{"id":12320,"date":"2017-08-07T20:52:56","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T00:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/?p=12320"},"modified":"2017-08-07T20:52:56","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T00:52:56","slug":"sonic-mania-launches-on-august-15th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2017\/08\/sonic-mania-launches-on-august-15th\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonic Mania launches on August 15th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ultimate Celebration of Past and Future is nearly here as Sonic goes back to his retro roots.<\/p>\n<p>Experience the ultimate celebration of past and future in <strong>Sonic Mania<\/strong>, an all-new 2D Sonic adventure running at a crisp 60FPS with HD retro-style graphics. Multiple playable characters give you the ability to go explosively fast as Sonic, soar as Tails, or power through tough obstacles with Knuckles\u2019 brute strength. <\/p>\n<p>You can re-live the Sonic of the past with an exciting new twist on classic zones while fighting against new bosses and Dr. Eggman\u2019s evil robot army. You can also go head to-head with players in Competition Mode or play in Co-Op Mode with a friend. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><em>Sonic Mania<\/em> was developed by Christian Whitehead, Headcannon, and PagodaWest Games in collaboration with Sonic Team.<\/p>\n<p>The game is set to be released on August 15th for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, and Nintendo Switch. The game will be available digitally and also physically with a special bundle. This special bundle comes packed with a Sega Genesis Sonic statue, a Sega cartridge cast with gold ring, a metal collectors card, as well as the collector&#8217;s box. The collector&#8217;s bundle retails for $69.99 USD ($89.99 CAD). <\/p>\n<p>The bundle is available for preorder on most American retailer websites however it is not available at BestBuy.ca, Amazon.ca, EBGames.ca, or Walmart.ca.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/sonic_mania_bundle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/sonic_mania_bundle.jpg 642w, https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/sonic_mania_bundle-600x280.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><center> <\/p>\n<div class=\"tumblr-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/embed.tumblr.com\/embed\/post\/jQUko9niqkGxW6XoVVWQ4w\/163926092125\" data-did=\"53498727d8404aafcb73a078a0dc428f85b27a90\"><a href=\"http:\/\/darkainartsgamers.tumblr.com\/post\/163926092125\/more-at-httpgamersdarkainartscom\">http:\/\/darkainartsgamers.tumblr.com\/post\/163926092125\/more-at-httpgamersdarkainartscom<\/a><\/div>\n<p>  <script async src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/post.js\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ultimate Celebration of Past and Future is nearly here as Sonic goes back to his retro roots. Experience the ultimate celebration of past and future in Sonic Mania, an all-new 2D Sonic adventure running at a crisp 60FPS with HD retro-style graphics. Multiple playable characters give you the ability to go explosively fast as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1178,1530,6,419,586],"tags":[76,2027,580],"class_list":["post-12320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-nintendo-switch","category-pc","category-playstation-4","category-xbox-one","tag-sega","tag-sonic-mania","tag-sonic-the-hedgehog"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/sonic_mania_wide.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6HXYU-3cI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16805,"url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2020\/02\/puyo-puyo-2-and-sonic-2-coming-to-nintendo-switch-february-20th\/","url_meta":{"origin":12320,"position":0},"title":"Puyo Puyo 2 and Sonic 2 coming to Nintendo Switch February 20th","date":"February 9, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Two more Sega Ages titles are coming to the Nintendo Switch. 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