Whitehead Talks Infinite In Sonic Mania, Hard-Boiled Heavies Origins

February 28, 2022

Sonic Team really wanted this game to tank? Glad it never happened that way.

February 28, 2022

Posted By: Metal

The Phantom Ruby is “power enriched by the mind” huh? That’s genuinely a good dichotomy to have between it and the Chaos Emeralds. Makes sense too why Eggman, all mind and no heart, would get so much use out of it. I wish this info was in one of the games somewhere because it’s legit good world building.

Also very interesting that Mania wasn’t originally going to have all the old zones reappear. I do actually think that was a good move from Sega to request their inclusion, but now that it’s happened if there’s a sequel they need to go all original. Or at least, nearly all original with maybe some cameo cutscene stages like Hidden Palace in S3&K.

March 2, 2022

Posted By: AlyCatVR

On 2/28/2022 at 6:04 PM, Metal said:

The Phantom Ruby is “power enriched by the mind” huh? That’s genuinely a good dichotomy to have between it and the Chaos Emeralds. Makes sense too why Eggman, all mind and no heart, would get so much use out of it. I wish this info was in one of the games somewhere because it’s legit good world building.

Also very interesting that Mania wasn’t originally going to have all the old zones reappear. I do actually think that was a good move from Sega to request their inclusion, but now that it’s happened if there’s a sequel they need to go all original. Or at least, nearly all original with maybe some cameo cutscene stages like Hidden Palace in S3&K.

This is why I miss physical game manuals in the Nintendo boxes; lore like this is mega essential since mute actions can only portray so much in the cutscenes.