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Sonic Mania

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    #152
    MrVestek
    Registered Users Posts: 9,216 ✭✭✭MrVestek


    Jjjjjjjbarry wrote: »
    Anyone know if the old cheat works from the mega drive days? I can't remember it or get it to work anyway.

    down up left left right a + start?

    It was up down left right a + start.

    ...and no it doesn't work with mania. :)


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    #153
    marcbrophy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,468 ✭✭✭marcbrophy


    MrVestek wrote: »
    It was up down left right a + start.

    ...and no it doesn't work with mania. :)

    First thing I tried when the game booted for the first time.

    Didn't realise I was doing it either! That's muscle memory for you :D


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    #154
    jos22
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    did anyone try the codes from sonic 2 or sonic 3


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    #155
    Doctor Nick
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    Completed game this morning. Was really cool. Sonic forces is the next, I hope its more of the same albeit with new zones.

    Although just after I typed above I Googled and saw some gameplay and it looks Crap. 3D is back. Probably won't buy if that's the case. Boo urns.


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    #156
    jos22
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    Doctor Nick wrote: »
    Completed game this morning. Was really cool. Sonic forces is the next, I hope its more of the same albeit with new zones.

    Although just after I typed above I Googled and saw some gameplay and it looks Crap. 3D is back. Probably won't buy if that's the case. Boo urns.

    forces is similar to Generations with 3D stages and 2D stages


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    #157
    MrVestek
    Registered Users Posts: 9,216 ✭✭✭MrVestek


    jos22 wrote: »
    Doctor Nick wrote: »
    Completed game this morning. Was really cool. Sonic forces is the next, I hope its more of the same albeit with new zones.

    Although just after I typed above I Googled and saw some gameplay and it looks Crap. 3D is back. Probably won't buy if that's the case. Boo urns.

    forces is similar to Generations with 3D stages and 2D stages
    I also have a funny feeling that the story ties into Sonic Mania somehow.


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    #158
    Jjjjjjjbarry
    Closed Accounts Posts: 486 ✭✭Jjjjjjjbarry


    Sonic in 3d is just awful in my opinion. Hopefully Mania will spark a new wave of 2d side scrolling platformers.


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    #159
    Retr0gamer
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    I think Nintendo have already sparked a new wave of 2D platformers. They've made some spectacularly good games in the genre in the last few years. Better stuff than sonic mania Imo.
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    #160
    ERG89
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    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    I think Nintendo have already sparked a new wave of 2D platformers. They've made some spectacularly good games in the genre in the last few years. Better stuff than sonic mania Imo.

    I wouldn't give them all the credit has been plenty platformers made outside Nintendo with Shovel Knight, Super Meat Boy, Braid & Rayman Origins/Legends.


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    #161
    Retr0gamer
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    ERG89 wrote: »
    I wouldn't give them all the credit has been plenty platformers made outside Nintendo with Shovel Knight, Super Meat Boy, Braid & Rayman Origins/Legends.

    I'd put Braid and Super Meat Boy in totally different genres. The others mentioned predate when Nintendo began the platformer resurgence and I'd only really rank Shovel Knight up to Nintendo quality, Rayman is very good but not up there.
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    #162
    Optimalprimerib
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    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    I'd put Braid and Super Meat Boy in totally different genres. The others mentioned predate when Nintendo began the platformer resurgence and I'd only really rank Shovel Knight up to Nintendo quality, Rayman is very good but not up there.

    Could you give some examples because I can't think of any


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    #163
    Retr0gamer
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    The two Donkey Kong Country Returns games, Kirby Epic Yarn and roboplanet, Yoshi''s Wooly World.

    They've others as well but they would be as good or worse than rayman.

    The big one though was NSMB on the Wii which sold an insane amount. We all laughed when Reggie said it wold outsell MW2 but in the end it did. While I'm not the biggest fan of the DS games the Wii and wiiU games are two of the be.st platformers you can get.
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    #164
    Jjjjjjjbarry
    Closed Accounts Posts: 486 ✭✭Jjjjjjjbarry


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    The two Donkey Kong Country Returns games.

    New versions of these for Switch would be amazing.


