Olympics in general.
So, is this the supposed interesting and/or wonderful news that we were supposed to stay tuned for, that Sega mentioned a while back?
If it is, then I am anything but impressed or pleasantly surprised...
No Wii u sales? I would do lost world on the Wii u.
@ACNHislit I’m planning on downloading it closer to when the Olympics actually happen in 2021.
@RodSD64 Sonic Forces is the worst Sonic game since Sonic 06. It is a heap of turds. Save your money.
@Maulbert @rjejr
IIRC, I believe "early buyers" can get the DLC for $5 and the base game is $20, and Sonic Mania Plus is $30. So technically, early buyers do get a discount.
@BabyYoshi65
Okay, makes sense. 👍
Discount?! People should be getting paid to play any Sonic Garbage game. Retire Sonic. Take him out to the fields and put him out of his misery.
@ThanosReXXX
I don't think so, usually the monthly news is on the 20th of each month.
My theory about the Sonic sale is that, the Sonic Movie releases tomorrow on Blu-ray on DVD.
@Incarta
Wait, you're saying that Sonic Forces is worse than Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric?
@Tendogamerxxx I really hope that Sega will reboot Sonic. Start fresh with a new philosophy, that includes NOT putting out bad games. It's sad really, I love Sonic. But it's hard to find GOOD Sonic games. It's a shame.
@Incarta
But why is it so bad?
@BabyYoshi65 I'm betting in Japan where a lot of people are really disappointed by the delay of the Olympics, playing this game will be a cathartic diversion. It will probably sell very well (the microtransactions, I guess) in their home country.
@Danrenfroe2016 I don't think they need to reboot Sonic, they just need to be more focused. I have two modern Sonic games (Lost World and Forces) and both of them are a hodgepodge of many different play styles... And none of them are done particularly well. I think they'd do better if they took Nintendo's approach to Mario. Make a game that is strictly 2D and do it well (New Super Mario Bros), or do a fully 3D game that sticks to the same perspective and do that well (Odyssey). Sonic Forces to every single idea that ever popped into Sega's head and the jammed it all into one game.
@ACNHislit That seems fair for early buyers, but I still think they should just dump the base game and only sell SM+ now.
@Maulbert Good point on the DLC. Seems like DLC hardly goes on sale for any game as devs use it to make money when they put their games on sale. I wonder if games like Witcher 3 and Horizon Zero Dawn still have the base games go on sale now that the complete versions are available?
@RodSD64
Sonic Forces isn't the worst Sonic game to come out, it's not on the level of Sonic 06 or Sonic Boom Rise of Lyric.
But out of its contemporaries in the "Boost Formula" series of games, it's the worst.
The Boost Formula games being Sonic Unleashed, Sonic Colours, Sonic Generations, and Sonic Forces.
They all have a reputation for taking a small number of stages and flipping them a few times to get extra mileage out of them, and more stages, but Sonic Forces takes this to the nth degree and too many of the stages feel slapdash and short.
They hide this by changing the camera work or slightly modifying parts of the 2D sections, but it's effectively the same level you played earlier, repeated.
I would say £10 is a justifiable price for Sonic Forces, it does have some merits, but generally of the games mentioned it has the worst stage design and worst controls. The controls don't feel right at all compared to previous entries, and Classic Sonic's inclusion was entirely unnecessary and to the game's detriment.
@TheFox Yes, that’s a good point. It will do very well there.
@RupeeClock
I was drawn by the aesthetic for the most part, but anyway, thanks for your reply!
If only they had made Generations with Sonic Rush controls. I can't recommend it unless you're really into Sonic, $9.99 is too much. Much like in Lost World the special stages are the most fun.
The level choices were pretty weak, I would've skipped Tropical Resort for Egg Utopia or Chaos Angel.
@TheFox Super Sonic Odyssey... that sounds fun!
@RupeeClock what you said is exactly why I see '06 is miles better than Forces, it's the same dumb boost gameplay, with no replay value, except now the music is some weird techno thing and Classic Sonic is crammed-in somewhere.
The stage environments are so dull-lookin compared to Generations.
And for the record I always thought the avatar character was a bad idea, and that it only exists to appease the 'meme culture' Sonic's got going on these days. Turns out that's precisely what it is, otherwise no sanic shirts would've been added to the game. Gameplay-wise it doesn't make anything better.
A lot of people complain about Princess Elise or what have you, but no one bats an eye at the fact they teased Chaos... and never used Chaos.
I'd rather do a stage's worth of ball puzzles with Silver and flex out the character's controls than to deal with Forces' 1-button-to-win scenarios.
I'm not trying to say it's perfect, just that SEGA shouldn't have given up so easily on the so called 'Adventure' formula with only 5 games.
There's no saving Boom though, that's just straight up garbage any way you look at it.
Are any of the 3ds games good?
@Priceless_Spork I’ve only played Lost World, the classics, and that’s it. I like them all, but avoid 1 at all costs
Bought Team Sonic Racing last holiday season on sale. It’s... ok, decent value at $20 , but it didn’t keep my attention for too long. It’s just difficult to go from MK8 to any other cart racer, MK 8 is just on a whole different level.
@RodSD64 Severely underrated, had a blast when I bought it for £7 on PS4. Would say it's worth at least £15-£20
I played Mania recently and it somehow entirely lived up to the hype.
If I get anything from this sale though, honestly I'd go for 3DS Generations. I've never heard much about it, but tbh I trust any game called "Sonic Generations" over what I've heard of Forces. Also, I assume modern Sonic is just Sonic Rush again, another Sonic game I like.
Sonic Mania is the only game here I am interested in and I already have it.
Sonic Rush had really good music.
@AlienX are you that poor saying sonic generations should be less than $9.99
bro
you good?
or are you high?
@AlienX
great......
another one saying '06 is better than forces
WE GET IT
forces was a bland and generic game
but it wasn't bad
it is literally less than $19.99(well not for xbox wtf)
its a generic game, a game you see and just go past by, not a buggy mess with awful physics
I don't get how stages feel the environments are dull
the thing is, the game Is nothing that stands out to me
just like sonic colours and sonic heroes,
just generic games
so saying its worse than sonic '06 is mind-boggling
sunset heights looks better than crisis city(even thought sunset heights wasn't really engaging)
and metropolis looks way better than radical highway
but I still love rooftop run, nothing will beat that
custom character wasn't just a meme doofus
many games were including a custom character, especially anime games (don't question me), so the avatar wasn't a stupid idea, game play is still good
the pause on the grappler gives a distinct that it isn't a modern sonic without the fast homing attack and boost
didn't care about Elise
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