The Sonic 4 Saga continues in Episode II with the return of a beloved side kick and fanfavorite villains Following the events of Episode I, Metal Sonic has returned. Team Sonic USA along with Yuji Naka in U. S. A. Sonic Adventure 2 was developed by Sonic Team USA, the nowdefunct U. S. division of Sonic Team, and published by Sega. The game emulates the gameplay and 2. D sprite animation of the original Sega Genesis. Sonic games,1. 0 and serves, along with Sonic Forces, as a continuation of Sonics 2. The game was announced on 2. July 2. 01. 6 and released on 1. August 2. 01. 7 for Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Play. Station 4,61. 3 and on 2. August 2. 01. 7 for PC. Sonic the Hedgehog dashed onto the scene in 1991 to challenge the Super Mario Brothers video game dominance. Here are a few things you might not know about Sega. Get the free Fandango app for your mobile device. Search movies, showtimes and buy tickets from your iPhone, Android, iPad, and Windows Phone 7. The Boxtrolls Theater Cartoon on this page. Created by Kent Butterworth, Phil Harnage, Bruce Shelly. With Jaleel White, Long John Baldry, Garry Chalk, Ian James Corlett. Sonic and Tails are willing to save the. Development. Sonic Mania began development in 2. Sonic Team wanted to make a new 2. D Sonic game that was not a remake. The game was first announced during the presentation held by Sega at the 2. San Diego Comic Con with a debut trailer. The development team includes Christian Whitehead and Simon Thomley, who have previously developed enhanced and newer ports for other. Sonictitles. 1. 5Tee Lopes, a You. Tube user who has done many remixes of the music tracks from the Sonic franchise, was chosen to compose the music for the game. Pagoda. West Games members Jared Kasl and Tom Fry, who had also worked on a fan made HD remake of Sonic the Hedgehog 2, both worked on the games level design and visuals. According to Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka, Sonic Mania was a passion project that was born out of our fans love of the classic Sonic 2. D platform games. He added, This type of collaboration is a first for Sega and we hope everyone will be both surprised and delighted by this title. When developing the art for the game, the general rule was to be above the level of Genesis, but under the level of Saturn. Christian Whitehead also added that the game will be longer than Sonic Generations. Later, on the official Sonic Twitch stream, Iizuka stated that Sonic Mania will have more classic levels than new levels. The day after that, Christian Whitehead explained to fans on Twitter that it was Sonic Teams wish to celebrate the classic titles in Sonic Mania, but this time in a new and exciting way. Briefly after the games announcement, the game developer company Renegade Kid offered to port the game over to the Nintendo 3. DS. 2. 0 However, on 2. August 2. 01. 6, Renegade Kid announced that the studio would be closed and split to two separate companies Atooi Infitizmo,2. Nintendo 3. DS port seemingly unlikely. On 1. 2 January 2. Nintendo Switch, with Tantalus Media helping to port it. SXSW 2. Sonic panel for this years event, set to reveal news about the upcoming Sonic Mania and Sonic Forces. A Nintendo Dream Magazine from Japan featured Sonic Mania, but the information included was revealed months ago and also confirms that Sonic Mania will feature multiplayer. On the week before 1. March 2. 01. 7, Sega held a demo at their San Franciscos office to reveal more information about the game. Although the demo went well, Tails was noted to be glitchy to play. On the Sonic panel of SXSW, the game has been delayed later in the year. During the E3 interview that Dengeki Online set with lizuka, he confirmed that Sonic Mania is going to have more stages than any Classic Sonic game before it. On 2. 3 June 2. 01. Sonic Twitter account announced the Sonic Mania vinyl album that would be released in cooperation with Data Discs. The pre orders for the album were stated to be available 1. July 2. 01. 7. 2. During the Sonic the Hedgehog panel at San Diego Comic Con 2. Sonic Manias code name while in development in early 2. Sonic Discovery. 2. Iizuka conceptualized the title of the game after first seeing the demo of the game with a fully functioning Studiopolis Zone2. Sonic 1, 2, 3, Knuckles and CD, forming the catchphrase By the Mania, for the Mania. During the event, it was also confirmed that Sonic Manias length was comparable to that of Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Knuckles. Christian Whitehead also revealed that he came up with the Hard Boiled Heavies after imagining Eggman entering a state of depression after Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Knuckles and instead of going after Sonic he would merely lounge at home in his pajamas and that the abandoned Egg Robos would go a little mad. After thinking about this concept, the term came into being. The Special Stages for Sonic Mania were also revealed, combining the Blue Sphere concept from Sonic the Hedgehog 3, the open layout and UFOs of the Sonic the Hedgehog CD Special Stages, as well as inspiration from the 3. D gameplay from the scrapped Sonic Saturn. The theme music of these stages is named Dimension Heist. Sonic Mania was also confirmed to have an opening animation similar to that of Sonic the Hedgehog CD, animated by Tyson Hesse, which would be revealed on 1. August 2. 01. 7, a day before the game releases. However, the opening animation ended up being released on 1. August 2. 01. 7, possibly in response to the early leaks of the game on the internet. The PC version of Sonic Mania was delayed to 2. August 2. 01. 7 for optimization. Those who pre ordered the game on Steam were compensated with a copy of Sonic the Hedgehog, including those who ordered the Collectors Edition. Should the buyer already have a copy of the game, they will receive a giftable version. The game supports the Play. Station 4 Pros enhanced features, outputting at native 4. K resolution. 4On 1. August 2. 01. 7, Christian Whitehead confirmed on his Twitter account that there are some bugs on the game that are addressed and are going to be fixed. With the PC versions release, patches that would later be implemented into the console versions of the game were included. One of the changes was the inclusion of the option to turn into Super Sonic with the push of a button. Also, at the Tokyo Game Show 2. Takashi Iizuka that the storyline of Sonic Mania ties into Sonic Forces. Plot. Spoiler warning Plot, ending details or any kind of information follow. After Sonic the Hedgehog and Miles Tails Prowersaved. Angel Island,3. 9 a sudden dimensional breach occurs in the atmosphere, causing a unique energy wave signature to appear on Angel Island. While he and Sonic are relaxing, Tails picks up this odd energy reading. Despite not being the Chaos Emeralds, this reading is remarkably powerful, and Tails convinces Sonic to investigate it with him. Sonic and Tails thus head to Angel Island in the Tornado. However, Dr. Eggman, having discovered the dimensional breach, has detected this energy signature too. Realizing it could be a source of unspeakable power, Eggman immediately dispatches his elite robot minionsa group of five elite Egg Robos known as the Hard Boiled Heaviesto retrieve it. Sonic and Tails witnessing the Hard Boiled Heavies extract the Phantom Ruby from the ground.