Although, if you’ve mastered 30 special zones in order to unlock that, you’re probably sick of the sight of them! There’s a version of Dr Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine (aka Puyo Puyo), there’s the option to play with Knuckles as a tag-along instead of Tails (even if you’re playing as Knuckles, giving an in-game Knuckles and Knuckles meme!), and there’s also a mode that allows you to play all the special zones on their own. Talking of unlockables, there are a few of them, and they help keep some replay value to the game. Many of the unlockable extras also persist between playthroughs, so you won’t lose that cool thing you’ve unlocked.
That’s not to say that the game is easy though it’s just as tough as games were back in the nineties, and you have limited lives, but a save system like in Sonic & Knuckles means that you won’t be left starting from Green Hill Zone all over again when you run out of lives.
There are cute little animated cutscenes between each level and they help show the transition between zones. Sonic has to run fast to collect emeralds and defeat enemies because Robotnik is evil and that’s all we need to know. That’s the case here, it doesn’t try to get too clever and add unnecessary characters and backstories. You could just load up a Sonic game and start playing. One of the things that I felt made the original games so good was their level of accessibility. Yes, those are indeed robot armadillos riding on the back of flying robot armadillos. This is a game that is clearly a labour of love and every effort has been made to capture just what it was that made the original games so good, right down to an authentic look and feel. Had I not done enough research though, I’d absolutely believe you. Honestly, if you told me that this was a long-lost Mega CD project then I wouldn’t believe you because I’m a journalist and I did my research like I’m supposed to. The colour palette used, the design of the characters, right down to the game having an option to add scanlines, making it look like you’re playing on an old CRT television.
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This isn’t just a modern spin (pun intended) on the 2D classics like Sonic 4 was, this is a full on facsimile of them. The first thing that you’ll notice when you start up the game is the striking resemblance to the older titles.
Could Sonic Mania be the ten-step program that finally makes us love the little fella again? He’s changed so much that we no longer recognise him and the romance that was once there is no longer obscured by rose tinted glasses. The character has been slowly dying for many years now, with hopes dashed every time a new game comes out and we, as fans, proclaim that “it will be different this time” like a beaten spouse returning to their alcoholic ex partner.
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Sonic Mania Plus is the definitive retail enhanced version of the original Sonic Mania’s digital release, presented in a pristine collectable physical release.// Reviews // 10th Sep 2017 - 4 years ago // By Gary “Dominoid” Sheppard Sonic Mania Reviewīeing a fan of Sonic the Hedgehog is a bit like being in an abusive relationship.
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