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A lot of people are putting way too much stock into the idea that minor level gimmicks are enough to completely deconfirm levels.  Personally, I think we should be focusing much more heavily on general level themes and concepts.  Here's where I think we're standing.

  • Green Hill is in, so Emerald Hill, Angel Island, and Palmtree Panic should be off the table, partly because they were all copies of Green Hill to begin with, and partly because elements from those levels have been incorporated into Mania's Green Hill.
  • At this point, I'm counting Studiopolis as a "Spring & Bumpers" level, so that should lock out Spring Yard, Casino Night, Carnival Night, and Collision Chaos.
  • Mirage Saloon is a desert level, so Sandopolis is out, and it's also a pinball-centric level, so Casino Night and Collison Chaos are basically double dead.
  • Flying Battery is in, so Wing Fortress should be out since they're both airships.
  • Stardust Speedway was a deliberate copy of Star Light's concept in the first place, so Star Light has to be out.
  • Chemical Plant is a mechanical level more than anything else, so I'd say it would push Wacky Workbench out of the running.

The fact that we've seen elements taken from other levels does weaken the chances of those levels being in the game, but I wouldn't say it completely guarantees their absence unless the element in question was absolutely essential to the level.  For example, Chemical Plant has water in it, but it's not a full fledged water level, so actual waters levels like Aquatic Ruin or Hydro City still have a solid chance of being in the game.  On the other hand, the presence of pinball tables in Mirage Saloon DOES lock out Casino Night, because the pinball tables were a definitive element of that level.

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I've always imagined that Whitehead, Thomley and everyone else working on Mania aren't a bunch of cocks and that they actually have a great deal of respect both for Iizuka and SEGA at large. You know,

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Guys The king returns.  

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Not only that, but I would watch the SuperbestFriendsCast 200 and Easy Allies' E3 Hype Video from this week. They were all incredibly (rightfully) pessimistic about Sonic before Mania was announced, and now they have all given the game a glowing recommendation. 

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it's just the purple Chemical Plant jellies, it makes the "bwoop" sound when you drop a bean in MBM

that's all he means

 

 

 

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guys

 

 

Spoiler

there is NO way.

 

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Pretty glad I'm a Coke guy right now, to be honest. 

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14 minutes ago, Jango said:

Holy crap, that's a whole new level.

 

1 minute ago, StaticMania said:

It's studiopolis...

I think what Jango meant was the fact that Coke E-sports decided support Sonic Mania's release.

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16 minutes ago, Jango said:

Holy crap, that's a whole new level.

The Next Level, in fact. Welcome to it.

5 minutes ago, StaticMania said:

It's studiopolis...

I choose to interpret this as being coy and enjoy it ?

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12 minutes ago, Rummy said:

 

I think what Jango meant was the fact that Coke E-sports decided support Sonic Mania's release.

Thank you.

I'm snorting some coke right now, just to celebrate. Oh. Wait.

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In a few years, Studiopolis oughta be the new green hill zone. Lights, Camera, Action!

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It really is like the 90's again. Sonic is being used to product place Coke (Cherry Coke) and the general public and differing media outlets are all hyped for the next Sonic game release...madness!!

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31 minutes ago, Tenko said:

It really is like the 90's again. Sonic is being used to product place Coke (Cherry Coke) and the general public and differing media outlets are all hyped for the next Sonic game release...madness!!

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Realtalk, I didn't even know about this. Sega have actually worked with Coca-Cola before?!

You're right; between Totinos and now Coke, this IS the 90s.

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11 minutes ago, Indigo Rush said:

Realtalk, I didn't even know about this. Sega have actually worked with Coca-Cola before?!

You're right; between Totinos and now Coke, this IS the 90s.

Yup, twice even to my knowledge. Once in the early 90's to help promote Cherry Coke, they had special units they lugged around in trailers to advertise the games and sell product.

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They also shared advertising space in the late 90's for Sonic Adventure advertising too, though I'm not sure if they had any special events etc to go along with it.

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3 hours ago, HedgehogBR said:

 

Video just got pulled. Is it possible he just accidentally spoiled the bonus or special stage?

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3 minutes ago, Tenko said:

Yup, twice even to my knowledge. Once in the early 90's to help promote Cherry Coke, they had special units they lugged around in trailers to advertise the games and sell product.

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They also shared advertising space in the late 90's for Sonic Adventure advertising too, though I'm not sure if they had any special events etc to go along with it.

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Seeing Sonic on top of a building next to the Coca-Cola logo is the most surreal thing I've seen today

How did I not know about this

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33 minutes ago, Indigo Rush said:

Seeing Sonic on top of a building next to the Coca-Cola logo is the most surreal thing I've seen today

How did I not know about this

Could be wrong but I think that billboard was in Japan, for Sonic Adventure's launch.

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3 hours ago, Tracker_TD said:

Pretty glad I'm a Coke guy right now, to be honest. 

It begins. 

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What's a Pepsi Fire? *does a google search* Cinnamon flavoured Pepsi!? Bleurgh...

No contest that Sega made the better marketing deal here. A rancid version of Pepsi doesn't stand a chance against Classic Coke.

 

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... then we will introduce Coka-Cola Classic and MAKE MILLIONS!! Bwa-ha-ha

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Did Sega steal borrow Coke's production philosophy with Mania?

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