There are many people who are old school fans of the Sonic the Hedgehog series question whether or not Sonic Mania could have worked back in 90’s.  If anything Sonic Mania is the game that gaming world has been waiting for since the release of Sonic & Knuckles back in the Fall of 1994.   There are so many people who would consider Sonic Mania to be the true sequel of Sonic & Knuckles opposed to Sonic the Hedgehog 4 which was released back in the Fall of 2010.  The use of the Retro Engine for Sonic Mania makes this game feel like a true Sega Genesis title which takes players back to the 16 bit era of gaming which was popular back in the early 90’s.

When it comes down to 3D Sonic the Hedgehog games they don’t really have the same appeal as the classics from the 16 bit era.  While we did get some cool 3D Sonic games such as Sonic Adventure 2, Sonic Colors, Sonic Generations and others its obvious to many people that the series is better off in 2D with colorful graphics and sprites.  It seems like Sonic Mania has attracted more mainstream attention in 3017than most games in the series has in the past couple of years.  If anything the Sonic series is way better of in 2D since that formula has proven to be successful during the early 90’s during the 16 bit era and the early 00’s with the Sonic Advance series for the Game Boy Advance.