Sonic Mania Can't wait for Sonic Advance Mania

How long do you think it will take Taxman to make the sequel?
Given how much longer it will take to make new assets for completely new levels
Unless 2 has more retro levels, which I wouldn't mind personally

>Collision Chaos
>Spring Yard
>Icecap
>Launch Base
>Station Square

>>387266908
Is Sonic Mania the Dark Souls of Sonic games?

>>387267674
Would that be a transition to Sonic Adventure?

>>387267934
it's the bloodborne of sonic games

>>387267674
>Station Square
>Tee Lopes mixes this into the music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIvEea9GpUw

>>387268281
>miniboss takes place on the train to mystic ruins
>act 2 starts
>HUUUEYYYYAAAAAAAYYOOOOO

>>387267674
>Station Square
not
>Speed Highway

Sonic Adventure Mania leading up to Sonic Adventure 3 WHEN?

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Blue Sphere till Mania PC
hope everyone's having fun
smashcast dot tv slash BlueSphereAnon

>>387268659
that would be great
also
>City Escape
>Metal Harbor
>Pumpkin Hill

>>387266908
where's the soundtrack download? Is there any place you can grab it online?

>>387267674
Getting the engine working perfectly probably took the longest amount of time, so being able to recycle it would make it much less challenging. They'd be able to spend more effort on creative design and would probably get a much healthier budget for it plus more manpower based on Mania 1's success. So probably not very long.

>>387269349
I hope LakeFepard can help out.

whatever happened to Team Megamix

>>387266908
Gonna pick it up this weekend, is there a physical Switch version?

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>>387267674

>Implying the nips won't get rid of him for shaming them by making the best Sonic game in over twenty years

Mania is fucking amazing, but it's Taxman has constantly been moving up the ladder as SEGA starts trusting him more and more. Assuming Mania does well I wouldn't be surprised if they ask him to make a completely new 2D Sonic next

>>387269852
A portion of the team went on to make Mania.

>>387270051
Could he be given the reins to make a high budget 2.5D Sonic game?
Like what they wanted to do with Sonic 4?

>>387269852
that's great news

>>387270193
it costs more to make well crafted 2d sprites though right?
a 2.5D game following Mania would just look like a downgrade
I mean I know Sonic 4 looks and plays like dogshit, but does any 2.5D game really look all that good anyway?
especially when compared to how vibrant and alive Mania feels

>>387270419
Sonic Generations

>>387270419
>that's great news
meant for
>>387270054
did they ever finish Megamix 1?

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Just finished the game again with Knuckles again and

>that Hidden Palace cutscene

Knux plays a LOT better than he does in 3&k as well. Less downtime after the glide really makes a world of difference. His routes are pretty cool as well.

>>387270494
it may be one of the better looking 2.5ishD games, but it's still very dull and rigid

I'd be interested to know how much money went into that compared to Mania

>yfw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZVSqQaRJfQ

>>387272361
It really baffles me how good that boss fight is
I don't think they'll ever be able to top this in Forces at least

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This is Heavy Magician. Say something nice about her!

Actually bought this today on impulse. Haven't fired it up yet. Fill me in, what am in for?

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literally hitler

Is the multiplayer only local or can you play online?

>>387272930
Possibly the best Sonic game ever made. I'm not kidding, this makes 3&K look slow and boring.

>>387272684
T-thicc?

anybody watching the sonic live stream? Someguy just said our hole meme

Not the biggest sonic fan, just enjoyed 1-CD.
>that chemical plant act 2
>that studiopolis
>that press garden act 2 everything
>that metal sonic fight
Wew this p gud

>played through the game 3 times already

help

>>387266908
Mania is the Force Awakens of Sonic games. It's so flaccid and relies too much on nostalgia-pandering to actually be considered intellectually stimulating.

complete OST dumped when

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>>387273407
Didn't know they were streaming.

>Goes and sees streamers trying to do a big combo on the Meme Bean Machine.
>Fail.

Well I know what I'm watching tonight.

>>387272684
I want to bounce on your bumper tits ma'am

On level 5 now
4>1>2>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>5>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>3

I can't believe I put my faith in them to make original levels. 3 and 5 are complete trash

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>>387272684
Shinobi is best girl

>>387274064
Don't you talk shit about Studiopolis or Press Garden

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>>387274117
>girl
he's a boy

>>387274117
Shinobi is a guy. Rider and Magician are the girls

>>387270051
If he succeeds too much it's entirely possible the Japanese will have him assassinated, for his sake I hope he has hired private security and screened them THOROUGHLY.

