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Sonic Mania - special stages revealed, music sample, instruction booklet details story and more
Introducing: #SonicMania’s Special Stages, inspired by Saturn and CD! Prep those Chaos Emerald-hunting skills… #SDCC17 pic.twitter.com/tGMvmtbTZe
— =The Sonic Stadium= (@sonicstadium) July 23, 2017
The instruction manual. Gonna get it all signed tomorrow. #SonicMania pic.twitter.com/6tcv4hwAak
— Servbot 42💠 (@servbot_42) July 23, 2017
— Steven Page 🎙️ (@StevenThePage) July 23, 2017
— Steven Page 🎙️ (@StevenThePage) July 23, 2017
- special stages inspired by Sonic CD and Sonic on Saturn
- collect rings for more time
- collect Blue Spheres for more speed
- there's one UFO you need to catch to get the Chaos Emerald
- Sonic Mania's first meetings were in 2016
- the project name was Sonic Discovery
- opening animation like Sonic CD, which will be revealed a day before the game comes out, and is animated by Tyson Hess
- lengthy is comparable to Sonic 3 & Knuckles
- the initial pitch included a working demo featuring Studiopolis Zone
- Iizuka-san came up with the phrase “By the Mania, for the Mania”
- there were many story ideas, including one where Eggman retired and his robots went rogue
- will feature sprite cut scenes
- no Super Emeralds