SEGA is making some big changes to Sonic Origins with the expanded re-release, Sonic Origins Plus. Comprising a new playable character in Amy, Knuckles playable in Sonic CD, and a dozen newly added Game Gear games, it's a clear effort from the publisher to turn the retro collection's fortunes around. While it's catching a bit of flack for excluding the Master System versions, fans are largely quite excited for the changes.
However, Sonic Team hasn't been dealing with this on its own. Indie developer Headcannon — known for leading development on the acclaimed Sonic Mania — has confirmed its involvement in this new package, detailing its contributions on Twitter:
The short thread states the studio helped design Amy as a playable character across the main four games, as well as make "a few additional updates and enhancements" to improve the collection overall. Presumably this means ironing out some bugs and other issues.
So, it seems like Sonic Origins Plus is in pretty safe hands. Will you be checking this revamped retro collection out? Spin dash into the comments section below.
[source twitter.com]
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Gonna say they did the first release too, and considering the games aren't being emulated, rather natively running new versions, it makes sense.
It's just they gave those new (or existing remakes for three of the games) to SEGA to slap into the Hedgehog Engine and THEN the problems began.
That's great news, they need to get these guys on board to make more 2d Sonic games
Has Amy gameplay been shown yet? Is it something similar to the advance series?
Speaking of Advance, we need those in a collection from the Mania dev
Sonic Mania 2 when though??
It's too bad the thing is stained by SEGA's greed.
They don't give time for the devs, they cba to license the music, they cba to give a wider ratio to the game gear games that have master system versions that go unused, they cba to add the remaining MD games, Knuckles Chaotix and Segasonic the hedgehog as well as add Mighty and Ray.
So, yeah... this could be amazing, but instead it's half assed.
Of course, they charged premium price for it too. It's a big ask price just for Amy.
Can we get a Mania 2 please....
@NathanKang @haoie @carlos82 Sonic Mania 2 would be great, hopefully that's their next Sonic project.
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