We’re sure many of you are just as excited as we are to finally see it official confirmation that Sonic Origin will arrive on June 23, the 31st anniversary of Sonic the Hedgehogreleased on Mega Drive. These are some of the most ported games in history, but this collection – brings Sonic 3 back into the mix on consoles for the first time in years – shaping up to be a delicious package.
However, we’re sure that, like us, many of you were confused by Sega’s unnecessarily complicated chart detailing the different versions of the game and the DLC offered. grant. Let’s take a closer look at what’s included, shall we?
Sonic Origins Different DLC Versions and Packs – What You Get, How Much
First, here is the word chart Sega .’s website again if you missed it:
So let’s break it down by our current graph and understanding. For now, we’ve used prices from other platforms, as the game’s Nintendo eShop page was down at the time of writing.
Sonic Origins Standard Edition
Cost: $39.99 / £32.99
Consists of:
Sonic Origins Digital Deluxe Edition
Cost: $44.99 / £36.99
Consists of:
- Base game
- Difficult task
- Character animation on main menu
- Control the island camera on the main menu
- Character animation on music island
- Additional tracks from Mega Drive Genesis titles
Missing:
- 100 coins bonus
- Mailbox background
Sonic Origins Start Dash Pack
Cost: don’t know (but included for free with digital pre-orders of both versions of the game)
Consists of:
- 100 coins bonus
- Mirror Mode Unlocked *
- Mailbox background (also included in the Premium Fun Pack, but Not Digital Deluxe Version)
*It looks like Mirror Mode can be unlocked in the base game and it’s simply unlocked at the beginning with this DLC, According to Japanese press release
Sonic Origins Premium Fun Pack
Cost: unspecified (“COMING SOON” according to website)
Consists of:
- Hard Missions (also included in Digital Deluxe Edition)
- Mailbox background (also included in the Start Dash Pack, but Not Digital Deluxe Version)
- Character animation in main menu (also available in Digital Deluxe Edition)
- Main Menu Island Camera Control (also available in Digital Deluxe Edition)
- Music Island Character Animation (also available in Digital Deluxe Edition)
Sonic Origins Classical Music Pack
Cost: unspecified (“COMING SOON” according to website)
Consists of:
- Additional tracks from Mega Drive Genesis titles (included in Digital Deluxe Edition)
Er, Why is this so complicated?
On the other hand, it’s predictable that Sega will want to squeeze every last penny from some of the most popular video games in history, even if you have about 40 other ways to play some of the accompanying games.
Then again, it certainly doesn’t have to this complex. The lack of clarity on what exactly is unlockable in the base game versus what is DLC exclusive – plus the lack of individual DLC pricing – makes this whole graph the ‘solution’ almost like Nintendo in its entirety.
At first, we thought that the music DLC might be Sega’s way of covering the licensing costs of original Sonic composer Masato Nakamura, or even the rights holders to Sonic 3’s compositions (which were created). long rumored to have been written by Michael Jackson and his songwriting team). However, looks like that DLC pack can add music for other Sound game are not included in the collection (as far as we know), such as Sonic Spinball, 3D explosion and Knuckles Chaotix. Those games certainly had some bang… but we’re not sure we’d pay extra to listen to them via the BGM menu.
There’s also the annoyance of the Sega test modes behind the DLC launch for games that are available to play in multiplayer, a lot of other ways. On the Switch alone, there are at least three other ways to play Sonic 1. The extra charge for the DLC is sure to be crawled by thick-to-thin Sonic and Sega fans.
Don’t get us wrong, we’re very excited about this collection, especially now featuring Sonic Mania Headcannon developer has been confirmed. Frustratingly so as if having done the hard work and had the right people involved in the development, Sega went and messed things up with a bunch of unnecessarily complicated choices, leaving fans The company’s most loyal graves can’t help but worry.
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