sonic mania plus xbox one physical release

Ray can “glide” up and down, in my case usually into the nearest enemy. As silly as they might look, they really mixed up the stages I’d been playing the same way for nearly a year. At first glance I thought they were fanfiction, sprung from the minds at Headcannon, but according to producer Takashi Iizuka they first made their appearance in a 1997 arcade release of SegaSonic the Hedgehog.

Let’s talk new characters: Ray the Flying Squirrel and Mighty the Armadillo. For $5 as DLC, or $30 as a physical box with a sleeve, reversible cover art, and a wonderful little artbook, there’s little question as to Sonic Mania Plus‘ value. So when I heard about Plus, of course I was excited I’d get to run through familiar levels with new twists and turns, and with two brand new characters. Needless to say, I can now beat Sonic Mania with around twenty extra lives, and I usually blast through it at least once every couple of weeks. When I heard about Mania, it was like hearing my friend’s team won the Superbowl: happy, but more for the fans than anything. I played Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on my uncle’s Genesis at Thanksgivings, died horribly in Aquatic Ruin Zone, and that’s about as far as my fandom roots go. Fast forward to nearly a year later and the new physical release (or DLC if you own the game), Sonic Mania Plus, is here for those of us who still can’t put it down.īut let me clarify: I am not what you’d call a “Sonic fan”.

Their efforts and understanding of what makes a good Sonic game made it an all-time classic, and possibly the best in the entire series. When Sonic Mania originally launched on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC, we gave it a 4.5 out of 5 it felt like SEGA finally decided to stop muddling their fan-favorite franchise and let it breathe in the hands of long time fan Christian Whitehead and company.

Sonic mania plus xbox one physical release