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Sonic Mania

Sonic Mania Plus for PS4, Xbox One, Switch Adds New Characters, Competitive Mode

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An updated physical release of Sonic Mania titled Sonic Mania Plus has been revealed, complete with new playable characters and modes.

SEGA announced the edition during the SXSW Sonic the Hedgehog panel and later posted to the Sonic the Hedgehog Twitter feed. The new edition is coming in Summer 2018.

The updated game will feature an all-new four player competition mode, as well as an "Encore Mode." No details about the new modes have been revealed so far.
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Sonic Mania Plus promo art with updated features.
Players will also be able to play through Sonic Mania as two new characters, Mighty the Armadillo and Ray the Flying Squirrel. Both characters hail from 1993's SegaSonic the Hedgehog.

The physical release will also come with a 32-page art book and a reversible sleeve with a design evocative of Sega Genesis box art. All of the features from the updated version of the game will also be coming to the digital version of Sonic Mania as an update.
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Key Art for Ray the Flying Squirrel
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Key Art for Mighty the Armadillo
During the panel, SEGA also revealed that a short animation series based on the Sonic Mania opening. Sonic Mania Adventures will feature five episodes and be published on YouTube.

You can check out the original Sonic Mania opening below.
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Sonic Mania Plus will arrive in Summer 2018 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

For our thoughts on the original game, check out IGN's Sonic Mania review.
Jordan Oloman is a Freelance Writer for IGN, still holding out for a new Chao Garden. Follow him on Twitter.

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