The same principle applies to Sonic Mania, and while the running animations look absolutely stunning, the air walk sprites might come off a bit awkward and unnatural. If you think they look a bit ...

But some nice touches make Sonic Mania feel modern even as it apes the 16-bit style. The character sprites have more expressive animations. Sonic won’t just strike a pose after beating a level ...

If you've played Sonic the Hedgehog on your phone, Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 in the last half-dozen years, you have Christian Whitehead to thank. In 2009, he created an unofficial proof of concept ...

It’s a little frustrating to play in a modern context but being free helps excuse the flaws and it’s definitely worth a download. You can get Sonic Mania for free here and Horizon Chase Turbo ...

Sonic Mania also makes the most of modern hardware. Sure, it still looks like a game plucked out of the Sega Genesis library, but it's tuned to run at 60 frames per second. That may not sound like ...

Sonic Mania's Plus expansion doesn't bring quite as much new as you'd hope, but it's still the definitive version of a modern classic. Back in August of last year I described the original digital ...

Sonic Mania is here in the now, continuing the sprite-based, retro-style play that represents the Sonic series at its best. Admittedly, Sonic Mania dances the line between rehash and loving homage ...