The game has the player going through 30 Zones, each separated into 4 acts each. Being more based off of the Advance/Rush series, the game also takes inspiration from the Genesis titles, the Game Gear/Master System titles, and the modern games. Sonic Maniax is a combonation of the 2D Sonic playstyle. By using the Chaos Emeralds, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Shadow, Blaze, and Silver fight the black monster and Mecha Sonic, and return the world back to it's original state, with the game ending on a tombstone for Cream's mother. However, the monster absorbs Eggman, and gains power, destroying the Death Egg and forcing the heroes to leave it, with Vanilla sadly getting caught in the blast. Eggman, trying to control the black monster that was created by the Life Orbs, uses it to attack the group. After chasing Eggman, they fight a black monster and after defeating it, they head back to the Death Egg after Eggman.
They go to the pocket dimension, and see that is destroyed as well. Meanwhile, they use the area from the pocket dimension as a hub.Īfter beating Eggman in his Death Egg, they travel back and return the Life Orbs to their respective regions and go back to their planet, however, the planet is destroyed.
Sonic, along with his pals, go to stop Eggman. Accoriding to Omochao and Marine The Raccoon, Eggman is taking the Life Orbs from the planet, and is using their power to recreate the world into a horrible mess. When the group comes to, they find themselves in a pocket dimension. He tells them about his plan, and uses the Life Orbs to bend the island to his will, blasting the group away. They meet up with Eggman, who fights them and they win, while questioning Eggman. Along the way, they get thrown into a conflict between Eggman's badniks, and GUN, with Shadow, Rouge and Espio joining Sonic and co. Sonic and Tails meet with Knuckles, Cream, Amy, Marine Silver and Blaze, who all go to save Vanilla. After defeating Metal Sonic and seeing him fly away, they go over to the birthday party location, where Eggman is flying off with Vanilla. Upon landing, they meet with Eggman, who sends Metal Sonic to attack and distract them as Eggman is flying away. Along the way, they notice an explosion occuring near the center of the island, and the duo, curious about the explosion, go to check it out. Meanwhile, Sonic and Tails are riding to Paradise Island, the place where Vanilla, Cream The Rabbit's mother, is having a birthday party. With this, he creates a new badnik army and a new team called "The Metal Crusaders" as he goes to search for the Life Orbs. He finds one Life Orb and starts to study it's effects, the test showed that the power inside the Orbs are unremarkable, being able to power his army wth just one. If a region's Life Orb is gone, bad things can happen, and Eggman knows this. Through narrow research, he finds the Life Orbs, mystical spheres that keep the planet in balance. Eggman starts planning for his next scheme. Due to popular demand, a 3DS port of the game was developed by Renegade Kid, and will be relseaed in July 28, 2019.Īfter the events of Sonic Forces, Dr. The game was revealed at E3 2018, and various updates came in. (Which was later known as Mountain Joyride Zone) The game showed screenshots of concept art and a picture of Sonic and Shadow running through a stage. Later, they added Team Overbound, and Headcannon once again to help in development. According to Neafult1st, Sonic Team went to him and asked him for a job, which he happily accepted. Sonic Team wanted to create a Sonic game that not only harkened back to it's roots, but ramped up it's gameplay. Sonic Maniax began development in 2017, after the release of Sonic Forces.