Sonic Mania Plus: Official Trailer

[Sonictrainer]

 

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Sonic Mania Plus arrives July 17th! Check out the game’s new features, a first look at Mighty and Ray, and treat your ears to a special remix of “Time Trials” by Hyper Potions and Jun Senoue!

Sonic Mania Plus is available both as a physical copy and as DLC if you already own the game. The physical edition comes with special packaging, a reversible cover, and a 32 Page Art Book. It was the #1 request from our fans, so we worked really hard to make it something special for you all, and we hope you’ll love it!

Special thanks to Jun Senoue and Hyper Potions for their remix! ("Time Trials Plus"!) You can check out more Hyper Potions at: https://youtu.be/nl-P0QvBh_0

And you can pre-order the game at: www.sonicthehedgehog.com

Also, some confirmation from Aaron Webber

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Answering some Sonic Mania Plus questions:

1.We didn't announce any new levels, but yes - you'll get to play a bit of Angel Island!
 
2. Physical edition is $29.99, DLC $4.99 if you already own Mania.

3. Your save data should still work if you own digital, then buy physical.

 

[Korke]

Still with no online multiplayer? Seriously?

[Razule]

Ha, they do squeeze into the elevator

[Tracker_TD]

New remix is a collab with Jun Senoue - a short clean version is available here.

[Rusty Spy]

I'm glad we can all agree Time Trials is best song.

[E-122-Psi]

Sonic's happy response to the two appearing (and then Mighty and Knuckles being bash buddies in the elevator) was pretty cute.

Mighty seems to have a variant of the drop dash (kinda like the downward dash in Advance 2) while Ray has a gliding mechanic predictably, looks a little like Sky Hill glider mechanic or the Mario World cape mechanic).

[Blue Wisp]

That scene of Mighty and Ray sketched out while Sonic and co. are in full color and when Sonic takes Mighty's hand it passes on the color to him. 

Hnng.

Fucking amazing.

Just plain amazing. I loved it. It was a great way to do that.

The Encore Mode stuff eh... They remind me of a fangame, they look like simple recolors.

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Why didn't they show Angel Island being playable?

 

[Silvereyes]

Looks pretty great. Waiting for July 17th will be tough, although ofcourse won't be as tough as when we waited for Sonic Mania to begin with. I honestly wish I had a modern console to buy a physical copy for myself, but I'm on PC. However, my dad who used to play Sonic 2 with me on the Sega Mega Drive will definetly be getting a copy for his PS4 though, especially since he doesn't have internet and couldn't get Sonic Mania to begin with.

Love the animation, it is very cute. The recolours in Encore Mode look lovely, that should be entertaining. Be interesting to see what other changes we'll get from Encore Mode, perhaps more Badniks and obstacles? Can't wait for the missing scene transitions to be reimplimented. Mighty and Ray should be fun characters. I can't wait for a more of an excuse to sink another bunch of hours into Mania.

Love the Time Trials remix as well, I honestly wish the clean version Hyper Potions just uploaded was the full length, because it is so good.

[Ellipsis-Ultima]

That video thumbnail and the rock bits in the Time Trials song was fuking awesome.

[gato]

Mighty and Ray look great, they didn't show any walljumping (or I'm too dumb to see it) but I'm just going to assume Mighty still has it.

That said, Encore mode so far looks very bland. I expected at least some enemy and spike placement switches here and there but so far all I'm seeing is a palette change.

[Sega DogTagz]

Guh. I can already tell Ray is going to be outright busted. It'll be harder to contain that glide ability than Tails' full on flight. He's going to make a mockery of most of the games platforming sections.

He'll work nice as an "easy mode" character tho.

[Marcello]

Ha. Ray has the cape from Super Mario World. Still not sure I like his sprite. He looks so big. But his glide swoop looks nice.

Mighty being able to destroy spikes with the stomp is cool.

[E-122-Psi]

3 minutes ago, gato said:

Mighty and Ray look great, they didn't show any walljumping (or I'm too dumb to see it) but I'm just going to assume Mighty still has it.

