

In Sonic Mania, getting all of the rings in an Act (easiest to do in Sonic and Tails' Mirage Saloon Act 1) will not give this bonus. This graphic is found among those for both the normal and Special Stage results. currently do not have access to the full archive of the Q&A, if anyone could find a longer recording of the panel than please replace this linkĪ "PERFECT" bonus graphic, used in previous games for collecting all rings in an Act or Special Stage. These where originally intended to be signpost sprites for Metal Sonic and Amy, however they were scrapped and eventually replaced after being told by SEGA to replace them with Mighty and Ray for the Sonic Mania Plus DLC. There are two placeholder copies of Sonic's signpost art seemingly labeled "M" and "A". Also, there are no sprites for Mini Sonic hanging onto something.Īll signposts but Sonic's are labeled with the respective character's initial in the sprite sheet. These go unused, as Sonic cannot do this in his mini form. Some unused sprites that were going to be used for Mini Tails holding Mini Sonic in Metallic Madness Zone Act 2. They both stay in their default animation cycle in the final game, akin to Sonic 3 & Knuckles. Unused animations for Sonic and Tails looking up and looking straight ahead while piloting the Tornado, akin to Tails piloting the Tornado in Sonic 2. The final shield sprites were redrawn from the ground up and feature a lot of additional frames. These early shield graphics are traced from the original Sonic 3 sprites, but with colors changed and more detail added. The following content may induce seizures and has been hidden by default, click to reveal:Įarly graphics for the elemental shields and the insta-shield can be found in Sprites/Global/ShieldsOld.gif. Although the boss arenas of Lava Reef Zone and Titanic Monarch are considered the "Act 3" of those respective zones, the title card still refers to them as "Act 2", rendering this graphic completely unused.īecause none of the Zones' names include these letters (except V because Lava Reef Zone is in the game), J, K, Q, X and Z all go unused.Īn early pause menu, seen in some pre-release footage. Sprites for an Act 3 are in the title card graphics. Interestingly, these were located as part of a PNG file, as opposed to the GIF format used by most of the game's sprite files.Įarly unfinished graphics of the English text, pause menu, and save select/2-player race are in Data\Sprites\UI\. Unfinished graphics for Sonic on the title screen, missing several shades on the spines and gloves.
