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Authentic '90s Gameplay
Incredible Tunes
Fast-Paced Fun
After far too many years, Sega has finally released a Sonic the Hedgehog game that lives up to its Genesis legacy. With amazing new levels and new spins on old classics, the Blue Blur may never have been better.
Sonic Mania - Launch Trailer
Sonic Mania - Opening Animation
Sonic Mania Gameplay Trailer
Sonic Mania is the classic throwback longtime series fans have been clamoring for.
A breakneck platformer that uses classic Sonic as a foundation for something fresh and exciting.
1992 is alive and well. Christian Whitehead and team turn in a beautiful rewrite of the 16-bit Sonic games with all-new stages.
A touching, and highly playable, labour of love by fans that understand Sonic The Hedgehog better than Sega ever has in the last 20+ years.
Sonic Mania succeeds in paying homage to the classic '90s entries that so many fans remember fondly, and in the process delivers the best Sonic game in decades
Sonic Mania is both an evolution of the series' iconic formula and the best Sonic game ever made.
If more of what Sonic is what you want, then this is very much that, but more, and bigger, and faster. But for me, as someone with fond memories but key criticisms, Sonic Mania seems content to paint over some of the series' problems rather than fix them, making for a game that falls a little short of what might have been.
