Sonic Mania
| Sonic Mania | |
|---|---|
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| Franchise | Sonic the Hedgehog |
| Developed by |
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| Published by | Sega |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo Switch |
| Release date | August 15, 2017 |
| Genre | Platform |
| First LP | |
| Played by | |
| Featuring | |
| Intro theme |
"Green Hill Zone" by TOY |
| Outro theme |
"Friends" by Hyper Potions |
| Original run |
August 17 – October 15, 2017 |
| No. of episodes | 42 |
| Episode length | 11–30 minutes |
| Playlist | link |
| Playlist length | 12:57:09 |
| The Super Sonic Let's Play | |
| Preceded by |
Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure |
| Followed by | Sonic Forces |
| Second LP | |
| Played by | Rick Desilets |
| Original run | June 27, 2021 |
| No. of episodes | 1 |
| Episode length | 2:46:21 |
| Playlist | link |
| Sonic Weekathon | |
| Preceded by | Knuckles' Chaotix |
| Third LP | |
| Played by | |
| Original run | August 9, 2021 |
| No. of episodes | 1 |
| Episode length | 3:04:01 |
| Playlist | link |
| The Games | |
| Preceded by | Mega Man Soccer |
| Followed by | SkiFree |
| D-Pad Rivals | |
| Preceded by |
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles |
Sonic Mania is a 2017 platform game developed by Headcannon and PagodaWest Games and published by Sega for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. It is part of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, and released as part of the franchise's 25th anniversary celebrations. Development was led by prominent members of the Sonic fan community Christian "Taxman" Whitehead and Simon "Stealth" Thomley, with the aim of designing a successor to the classic 2D Sonic games for the Sega Genesis, with a plot set shortly after Sonic & Knuckles, and the original trio of Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles as playable characters. The game's look and feel are heavily reminiscent of the classic era, and many past levels, characters, and mechanics are featured or referenced.
Sonic Mania was covered on The D-Pad before its release in an episode of The D-Pad Reacts focusing on its announcement trailer, released on July 26, 2016. The Nintendo Switch version of the game was then played in full upon its release, as the forty-fifth game in The Super Sonic Let's Play. The LP consisted of 42 episodes; 30 covering a full run of the game with Sonic and Tails, and 12 covering the game's secret "& Knuckles" mode, released on weekdays from August 17 to October 15, 2017. Two supplemental episodes; an A Brief History installment covering the game's development, and an unboxing video of the collector's edition, were released on August 16 and August 20, 2017, respectively.
The game was revisited on The D-Pad in a one-off episode by Rick in celebration of the 10th anniversary of Sonic Week in 2021, as the sixth and final game in Sonic Weekathon. The episode was streamed live on the dpadfm Twitch account before being uploaded to YouTube on June 27, 2021.
The game was played on The D-Pad a third time in a one-off episode in 2021, as a race between Rick, John, C/J, and Geoff, the sixteenth and final event in The Ist Games, representing the marathon, and the fifth game in D-Pad Rivals. The episode was released on August 9, 2021.
Results (The Games)
| Team | Player | Time | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperium Ludum | Rick Desilets | 1:44:11.1 | Gold |
| Daisy Baby Bitch Territory | C/J Haley | 2:05:57.8 | Silver |
| Tierra de los Hermanos Hook | Geoff Hook | 2:27:28.6 | Bronze |
| Youbetchastan | John Selig | DNF | None |
Episodes
2017 LP
This LP was re-released on The D-Pad Unpaused in two segments. The first, containing episodes 1 through 30 and "A Brief History of Sonic Mania", was released on October 23, 2023. The second, containing episodes 31 through 42, was released on October 26, 2023.
