secretanchitman
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Damn this looks awesome. I'm in on PS4 or PC!
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Sonic Mania (8-15-2017, SEGA/Taxman/Headcannon/PagodaWest, PS4/XB1/PC/NX)
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This looks great.
SolidSnakex
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Brian_FETO
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OrbitalBeard
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Heck, I'm pretty sure the only Sonic game to skip a Nintendo platform in the past 15 years was Sonic '06.
Agent X
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That trailer looked very impressive! It truly captures the look and feel of the classic Sonic games from the Genesis era. As a couple of other people hinted at earlier in this thread, it seems like a taste of what we might have seen if development of the 2D Sonic games continued uninterrupted on the Saturn.
Now that you mention it, that's a great idea!
Now that you mention it, that's a great idea!
That's a really cool reference. No matter how the game plays I imagine I'll find some enjoyment finding the little references hidden in the stages.
Dragoon En Regalia
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That off-screen footage looks fun. Drop Spin seems more designed for the new levels, but it's making even Green Hill Zone Act 1 cool again. Now we just need Super Tempo-tier visuals and I'm good to go.
Nintendo sure isn't.
I need this!
Where I've said anything about only Nintendo paying for timed exclusives? MS is known for timed exclusives (be it delaying releases on other consoles or releasing their own games on PC some time after XB1), and Sony is known for buying timed exclusives of indie games. But hey, keep saying "b-b-b-b-but Sony and MS do it too!" if it helps you.
Spine_Ripper
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"It's like the palette is sooooo like...Sonic 1... it's beautiful"
It's literally Green Hill Zone Act 1
Mr. Smiley
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The Sonic and Sega-related references are a great touch but I hope don't go overboard and add memes.
Seven Force
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Now that you mention it, Sonic Mania pretty much looks like the Sonic equivalent of the Streets of Rage Remake game that got shut down by Sega.
Would be nice to see Sega get Bombergames to actually officially release that.
And I gotta say, I really love the visuals. Looks like a lost 2D 32x/Saturn game.
OverdriveOtaku
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I NEED THIS SOUNDTRACK IN MY LIFE 2 HOURS AGO
How am I gonna make it until Spring?!
How am I gonna make it until Spring?!
Linkstrikesback
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It's... Beautiful.
Shame they wasted the sonic 4 name!
Shame they wasted the sonic 4 name!
The Broken Ska Record
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The song in the trailer is on iTunes.
MulderYuffie
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What Sonic 4 should've been.
A modern Sonic game will be announced later tonight.
Exploratory
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The music was fire.
The Broken Ska Record
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I don't know how to link iTunes songs, but the song is called "Checkpoint" by Nitro Fun & Hyper Potions.
Edit: Or I can actually look on the page. Derp. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/checkpoint-single/id1111787210
if by "rom hack" you mean "brand new 2d sonic game built from the ground up on a modern engine with new art and new mechanics and new levels and tons of shit that would never have been possible on the genesis" then yes it's a rom hack
A rom hack is about a billion times more appealing than anything else they could have made with the sonic name
Mega man 9 is a rom hack and it's the best mega man since Megaman 3
fuck fuck fuck fuck fuuuuuuuuuuuuaaaauuuuck. Fuckity fuck fu-
.....oh.
Well then. This is awkward.
.....oh.
Well then. This is awkward.
OverdriveOtaku
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AWESOME!! Thank you!
Seven Force
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Yes. A romhack. Just like Contra 4, Mega Man 9 & 10, Castlevania ReBirth, etc.
For what it's worth, they pretty obviously hinted at a modern Sonic game announcement to close out the event.
Lee Chaolan
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Looks amazing. 
This is the best-looking Sonic game they've produced in 22 years...
Fantastic, I was expecting something much different and wouldn't mind it, but this is seriously the next best thing...hell not even the next best thing, just a great thing in general.
Brian_FETO
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Thanks!
Candescence
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Also, I won't lie, the Drop Spin sounds like a genius mechanic. It works as a spin-dash that can be done while moving, but needs a clear vertical space to do it and probably can't be spammed like the boost.
The Real Abed
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This has to be trolling. ROM Hack? This is a brand new fucking 2D Sonic done in the style of what Sonic might look like now if the 3D generation hadn't come along. It's basically the Shovel Knight of Sonic games. This game looks better than any Sonic game from the last 17 years. Which is also almost as much time as it's been since Sega actually put effort into a Sonic game.
This is the Sonic game Sonic deserves.
You'll get your shitty 3D "modern" Sonic game. Just calm your horses.
IrishNinja
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I had my doubts but that looks awesome. If other levels have that kind of design then this game will be a true return to form.
I think you will be able to spam it but it will take skill and knowledge of the level.
Dragoon En Regalia
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My hope is that you can't spam it, meaning something like a 1-second delay between boosts. And obviously you need to be landing on a surface in order to do it. This encourages you to jump more often; do we know if you also have to tuck in before attempting a Drop Spin?
Except it's completely remade... no seriously. The place where the stage ends could be reached very fast... so they'll probably extend the fuck out of it...
Outside of Green Hill Zone, which is obviously being used as a reintroduction to show how well the engine is, the rest of the zones shown were new, the bonus modes were new, and the sprites are new as well as the animation.
If anything, Green Hill is redrawn too, but the fact that soo many people think it's just ripped sprites of the original; just goes to show how well this team have done!
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