Sonic Mania

Sonic Mania is an upcoming video game in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. The game will be developed by Christian Whitehead, Headcannon, PagodaWest Games and Sonic Team. The game is set to be released in spring 2017.

Development
The game is officially announced at San Diego's Comic-Con 2016 along with a debut trailer, that features new takes on classic levels as well as brand new stages. The debut trailer includes an new ability for playable characters referred to as "Drop Dash".

According to Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka, Sonic Mania is a “passion project” that “was born out of our fans’ love of the classic Sonic 2D platform games.” He added, “This type of collaboration is a first for SEGA and we hope everyone will be both surprised and delighted by this title.”

Sonic Mania will be playable in the San Diego's Comic-Con convention.

Playable characters

 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Miles "Tails" Prower
 * Knuckles the Echidna
 * Amy Rose
 * Honey the Cat

Enemies

 * Crabmeat
 * Newtron
 * Two Metal Eggheads

Stages

 * Green Hill Zone
 * Studiopolis Zone

Trivia

 * This will be the very first Sonic Game to be released for the PlayStation 4.