Sonic Mania/ Sonic Mania Plus (XB1, PS4, PC, Switch)

[Thunderblaze16]

That Lights, Camera track is soo freaking, catchy.

[Allard]

Sonic Mania looks awesomesauce. If it also includes all the classic levels (which the trailer seems to imply), it's double awesomesauce. Also you can play as Knuckles, which is cool. Tails can go die in a car fire for all I care.
Project Sonic trailer looks pretty nice as well. Seems like we're back to Generations style after the what-the-hellery that was Lost World. Which is good. Also has Classic Sonic in it. Which is... puzzling, since Classic already got a whole game of his own in Mania. Though if Modern makes his way in Mania, that would be fare. And yes, I do hope Shadow will be in 2017.

I think those 'fans' are called Millennials; and they can shove it.

Where, right up yours, old coot?

[Barone]

I think those 'fans' are called Millennials; and they can shove it.

This.

Sonic Mania looks awesome. I hope it comes to Steam ASAP.

[TrekkiesUnite118]

I'll probably end up getting both. Not sure what platform though.

[Robotwo]

For those of you who didn't watch this live. The livestream was a minor disaster from a audio standpoint.
There was a lot of crackling, panning, drastic volume changes, audio loss and a constant beeping throughout it all.

Here's a little compilation of some of the moments

[Gogogadget]

I think those 'fans' are called Millennials; and they can shove it.

Am Millennial.

Can confirm that I have absolutely no nostalgia or love for edgy does weird hand poses when he finishes a stage Sonic.

Classic Sonic for life.

[Sik]

Sonic 2017 shows they still haven't figured out that nobody likes new Sonic.

Sonic Colors would like to have a word with you =P I'd be more worried about the fact that for the trailer they went with the same grim style they did with Sonic '06. Let's hope that's misleading, because if not then it doesn't sound like it's going to end well at all.

It actually seems a lot of fans are turned off by Classic Sonic's cuddly presence in 2017.

Worse, they're complaining it's not Shadow... It's the guys desperate to get Sonic Adventure 3. Even though that was basically Sonic '06, you know.

[Allard]

Worse, they're complaining it's not Shadow... It's the guys desperate to get Sonic Adventure 3. Even though that was basically Sonic '06, you know.

Shadow would make more sense given the darker tone and the fact that this game doesn't seem to have the time-travel premise.
Yeah, well they would like to get a Sonic Adventure 3 that's not, you know, Sonic '06. I can relate.

[parallaxscroll]

[Obviously]

It feels weird to be looking forward to a Sonic game again. I guess all things circle back around eventually.

Glad they finally had the common sense to put that fantastic engine to good use, not to mention Sonic's real character design instead of the lanky green-eyed monstrosity.

[Da_Shocker]

IDK the graphics look akin to a better version of Chaotix. I do hope this comes to the Nvidia Shield TV and not Geforce now only. But yes it is good to see a Sonic game that actually looks like a Sonic game. I have Sonic CD on Android and I like the way they did it even if I don't really like Sonic CD.

[Assman]

This is awesome. My only gripes:

- I can't get a 360 port for a downloadable 2D game? Really?
- I can do without revamped classic levels. There's no point; we've already had Sonic Generations, just give us a game with all-new content. I don't need the thousandth version of Green Hill, especially when the first part of it is the exact same layout as the original GHZ Act 1, which I've already played to death (who hasn't?).
- No insta-shield or peel-out as far as I can tell. This is relatively minor, but why not just have all his classic abilities available in this game?

That's pretty much it. Otherwise, it's amazing that this is even happening. Too bad they already wasted the "Sonic 4" title when it would embody exactly what this game is trying to achieve.

[Obviously]

- I can't get a 360 port for a downloadable 2D game? Really?

Can't really blame them for not wanting to expend the extra time and money given that the 360 is getting pretty far out to pasture.

I know it still kind of sucks that a piece of hardware that can easily handle a new game gets ignored because the platform is deemed obsolete. That's why I'm sticking with PCs from now on. At least then it's the hardware's fault if I can't play a game.

[midnightrider]

So, it appears there were all sorts of audio issues when streaming the event. The people that were actually there may have had it easier on their ears:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB0XHdVzSRc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07D4m28aJVo

(gotta love the various crowd pops, especially for the character reveals)

[tomaitheous]

This actually looks promising.