| TSSLP# | TDPR# | Title | Length | Host(s) | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 4 | "HIT THE GROUND RUNNING - The D-Pad reacts to Sonic Mania & Sonic Forces" | 10:40 | Rick, John, C/J | July 26, 2016 |
| TSSLP# | ABH# | Title | Length | Host(s) | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 294 | 7 | "A Brief History of Sonic Mania" | 10:47 | Rick, John | August 16, 2017 |
| TSSLP# | Episode | Title | Length | Player(s) | Commentator(s) | Release date | ||||||
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| 295 | 1 | "Just Like the Old Games" | 30:29 | Rick | John, C/J, Lindsay | August 17, 2017 | ||||||
| 296 | 2 | "Cool Bonus" | 16:38 | C/J | Rick, John, Ben | August 18, 2017 | ||||||
| 297 | * | "The D-Pad Unboxes the Sonic Mania Collector's Edition" | 9:21 | Rick, John, C/J | August 20, 2017 | |||||||
| 298 | 3 | "Lock-On Technology" | 13:44 | C/J, John | Rick | August 21, 2017 | ||||||
| 299 | 4 | "The Fury of My Own Momentum" | 20:11 | John | Rick, C/J | August 22, 2017 | ||||||
| 300 | 5 | "Flagrant Story" | 19:02 | Rick | John, C/J | August 23, 2017 | ||||||
| 301 | 6 | "A Warm Pizza on My Penis" | 18:59 | Rick, C/J | John | August 24, 2017 | ||||||
| 302 | 7 | "Less Precious with the Rules" | 11:48 | C/J | Rick, John | August 25, 2017 | ||||||
| 305 | 8 | "Lando Is a Man" | 21:41 | John | Rick, C/J | August 28, 2017 | ||||||
| 306 | 9 | "Handle with Care" | 16:22 | Rick | John, C/J, Ben | August 29, 2017 | ||||||
| 307 | 10 | "The Blue Ball Whisperer" | 21:04 | Rick, C/J | John, Felice, Ben | August 30, 2017 | ||||||
| 308 | 11 | "'90's Kids Jizz Themselves" | 12:15 | C/J | Rick, John, Felice | August 31, 2017 | ||||||
| 309 | 12 | "Perilous Pipeline" | 16:59 | John, Rick | C/J, Felice | September 1, 2017 | ||||||
| 310 | 13 | "Miami Nights" | 17:57 | Rick | John, C/J, Felice | September 4, 2017 | ||||||
| 311 | 14 | "The Least Many There Is" | 15:38 | Rick, C/J | John, Felice | September 5, 2017 | ||||||
| 312 | 15 | "Huge Asshole" | 14:42 | C/J, John | Rick, Felice | September 6, 2017 | ||||||
| 313 | 16 | "Speed Limit the Porcupine" | 18:40 | John | Rick, C/J, Felice | September 7, 2017 | ||||||
| 314 | 17 | "Almost Dicker" | 12:54 | John | Rick, C/J, Felice | September 8, 2017 | ||||||
| 315 | 18 | "What Are We Aiming For?" | 16:16 | John, Rick | C/J | September 11, 2017 | ||||||
| 316 | 19 | "Bouncy Juice" | 18:38 | Rick, C/J | John | September 12, 2017 | ||||||
| 317 | 20 | "Less Clever Now" | 20:08 | C/J, John | Rick | September 13, 2017 | ||||||
| 318 | 21 | "Suckles for Days" | 15:17 | John, Rick | C/J | September 14, 2017 | ||||||
| 319 | 22 | "And by That I Mean Snow" | 15:28 | Rick | John, C/J | September 15, 2017 | ||||||
| 322 | 23 | "A Weird Oval with Teeth" | 18:41 | C/J | Rick, John | September 20, 2017 | ||||||
| 323 | 24 | "You're Not Right" | 17:03 | John | Rick, C/J | September 21, 2017 | ||||||
| 324 | 25 | "Nothing Wrong with Sucking Dick" | 19:48 | John, Rick | C/J | September 22, 2017 | ||||||
| 325 | 26 | "Basically Almost Kill Yourself" | 20:27 | C/J | Rick, John | September 23, 2017 | ||||||
| 326 | 27 | "Three Grown Men Screaming" | 20:06 | C/J, John | Rick | September 25, 2017 | ||||||
