GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Sonic Mania is now available--unless you're stuck waiting for the PC version--and it appears to be the game that many Sonic fans have been hoping for.

Sonic Mania is an excellent callback to everything that made the original Sonic platformers great. If you’re a fan of the blue hedgehog, you’re likely going to want to pick it up. As an added bonus, ...

Sometime this summer, we'll be getting a new Sonic The Hedgehog game called Sonic Mania. A classic 2D platformer which is kind of a throwback to the first few Sonic games, only you'll be racing ...

Sonic Mania was heralded as the game Sonic the Hedgehog fans deserved, as the most recent releases have been received with less than expected applause. The rewind back to the classic 2D style of Sonic ...

Sonic Mania is a love letter to the classic Sonic the Hedgehog games. Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, and Sonic Knuckles all come to mind. As you play through it, all ...

In gaming, phrases such as “a love letter to fans” get thrown around so much that they end up being meaningless. But seriously reader, believe me when I say this: Sonic Mania is a love letter to fans.

After years of disappointments, with only a few decent games offering a small reprieve from an onslaught of garbage, the Sonic series has its first great entry in years. Sonic Mania, which comes out ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. However, Knuckles doesn’t bump into Sonic in this episode but ...

In Sonic Mania, players can run through some retro-style levels as either Sonic, Tails or Knuckles. But a special hidden mode adds a perfect twist on the gameplay by calling back to a classic Sonic ...