The entire roster plays a big role in Encore Mode, Plus ' other tentpole feature that twists the regular Mania Mode. Encore flips the color palette and has a few new enemies and paths, which seem built with Mighty's and Ray's moveset in mind.

Beautiful; Genesis-appropriate visuals; Mighty and Ray are good additions; Fantastic soundtrack

Platforming hasn't aged well; Although cheap; Plus doesn't add much; Tags

I loved the original Sonic Mania and was incredibly excited to see what the new additions would bring in /Encore. But, while the game balance tweaks are welcome and Ray and Mighty are fun characters to play as, the dearth of new stages and the samey feel of the old levels in Encore mode really put a...

Buy Sonic Mania Plus In 2017, Sega released the most anticipated Sonic game in decades. Sonic Mania had garnered the attention of every old-school fan with its retro throwback look and feel.

T he Sonic series is undoubtedly one of the greatest in gaming history, and yet most of its games over the last decade or more have not been worthy of the franchise. 3D titles especially have been troublesome, but even the old standard of 2D Sonic has failed on more than one occasion.

For my son 6 birthday he loved it

Editor's note: This review is based on our original Sonic Mania review , as penned by our erstwhile editor Tom "Please no, not another terrible 3D Sonic game" Whitehead. It has been adapted and added to by Damien "Sonic 2 was the clearly the best" McFerran.

Chris takes our favourite blue hedgehog out for a test run.

Bright and beautiful retro graphics; Best in series level design; Tight controls; Leans heavy on the nostalgia

Boss fights not always a highlight; May be retro to a fault for new comers and leans heavy on the nostalgia; Not a lot of pluses in the plus