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NoName999

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For like the first 20 seconds of the video, it shows the new bonus stage. It's a combination of the bonus stages of Sonic Spinball, Knuckles Chaotix, and Sonic 3.

You can launch your player character into the back of the pinball table. Then you will control a crane and try to get a new character or an item. It looks pretty neat

Rest of the vid is him playing poorly through the rest of Encore Green Hill Act 2
 

Mg.

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Eggman holding those levers is another cute reference to SegaSonic the Hedgehog. That's pretty damn rad. Will be buying Plus day 1!
 

SirBaron

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I liked the jump sonic does to join the player once he's lost offscreen.

This is the best sonic since sonic 2 (my personal favourite) . Can't wait till my physical copy arrives.
 

mute

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Still on the fence about getting it physical or not. Waiting to see if we get a Titanic Monarch boss in encore or something.
 

Virtua King

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That''s awesome! The lack of a bonus stage that provided shields and what not was the biggest flaw Mania had. I love blue spheres, but once you got all gold medals, it was pointless to replay them since they didn't even give a point bonus. I might have to reevaluate whether I like 3 & Knuckles as the best Sonic game now.
 

SSF1991

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As a pinball fan, as well as a Sonic fan, I admit it. I squealed when I saw that bonus stage. Can't wait to play it!
 

Scuttlefluff

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So what is new about Plus besides the new bonus stage, Mighty and Ray?

Character switching and being able to play as any duo of characters, also gets rid of lives in favour of the five characters just having one life (but you can gain characters again from power up TVs). The levels are slightly reworked to allow for Mighty and Ray's new abilities, and they have a new colour pallet.
 

Berordn

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So what is new about Plus besides the new bonus stage, Mighty and Ray?
Encore mode features new acts, new appearances and layouts for the existing levels (aimed at a higher difficulty), a completely different way to handle lives and a new character swapping mechanic.

It also retools the original campaign to add continuity with level transitions and various other tweaks.
 
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Longer footage here (for mobile, 16:45).

The long vertical layout kinda reminds me of PinOut. Seems to unlock more area as your score increases.
 

MrBadger

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I wonder if these will appear in regular play as well. I know a popular criticism with Mania was the large amount of blue sphere games in place of a quick bonus stage that would grant the player a reward

They look really cool and I like all the references! They seem to be filling Mania to the brim with Knuckles Chaotix references
 

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Levels have new color palletes and there are some extra things and gimmicks that have been added to probably accomodate for Mighty and Ray's abilities.

Character switching and being able to play as any duo of characters, also gets rid of lives in favour of the five characters just having one life (but you can gain characters again from power up TVs). The levels are slightly reworked to allow for Mighty and Ray's new abilities, and they have a new colour pallet.

Palette swapped stages. I think that's it.

Encore mode features new acts, new appearances and layouts for the existing levels (aimed at a higher difficulty), a completely different way to handle lives and a new character swapping mechanic.

It also retools the original campaign to add continuity with level transitions and various other tweaks.

Thanks guys! For all of this I'm willing to drop $5 for the upgrade. Might grab a copy for my shelf too
 

~Fake

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This was confirmed by the official Sonic stream. It's not much, but a segment of AIZ is playable before you get into the game proper.
Thats a shame. Was expecting a full playable AIZ. Anw, encore mode came in the same day via update? Or its a part of DLC?
 

ned_ballad

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Encore mode features new acts, new appearances and layouts for the existing levels (aimed at a higher difficulty), a completely different way to handle lives and a new character swapping mechanic.

It also retools the original campaign to add continuity with level transitions and various other tweaks.
Are Mighty and Ray playable outside of encore mode?
 

Berordn

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Can't wait for this. Planning to upgrade my digital copy on Xbox and double dip for the physical version on Switch.
 

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Is any part of this a free update for us existing Mania owners?

Edit: oh I see the posts above it's cheap DLC for owning it digitally.
 

Psxphile

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Decided to forego the usual and pick this up physically on Switch instead of PS4 for a change. Preorder locked in.
 

Zippo

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Buying that shit out of this. Triple dipping on my triple dip from last year.
 

Zen Hero

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To be honest the bigger news for me is that this is coming out so soon, and we know so much about it. People here are posting details that I had never heard of.
 

yap

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Yooo I didn't know about character switching and the reworked lives system. Interesting stuff.
 

Ferrs

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2 things:

- The new special stage looks awesome! I liked it alot.

- Dissapointed at Encore level just being a palette swap, i thought it would have new routes but GHZ was the same there.
 

Griffith

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I liked the jump sonic does to join the player once he's lost offscreen.

This is the best sonic since sonic 2 (my personal favourite) . Can't wait till my physical copy arrives.

My man...

I mean I enjoyed Sonic 3 (& Knuckles) a lot, it has a kickass soundtrack but it also made a lot of sacrifices to the speed of the game and the levels were full of things to stop your progress whereas the Sonic 2 levels felt a lot more fluid and fun. Heck... I even like the WATER LEVEL(s) in Sonic 2!
 

Bakercat

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Character switching and being able to play as any duo of characters, also gets rid of lives in favour of the five characters just having one life (but you can gain characters again from power up TVs). The levels are slightly reworked to allow for Mighty and Ray's new abilities, and they have a new colour pallet.

Oh, that sounds interesting with the lives. Reminds me of of Subspace from Brawl with choosing characters and having to switch if one dies. I still love running through this game, so having new reworked levels and this system sounds like a nice shakeup. I've been saving up my Nintendo gold coins for the dlc, and it's gonna only cost me like ¢50 with them.

Edit: I believe at one point it was mentioned that using the super peel out or insta shield will be available for saves after this dlc right? I'm a huge mark for the super peel out since Sonic CD is my favorite in the series.


Edit 2: just watched that ign review. That was an awful review and all I heard was, "it was too hard, not enough content" even though the dlc is only $5. When did they review dlc for games anyway? I felt they wanted to shit on the game and used the dlc as a reason to do it.
 
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sir_crocodile

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Encore mode features new acts, new appearances and layouts for the existing levels (aimed at a higher difficulty), a completely different way to handle lives and a new character swapping mechanic.

It also retools the original campaign to add continuity with level transitions and various other tweaks.

Acts plural? There's more then just Angel Zone 1?