{"id":135634,"date":"2026-01-13T03:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T03:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-196123"},"modified":"2026-01-13T03:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T03:30:00","slug":"sonic-racing-crossworlds-switch-2-physical-edition-arrives-this-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/01\/13\/sonic-racing-crossworlds-switch-2-physical-edition-arrives-this-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds &#8211; Switch 2 Physical Edition Arrives This March"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/fb70ddc068b26\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/fb70ddc068b26\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/fb70ddc068b26\/large.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"hFhmhRE5sSk\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hFhmhRE5sSk?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\">\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Following the digital release of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/sonic-racing-crossworlds-nintendo-switch-2-edition\">Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds &#8211; Nintendo Switch 2 Edition<\/a> at the end of last year, Sega has now locked in the launch date for the physical version.<\/p>\n<p>It previously revealed it would be arriving in &#8220;early 2026&#8221; and it&#8217;s now been confirmed this release will be racing onto Switch 2 on <strong>26th March 2026<\/strong>. It will be priced at <strong>$69.99 USD<\/strong> (<em>or your regional equivalent<\/em>) and Sega notes how it will feature the &#8220;full base game&#8221; on the cartridge.<\/p>\n<p>If you would prefer to simply upgrade your existing Switch copy, you can purchase the game&#8217;s upgrade for <strong>$10.00<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>As one extra treat today, Sega has also announced the &#8220;Blue Star Extreme Gear&#8221; is now available to all CrossWorlds players. This follows on from last week&#8217;s release of the paid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/pac-man-world-2-re-pac\">Pac-Man<\/a> Pack for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, allowing players to race as Pac-Man and Team Ghost on a track inspired by the series.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/sonic\/related-articles:194831,195887,194766,195676 @ 1768300556 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p>Will you be picking up the physical version of Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds for the Switch 2? <em>Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] Following the digital release of Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds &#8211; Nintendo Switch 2 Edition at the end of last year, Sega has now locked in the launch date for the physical version. It previously revealed it would be arriving in &#8220;early 2026&#8221; and it&#8217;s now been confirmed this release will be racing onto Switch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135634\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}