| 327 | 28 | "Carry Me, Tails!" | 13:43 | John, Rick | C/J | September 25, 2017 | ||||||
| 328 | 29 | "Human Bro Hormone" | 15:09 | C/J | Rick, John | September 26, 2017 | ||||||
| 329 | 30 | "It's Never the End" | 16:33 | Rick | John, C/J, Ben | September 27, 2017 | ||||||
| Sonic Mania & Knuckles | ||||||||||||
| 330 | 31 | "Colon Parenthesis" | 20:25 | C/J | Rick, John | October 2, 2017 | ||||||
| 331 | 32 | "Addicted to Cloacas" | 14:13 | John | Rick, C/J | October 3, 2017 | ||||||
| 332 | 33 | "No Goddamn Trapeze" | 18:50 | Rick | John, C/J | October 4, 2017 | ||||||
| 333 | 34 | "Avionics the Hedgehog" | 25:49 | C/J | Rick, John, Felice | October 5, 2017 | ||||||
| 334 | 35 | "A Gentle Introduction to Dildos" | 15:59 | John | Rick, C/J, Felice | October 7, 2017 | ||||||
| 335 | 36 | "Be Irresponsible by Yourself" | 22:09 | Rick | John, C/J, Felice | October 9, 2017 | ||||||
| 336 | 37 | "The Biggest King Dorko" | 20:00 | C/J | Rick, John, Felice | October 10, 2017 | ||||||
| 337 | 38 | "Oh My Stars" | 13:16 | Rick | John, C/J, Felice | October 11, 2017 | ||||||
| 338 | 39 | "Drinking a Cabinet" | 17:28 | Rick | John, C/J, Felice | October 12, 2017 | ||||||
| 339 | 40 | "Never Even Seen a Japanese Person" | 22:59 | C/J | Rick, John, Felice | October 13, 2017 | ||||||
| 340 | 41 | "Baby Andrew Knuckles" | 12:28 | John | Rick, C/J, Felice | October 14, 2017 | ||||||
| 341 | 42 | "Yankee Zulu" | 27:05 | Rick, John | C/J, Felice | October 15, 2017 | ||||||
2021 LP (Sonic Weekathon)
| SWT# | Title | Length | Player(s) | Commentator(s) | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | "Canonize Omelette" | 2:46:21 | Rick | June 27, 2021 | |
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2021 LP (The Games)
| TG# | DPR# | Title | Length | Player(s) | Commentator(s) | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 17 | "Marathon & Closing Ceremonies" | 3:04:01 | Rick, John, C/J, Geoff | August 9, 2021 |
Gallery
Trivia
- The 12 episodes covering the "& Knuckles" mode were released under the title Sonic Mania & Knuckles.
- The LP of Sonic Mania used a modified version of the standard The Super Sonic Let's Play outro, featuring the more detailed Sonic Mania sprites of Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles, and using "Friends" by Hyper Potions (the game's main theme) instead of the usual "Sonic 3" by Rare Candy. The Sonic Mania & Knuckles outro makes further changes to the formula, mashing up the intro theme with "Unknown from M.E.", Knuckles' theme from Sonic Adventure, and adding a second Knuckles to the outro. The finale takes this to its extreme; multiple words in the intro are replaced with "Knuckles", and the outro is also mashed up with "Unknown from M.E.".
- The modified "Unknown from M.E." lyrics are as follows:
- Here I come, rougher than Knuckles
- The best of them, tougher than Knuckles
- You can call me Knuckles, unlike Knuckles I don't Knuckles
- I'd rather flex my Knuckles
- The Sonic Mania & Knuckles finale outro also includes a small edit to "Unknown from M.E.":
- I break 'em down whether they're Sonic or Tails
- The modified "Unknown from M.E." lyrics are as follows: