Sonic Mania (August 15th 2017, Christian Whitehead, PS4, Xbox One, PC, Switch) - The New Classic

[Zippo]

18 minutes ago, Joseph Mello said:

Wat?! Where?!

 

[molul]

 

17 minutes ago, Zippo said:

 

WAIT! Are we gonna get Sonic 3D Blast's GREEN GROVE?

 

(Just kidding).

 

I'm not fond of Aquatic Ruin, honestly. Chemical Plant, Mystic Cave, Oil Ocean, Metropolis or Casino Night would be much better choices.

[Meta77]

Give me my death egg back.

[Sonicfan287]

58 minutes ago, Meta77 said:

Give me my death egg back.

Ah yes, the very first stage Sega reimagined from back in the day. It already appears twice in the classic trilogy (then again in Sonic 4) 

that said, I wouldn't be surprised if it comes back 

[Diogenes]

We've had more than enough Death Egg for one lifetime. I'm hoping they've got something new lined up for the finale.

[Meta77]

14 minutes ago, Diogenes said:

We've had more than enough Death Egg for one lifetime. I'm hoping they've got something new lined up for the finale.

Give me a genocide egg then. Death machines are his thing

[BlueFlare]

Maybe we'll see Final Fever happen in some form. Who knows...we got Mirage Saloon (Desert Dazzle), too.

[TheOcelot]

2 hours ago, Meta77 said:

Give me my death egg back.

Didn't ya hear? 

Death Egg is amazing but it's been done to death. Time for something new. Mania's story should be as original as possible.

 

9 hours ago, Zippo said:

Just remembered: Aquatic Ruin was in the debut trailer, along with Green Hill and Flying Battery. I'd say there's a 90% chance that it's in the game. There are going to be at least 7 classic stages now, so it's very likely that Sonic 2 will get another stage represented. 

Three Mania zones; GH, FB and AR being the ones shown in the reveal trailer seems almost too obvious.

I think there's very little chance of AR appearing in Mania. It's an okay level, but far from one the best stages in Sonic 2 and is a bit too similar to Mania's Green Hill-especially act2 (despite the water and ruins theme) for my liking. Levels like Chemical Plant (despite it's appearance in Gens), Casino Night, Mystic Cave & Oil Ocean are more popular and far more likely.

I'm sticking to my guns we'll get two zones per game (3&K counting as one whole game). For Sonic 2 I would choose Mystic Cave and Chemical Planet.

[Badnik Mechanic]

The cover of Licensing Today Worldwide has Sonic on it... including that mystery Zone...

http://issuu.com/lemapublisihng/docs/ltw_june_2017?e=13786853/48654847

I tried.

[LukA8]

I'm happy to see Stardust Speedway return, it is simply the best CD representation (next to Wacky Workbench), is not that overused and also improves the chances of Metal Sonic appearing. I don't think there will be time travelling involved (never liked that mechanic anyway), but the level will probably change its layout along the way like Mushroom Hill did, or maybe Act 1 is based in the past, Act 2 in present and the boss/race in the Future.

So if each Heavy represents a new zone, there are 5 Heavies and as confirmed there is at least one more returning zone than there are new zones, doesn't that mean one Classic game will get a second stage? All I can think of is one that would serve as a final stage or at least one leading up to the final boss, so it would obviously be the Death Egg or just maybe Scrap Brain Zone. I've always imagined and hoped for Death Egg to be the breath-taking finale for Generations before the stage list leaked and destroyed my hopes, and the Sonic 4 version was way too short to make an impact so I'd love to see it return. I also have a soft spot for Scrap Brain and its both hopeful and hopeless theme, so I'd also be okay with them taking us back to the end of the beginning. I imagine the final stage list to be something like this:

Returning

Sonic 1: Green Hill

Sonic CD: Stardust Speedway

Sonic 2: Aquatic Ruin (as implied), otherwise probably Casino Night

Sonic 3: Such a difficult choice...I don't know much about the copyright problems and which zones are off-limit next to everyone's favourite Ice Cap, but I'd love to see a modernized Launch Base or Hydrocity (the former if Aquatic Ruin will appear)

S&K: Flying Battery (Lava Reef was ROBBED) & fallen underground Death Egg Zone rising back up in Act 2?

Sonic 4: White Park

New

Studiopolis (Blue Heavy)

Mirage Saloon (with Red Heavy seen in-game)

"Leaked" Cathedral/palace stage (knight Heavy on the right side of the poster)

Japanese-inspired stage with Ninja-like Heavy

Circus stage or Haunted House with Magician-like Heavy (I need a classic Haunted House in my life already!)

Yeah...I don't see any way each Classic game will get two Zones. With 11 zones and maybe one Final Zone, boss fights for each act and Special Stages, the game is already larger than Generations was, as we were promised. Well, that's it from me, I'll be back if someone mods Chaotix Mania XD

 

 

[Radiant Hero Ike]

Maybe we can get Doomsday Zone? I dunno. I just want a space stage.

[Sonikko]

There's a huge sale going on Humble Bundle for the pre-order of Sonic Mania, every Sonic game is discounted at 75% and the Sonic Steam Collection is just 22€. It's a steal!

[expansivelovestories]

7 hours ago, molul said:

I'm so gonna miss Mushroom Hill, one of my favourite zones ever.

There may be more zones within 2P competition! I am not wanting to get your, my own, or anyone else's hopes up that it could specifically be Mushroom Hill.

The competition mode has been hopefully more or less confirmed through the Steam details!  Somehow the Sonic 2 method of visually stretching and squishing a main game zone seems unlikely, and it would be very fun for the team to have mixed the two styles, longer zones similar to the experience in Sonic 2 but distinct zones for this mode, with layouts and graphics optimized for whatever screen format and perhaps adjusted physics would be present.

That is suddenly interesting to me, as, unless i am very forgetful, the Sonic 3 2P physics were not the same as in the main game at all.  It would be amazing, and probably rather likely, for Mania to contain the second Sonic 2P competition mode with physics matching those of the main game.

 

[molul]

I'd go for split screen, but vertically. With current 16:9 or 16:10 screens, I think it would be acceptable. At least more than stretching horizontally.

[expansivelovestories]

That sounds very possible!!  It would most likely allow the graphics to be the same as the main game.    I feel much more excited to see what is there in 2P competition mode than i already was!!

[TheOcelot]

Ha ha, so cute <3

 

[FriendBot]

I know the artist who drew that Big Sketchog style, she's pretty cool and very talented!

[Sonicfan287]

23 minutes ago, OcelotBot said:

Ha ha, so cute <3

 

Ah Big the cat... 

Hes one of those Sonic related things we can look back on and laugh now but at the time we were all just thinking "wtf is Sega doing??" 

[Dr. Detective]

4 hours ago, Diogenes said:

We've had more than enough Death Egg for one lifetime. I'm hoping they've got something new lined up for the finale.

Death Omelette maybe?

[TB100]

How about Egg Scrap Madness zone

A new zone that takes various elements and gimmicks from all the final zones in past classic games along with new stuff on top of it, and mashes them all up to make one very challenging final zone.

.........

Yeah i'm not that great with ideas. 

 

[JosepHenry]

I want something like Eggmanland. Both difficulty and design. A hard stage that will challenge even veterans. Nothing cheap nor too long.

[Chris Knopps]

1 hour ago, OcelotBot said:

Ha ha, so cute <3

 

Kind of time for Big to die again, he's more than served his marketing purposes and is more repetitive than funny nowadays.

In regards to Robotnik/Eggman themed stages, I'm ready for Scrap Brain to come back. There's no better way to end it all than where it all began, start with Green Hill, end with Scrap Brain.

I don't mind that one bit with what we've seen them doing with old zones so far.

[Forte-Metallix]

5 minutes ago, Chris Knopps said:

Kind of time for Big to die again, he's more than served his marketing purposes and is more repetitive than funny nowadays.

You do realize that Big has fans, too, right? And he's already about as dead as any character other than Sonic, Tails, and Eggman at this point.

[Chris Knopps]

1 minute ago, Forte-Metallix said:

You do realize that Big has fans, too, right? And he's already about as dead as any character other than Sonic, Tails, and Eggman at this point.

Nothing wrong with that. I'm just sick of Big personally. It was fun for a while but the fun with him is kind of over.

We need some Chaotix memes now. Where is my Charmy abuse?

[Sonicfan287]

As for final levels, I still hope it's called Eggmania Zone 

i started thinking about what that may look like and I came up with a level similar to Panic Puppet Zone but more intricate in that it would basically be a giant Robotnik robot or statue or just Robotnik shaped fortress that you would go in and out of trying to get to the center to get to the Dr himself