>>387274183
Admit it, they are fucking terrible

Anyone who defends this shit is obv a developer or a stupid fanboy

>>387271876
Generations and Forces are pretty similar, the success of Generations and failures of Lost World (still not the worst) and the Boom games (contender for the worst against 06) probably prompted Forces to be made to capitalize on what made Generations successful.
Ergo, these games all have an extremely, significantly higher budget compared to Mania, a game that probably spent 75% of its resources making the perfect physics engine and 25% on its art assets and music.
Also consider that Taxman reused a bunch of assets from a scrapped ROMhack/fangame into Mirage Saloon, so that's 1 whole zone that was basically 50% complete before development started.

TieTuesday is playing this right now on twitch and holy fucking kek, he is bad at this game

>hurrrr I keep making the same mistakes why am I losing in this boss battle?

>>387274315
Nah, you're the one being dumb here. You're not even saying why they're bad, instead you're just doing some meaningless bitching.

>>387274315
Fuck you Spyro Thread, I bet you don't think Enter the Dragonfly is that good too. Studiopolis is the greatest level ever made besides maybe new Stardust Speedway Act 2

>>387274315
There is nothing wrong with Studiopolis or Press Garden, they're both thematically consistent, have great layouts, and look like they actually fit into a Sonic game.
Oil Ocean on the other hand... Looks like Metal Harbor was raped by a Muslim immigrant and forced to have the baby.

so about the ending
Classic sonic goes to forces?
I think that is what happens,right?

>>387274436
Maybe.

>>387274436
Yes, the Time Stone makes the same exact noise that Infinite makes in the Forces trailer, and Sonic makes the same pose that Classic Sonic makes in that trailer too. The Time Stone is going to play a vital part in Forces' story.

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>>387274436
The Final boss theme literally has Fist Bump in it, what do you think?

>>387274334
youtubers are terrible at classic games. Just look at the Crash videos. Fucking embarrassing how bad they are.
"this was my childhood"
no it wasn't
You can't be this bad at a game and say it was your childhood. There's no way.

My childhood was Mario then Sonic.
My teenagehood was Crash, Spyro, and Twisted Metal.
I am amazing at all those games still. Why aren't these people?

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>>387274334
>the streamer suggesting a "no lives" mode
>chat agrees with him
holy shit
and he's just fucking up left and right through his own mistakes

>>387272684
>is a she
>dressed like a man

>>387274621
Eggman is a feminist. Conquering gender roles and the world!

TIHYDP Sahnic *snort* Mania when

>>387274616
>killed by a laser because he stood up too early
Fucking closed the stream right there. The guy is just flat-out bad at this.

NAME A BETTER JAM IN THE MANIA SOUNDTRACK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNxrS4F_HwM

>>387274502
That ain't your pappy's Time Stone, son.
It's Infinite's protoform

But seriously why are people saying it's a Time Stone when Eggman used it to bend reality and warp?

Do we know if you get anything for all of the gold emblems yet?

>>387266908
anyone know if gamestop rewards can be used online? like the $10 coupon so i can make this $10.

They got rid of all the physical rewards which is kinda gay but i have 13k and what not. Would love to add this to my switch collection, but believe it or not I'm kinda short on cash due to bills.

>>387274871
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIWyZmFSep0

LIGHTS
CAMERA
ACTION!

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>>387266908
Mania is amazing and probably best in the series but post your least favorite part right now. Fuck this boss and fuck Oil Ocean act 2.

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>>387274871
>Taxman actually made Metallic Madness a fun level

How does the madman keep doing it?

>>387275056
I think everyone can agree this is the worst part of mania

>>387267674
mania team went too far, the big man is gonna axe taxman off after mania destroys forces

>>387274954
That's just the term I've seen being thrown around, if anything it's probably what gives Infinite his powers or it holds him like a genie or some shit.
Chances are it's an item that's glitched and Eggman is exploiting the glitch.

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>>387275132
I don't.

>>387274871
>no SONIC DEAD OR ALIVE IS MINE
>no YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING SO DON'T EVEN TRY
>GET SOME HELP

why

>>387275016
guess i should have just checked...

