From the title screen showcasing Sonic’s iconic finger-wag, to the energetic animated opening movie that harkens back to the retro animated Sonic art-style, players will be able to tell exactly what they’re in for. Right from the get-go you can tell just how much care and attention to detail went into every bit of this game. Sonic Mania is the quintessential celebration of Sonic’s roots. Over the years, SEGA has attempted to bring the series back to its roots in several ways, but none have ever quite captured that same magic that fans were hoping for. Some critics and fans regarded the changes as a necessity to move forward in-step with the evolving industry while others felt that the series was straying too far from the its roots and was starting to water-down what made Sonic the Hedgehog appealing to begin with. However, once SEGA decided to make the jump from 2D to 3D, opinions regarding the changes to the series’ core became a bit more polarizing. This success continued throughout Sonic’s 2D era of games, with subsequent entries receiving just as much, if not more praise than the last. During Sonic’s early days on the SEGA Genesis, or the SEGA Mega Drive for those outside of the U.S., the Sonic the Hedgehog titles received high praise from all over game’s media, and was seen by most critics as SEGA’s answer to Mario’s popularity. In his hay-day, Sonic was perhaps the number one rival to Nintendo’s best known character, Mario. Sonic the Hedgehog is a series that’s both famous and infamous for many different reasons.
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