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#196 The Satellite

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Posted 16 March 2018 - 04:04 PM

Surprise.

 

Sonic Mania Plus confirmed, it's a physical release of the game, with a reversible Genesis-style case sleeve, a 32-page artbook, the playable characters Mighty the Armadillo and Ray the Flying Squirrel added, and an "Encore Mode." I believe they teased additional features but didn't reveal them yet. I'm not sure if current owners get a free upgrade, I saw chat talking about something being "free" but I had to quickly take care of something and missed that announcement if it happened.

 

Also they announced a series of animated shorts called Sonic Mania Adventures, coming later this year. They'll be animated by the animator who did Sonic Mania's opening animation (wow this sentence is redundant), there'll be five of them, and they apparently take place just after Classic Sonic returns to his world at the end of Sonic Forces. They showed a small teaser that's currently unfinished but even the teaser looked pretty good for what's to come.

 

EDIT: Here's the sneak peek.


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#197 Cukeman

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Posted 16 March 2018 - 05:16 PM

Ooh, I want extra characters and the art book! Doubt I'll have the cash tho.

 

Good to see them doing more with this version of their property!


Edited by Cukeman, 16 March 2018 - 05:17 PM.


#198 Anthus

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Posted 16 March 2018 - 05:49 PM

The sooner we can forget about Forces, the better. I mean, uh, yeah great news.

That is cool though. I wonder if they'll add now stages though.

And minus points for no Mina the Mongoose.

#199 Haylee

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Posted 19 March 2018 - 04:19 AM

Oh man, Ray's such an... interesting choice to say the least. He's literally only ever existed once (Barring the Archie comics, where E V E R Y O N E exist.), and he seems like the type of character that nobody wants back because they forgot about him. At least with Mighty, he's not so random, since fans of him from Chaotix have been dying to see Mighty in action again. Honestly, I'm still excited to see Ray return, even if literally nobody asked for him.

 

This is an amazing face though:

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#200 The Satellite

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Posted 30 March 2018 - 06:39 PM

First episode of Sonic Mania Adventures is out:

 

 

I'd say this is good so far.


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#201 Cukeman

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Posted 03 June 2018 - 09:03 PM

Two more of these are out, I love the third one, Knuckles is awesome!



#202 Alestance

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Posted 04 June 2018 - 12:39 AM

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#203 Cukeman

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Posted 04 June 2018 - 03:13 AM

I'm one of those rare few who always liked Labyrinth Zone. Really, really nice music covers there, ending boss shows how fake it is though.



#204 Alestance

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Posted 05 June 2018 - 02:53 AM

So, the thing about the Labyrinth Zone remake in Mania is that a lot of the bullshit trap placement is mitigated by the widescreen resolution of Mania. Grounder's gone, which were badly placed usually, and they give you a water shield really early to help you.

 

Mania modding isn't going to get much better than "level and palette swaps" until we have a modloader that hooks into the process, though, so, we're kinda screwed for now. That said, Labyrinth Zone is probably the best made level swap mod that's been made yet.
Also, for the record, both act songs are old Tee Lopes remixes from 2010 and 2012 respectively.


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#205 kurt91

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Posted 05 June 2018 - 04:21 AM

Um, we've already got more than level and palette swaps. One person's made a "lock and key" custom gimmick. A bunch of people have done custom characters that are admittedly just reskins of existing characters, but other people have done full custom characters with unique custom abilities, such as adding Modern Sonic with a working Boost meter and everything! Even better, these extra characters are added through additional character slots instead of having to overwrite existing characters.

 

Additional Character Mod (Sonic Mania Extended)

 

Modern Sonic with Wisp Powers

(This video doesn't show off the powers well, though. For instance, you can move in the air when activating Hover, not just slow your fall)



#206 The Satellite

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Posted 17 July 2018 - 10:05 PM

Sonic Mania Adventures is now complete and there's now a full compilation on Sonic's official YouTube channel, it flows so seamlessly. I also edited it into the OP of this thread. It's such a good little show. I'd say I'd love more but I feel like it's perfect as is. Animation's adorable, sound design is perfect, it's so charming and I loved it. My heart will always have a soft spot for SatAM (and Adventures is too goofy for me not to love), but this is definitely one of the best Sonic animation projects ever.

 

Oh yeah, and Mania Plus is out today. I'll pick up the DLC later, too busy with Octopath and Crash.


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#207 Neppy

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Posted 18 July 2018 - 10:24 AM

My copy of Sonic Mania Plus arrived yesterday, and I played it for a while. I have to say, it's top notch! I was never a huge fan of the series, but I liked 1, 2, 3, and Knuckles enough to play through them and enjoy the experience. Played through the third area, and wow, they have certainly done some justice to classic Sonic. Everything about it feels right, and I love the new ideas that seem to be introduced in the second act of an area. So I'm enjoying the game quite a bit.


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