>This reward is for a printable coupon redeemable in stores Valid toward the purchase of one single in-store and in-stock item only. Not valid toward gift cards, downloadable content, reservations or POSA cards.

fuckin jews

>>387275056
It's not as bad as others say, but it's still my least favorite part of the game.

>>387275056
hydrocity act 2 boss
or heavy rider

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>The fucking pinch mode for Metallic Madness Zone's miniboss
How the FUCK did Taxman or SEGA think this was acceptable? I didn't play through this entire Godsend of a game just to get 12 game overs to an unfair version of the final boss of Sonic 1.

>>387274576
It does?

I hope the next game uses levels from Triple trouble and game gear ones

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>>387275115
>Taxman took Oil Ocean, included elements from Sandopolis, and somehow made it fun

>>387274954
The Jap website called it a Phantom Ruby, whatever that means

>>387275315
it's not wise telling lies on the internet anon

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>>387275298
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhS2WV_1Bok
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI97jY3FZ9Q

0:54 for both of them.

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>>387275056
You're right or THE BOYS just being an illusion, but it's better than nothing

>>387275545
Oh man neat.

>>387275545
http://youtubedoubler.com/?video1=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DzhS2WV_1Bok&start1=54&video2=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DXI97jY3FZ9Q&start2=54&authorName=aphrocarlin

>Press garden act 1 boss
How the fuck are you supposed to kill the kill guy without abusing invulnerability from dropping rings? He never wants to hit the stun boxes unless you're at an angle you're going to get hit.

>>387276192
get him to hit one of the boxes,he loses his chainsaw arm for abit then you can hit him.

>>387276192
You mean the bulb? Just attack him when he spawns and when he gets done attacking.

If you're talking about the Samurai, he can't hurt you when you're frozen

>>387276192
Fuck got confused. >>387276294
Lead him into hitting something hard.

>>387275293
There's nothing unfair about this at all. Got it first try.

>>387272684
So...how long until someone figures out how to tunr her & Heavy Rider into waifus?

>>387276464
Hopefully soon.

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Is Switch the superior version over the PS4?

>>387276676
No

>>387276676
they're both beta testing the product at this time.

>DSP is better at blue spheres than you

>>387276676
>No Mean Bean softlock glitch
>It's portable
>Better graphics
Yeah.

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Fun fact if you have t mobile and download the t mobile tuesday app today you get sonic cd for free on steam

>Sonic Tails Knuckles AGAIN

When we'll see Cream, Blaze, Rouge, Amy and Shadow already?

>>387276930
Only Amy exists in the Classic canon, those other characters don't.

>>387276930
(You)

Now get the fuck out of here

>>387276930
Hopefully fucking NEVER

>>387276676
If she didn't have a dyed hair she'd be perfect.

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seriously though put him in Mania 2

>>387266908
This game is great but there is one problem I have that I just have to point out.

I am fucking terrible at video games holy shit

>>387275293
Beat it on my first damn try. You're bad at videogames my guy.

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bluesphereanon confirmed for saint

>>387277213
literally who?

>having to do Titanic Monarch every time I game over
is act 2 supposed to take ten fucking minutes?

>>387275056
I liked Oil Ocean.

Hydrocity Act 1 was pretty bad, although Act 2 was much better.

>>387277582
Red Sonic #2

Who is the most fun character to play and why is it Knuckles?

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>>387276857
>>No Mean Bean softlock glitch

I've gotten softlocked there.

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I'm very happy I didn't spoil the music for myself, what a ride. That Metal Sonic song is goddamn 10/10.

>found at least 2 secret rings each in the first three zones
>couldn't find one in flying battery

Outlook: Not so good.

>>387275056
This and Flying battery Act 2 boss. It's not as easy as it looks.

>>387278093
it gets very easy once you find out you can stun him from shooting you by constantly hitting him underneath

>>387278031
>not good at finding giant rings
>not good at the special stages
>second to last zone
This is not good

>>387276676
There's actually a glitch with the switch version. While playing the game the sleep, home, and share buttons are delayed and sometimes dont work. It will probably be patched though.

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>Best Girl is also boss of best stage

>>387272684
I believe someone will draw her in actual waifu form.

>>387277706

>People don't realize Mighty came before Knux

Being Mighty is suffering.

So far, I still like sonic 2 more. Significantly more.

>>387266908
The Advance meme is almost as bad as the defend-CD meme that was happening before Mania came out.

>>387275056
The Mega Octopus is not so bad.

That Flying Battery Spider however can eat a million dicks.

>>387277989
I never see anyone bring it up, but I think my favorite is the Heavies' battle theme. I'm listening to the 30-minute extension right now, for the second time today.

Im going to buy this probably, I havent bought a sonic game in years but this looks great. tell me though are super forms playable?

So, if I don't get all the Emeralds the first time through, can I just go back and get the others, then play the final boss again?

>>387278808
Yeah. There's a video of a path through Green Hill Zone that takes you to three special rings. Just keep doing that until you have all seven emeralds.

>>387267674
Mania 2 is only about Adventure to Modern Games. But completely remade in 16-Bit Genesis style graphics and gameplay.
>Emerald Coast Zone
>Twinkle Park Zone
>City Escape Zone
>Green Forest Zone
>Pumpkin Hill Zone
>BINGO Highway Zone
>Hang Castle Zone
>Crisis City Zone
>Dragon Road Zone
>Planet Wisp Zone
>Lava Mountain Zone
>Eggmanland Zone

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>game keeps freezing in time trial mode

I got a top 100 score and it fucking froze at the flag

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>>387270193
>>387270419
>>387271876
>2.5

>>387278731
Yeah, and not just for Sonic

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>>387278731
Yeah

Are you guys playing as Sonic & Tails, or individual character first?

>>387270419
>does any 2.5D game really look all that good anyway?

Nope. Literally cannot think of ONE.

I WANT PICTURES, PARKER
PICTURES OF SUPER TAILS

>>387279085
This. Mania is the perfect chance to popularize sprites. They should think about making an HD game that looks like sonic2hd.

>>387279139
Green Hill looks so out of place in this game compared to the other stages

>>387278565
Wasn't CD good?

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>>387266908
>Mirage Saloon Act 2
Is that mother fucking Jet the Hawk?

>>387279301
the Taxman version of CD was the best 2D Sonic until Mania came along

>>387279301
Yes. He's just a shitposter. He spent hours before this game came out crying about sonic CD

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>>387279373
No

>>387279301

Not with that level design.

>>387279373

That was Bean from Sonic the Fighters.

>>387279373
That's Bean the Dynamite from Sonic the Fighters you fucking idiot.

>>387278285
>Have yet to beat a single blue spheres stage

kill me

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>>387279441
>>387279442
>>387279451
I never played that game.

>>387279510
I hate blue sphere

>>387278613
see, the spider was tedious but I got it first try without too much trouble. Octo nigger gave me about 5 fucking game overs.

Please, are you guys starting as Sonic&Tails combo or na

>>387279515

Ah. To be fair, home releases were a bit limited for a while. Fun fact: Bean's technically a guest character and predates Sonic by a year or two.

>>387279510
Remember that you don't turn when you press the button, you turn when you reach the next tile. That's what a lot of people seem to have trouble with.

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>>387279515
>Having this much shit taste
Makes me proud to know I've got more chromosomes than most of you half-brained troglodyte fucks.

>>387279718
Fighters was shit m8

>>387279629
I've always hated Sonic+Tails, I just despise having an AI follower in any game for some reason. I like playing as Knux the best but I go for solo Sonic my first run to blaze through the game. Gives me a knuckles playthrough to look forward to and as knux I really explore and look for all the special stages.

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>>387279718
>I have shit taste because my parents didn't buy me a game you like

>>387279789
>Having your parents buy you games
Underage detected, get the fuck out.

WTF I LOVE CHEMICAL PLANT NOW?!?!?

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>>387266908
THAT CHEMICAL PLANT BOSS

>>387279778
Awesome good idea, thanks, I think I'm going to do something like that, and I agree about AI

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What's the best song in the OST?

>>387280047
Mirage Saloon Act 1 (Knuckles)

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>>387279904
Are you retarded? Sonic Fighters came out in 96.

>>387280047
either Studiopolis Act 1 or Metallic Madness Act 2

>>387280047
HBH Theme
Knux' Saloon (1&2)
Stardust Speedway 2
Studiopolis 1 (2 is good too but meh)

I'm about to start streaming again. I've got all the gold medals and unlocked everything from that. Beating it as Knuckles right now. I'm AfroRyan on twitch.

Trying to get the last 3 emeralds as Sonic later after I finish up Knuckles.

