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

[Tracker_TD]

Generations this ain't: all of Mania's zones won't be revealed before launch.

Furthermore:

 

[Sonictrainer]

I hope there's also secret levels, that can't be accessed by regular means.

[Cyrus]

Not sure how I'd feel if they did that and it was Hidden Palace Zone REIMAGINED.

[molul]

Tonight I dreamt that metal Sonic and mecha Sonic were act 2 bosses at the same time. 

[Menace2Society]

Imagine if Sonic Team were developing this game. How do you think it'll turn out?

[Mad Convoy]

Ah, good, Mania still has some surprises up its sleeve. I was wondering how much was going to be revealed about Mania before release. Can't wait until the game comes out!

[Jango]

17 minutes ago, CuzEyeCan said:

Imagine if Sonic Team were developing this game. How do you think it'll turn out?

Like nothing, it wouldn't exist.

[Tracker_TD]

2 hours ago, CuzEyeCan said:

Imagine if Sonic Team were developing this game. How do you think it'll turn out?

Probably something like that, honestly. 

[Menace2Society]

1 minute ago, Tracker_TD said:

Probably something like that, honestly. 

But Sonic 4 was by Dimps, though.

[BlueFlare]

59 minutes ago, CuzEyeCan said:

But Sonic 4 was by Dimps, though.

I thought both Sonic Team and Dimps were involved. Anyway, I'm pretty happy a new group of talented people will handle it this time and it sure is looking good so far.

[Indigo Rush]

Dimps developed the game, but Sonic Team gave it it's direction and blessing.

They picked up a controller, saw that Sonic's roll doesn't pick up speed downhill, and said 

"yeah, this is correct"

[Menace2Society]

Sonic Team provided some assistance with Sonic 4, but other than that, Sonic 4 was all developed by Dimps.

I believe if Sonic Team had developed this, it would be more like Gens' Classic stages, which also wasn't accurate to the classics in terms of physics.

So, yeah.

EDIT: Shit, Ninja'd, lol. But, you get my point.

[Jango]

@Tracker_TD YOU DARE TO VANDALIZE THE SONIC MANIA THREAD WITH THIS LOGO? Get rid of it, immediately!

[Menace2Society]

... Oh, so you don't like Sonic 4: Episode 1's logo on here, huh? Well, how would you like...

THIS?! >:)

[TheOcelot]

Even if one day Sonic Team try to design a new game based on the classic gameplay and physics, they wouldn't even come close to creating one with the same of kind of atmosphere, love and attention-to-detail Mania's getting. I mean, bloody hell Mania looks incredible. I just love what PWG & StealthTax are doing. They are the "NEW CLASSIC SONIC TEAM" as far as I'm concerned. They get it, they know the kind of 2d game the fanbase craves. The character designs, music, reimagined Green Hill, Mirage Saloon and Studio-fuckingawesome-opolis are ticking all the right boxes. It's a good time to be a Sonic fan right now!

You might like to know that Taxman came up with the name of Mirage Saloon:

Tristan (TSSZ) is the only thing more annoying than Sonic 4 

-T

[Radiant Hero Ike]

Wish I could've been here (or on twitter) to see the reactions. My phone died so I couldn't. ;-;

Well, I did hear the cheers coming from inside the House of Blues when it was announced. It was pretty intense so I assume everyone else had a similar reaction, hehe.

[Jango]

8 minutes ago, BenderTheBatman said:

 

Tristan is like those dudes who still argue why Sonic 2006 wasn't called SA3.

[Indigo Rush]

These jabs at TSSZ are kinda [inflammatory]  -T

[Blazey Firekitty]

I'm not sure if this has been pointed out already, but at 2:50 in this footage it shows Tails having a hitbox below him in midflight. It would be pretty fun if that works on enemies and not just monitors.

 

[FriendBot]

48 minutes ago, Blazey Firekitty said:

I'm not sure if this has been pointed out already, but at 2:50 in this footage it shows Tails having a hitbox below him in midflight. It would be pretty fun if that works on enemies and not just monitors.

 

I think it was already mentioned that was a bug, Tails isn't supposed to do that.

[Blazey Firekitty]

Ha! Thanks for the update, guess it's not surprising in an early build. Oh well, traditional Sonic 3 style Tails gameplay will still be fun.

[Menace2Society]

Wait, that's a bug? Aw, man. That could have been so useful.

*sighs* Oh well. It's not like having to land on them first and then spin jumping on them was that big of a deal, anyways.

[Indigo Rush]

But could it ...like...

....not be a bug though please?

[TheOcelot]

1 hour ago, Blazey Firekitty said:

I'm not sure if this has been pointed out already, but at 2:50 in this footage it shows Tails having a hitbox below him in midflight. It would be pretty fun if that works on enemies and not just monitors.

 

 

12 minutes ago, Soni.exe said:

I think it was already mentioned that was a bug, Tails isn't supposed to do that.

 

Yep, Taxman confirmed this over on Retro:

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Yeah, it's not meant to happen, the problem was with the animation ID in the collision code (game dev hooray!) 

 

[Diogenes]

Having a hitbox there doesn't make any sense. If they wanted to do something similar it'd be better to let him drop out of flight into a jump/roll state.