While the pixelated sprites of Sonic and friends ... with whoever you have left on reserve. Encore Mode is a welcome change-of-pace that makes Sonic Mania's already fantastic levels more tense ...

It also improves some sprites and other visual assets. Advertisement All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Sonic Mania: Colorful Encore Colorful Encore is an enhancement project for Sonic ...

There's also a brief but welcome art book with concept drawings, sprites ... Sonic game there is. Mania mode is fun as ever, the cast is fuller, and the bonus challenges, unlockables, Encore ...

But some nice touches make Sonic Mania feel modern even as it apes the 16-bit style. The character sprites have more expressive animations. Sonic won’t just strike a pose after beating a level ...

Fans (and even Sonic Mania’s sprite artist) quickly fell in love with Eggette, posting their own artwork, creative names and backstory for the character. Names for the character, theorized to be ...

But how did a group of fans that never lost hope in the series manage to create one of the best Sonic game ever made? The origins of Sonic Mania begin ... On top of this, sprite work is ...

Sonic Mania launched on console and PC in 2017 and ... But the biggest addition was a new game mode called Encore mode. In this new mode, instead of Sonic and pals accumulating lives that get ...

If you have purchased the Encore or Sonic Mania Plus upgrades, note the following is the same as the base version released in 2017. Note of the above appears to work in 'Encore' mode. If you were ...

Editor’s note: Sonic Mania Plus is an expanded ... different for the person that has played Mania Mode plenty of times. Instead, the value of Encore Mode lies more in the ability to play as ...

[Note: This review has been updated to clarify that the DLC upgrade is called Encore and the Plus bundle includes an art book.] Sonic Mania Plus/Encore has a couple of major additions. The first ...