BODY: Sega just pulled off a classic Nintendo Direct-style move: a game announced and released on the very same day. "Sonic Frontiers Super Deluxe," an enhanced version of the 2022 open-zone action-adventure, hit the Nintendo Switch 2 today, June 24, for 5,990 yen.
The "Super Deluxe" edition bundles the original game with all previously released DLC and the free "Update 3" content, packaging the complete Sonic Frontiers experience for newcomers and returning players alike. For a title that originally launched across multiple platforms, this marks its debut on Nintendo's new hardware.
The headline feature for the Switch 2 port is player choice in performance. Owners can toggle between a graphics-priority mode, which pushes visual fidelity, and a framerate-priority mode, which prioritizes smoother gameplay — a meaningful option for a fast-paced game built around high-speed traversal of its sprawling Starfall Islands.
The surprise launch reflects Sega's aggressive push to seed the Switch 2 library with established hits early in the console's lifecycle, betting that Frontiers' open-zone design will find a fresh audience on Nintendo's portable-hybrid platform.
The insider take
Shadow-drops like this are increasingly common in Japan, but the timing here is telling. The Switch 2 is still in its launch window, and Sega is clearly racing to plant flagship franchises on the platform before the holiday crush. Offering a graphics-versus-framerate toggle is also a quiet acknowledgment that Switch 2 owners have grown more performance-conscious — a shift from the original Switch era, when players largely accepted whatever framerate they were given. For Sega, re-releasing a three-year-old game at full-ish price with a "Super Deluxe" label is a low-risk way to test the new hardware's appetite for its back catalog ahead of the next mainline Sonic title.
Originally reported by GAME Watch (Japanese).