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Sonic Mania Animated Opening Revealed

I said this in another topic, but this could be one of the best Sonic games ever released. Everything that's been revealed so far has impressed me, from the music (as well as remixes of classic songs), to the sprite work, to the design of the stages (both new as well as re-designed ones). Then they showed off the bonus stages, which look like a nice blending of the ones from Sonic 3 and Sonic CD. As if this wasn't enough, they also decided to do Competition Mode, for that multiplayer goodness (local only not online, unfortunately). Then we have this animated opening.

Seriously, I've yet to see anything considering "bad" about this game so far, just seriously great stuff all-around.
 
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Everything about that was absolutely incredible. Now to avoid everything Sonic Mania until it's officially released.
 
holy shit, there's a glimpse in there of an unannounced zone (
lava reef
). that's a fucking deep cut that is one of my favorite classic sonic zones but i never thought they'd do it. i'm literally fucking crying tbh
 
holy shit, there's a glimpse in there of an unannounced zone (
lava reef
). that's a fucking deep cut that is one of my favorite fucking classic sonic zones but i never thought they'd do it. i'm literally fucking crying tbh
I noticed that as well, holy crap. Can it be next week already, dammit.
 
Ok why does Sega and the fanbase still treat Sonic 3 seperate from S&K?

S&K was a chunk of Sonic 3 cut off and sold seperately stop this shit already. Its like saying an Elder Scrolls expansion isnt part of the game either.
 
My only issue with the intro is that they had Tails and Knuckles do basically nothing. It's a problem I've had with most recent Sonic games.
 
I think the plan was to release it on Monday. Cat's out of the bag anyway and it'd be best if they get the traffic instead of someone else.

Yeah, instead of wasting resources on trying to delete every new video that appears on Youtube, they may as well just run with it and and use the intro to advertise the game. But Sega generally has been very good at dealing with things like this online.
 
Mariel Cartwright & Tyson Hesse deserve all the work they can get. This intro was beautiful!

The song was serviceable, but was a bit underwhelming.
 
I don't think I realized I was a sonic fan until this very moment. The series has made me so cynical but this just brought me back. That's the most powerful thing it could do, simply amazing.
 
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