{"id":136618,"date":"2026-03-26T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-199153"},"modified":"2026-03-26T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T19:00:00","slug":"psa-sonic-racing-crossworlds-is-now-available-physically-on-switch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/03\/26\/psa-sonic-racing-crossworlds-is-now-available-physically-on-switch-2\/","title":{"rendered":"PSA: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Is Now Available Physically On Switch 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c739e1746ece9\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c739e1746ece9\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"c739e1746ece9\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Sonic Racing\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c739e1746ece9\/sonic-racing.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c739e1746ece9\/sonic-racing.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Sonic Racing\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: SEGA<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been holding out for the physical edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/sonic-racing-crossworlds-nintendo-switch-2-edition\">Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds<\/a> for the Switch 2, then chances are you&#8217;ve already had a visit from the postman today, as it&#8217;s out now.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, it took a little longer than we might have expected, but the physical release is here, and best of all, it&#8217;s not a Game-Key Card. Your tolerance of GKCs may vary, but we&#8217;re going to bet that there won&#8217;t be a single one of you disappointed to hear that the full base game for CrossWorlds is available on the cartridge.<\/p>\n<p>Originally released on 25th September 2025 for the Switch and 4th December for the Switch 2 eShop, CrossWorlds unfortunately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/02\/sonic-racing-crossworlds-fails-to-meets-segas-expectations\">didn&#8217;t meet Sega&#8217;s sales expectations<\/a> upon launch, despite some strong reviews. Indeed, with the graphical upgrades on Switch 2 along with 60fps gameplay, we thought the game was rather excellent and awarded it a score of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/nintendo-switch-2\/sonic-racing-crossworlds-nintendo-switch-2-edition\">8\/10<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s since been updated periodically with new characters and tracks, most recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/03\/sonic-racing-crossworlds-adds-mega-man-in-new-season-pass-update\">adding in Mega Man<\/a> along with the Wily Castle course, Rush Roadstar vehicle, and more.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:198848,194831 @ 1774586843 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>Will you be picking up CrossWorlds physically on the Switch 2? Let us know your thoughts with a comment down below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: SEGA If you&#8217;ve been holding out for the physical edition of Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds for the Switch 2, then chances are you&#8217;ve already had a visit from the postman today, as it&#8217;s out now. Yes, it took a little longer than we might have expected, but the physical release is here, and best of [&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-136618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136618","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=136618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136618\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}