Sonic Mania 2017

Released: August 15, 2017
Genres: Platform · Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4 · PC · Xbox One · Nintendo Switch
Developers: Headcannon · PagodaWest Games
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Where to buy

Digital: Fanatical $4.69-77% GMG Steam Epic Games Nintendo PlayStation Xbox

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Is it still worth playing?

Christian Whitehead, PagodaWest Games and Headcannon's 2017 two dimensional platformer, released for Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows, modeled on the Genesis era Sonic games. Sonic has the drop dash, Tails flies and swims, and Knuckles glides and climbs walls. Rings act as health, monitors give shields and power ups, and giant rings lead to pseudo 3D special stages for Chaos Emeralds, all seven of which unlock the super form and the true ending. There are 13 zones, eight remixed from earlier games and five new, with two acts per zone and a boss at the end of each act. Bonus stages include blue sphere and UFO chase stages, and time attack has online leaderboards, with split screen competition. Momentum based movement and three characters with different abilities still give each stage different routes today.