Press Garden Zone

Press Garden Zone is the fifth Zone for Sonic Mania. It is a ruinous Japanese garden taken over by Dr. Eggman to be used to print propaganda.

Overview
This Zone takes place within a snowy forest garden, with Act 1 taking place inside of the printing press factory with crates and conveyor belts.

Act 1 features an old press-making factory inside an ancient castle. Wooden crate and metal crate frames are seen through out the Zone. In the background, rolls of newspapers are seen zooming by, having Sonic's face and the Phantom Ruby included. Snow-covered windows are seen and pink vines grow everywhere. Act 2 takes place outside in a wintery, cherry-blossomed forest/woods. Snow covers the ground and glowing and lanterns can seen far off.

Gameplay
The Press Garden Zone features a gimmick mechanics of reaching jumping height by the use of conveyor belts and Launch Base Zone's rotating tubes.

Act 2 features different gimmicks, such as snowblowers that can freeze the playable character if they make contact. Freezing the player may allow them to reach non-accessible areas through sliding, or shredding tree trunks to access areas blocked off by the aforementioned trunks.

Act 1
Act 1 features a lot of Conveyor Belts that can be used to get through many obstacles in the act.

Act 2
In Act 2, snowblowers are scattered across the Zone. Unlike in IceCap Zone in Sonic the Hedgehog 3, the player does not take damage when they freeze them and can breakout easily. They will end up sliding across the floor. This allows the player to destroy ice blocks that are littered throughout the Act.

Act 1
The playable characters will fall into a room full of crates at the start of the battle. A floating robot with two ice sawblades named Shiver Saw will descend into the arena and immediately shatter one of its blades by touching a green and orange crate. Shiver Saw's method of attack is using its telescopic arms to extend its sawblades towards the characters and will follow their movements around the room. To beat the robot, the character must lure it into striking more of the green and orange crates and shattering its sawblade, stunning it and leaving it vulnerable to attack. Hit the robot six times to make it explode and destroy the printing press factory.

Act 2
The Heavy Shinobi will arrive into the boss arena with a wide slash and attempt to catch the player off guard. It attacks by using its sword to freeze the characters or by throwing Asterons as exploding throwing stars. To defeat the Heavy Shinobi, he must be interrupted during his jumps, which stuns him and allows him to be hit. Eight hits will dispatch the Heavy Shinobi.