Video: Check Out the Opening Cinematic for Sonic Mania

Looks interesting...

Trying not to spoil myself.

I love this so much! Thank you, Tyson Hesse and Hyper Potions!

BTW, here's the full version of the music used for the opening, in case anyone is interested:

@Kalmaro @OdnetninAges Does this game look any good? I don't know if I should get it yet.

From what little I've seen, it looks great!

@Matthew010

In my opinion, it looks like a true successor to Sonic 3 & Knuckles, which is one of my favorite video games of all time. If you like the classic Sonic games (Sonic 1, 2, 3, CD, or S&K), or even some of the other 2D ones (like Advance), then definitely pick this up. If you like platformers but aren't familiar with Sonic, then this might be a great first experience for you. Plus it is only $20 for the standard version.

I notice Hydro City (i think its the Act 2 background), Stardust Speedway Present, and Lava Reef amongst some of the level rings in the video. Considering Flying Battery, Green Hill Zone are also present and already confirmed, I wonder if this means they'll be in also?

I love how the background in most of the intro is an homage to the Japanese box art for the Megadrive Sonic games. I really can't wait to get my hands on this one!

Amazing 👏

This intro really is fantastic. I love how smoothly animated it is, and the music is catchy as heck.

Really looking forward to downloading this come next Tuesday!

Sonic cd was always my favorite so this is a total day one! Now all I need is my sonic adventure 3

What? NintendoLife wrote a positive comment about Sonic? Gasp What is this sorcery? o.O

Sonic 2sday can't come soon enough.

I'mma wait until i actually play Mania before watching this.

@OdnetninAges Ok thanks

I will definitely look to pick this up when I get back from holiday. It looks like a proper Sonic game - with a reasonable price tag too.

I'm a brand new fan to this franchise so it's nice that I didn't really have to wait that long for this game (only been playing these games a little over a week)! Now if only Samus Returns were coming out sooner...

Roll on the inevitable contribution of the Idots.....

Very nice.

Welcome back Sonic...you have been missed.

The intro song compared to the other songs they've shown is forgettable :v

I like the setting and the colour - and the music. But I think the animation and action is way cooler in the Sonic CD one.

Very cool.

I wish more modern animations would go for that more organic hand-drawn look instead of looking like they were made in Flash and with weird angular edges on all the characters.

@AlexOlney

Olney: King of the Idots

We welcome your venerable contribution.

Despite the price tag, this game has me excited. Really is the treat Sonic fans have been clamoring for

@AlexOlney Only time will tell. Let's see what happens after the Sonic Mania review drops

My only complaint with the video is that it makes me want the game even more right now. Lol

This never stops looking good. Add in a good ending and a bad ending, both in FMV form, akin to Sonic CD and... well, scratch that, the game is already sold for me as-is.

Did you gave to use the Sonic Boom Sonic CD, I prefer the Euro/Jap version as you know I'm from the UK, still, think I might fire up the Mega CD. The mania intro is gorgeous btw

@whoisbdub SA3 already came out years ago.

I'm gonna need this guy to keep animating Sonic. Amazing job.

Sonic CD vibe, nice.

Awesome, really.

It shows an elevator with a Dial at the top showing 1, 2, 3, K, M. They forgot about Sonic CD which is kind of where an opening sequence like this first happened. Major Oversight

@ClassSonicSatAm idk what game your referencing but insert it here_____________ , and he'll no that ain't sonic adventure 3!

I watched the cinematic yesterday, it's awesome that Sega is letting people and groups like Hyper Potions help work on these videos!

Love this! Can't wait for Tuesday!

The style is identical to the sonic cd intro ....... which is definitely the best iteration of Sonic ever and whatthey should carry on using from this point.

Eeeeeh.... not a fair comparison. The Sonic CD intro is more dynamic and Anime-like. This is fine, but it seems a little too cartoony and lacks that sense of speed.

In a parallel universe this was released for the Saturn in 1996, and the fans rejoiced...

Nevertheless - I want it, and I want it now. 15th can't come soon enough! Good thing it's a national holiday in Poland, so I'll be having a free day off (well, several hours off to be honest, because I'm also running a small business in my free time haha) - definitely a Sonic Mania day for me!

In hope it's good.

@OdnetninAges Ahh knew it had to be someone associated with Monstercat

@whoisbdub Unleashed was SA3 it's been and gone.

LOL! I guess I shouldn't be surprised that people are going to nitpick this game until they find something that makes them hate it.

Fanbases: Give them exactly what they want, and they'll tell you you're doing it wrong.

Sonic fanboys, please don't take this personally. the Dragon Ball fanbase and Mega Man fanbases are the same way. I should know, I sit squarely in both and hear it all.

I might just leave my switch on just to leave the intro playing when i wake up in the morning

@ClassSonicSatAm I'd argue that Sonic 06 was trying to be an "Adventure 3" with the hub world and too many characters to play as......even if it did botch it up.....

