Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds for Nintendo Switch 2 has full game on cartridge, upgrade pack price confirmed
Posted on 2 days ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch 2 | 0 comments
SEGA shared a bit of additional information about Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds for Nintendo Switch 2 today, including confirmation that the game will contain the entire experience on its cartridge.
This is one of the rare titles on the console to be doing this. Thus far, most third-party publishers have opted to use game-key cards. This has drawn ire from fans as they’re not truly physical – you’re basically getting a blank cartridge as the game needs to be downloaded from the internet.
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Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds introduces customization and gadget features
Posted on 2 days ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Switch 2, Videos | 0 comments
SEGA put out the latest Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds trailer today spotlighting the game’s customization and gadget features.
The racer will have 40+ vehicles, 70+ gadgets, and 100+ vehicle parts and decals. In all thousands of combinations will be available for players to customize the ultimate racing machine. It’s possible to mix and match racers and vehicles, vehicle parts, and gadgets to create a customized racing experience.
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Sonic Team comments on why Sonic uses a car to race
Posted on 1 week ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
When we see a new Sonic racing game come around, some fans ask the question as to why the Blue Blur uses a car to race. After all, he’s extremely quick on his own, right? Well, Team Sonic head Takashi Tezuka has now offered his input directly.
Tezuka said that this comes to the idea of Sonic wanting to have fun. If he were to race on his own, it just wouldn’t be much of a competition.
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Sonic Team boss explains why a Sonic Adventure remake / remaster isn’t happening
Posted on 2 weeks ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in GameCube, General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
Sonic Adventure fans might not be happy to hear this, but there aren’t any plans to come out with a remake or remaster anytime soon.
Takahashi Iizuka, head of Team Sonic, was recently asked about revisiting the game in an interview. The takeaway here is that Iizuka believes it’d take a huge effort to bring the experience up to today’s “standards and expectations” – as much as a new title would apparently. Because of that, he feels working on a new game instead makes more sense.
Iizuka said the following when asked about a possible Sonic Adventure remake / remaster in an interview with Shacknews:
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Is Sonic x Shadow Generations worth double dipping on Nintendo Switch 2? We decide
Posted on 2 weeks ago by Ethan in Reviews, Switch 2 | 0 comments
Switch 2 brought with it several launch titles like Mario Kart World and Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour, but one game that also launched with the console that flew under the radar was the Sonic x Shadow Generations. The game released for Nintendo Switch late last year and was generally well-received. As per our original review, however, one of the game’s biggest flaws was its performance. Both Sonic and Shadow Generations targeted 30 frames per second, and while the former often hit that target, the latter struggled to do so and also struggled with extremely poor resolution.
The Nintendo Switch 2 Edition of Sonic x Shadow Generations doesn’t include any new content – it’s strictly a performance upgrade for the game. With that in mind, we’re going to focus on the game’s graphics and frame rate for the purposes of this feature. If you’d like to read more about how the actual game holds up, check out our original review – which still holds up in full.
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SEGA / Atlus Nintendo Switch eShop sale: lowest prices ever for Sonic Colors: Ultimate, Yakuza: Kiwami, more
Posted on 3 weeks ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 0 comments
Those looking to save on SEGA / Atlus games for Nintendo Switch can do so with a big June 2025 eShop sale, which has the lowest prices ever for Sonic Colors: Ultimate, Yakuza: Kiwami, and more. Over fifty titles are seeing heavy discounts.
The full listing of current games from the sale is as follows:
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds reveals SpongeBob DLC, confirms TMNT and Avatar
Posted on 3 weeks ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Switch 2 | 0 comments
Following a previous leak, SEGA just announced that SpongeBob SquarePants is coming to Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds along with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Avatar. News about the game just dropped at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards.
A first look at SpongeBob, along with his buddy Patrick, was shown in a trailer today. The DLC will also feature a Bikini Bottom stage to race on.
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Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut review for Nintendo Switch 2
Posted on 4 weeks ago by Richard in Reviews, Switch 2 | 0 comments
System: Switch 2
Release date: June 5, 2025
Developer: RGG Studio
Publisher: SEGA
In the very recent past, it looked like there was no future for Yakuza/Like A Dragon games on Nintendo hardware. After the poor sales of the Japan-exclusive Yakuza 1&2 HD Edition collection on Wii U, then RGG Studio head and series creator Toshihiro Nagoshi decreed that the series had no market with Nintendo fans and weren’t going to release their games on those systems. This remained the case for a long time, until a massive staff reconstruction in 2021, when Nagoshi and other notable developers left the team. New studio leader Masayoshi Yokoyama decided to test Nintendo Switch waters October last year with a release of the Yakuza 1 remake title, Yakuza Kiwami. To RGG Studio’s and SEGA’s surprise, the game sold tremendously well and less than a year later one of the most acclaimed titles in the series has a new edition for Nintendo Switch 2’s launch: Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut.
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SEGA says Mario Kart World and Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds are “fundamentally different”, talks Nintendo Switch 2
Posted on 1 month ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Switch 2 | 0 comments
Although Nintendo Switch 2 just received a big racer in the form of Mario Kart World, SEGA believes it can can coexist with its own upcoming game Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds.
In a recent interview, Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka said these two titles “are going in different directions”. He brought up how Mario Kart World is featuring an open world. Iizuka ultimately feels “the design itself is fundamentally different.”
He told VGC in the interview:
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles 2 introduces combat mechanics, Gear system, Path of Training mode
Posted on 1 month ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos | 0 comments
A new trailer and wave of details are in for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles 2, focusing on combat mechanics, Gear system, and the Path of Training mode. This comes ahead of the game’s summer launch.
Here’s the full rundown:
