Incidentally, Sonic Mania's use of 3D also sees some polygonal objects placed within the environment ... On top of this, sprite work is dramatically more complex with many frames of animation.

The same principle applies to Sonic Mania, and while the running animations look absolutely stunning, the air walk sprites might come off a bit awkward and unnatural. If you think they look a bit ...

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 ...

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 ...

Inspired by an old Sonic community meme which Mania itself pays tribute to, Knuckles Mania and Knuckles is… Knuckles. While still work-in-progress, a disturbing number of sprites have been ...

At first glance Sonic Mania looks just like the old Mega Drive games, but it doesn’t restrict itself purely to those limitations. There are a lot more sprite-scaling effects than a regular Mega ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. It has been a long time since I actively looked forward to a ...

Sonic, Tails and Knuckles are back in Sonic Mania, a game that remixes everything you know and love about the Sonic games from the Genesis era. When you purchase through links on our site ...

Sonic Mania is heralded by many of the blue blur's fans as one of the best Sonic games ever made. A sequel was a dream for many — more classic stages revamped, more brand new levels created ...