As an upgrade to the excellent Sonic Mania, Sonic Mania Plus/Encore offers a pair of good new characters but underwhelms with new modes and content. Sonic Mania brings fans back into the 2D world ...

It brings back the classic platforming while introducing clever bosses, interesting levels, and some of the best sprite art I’ve ever seen. Sonic Mania isn’t just a great game for old Sonic fans.

Europe got the same art, albeit with Mega Drive packaging. Both versions, seen below, harken back to ... tweeted at Sonic’s official account about how their copies of Sonic Mania Plus are ...

The Sonic Mania Adventures video offers almost five minutes worth of interviews with Hesse and Rosenzweig-Topaz. It goes through the creative process, as well as shows some concept art.

In any case, in the name of nostalgia there'll be a Competition Mode in Sonic Mania. The winner in each ... match by adjusting items in the item boxes and number of rounds that take place.

we look at the pixel art – it ... for future 3D Sonic games, while Sonic Superstars represents the next true evolution of Sonic’s 2D past. Will There Ever Be a Sonic Mania 2?

I’ve talked to and played games with younger family members and friends and whenever they see me playing pixel art games, like Shovel Knight or Sonic Mania, they often dismiss them as “old ...

Sega received a lot of love when it took the Sonic franchise back to its 2D roots with Sonic Mania back in 2017 ... about the possibility to toggle the art style in-game. The Sonic franchise ...

You also get a Boss Rush mode and a new Mission Mode, which allows you to play through the games back-to-back ... and let’s not forget the excellent Sonic Mania. Yes, there is a proper Classic ...

Take a look at recently unearthed footage from the SOA tackle box vault ... Sonic Mania brings fans back into the 2D world of platform games with nostalgic pixel-style art and core classic ...