@Angelic_Lapras_King '06 could have done without Silver for sure. I'd have kept Shadow though. Fix the glitches, remove the garbage "speed" sections from sonic's story, maybe tighten up shadow's controls and it would have been a much better game worthy of the Adventure titles it tried to emulate.

I've not been this excited for a Sonic game in over a decade (Yes, even when Sonic 4 was revealed, I was still annoyed it used 3D models as well as the modern Sonic character designs.). It looks to be getting so much right in capturing not only classic Sonic but also that 90s SEGA vibe that only 90s kids would understand what I mean.

I hope this is successful enough for SEGA to commission these guys for future 2D Sonic games as a franchise to stand next to the 3D one. A Mania 2 with entirely new worlds could be just as epic!

@CheddarSword Yeah but thats how every defense of this game I read starts, "if they just fix the glitches". It would not matter, the game has that reputation everyone knows and certainly would not go back for a "Sonic 06 Fixed Edition". Even then, you still have issues like the empty boring hub world and the Hedgehog x Human shipping a lot of people can't get over.

The best you could hope for is a group of dedicated fans fixing it themselves but to quote Silver, It's No Use.

@Angelic_Lapras_King Fair point. I guess the game's reputation has it pretty well sunk. I tried to go back to it myself, but after having finished it once, I just wasn't up for fighting with it's problems again. And I didn't even have that many glitches when I played it.

Also, as a kid of the 90's, I know exactly what you're talking about.

This is AWESOME! Great work! So excited!

Sonic and Mario in one month, thank you gaming gods.

@whoisbdub

By the way Sonic Hero is a form of Sonic Adventure 3. Sega dropped the Adventure part out of the title so it wouldn't discourage people from buying the game that didn't play the previous titles .

@Angelic_Lapras_King

We don't talk about Sonic 4 lol 😂

But yes Sonic 4 didn't feel right there was something wrong with the controls and gameplay. Plus I didn't like that you only got part of the game and had to wait for the next episodes or something like that.

@ClassSonicSatAm

Sonic Heroes was Sonic Adventure 3

I'll never forget how the intro to sonic CD just blew my doors off!! Great times!

I love how there's just so much love being put into this game. It's very much like the good old days of Sonic on Genesis, when there was a lot more care and attention to detail then. I have no doubt that this is a deserved addition to the series, and well worth the wait.

Glad I'm getting my collector's edition and the Switch release next week.

I hope they use Dr. Robotnik...

best sonic intro song was Sonic Heroes lol

It is, how it was. And it is good

I'm not much of a Sonic fan, but that's a pretty slick video. I love how the animation reminds me of their old stuff. I know it's being compared with Sonic CD, but it also reminds me of the old Sonic cartoons I used to watch.

SOOoOOOOOoOoooooOOOOoOOOooO flipping excited.

Holy smokes! That was incredible!
I'm sure animation of that quality isn't cheap to produce but they really should do an animated series in that style. It really reminds me of the old games and TV show. Can't wait to play this!

Nothing short of beautiful!

Reminds me how badarse the Sonic cast can truly be when they're not poorly redesigned and spout nothing but memes. (Boom show)

Music is so fun and catchy!! ^_^

@Angelic_Lapras_King infact Shadow played alot more like Sonic Adventure (Sonic's stages) as well, but Sonic 06 was meant to be a reboot (complated with a ending that reboots the story..so it really never takes place..) it had taken stuff from the Adventure games, if only they delayed it like they done with Mania and Forces...(what a time we live in) but after 06 SEGA tried to make squeals to it's games, SEGA Rally 3, Sonic 4, the reason why they changed SA3 to Unleashed because it wouldn't please fans. despite being like SA2 as in less game play styles (SA1 had 6, SA2 had 3, SA3/SU had 2.) having the RPG set up where you could level up Sonic, more true to the Saturn Sonic RPG title before becoming Adventure.

@CheddarSword if only they delayed it like they done with Sonic Forces and Mania...at least they won't be doing the same mistake.

@Meaty-cheeky It could be.. but it's more of Sonic & Knuckles chaotix 2 and Naka wanted it to be something different for casual gamers rather the core ones Adventure was for.

Unleashed or 06 is the closet your going to get to SA3.

@speedracer216 SONIC HEROES!! SONIC HEROES!! X3
Animation in that was cool though.

@ClassSonicSatAm I dunno, sonic forces is already disappointing people. I think it looks interesting though, so i'll wait and read through a few reviews before dropping cash on it.

I am a weirdo though: I actually enjoyed the werehog stages in Sonic Unleashed.

@CheddarSword Same, I just beaten Mania and ready for Forces now, I don't see it being that bad, it has Generations gameplay (got tons of fun hours from that game) They delay it when they could release it during Sonic's 25th unlike Sonic's 15th with 06 and even the Classic 2D games were all rushed...so that's (GOOD) and making your own character while not something I agree with could be fun to mess with.

Hey they better then whole Sonic Boom's stages! XD
The night levels music was also great stuff.