Nintendo officially announced today that is has signed an exclusive deal with SEGA for their upcoming “Sonic The Hedgehog” games and that the Wii U Games shown at E3 will be playable at select Best Buy stores. The next “Sonic the Hedgehog” title will be exclusive to the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS.
The Nintendo press release for the partnership also announced a few more titles that are upcoming including “Mario & Sonic at the Sochi” 2014 Olympic Winter Games for the Wii U and that additional SEGA Game Gear games would be coming to the Virtual Console service for Nintendo 3DS.
“Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games” includes a variety of events from the Winter Games, including curling, skiing, figure skating pairs and snowboard slopestyle – which will make its Olympic debut in Sochi, Russia. Different events might use the Wii Remote Plus controller, Wii U GamePad controller or both. In addition to realistic events, the game also includes those set in the worlds of Sonic and Mario that let players perform moves not possible in real life.
SEGA Game Gear include:
- Columns
- Crystal Warriors
- Defenders of Oasis
- Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine
- G-LOC: Air Battles
- Shining Force II: The Sword of Hajya
- Sonic Blast
- Sonic Drift 2
- Sonic Labyrinth
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2
- Tails Adventure
- Vampire: Master of Darkness
Outside of SEGA news, Nintendo announced that select Wii U games featured at E3 2013 will soon be playable at participating Best Buy stores, the launch date for New Super Luigi U, new Pikmin 3 game details and additional information about a variety of previously announced Wii U and Nintendo 3DS games.
Nintendo of America President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime said,
“The onetime rivalry between Mario and Sonic has grown into a friendship that has never been closer. These announcements in conjunction with SEGA demonstrate the commitment we have to bringing great games to the Wii U platform, and set the stage for our upcoming announcements at E3.”
Sonic Lost World is a new action platforming game, and more information about it will be announced before the E3 2013 video game trade show begins on June 11.
You can view Nintendo Direct in its entirety below: