Sonic Mania (Switch, PS4, Xbox One, PC...Netflix?)

There is no mac version planned for sure, yes? (despite the fact that the original in-development retro engine could build for mac)

 

Playstation and Xbox listings are up too. Playstation pre-order gives you 6 avatars and 3 themes.
https://store.playstation.com/#!/es-es/juego/sonic-mania/cid=EP0177-CUSA07010_00-SONICMANIAEUPORD

https://www.microsoft.com/es-ES/store/p/Sonic-Mania/BXH46NQT9W4Q

 

That trailer! Are these animatics being used to tease in-game cutscenes? Hnnng

 

Stardust Speedway? Sweet!

NOTE: The elevator floors list sonic 1,2,3, Knuckles and Mania. No Sonic 4 in sight.

 

HNNNNNNG

 

hueh heh

 

Was anyone else getting Bridge Zone vibes from the music?

 

Preordered on Xbox One, and preordering on PC once I get paid Friday. Let's go!

 

Haha. Just tweeted Tyson asking exactly that.

The trailer is SO GOOD.

 

I am about to literally cry. That animation, that music, that SONIC 4 ABSENCE.

I'm crying, preordering now.

 

Sonic 4 did not happen, do you understand?

 

>Sonic 4 didn't happen because it's not listed on the elevator
But neither is Sonic CD. :v:

 

It's hard to place CD in a linear fashion since it was being developed concurrently with Sonic 2 and could have potentially been released before Sonic 2.

 

Christ that animation is beautiful! It also looks like we're going to get a series of shorts too, given how most of the animation were rough sketches (up until it turned into color) and it didn't have that Hard-Boiled Heavy scene we found a few weeks ago. I'm beyond excite. (Also, gotta love the bunny ears drawn before being replaced with the hedgehog ears. Callback to when Sonic was initially designed to be a rabbit.)

Stardust Speedway Past looks excellent too, and it seems the Flying Battery level looks like the Act 2 boss has been re-purposed into a crusher.

One last thing--interesting that the trailer ends specifically citing that "digital pre-order now available". Wonder if it means that a retail release may be in the works. If so, great. Game needs as much exposure as possible.

Now if you excuse me... *goes off to open Steam account*

 

Stardust Speedway past? That's an interesting choice. I thought they'd pick something like Quartz Quadrant instead, but I suppose they picked it to take the spot of the speedy level, since it is a pretty good one at that.

 

I suppose the argument there could be that CD wasn't a sequel per se.