Sonic Racing: Crossworlds Nintendo Switch 2 Edition physical release date announced; Blue Star EX Gear now available to all for free

The wait to own a physical copy of Sonic Racing: Crossworlds for Nintendo Switch 2, one that actually has the game on the card, is nearly over. Mark March 26th, 2026 on your calendars.

While Sonic Racing: Crossworlds had already been available as a native Nintendo Switch 2 game, complete with an upgrade pack for owners of the original Nintendo Switch version, since December 2025, it was only available digitally. (You can still buy the upgrade pack if you had a physical Nintendo Switch 1 version.) If you’ve been waiting for a native Nintendo Switch 2 game card, then pre-orders have just opened up for it. The pre-order price sits at $69.99 USD. Currently, only Amazon has a pre-order page open, but other retailers are sure to follow soon. You can check Sega’s own Sonic Racing: Crossworlds website for the most up to date information on where you can pre-order or where you can order any other version of the game.

As an added bonus, Sega have also made the Blue Star Extreme Gear DLC available for free on all platforms. (Currently it isn’t live on the Nintendo eShop, but this could be an error. Keep checking for it.) Originally available exclusively for those who signed up for a Sega account and redeemed it when the game originally launched in September, the Blue Star is an extra boost vehicle that’s based on Sonic’s Extreme Gear from Sonic Riders (2006). If you never signed up for a Sega account, you forgot to redeem the Blue Star DLC, or you’ve since bought Sonic Racing: Crossworlds on a second platform or a different platform than you originally intended, you can still get this absolutely free now.

Be sure to cross over past the break to see a bit more info on the physical Nintendo Switch 2 Edition that you might like to know.

According to the game box, the Nintendo Switch 2 physical edition also contains the Nintendo Switch 1 version on it and will boot the appropriate version depending on which console you put it in. If you only have a Switch 1, but you plan on buying a Switch 2 in the future, you can buy the Switch 2 physical, play it right away, and then play it on your shiny new Switch 2 without having to buy the $10 USD upgrade pack later. The Switch 2 physical release also advertises that it comes packaged with the Werehog character DLC, though it isn’t clear at this time if that is a download code or if the DLC is built into the game card. All save data created on Switch 1 or DLC downloaded for Switch 1 will carry over as well. The Switch 2 version will give you higher resolutions, better framerates, and generally more detailed graphics over the Switch 1 release, as the handy trailer above is keen to remind you. It also retains cross-play with all other versions of the game in online multiplayer.

Have you been holding out for a physical copy of Sonic Racing: Crossworlds on Nintendo Switch 2? Are you enjoying the game on any other platforms? What do you think of the recently released Pac-Man and NiGHTS DLC? Are you reading this on your Sega Dreamcast? Let us know in the comments below.