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New Sonic Mania Footage, Mirage Saloon Zone + Tails and Knuckles Gameplay
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I would consider myself a big fan of 2D Sonic games, and I didn't know that...
I wonder how the special stages works in this game
If they can render everything, Sonic included, in 3D then I'll be mad hyped. Do a complete 180º flip on the retro visuals.
Because I always felt that's what the special stages were going for: total 3D, and completely different visuals to the rest of the game.
Okay, badniks time!
Here we have a donkey with a bumper for a saddle. I would call this guy Burrobot, but that's a Sonic 1 enemy ;P. It rolls around and if it sees you it revs up and tries to charge you like the Rhinobots from Sonic 3 and the bumper reminds me of Crawl from Casino Night Zone.
This new hawk/buzzard badnik perches atop cacti and other level elements and then swoops down when you get near. If you are near the ground it will hug the contours of the ground like Penguinator.
Caterkiller. It's a recolored Caterkiller from Sonic 1. This version wraps around poles and then lunges at you like Crawlton from Mystic Cave Zone.
Roller. A recolored Roller from Sonic 1. This armadillo has gotten a mighty upgrade. He will chase you like crazy until you hit him.
Here we have a donkey with a bumper for a saddle. I would call this guy Burrobot, but that's a Sonic 1 enemy ;P. It rolls around and if it sees you it revs up and tries to charge you like the Rhinobots from Sonic 3 and the bumper reminds me of Crawl from Casino Night Zone.
This new hawk/buzzard badnik perches atop cacti and other level elements and then swoops down when you get near. If you are near the ground it will hug the contours of the ground like Penguinator.
Caterkiller. It's a recolored Caterkiller from Sonic 1. This version wraps around poles and then lunges at you like Crawlton from Mystic Cave Zone.
Roller. A recolored Roller from Sonic 1. This armadillo has gotten a mighty upgrade. He will chase you like crazy until you hit him.
Yes that's what I meant. The scrapped CD level bieng a desert was just fan theory looking at the map. Even the ending includes an unknow zone that is not a desert (the one with the Sonic 2 8-bits look a like badnik)
Emperor Bohe
Member
man if only this was Sonic 4 instead
Holy shit, man... That'd be an awesome twist / surprise.
I'm glad to see the concepts for scrapped stages have finally been reworked into something in a release. I'd love to see Wood Zone, Genocide City Zone, or even Sonic 2's Hidden Palace Zone get molded into something that will appear in Sonic Mania. The wait for this game is going to kill me. I need a demo NOW
Yeah I hope they release the demo they have been showing. I would no joke play that demo pretty much non stop till the final release.
Spiral Insanity
Banned
The pixel art looks a little bit uneven, those barrels in the desert level.. I love what it is going for though.
Hot Coldman
Banned
Sonic 2's HPZ already showed up in the iOS/Android remaster. (And it owns.)
royalroyal
Member
19, 65, 09, 17 all emerald quest please
Seven Force
Banned
I'm so glad we finally got Dust Hill Desert Dazzle a desert level in some form.
Oh yeah, I forgot about that. I'll find a way to play it one of these days. But my point still stands!
Why the hell the definitive edition of Sonic 2 is a mobile exclusive baffles me to this very day. Especially since in the past Sega has put Sonic 2 on anything that can possibly run the game.
sechsterangriff
Member
SEGA actually bothered to port the new version of SONIC CD to consoles. I always wondered what was the reason for not doing it with SONIC 1 and 2.
theSlacker
Member
Sega being sega?
JetBlackPanda
Member
wow this is the first time ive seen this. The spritework is awesome! I love it.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Sandopolis?
Burro-bot.Okay, badniks time!
Here we have a donkey with a bumper for a saddle. I would call this guy Burrowbot, but that's a Sonic 1 enemy. It rolls around and if it sees you it revs up and tries to charge you like the Rhinobots from Sonic 3 and the bumper reminds me of Crawl from Casino Night Zone.
It can be Sonic 4
in our hearts
Or just accept that it's the first of a new line of 2D Sonics that goes beyond the trappings of the 16-bit architecture it was born on: Sonic Mania, Sonic Mania 2, Sonic Mania 3 & Fang, etc.
IronicSonic
Member
new 2D sonic via cartridge on a home console aswell. What a time
I really like what I'm seeing. I hope special stage can mix Sonic 2 and Sonic CD special stages in some form.
Nah, just give me another batch of half pipe, run to emerald, rings checkpoint based Sonic 2's bonus stage with a catchy music like Saturn's 3D Blast bonus stage and I'm done
peanutbutterlatte
Member
First game I have fond memories of playing is Sonic 2. Going to absolutely get this Day 1. It has something that no amount of expertise can reproduce; actual passion for the series.
Mama Robotnik
Member
It just looks absolutely, unconditionally great! No Sonic game has looked this good since 1994, with the exception of the ace mobile ports of Sonic 1/2/CD and the sadly-abandoned PlaySega Sonic Maker from seven years ago.
My only regret, is that it isn't called Sonic The Hedgehog 4.
I absolutely cannot wait to play this!
My only regret, is that it isn't called Sonic The Hedgehog 4.
I absolutely cannot wait to play this!
The Lamonster
Member
What's up with the screen door effect in this video?
Are they playing with some kind of video filter on or does the whole game look like this?
Are they playing with some kind of video filter on or does the whole game look like this?
There are confirmed to be CRT filter options. This footage is using one.
They mention it in the video too.
The Xtortionist
Member
a good desert level
The Lamonster
Member
CrispyBoar
Banned
Yes, yes! Now bring it over to Switch.
I hope we get Stardust Speedway if we get a Sonic CD level.
I hope we get Stardust Speedway if we get a Sonic CD level.
Grim Patron
Member
Yea it is sad. Im still getting the CE though.
LordKasual
Banned
I'm going to buy it, but im not really excited. This looks like a really well-managed sonic fangame.
I'm sure it'll be good, but ive been played out of 2D sonic at this point. The last game to actually shake the formula up was Sonic & Knuckles and there have been few significant changes to "classic" sonic gameplay since then.
This game is brand new but it already feels like ive beaten it 100 times.
I'm sure it'll be good, but ive been played out of 2D sonic at this point. The last game to actually shake the formula up was Sonic & Knuckles and there have been few significant changes to "classic" sonic gameplay since then.
This game is brand new but it already feels like ive beaten it 100 times.
mrmickfran
Member
A poor video in that respect. Scanlines don't play well on YouTube and they didn't even bother uploading at 60fps. Disappointing.
Sega said there will be more remixed zones than new zones.
I remember that browser game. Always loved how much the stage art looked like something you'd see in an official Sonic game, even if it was cobbled together and/or directly inspired by existing sprite work.
gaf thread
Seven Force
Banned
A fun one, tho