sonic mania

March 16, 2018

Sonic Mania To Get A Physical Release With New Content

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Last year Sega put all their eggs in the wrong basket. Sonic Mania was announced as a side project by Sega, the smaller of two Sonic-centric releases planned for 2017. Mania would be old-school and put together by fans, while the noisier, 3-D Sonic Forces would be Sega’s big Blue Hedgehog holiday release. The results were the opposite: Sonic Mania rocketed to the top of the charts and has remained there, while copies of Sonic Forces are already showing up in bargain bins. What happened was simple: one game was good, and the other wasn’t. The masses have spoken. Sega is correcting their earlier error by revisiting Sonic Mania and giving it the high-profile physical release it was passed over for last year. Sonic Mania Plus, as the revised version will be called, will include some new content and characters…such as Mighty the Armadillo and Ray the Flying Squirrel, two obscurities who originally appeared in the 1993 Japanese arcade game SegaSonic. Physical releases of Sonic Mania Plus will be published

May 31, 2017

Sonic Mania Launching In August

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SEGA’s latest offering featuring their iconic blue mascot is set to launch in August. Sonic Mania will arrive on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PC, and Xbox One on August 15 and it sees the series going back to its 2D roots. Developers Headcannon and Pagoda West Games are working with SEGA to update the classic Sonic games as well as introduce a number of new stages for players to tackle. Sonic will be joined by his friends Tails and Knuckles along the way. You can pre-order the digital addition of Sonic Mania for $19.99 on both PC and Xbox One, while a retail Collector’s Edition is available for $69.99. However, this version of the game is exclusive to North America.

May 30, 2017

Sonic Mania Will Be Out August 15

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Sega has decided to leap ahead of E3 and announce the solid release date for Sonic Mania, their throwback 2D Sonic game. The company says it’s recommitted itself to improving the Sonic brand and releasing better games….but they’ve said that before. It’s hard to mess up the basic formula of an oldschool Sonic game, though (unless it features Knuckles being tethered to an obscure animal character). The press won’t get to play it until at least E3, but it LOOKS fun, and its design is a combination of old level remixes and brand-new stages. More importantly, there will be a Switch version, and said version is coming out on the same day as the others (Sonic Mania is also coming out for Playstation 4, XBox One and PC). This reporter has a Switch and he knows what version he’s getting. There will also be a limited edition that comes with a Sonic statue and a fake Genesis cart for the game….alas, Sonic Mania is digital-only and the only trace of