Sonic Origins Arrives This Summer To Celebrate The Blue Blur’s Birthday

Sega has unveiled the first trailer for Sonic Origins, the remastered collection of Sonic’s best Genesis-era titles first teased last May. 

Origins remasters Sonic 1 & 2, Sonic 3/Knuckles & Sonic CD. They have sharper resolutions, improved animations, fun tweaks like the possibility to play Sonic’s sidekicks throughout any game. That’s right; you can finally smash through Sonic 1’s Marble Zone as Knuckles. 

If you’d rather keep it vintage, a Classic Mode lets players enjoy these games in their original forms. Conversely, Anniversary Mode features a full-screen display and infinite lives for those who want to tour each adventure stress-free. Sonic Origins encourages gaming with new missions in the game that award medallions. Spending this currency in the game’s Vault unlocks new content and grants access to a Special Stage. Origins has new cutscenes inspired by Sonic Mania’s animation cinematics.

Sonic Origins launches on June 23 – Sonic’s 31st birthday – on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC. The Standard Edition runs for $39.99, but there are two versions and a few content packs you can read all about here. 

To learn more about Sonic the Hedgehog’s history, check out our June 2021 interview with Sonic Team’s leader Takashi Iizuka about Sonic Origins as well as the franchise’s 30-year history here.