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    #165
    Jjjjjjjbarry
    Closed Accounts Posts: 486 ✭✭Jjjjjjjbarry


    That level with the burning oil that blocks out your vision is testing my patience :pac:


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    #166
    chrislad
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    Jjjjjjjbarry wrote: »
    New versions of these for Switch would be amazing.

    I dunnno. Portable, throwable console and those games might be a recipe for disaster!


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    #167
    marcbrophy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,468 ✭✭✭marcbrophy


    Jjjjjjjbarry wrote: »
    That level with the burning oil that blocks out your vision is testing my patience :pac:

    That was the first part where I got a game over. :D
    Keep at it!

    PS: The end of act 2 boss got me at least 5 game overs! I just couldn't figure out the pattern :o


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    #168
    circadian
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    Finished it the other night, great craic but I was kind of disappointed with the last boss.


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    #169
    Billy86
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    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    I'd put Braid and Super Meat Boy in totally different genres. The others mentioned predate when Nintendo began the platformer resurgence and I'd only really rank Shovel Knight up to Nintendo quality, Rayman is very good but not up there.

    Ori and the Blind Forest? It's shockingly reminiscent of the SNES version of Super Metroid for me, and an absolute delight to play. Limbo/Inside/Little Nightmares (which I'm eager to get on to) as well, though they would be more on the forward progression side-scrolling platformer end of things than say Ori/Metroid which are a bit more open world.

    Also, unless I have missed it how has there been next to no mention on this forum of the new Metroid game!? It's getting excellent reviews, is a return to the pre-Prime style (though I loved those two games also) and is also somewhat quietly one of the very best Nintendo franchises of all time.


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    #170
    Moist Bread
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    Billy86 wrote: »
    Ori and the Blind Forest? It's shockingly reminiscent of the SNES version of Super Metroid for me, and an absolute delight to play. Limbo/Inside/Little Nightmares (which I'm eager to get on to) as well, though they would be more on the forward progression side-scrolling platformer end of things than say Ori/Metroid which are a bit more open world.

    Also, unless I have missed it how has there been next to no mention on this forum of the new Metroid game!? It's getting excellent reviews, is a return to the pre-Prime style (though I loved those two games also) and is also somewhat quietly one of the very best Nintendo franchises of all time.

    Ori is fantastic and perhaps my favourite modern platformer. It's much better than anything nintendo put out lately. Limbo/Inside are not like traditional platformers, they are simple plaforming/puzzle games that rely more on atmosphere and environmental story telling than timing and jumping puzzles.

    I might play Sonic Mania when it comes down in price. Was never a massive fan of the series.


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    #171
    MrVestek
    Registered Users Posts: 9,216 ✭✭✭MrVestek


    Sorry to bump an old thread but just wondering if anybody has checked out Sonic Mania Plus yet?

    If so what do you think?

    Downloaded Encore mode to my Switch the other day and slowly playing through it on my way home from work the past few days.

    What do you guys think of the new characters?


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    #172
    Vicxas
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    MrVestek wrote: »
    Sorry to bump an old thread but just wondering if anybody has checked out Sonic Mania Plus yet?

    If so what do you think?

    Downloaded Encore mode to my Switch the other day and slowly playing through it on my way home from work the past few days.

    What do you guys think of the new characters?

    Is it a sequel or just an add-on to Mania?


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    #173
    Mr E
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    Add-on to Mania - costs a fiver as far as I know. 2 new characters, 4 player support and a new Encore mode.


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    #174
    MvsC3
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    Mr E wrote: »
    Add-on to Mania - costs a fiver as far as I know. 2 new characters, 4 player support and a new Encore mode.

    When you downloaded the Dlc, did it reset the the original game, basically what I'm asking, is do you have to 're collect all those b@#+@/d chaos emeralds again!!


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    #175
    corcaigh07
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    GOTY for me last year, any Fan of the mega drive game should be getting this as a priority!


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    #176
    Vicxas
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    corcaigh07 wrote: »
    GOTY for me last year, any Fan of the mega drive game should be getting this as a priority!

    I also loved that it was bastard hard in some places.


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