
Sonic Mania (ソニックマニア Sonikku Mania?) is a side-scrolling platformer video game in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise which acts as a celebration of the Sonic series' 25th anniversary. The game follows Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles "Tails" Prower and Knuckles the Echidna as they try to keep Dr. Eggman and his Hard Boiled Heavies from harnessing a mysterious new energy source. The storyline of the game also ties with Sonic Forces.
Sonic Mania was developed by Christian Whitehead, who had previously worked on enhanced ports of early Sonic games, with the aid of Headcannon and PagodaWest Games, who were chosen for their work in the Sonic fangame community, and was published by Sega. The game emulates the gameplay and 2D sprite animation of the original Sega Genesis Sonic games, and serves, along with Sonic Forces, as a “continuation” of Sonic’s 25th anniversary. The game was announced on 22 July 2016 and released on 15 August 2017 for Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4, and on 29 August 2017 for PC.
Artworks[]
Renders 2D[]
Characters[]
Playable Characters[]
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Miles "Tails" Prower
- Knuckles the Echidna
Bosses[]
- Heavy King
- Heavy Gunner
- Heavy Shinobi
- Heavy Magician
- Heavy Rider
- Dr. Eggman
Zones[]
Sonic Mania consists of thirteen Zones (eight remastered, five original), each one divided into two parts (referred to as "Acts"). At the end of each Act, the player takes part in a boss battle; "mini-bosses" are fought at the end of Act 1 and the main bosses are fought at the end of Act 2. To enter the final Zone, the player must have gathered the seven Chaos Emeralds and then clear the Titanic Monarch Zone as Sonic. The Zones in their order are:
- Green Hill Zone
- Chemical Plant Zone
- Studiopolis Zone
- Flying Battery Zone
- Press Garden Zone
- Stardust Speedway Zone
- Hydrocity Zone
- Mirage Saloon Zone
- Oil Ocean Zone
- Lava Reef Zone
- Metallic Madness Zone
- Titanic Monarch Zone
- Egg Reverie Zone
- Special Stage
Videos[]
Tails' Plays[]
Sonic and Tails' Plays[]
Reception[]
Sonic Mania received "generally favorable" reviews on Metacritic getting a metascore of 84/100 on PC,[1] 83/100 on Xbox One,[2] and 86/100 on both PS4[3] and Nintendo Switch.[4]
References[]
- ↑ Metascore for Sonic Mania on PCMetacritic, Retrieved April 15, 2020
- ↑ Metascore for Sonic Mania on Xbox OneMetacritic, Retrieved April 15, 2020
- ↑ Metascore for Sonic Mania on PS4Metacritic, Retrieved April 15, 2020
- ↑ Metascore for Sonic Mania on Nintendo SwitchMetacritic, Retrieved April 15, 2020