>>387280176
>Playing videogames before age 6
You're real fucking stupid huh?

>>387274871

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WtwJPEJCA0

king me

>>387280047
Metallic Madness both acts

>>387280367
You didn't?

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I just got to Oil Ocean. I can already tell that the fun stops here.

>>387275056
Either that or Hydrocity Act 2 boss.

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I found out how to make Magician sexier.

Can you add Knuckles to Sonic and Tails to have all 3 characters at once

>>387280568
Just got there too but I liked Oil Ocean so I'm expecting this to be even better

give me the list of unlockables and how many blue spheres needed to get them

>>387280662
No but you can add Knuckles to Knuckles

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>"people" that don't like oil ocean zone
It's a good stage. If you don't like it you're probably just bad at the game.

>>387280805
deepest lore

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>>387279115
>>387279139
sold

>>387280835
when is Oil Ocean?
I'm only on level five

>>387280835
Oil Ocean's fucking great.

Only stage I'm lukewarm on is green hill and that's because green hill was always the worst starting stage of any classic sonic game. Even then; they made a good stage of it here.

>>387275135
>Implying he won't rewrite the last part of Forces' story to make Mania Sonic die at the end

>>387280835
>C'mon Son
>C'mon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBTAGVnfXAw
C'MON!

>>387280880
Level 9

>>387280805
>Sonic Mania & Knuckles feat. Knuckles

I finally managed to get GHZ1 with Sonic just under 40 seconds

How're your times looking /v/?

>>387280568
You're right

>>387279115
but do the flickies return for tails?

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>>387266908
>Super Sonic is still used by double tapping the Jump button and not mapped to something else
>Super Sonic still can't be activated when Sonic has a shield
>Super Sonic reverts back into Sonic's normal sprite any time he's on a rotating platform or gets knocked back

Fucking why didn't they fix any of this?

>>387276464
All anyone really needs to do is make them blush.

WHERE THE FUCK ARE THE SPECIAL RINGS ON METALLIC MADNESS NEED THE LAST EMERALD REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>387281134
>tfw on level 5 and only one emerald
I'm not getting Super Sonic am I?

>>387276464
give her big bumper tits

How do I unlock super versions to play whenever?

>>387281391
EMMEWORLDS

>>387278565
But the Advance games are great.
2 is better than 1 and everyone only defaults to saying 1 is the best because it's easy and simple.

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>tfw you know you probably won't get all emeralds on your current run
Just got to Oil Ocean with 5 emeralds, is there any hope for me even considering how hard the 6 and most likely 7th stages are?

>>387281408
You mean I gotta play the game again?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8nEeUe67x0

Post times the Mania team when TROO FAR

>>387281505
Yeah but you can just spam Stage Select and farm Emerald Hill Zone. There's 3 rings, you can find the route online. Hit reset in the pause menu to reset them.

What buttons do you press to get tails to fly sonic around?

>accidentally click on credits
>900000 names
What?

>>387266908
Did anyone else have a bitch of a time doing the first half of the metal sonic fight? Knocking the silver sonics into the center felt too picky. The second half definitely made up for it though.

there used to be mods for steam that let you download whatever you wanted off their servers. has anyone tried this again?

>>387274230

>Yellow and pink pink are girls

It's the Power Rangers.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/11798901

https://archiveofourown.org/works/11778270

>>387281604
Hold Up and double tap the jump button. Then keep tapping jump to fly up. Press Down and Jump to dismount from him.

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>>387281526

>>387274230
Is Magician /OurGirl/?

>>387281604
iirc correctly from the phone ports it should be jump and while in the air jump+up to make tails fly.

How do I get good at the special stages?

>>387281526
Where did the too far thing come from anyway? Did he say it in an interview or something?

>>387275985
That site is awful because one always loads before the other.

>>387269139
How the fuck do you expect to do city escape in 2d?

Generations tried and failed.

>>387278467
>>387276464
What would her waifu form look like? give me ideas

>>387281526
>TROO FAR
What the fuck are you doing, what accent is this supposed to be

>>387281620
I had more trouble with getting there. I thought I was supposed to attack him. I'm stupid.

>>387281620

They've got like a 90% chance to hit him if you spindash into them.

>>387281698
Don't worry about getting rings early. Go 100% for getting as many blue orbs as you can as early as you can so that you can snowball into the faster speeds earlier, then go for rings to stay ahead of the timer. Only jump when absolutely necessary, it's very slow. Jumping to cut corners is usually efficient though.

>>387280651
>>387281743
Like this but not Magic Man from Mega Man. Basically just put her outfit on a girlbot and give her bumper titties.

How do you guys feel about the true ending?
IT TIES INTO FORCES

>>387281732
icecap reskin

>>387277975
You had the bubble shield, you can bounce upwards in to the escape pipe.

>>387281743
>>387281234

>>387281881
I was secretly hoping it would happen and was surprised when it did

>>387281453
You can just choose stages you've already been to and farm emeralds. You can just keep doing green hill 1 over to get all 7 and then finish the game.

>>387281881
>>387281947

>Final boss theme
>Suddenly notice Forces main theme mixed in

I'm not sure how I feel about it

>>387281429
3 is best.

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>>387281881
What if it was all an elaborate ruse and wasn't connected to Forces

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>>387281889
That could actually work

>>387282083
THEN WHERE DOES HE GO

>>387282132
back to green hill zone

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>>387281891
That wasn't a pic of the softlock. I just like that pic because it looks like Eggman slit his throat.

I doubt bubble shield would've done anything though. I got stuck there as Tails and flying did nothing.

>>387273652
People don't play sonic to be "Intellectually stimulsted" they wanna go fast with some tight controls with bonus stages to break up the monotony.

It's breaking from this formula that put sonic in the shitter to begin with.

>>387281881
i'm cool with it

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Convince me that this isn't just a cashgrab at nostalgia.

>>387282301
It's not Sonic 4

>>387282301
Because Sonic 4 exists

>>387272684
>her

>>387282301
It's not all remixed old levels from sonic 1 and 2, and the new levels are arguably better.

>>387282301

Depends on what your standard for "cashgrab at nostalgia" is, because it's obviously a retro-styled StH game designed by fans of those games and marketed as such, but past that, it's very clear that a ton of work went into graphic design, level design, boss design, and music composition.

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Post casual filters

>bought and downloaded PS4 version
>still just sitting here on my PC playing WoW and watching Northernlion

>>387282225
So wait is this a mini game like the Mean Bean Machine or is it an easter egg?

>>387282079
3 is a great game hampered by too many glitches and weird decisions. It's biggest strength is it's greatest weakness, all the unique team compositions mean they have to spread abilities thin across them all. Also they screwed up tricks which was one of the best additions to the series there has ever been. Still a really good game though, the stage layouts do not get nearly enough credit for allowing all teams to do different paths while still enabling proper Sanicing.

I bought it on the Switch so I'm going to pirate it on PC for mods
No double dipping for me Sega jews

>>387282225
Weird! I got softlocked and managed to escape by using the bubble shield.
Maybe there's different types of the same softlock?

>>387282512
You play Mean Bean Machine with Eggman as the boss for Chemical Plant Zone
You can also unlock it as a separate mode if you do the bonus stages

>>387282512
Boss of Chemical Plant Act 2 complete with the mean bean versus song. Also an unlockable mode

>>387280662
yes

>>387282512
Nice, thanks

What's the stage that appears in Flying Batterie Act 2? I can't recognize it.

>>387266908
The end of the game kind of shits the bed with the level design sadly. Metallic madness and titanic monarchy are awful levels, holy shit. And it started off so good to

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>>387282441
The only casual filters are the CRT ones.

>>387282441
i wouldn't say it's a casual filter, it's just THAT level. Very little opportunity to go fast since there's lots of hazards through the whole level that force you to slow down.

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>>387282441

>>387282731
>not using crt sharp
absolutely shit taste

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>>387282441

Ok, this metal sonic boss fight is hard as fuck. what the hell?

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>failed the 5th emerald special stage 3 times in a row
I KEEP RUNNING INTO FUCKING WALLS CAUSE EVERYTHING'S FLAT AND I THINK I CAN JUMP OVER GAPS FUCKING FF7 TIER GRAPHICS KEKING ME GODDAMMIT FUCK SHIT

>>387275056
Played with no save got all emeralds first playtrugh. King was the hardest for
me because i was scared to play all of it again.

>>387280835
>Get to Oil Ocean
>You get a Fire Shield pretty quickly upon starting the level
>Suddenly everything is on fire
>"Oh right, oil is pretty fucking flammable"
> Tails is more or less burning alives amongst an inferno as you speed through the stage

kek

>>387282676
Flying Battery.

where does mania rank among sonic 1-3&k + CD?

