Rumor: Sonic Origins Plus Will Include Game Gear Games And Have A Physical Release

gameranx.com:

There’s a new rumor that Sonic Origins will finally get a physical release, but there’ll be more content in it than its original outing.

As reported by GoNintendo, the re-release will be called Sonic Origins Plus. It will retail as a $ 39.99 bundle on physical and digital. Players who already have Sonic Origins can get a digital upgrade for $ 9.99.

GoNintendo can no longer cite the original source, that has scrubbed the rumor from the site. There’s probably a good reason for that, as Sonic Origins Plus is slated to release on June 23, 2023, which would be Sonic’s birthday.

That means, if Sonic Origins’ original release was slated to celebrate Sonic’s 31 year anniversary, Sonic Origins Plus is for celebrating his 32 year anniversary.

These are what will come bundled with the physical release of Sonic Origins Plus:

And for those wondering, the Game Gear Sonic games are as follows:

For those curious, Europe also received a Sonic 2 in 1 cartridge that is simply Sonic The Hedgehog 2 and Sonic Spinball in one cartridge.

Now, some of those game names may be familiar, but the Game Gear is made of weaker hardware than the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis. In fact, it’s identical to the hardware found in the Sega Master System, also known as the Sega Mark III.

So Sonic The Hedgehog on Game Gear really is a different game from Sonic The Hedgehog on Genesis, and the same is true of the other Game Gear games with similar titles on Genesis. They are also different in terms of game design, as Sega did deliberately program around the limitations of the Game Gear. You can make the comparison to how much more different the Super Mario Land games on Game Boy are to the Super Mario Bros games on NES/Famicom.

In any case, fans who bought Sonic