Sonic and Super Mario, adversaries in stores next October.
Although free expansions for Sonic Frontiers or Sonic Origins Plus, the best compilation of the blue hedgehog’s classic games, are released this year, SEGA continues to celebrate the rise of the saga with new games such as sonic super stars, the title that returns to the origins of the franchise but with a renewed look. Announced at Summer Game Fest 2023 with a first trailer, the Target store filter now the game release date.
According to Target, Sonic Superstars will be released next October the 17th for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC, the same date that Gamestop reflects in the United States. Thus, Sonic would face Mariosince Super Mario Bros Wonder, the revolutionary 2D game of the plumber, which will be released just three days later, on October 20.
Well, it looks like #SonicSuperstars has a release date.
October 17.
This has appeared on multiple retail listings. #SonicNews pic.twitter.com/fN9w2szWGK
— The Sonic Stadium ✪ Sonic News (@sonicstadium) June 23, 2023
Sonic Superstars, which features pre-order incentives such as an in-game LEGO Eggman skin or an acrylic display stand along with a reversible cover for the physical edition of the title, proposes a game formula very similar to that of Super Mariofeaturing traditional 2D side-scrolling and cooperative play for up to four people (a first for a Blue Hedgehog game).
The news of Sonic Superstars
Sonic Superstars will be the first Sonic title to present 3D images but with 2D gameplay, leaving behind the classic levels of the saga. Among all its features, it stands out the possibility of being able to play with friends in the local cooperative mode with Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy Rose as playable characters in this adventure in which to discover the new Emerald powers to move and attack in a thousand and one ways.