Sonic Mania

Sonic Mania

released on Aug 15, 2017

Sonic Mania

released on Aug 15, 2017

Experience the ultimate celebration of past and future in Sonic Mania! Re-live the Sonic of the past with an exciting new twist on classic zones while fighting against new bosses and Dr. Eggman’s evil robot army. Go head to-head with players in Competition Mode or play in Co-Op Mode with a friend.


Also in series

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles
Sonic Colors: Ultimate
Sonic Colors: Ultimate
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic Athletics
Sonic Athletics
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic the Hedgehog 2

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Es un juego maravilloso y un lindo tributo hacia el Sonic clásico por que se nota que quienes hicieron esto, aman en verdad ala saga y todo lo relacionado ala misma

Aunque siento que el juego pudo ser mejor, si bien entiendo que pongan zonas de otros juegos yo personalmente hubiera preferido que pusieran zonas nuevas por que las zonas nuevas del juego son geniales

Del resto es un juegazo, pero no creo que sea acá el mejor Sonic clásico o el mejor Sonic en 2D

Un jeu par des fan pour des fan MERCI

Le jeu est tellement bien qu'on en a oublié que de base c'est un fan game

Las nuevas zonas son muy buenas pero peca de usar muchas zonas repetidas de anteriores juegos, eso le resta bastante. El soundtrack y el apartado visual como siempre 10/10, casi el mejor Sonic clasico pero el S3&K le da mil vueltas.

Sonic Mania feels like a fan game in the best way possible. In literally every part of it you can see the love of the original source material being translated into a 2D platformer that in my eyes is the last 2D Sonic (Haven't played Superstars but I'm sure as shit that it's gonna be retconned alla Sonic 4)

First of all the music is fucking fantastic. Tee Lopes score is genuinely incredible and there isn't a single dud on the entire soundtrack. This comes from a person who thinks that people who exclusively listen to video games soundtracks deserve to be put in a special place in hell next to murderers and people who jaywalk after pressing the button so you have to wait an extra thirty seconds before you can drive and it wastes everyone's time. Regardless the soundtrack is great.

The opening and closing animations are fantastic as well. I'm pretty sure Paul Ver Doodle worked on them which makes sense, his work on Eddsworld legacy (and all of his work in general) is genuine eye candy. Also Friends by Hyper Potions goes hard.

The pixel art also looks great as well. I really like high bit pixel art and the work in this game is genuinely fantastic. The colour of everything pops and it feels like a natural artistic evolution from Sonic 3 & Knuckles. Also the UI design is nice, love the animations on the main menu.

The gameplay is basically more Sonic 3 & Knuckles, which I'm not complaining because that game is also good af. I don't like how you have to go back to the start of a zone if you get a game over, I would prefer to start from the start of the act but it's something that is rarely an issue. The level design is pretty good and each location has a distinct identity (Studiopolis zone is probably my favourite Sonic zone period). Also the game is really short, I beaten my play through in about four and a half hours. I know most 2D Sonic games are short but I think they could've added more levels (especially with the encore DLC, would've preferred it to be a level pack instead of whatever encore mode was).

(Also this game let's you play Dr Robotics Mean Bean Machines as a boss fight and as an extra mode and the extras are so fucking cool.)

In conclusion Sonic Mania is a fan game, it's made with love and care for the original source material which really makes it something special.


I cannot overstate how funny it is that SEGA fucked Sonic up so bad and for so long that people started believing it wasn't any good in the first place, and then when they pull some "You think this is easy? Then fuck it, YOU do it" shit and give it to a bunch of fans, they end up making the best game in the entire series. Funnier still is that the best parts of the game are the original levels and not the remixed classics.