So wait do I gotta beat the old blue ball bonus stages to unlock secrets and shit? How do you even find 'em? I've done 2 by complete accident.

>>387283035
Above

>>387283035
Equal to and possibly better than 3&k

>>387281852
Meh, my method was go for rings till about 50 whilst getting blues and then go for the shortcut on second and cap it by third!

>>387283035
I think it's the best one of all. It has all the best aspects of 2, 3K and CD mashed into one game. Only possible downside is reused levels which are still essentially new levels with reused aesthetics.

>>387282996
I mean the one when you "teleport" and the zone becomes another stage.

>>387282927
3 and 5 are the hardest. The last ones the funnest

>>387283045
when you pass a checkpoint while holding 25 or more rings a halo will appear above it, jump into it to do the blue sphere bonus stage.

This might be the game that I shill out for FLACS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZVSqQaRJfQ

>>387283045
starposts

>>387283112
Teleport? You mean go outside...
Flying fortress

ok, this metal sonic boss fight is 90 percent impossible.
FUCK.
I keep accidentally killing the fake sonic
Having one ring the entire fight isn't helping
Can't wait until this level is over. worst level in the game so far

Can someone please buy me this game for steam? It looks cool and all but im an ugly autistic neet from canada
Steam:
http://steamcommunity.com/id/bladylol

>>387283260
wtf dude. Stand in corner. Wait for silver to go in spindash ball, YOU spindash into him. This kills metalsonic

>>387283035
I would've most likely ranked it above S3&K if it was only made of original levels. Green Hill zone and Chemical Plant feel really out of place design-wise since they visually look way less smooth than the other levels.

Why is everyone cumming their pants over the music? I mean, it's good! But I don't think it's amazing as some of you people say it is... Honestly a lot of the times I felt like the original songs sounded better

>>387281453
Yeah at least i still got them. You play without save?

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>mirage saloon act 1 with sonic or tails
what the FUCK were they thinking
>on rails
>short as hell
>controlling the plane is annoying as shit because of sonic's acceleration
>YOU CAN SPINDASH OFF OF THE PLANE AND DIE
this is an atrocity

You know, if Mania 2 were to come out, the most wanted levels I'd need from the classic games would be ones that weren't in the original.
>Mystic Cave
>Casino Night
>Ice Cap
>Launch Base
>Wacky Workbench
>Labyrinth Zone
>Death Egg Zone, except now it's completely crashed and filled with shocking water and fallen over spikes
>Sky Sanctuary as a final level for Knuckles

>>387283078
this

What are the blue ring boxes for?

how do I get good at sonic. Do you guys really memorize stages and routes for different characters?

>>387283260
great, theres a second part

>>387283545
learn to time attacks. Dont just damage boost(jump and get hit and hit while invincible)

>>387283543

They allow you to recover all of the rings if you get hit once.

>>387283543

Combi ring. You spill larger rings and collect more for each one recollected. You can recollect more than the normal cap.

>>387283328
>E-begging leaf

Please off yourself

>>387283341
nevermind. Part 2 was insanely easier than part one. O cool Hydrocity

>>387283545
No i dont know if it helped that i played all the 2d games over the last month but i got all the emeralds the first time trough the game. No time for memorization.

>>387283774

Warning: Hydrocity will kick your shit in.

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https://steamdb.info/app/584400/graphs/

>2 in-game

Are these stages like way bigger than the classic games or something? It feels like there are a 100 routes and I love it.

>>387283545
If you want to go really fast then remembering basic layouts helps, generally levels have set tells that show what's about to come up but the more you play them the more you'll learn the best routes and actions to take. Exploring is a matter of learning how to use the speed you have to jump off of stuff like ramps and keeping the speed going, which also can help for later if you decide to go fast instead.

>>387283823
the boss or the level?
I played sonic 3 10000 times, so I'm sure the level will be fine

>>387283828
whoever those 2 are they must be feeling pretty smug right now

>>387282819
It's basically just chromatic aberration for no good reason and I love CRTs. CRT filters on an HD display look so artificial and hipster.

>>387283823
Really? I only died on it to backtrack. It really felt as if it should have been earlier with how easy it was!