That said, Encore mode so far looks very bland. I expected at least some enemy and spike placement switches here and there but so far all I'm seeing is a palette change.

I'd love if that was the point, like the start they actually make it look as much like some basic fan recolour as possible, then things get more and more diverse.

[TheOcelot]

This is the final Mania trailer.

 

[Sonicka]

Yes.

Literally this is everything I had hoped for, including Mario Cape Ray! And we haven’t even seen it all yet. 

Happy & Sold. 

[Eurisko]

Party like it’s.....2017?

loved it! Bravo! Can’t wait to play it. 

[MainJP]

The boys have their arcade run animations as their full-speed run animations.

 

Pretty cool!

[Sonic Fan J]

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HYPE!!!

Adding some context to this post now (that's going to be difficult cause of how hyped I am), I loved everything I just saw. Things to note I like the platforming potential I see in Mighty's Hammer Drop (I love that animation) and it looks like momentum is going to integral in making use of Ray's Air Glide (though I wonder how abusable it will be by Spin Dash jumping off of slopes).

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As for the trailer itself I love the new updated elevator scene and how Mighty and Ray get their color when Sonic takes Mighty's hand. Now I can't wait to see if the game has an updated opening and to see someone put together a supercut of all the animation so far XD

 

Quoting myself from the No Spoiler Thread since it seems my trailer reaction is better placed here XD

[Bobnik]

The trailer was nice, Jun remixing Hyper Potions track was the best thing in the trailer and that's a fact and you can't say otherwise.

However I'm also annoyed by several things:

1) Encore mode gives an impression that it's going to be literally just pallete swaps, and that'd be a very weird thing to hype up. Sure, they've only showcased several seconds from some levels, but I'd still be miffed if Encore mode is just pallete swaps

2) This is moreso my bias coming in, but Ray is literally Cape Mario. While I understand why Ray plays like that, it gives me an impression of "let's do what Mario did" and not "let's make Ray more unique". And I don't really want my Mario vibes in a Sonic game

[Detective Kaito]

This looks amazing, everything is perfect!

Also this:

 

[Sonic Fan J]

7 minutes ago, MainJP said:

The boys have their arcade run animations as their full-speed run animations.

 

Pretty cool!

I was hoping they would do this and it is absolutely awesome. Now I'm just hoping Ray's wackiness also makes it over in his animations.

[Jango]

ALL ABOARD THE HYPE ELEVATOR!

Seriously, someone called all the 5 characters squeezing in the elevator yesterday, I think it was @TheOcelot good job!

Everything about this looks superb, the animation, the sprites, THE KNUCKLES AND MIGHTY AT THE END OH MY GOD.

The only thing that let me down was how the zones look visually in what I suppose is the Encore Mode, they're just a pallete swap, looks kinda amateur-ish. But still! 

Excited!

[Gemster312]

12 minutes ago, TheOcelot said:

This is the final Mania trailer.

 

Hmm, looking at how Aaron Webber specified that its the final "gameplay" trailer, I think we still got one more trailer going for us? (like, them getting out of the elevator all together much like the Intro Scene to Sonic Mania?)

100% Animated, 0% Gameplay style?

Sure hope so, it just seems weird that he said final "gameplay" trailer...

[Jovahexeon Jax Joranvexeon]

1 minute ago, Jango said:

ALL ABOARD THE HYPE ELEVATOR!

Talk about getting the band back together.

[Salamander]

11 minutes ago, Bobnik said:

1) Encore mode gives an impression that it's going to be literally just pallete swaps, and that'd be a very weird thing to hype up. Sure, they've only showcased several seconds from some levels, but I'd still be miffed if Encore mode is just pallete swaps

From the press release:

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[...] and an Encore mode that will provide a fresh look to familiar zones with new challenges and layouts for new and veteran players alike.

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Competition and Time Attack modes will receive an update allowing four player competitions, and ghost challenges for time trials.