Is there a concensus on what the D20 emerald should be called?
Going from the sound test it should be the "Reverie Emerald"

>>387283906

Act 1 is absolute cancer, act 2 is almost as relaxing as the original.

Act 2 boss has everything you never wanted from fighting a boss underwater.

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how much until the superior version betatesters?

>>387284112
Infinite

>>387284148
But Act 1 is better than Act 2 and the boss for both are easy as shit

>The plasma ball part after you have to jump from a bunch of them

Holy shit how do I get past the bumpers? I've already died twice

>>387283545
When you feel like you're going fast for too long PRESS DOWN.

>>387283496
This stage made me wish Taxman just brought back the insta shield and not the fucking dropdash

>>387284037
faggot you can't tell me
>>387282225
doesn't look nice as shit

>level transitions are on point for the first couple of zones
>eventually they stop trying at all and there aren't even transitions

But why?

>>387284268
You can figure out the rest of the movement.

>>387284268
wtf are you on the transitions sucked with the exception of studiopolis -> flying battery

>>387284268
Main thing to consider to line up everything is that the Oil ocean ISNT the same one as in Sonic 2. Its just another pipeline

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Did someone need rings?

With the success of Sonic Mania do you think Taxman could go on to do Rocket Knight Adventures

I hope we will get Sonic Mania 2

I kind of wish you didn't have to be genuinely mentally retarded to lose the Mean Bean Machine

>>387274605
Uh, probably because they're not you? Just my opinion though.

And they're probably good at things that you aren't.

>>387284457
Super tails flies so fucking fast. Its a shame you can pick a stage with debug.

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no..? what about onion rings then

>>387284538
what the fuck

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>>387279373
I'm glad they were in the game. Taxman gave us something really special during that boss fight even if they were fake.

>>387284502
We almost certainly will, Mania is essentially Sega's wet dream
>made by another dev so Sonic Team can work on something else
>pleases hardcore fans and restores Sonic's critical reputation
>is much cheaper to make than usual

The Sonic Mania bonus stages have become Dark Souls. It's a horrible shame.

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>>387284504
>Eggman is so bad at Puyo Puyo that even Draco could beat him.

>>387284601
I hope we still get Modern Sonic gAmes.

>>387282029

felt a bit out of place but I'm alright with it

>>387282731
>He doesn't have a CRT monitor
Pathetic

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TAXMAN GIVE ME DLC NOW

IF YOU DON'T GIVE ME HILL TOP ZONE I'LL DO IT!

>>387284504
I bet money that the first PC mod released will give Doc "Authentic" Mean bean skills

>>387284667
We will cause Iizuka loves plot

>>387284569
Wait.
Is the bear holding that fucking rodent that turned out to be Gaia from Sonic Unleashed?

>>387284569
>Nack
what the fuck? His name is Fang.

>>387280047
Both Metallic Madness acts

>>387284745
Fang is his nickname I think. I know he goes by both names.
>>387284739
Yes

>>387283035

If 3&K had drop dash it would be the best

but it doesn't so mania's currently #1

>>387284569
It would be nice to see Fang actually return. I always liked his design

>>387270007

Speaking as someone who preordered it: don't bother and just play 2 and/or 3(&K) again. Worst disappointment of the year- not even worth the trouble of pirating. Hope it bombs, hope we never see another one, hope all parties responsible spend the rest of their careers at the top of the industry's collective shitlist.

>>387284504
But I'm not good at Puyo, I'm good at Sonic
It would be frustrating to not be able to play the Sonic game I wanted to play because I was stuck on a boss that required knowledge of a whole different series

>>387284897
>tfw no playable fang with gun abilities

>>387274427
Oil Ocean is from Sonic 2 anon

>>387284148
just beat stage one.
wasn't so bad. Didn't die once

>>387280047
Either Danger on the Dance Floor or the Metal Sonic fight theme.

>>387269161
This please god

>>387284901
you're trying way too hard

Anyone got any mega links for the entire OST as MP3's? Trying to find any and I'm just finding shitty versions of songs from before the game released.

>>387284912
I agree and I'd rather it be too easy, not too hard but Puyo is really simple and you literally have to try to fail. I think it should be just a tad harder.

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DSP is streaming Mania in about 5 minutes.

>>387285134
Can't wait to see him tackle Oil Ocean Act 2

>>387284957
Would be cool if he couldnt spin or such!

>>387285263
Can't wait for him to go through the whole game without using the drop dash once.