Character

The Character^[1] is an Item Box power-up that appears in Sonic Mania Plus. When obtained, this power-up adds another party member to the player's roster.

Description

The monitors with Character feature a flickering screen that switches between the character icons for Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Mighty and Ray.

Overview

In the gameplay of Sonic Mania Plus, the Character Item Box only appears in the game's Encore Mode. In this mode, the game uses a different life system; the player controls two characters at the same time and can have up to three characters on standby. When the active character loses a life, the next character in line will step up to take his place. What the Character Item Box does when opened is that it adds a new character to the player's party in case they have anything less than a full roster.

The playable character the Character Item Box adds to the player's party depends on the character icon shown on the Item Box when it is opened. For example, opening it when it shows Sonic's character icon will add Sonic to the player's party. In addition, the Character Item Box will only display character icons of characters not in the player's party. For example, if the player has Sonic, Knuckles and Tails on their party, then the Character Item Box will only show Mighty and Ray's character icons.

References

Item Box power-ups

1-Up	Aqua Shield	Flame Shield
Invincible	Thunder Shield	Power Sneakers
Shield	Super Ring

5 Ring Bonus	20 Rings	Attract
Attack (Sonic Advance 2)	Attack (Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity)	Bashosen
Big 50 Ring	Blizzard Bomb	Blue Shield
Bomb	Booby Trap	Bowling Strike
Bubble Bomb	Bunny Boost	Chao Attack
Chao-nado	Chaos Emerald	Change
Character	Chopper Chomp	Colorball
Combi Catcher	Combine Ring	Combination Dash
Combo Bonus	Confusion	Continue Monitor
Damage Recover	Dead End	Drac-O'-Lantern
Dragon Dance	Eggman Mark	Electro Boost
EMP Boost	Explosion	Exploding Balloon
Explosive Mine	Festive Umbrella Boost	Fire Boost
Fire Whirl	Fireball	Firework Flurry
Flame Jump	Flue Shot	Fly Charge
Free Throw	Frozen Chopper Chomp	Gauge Up
Gold Shield	GP Boost	Grow

Harvest Time	Health	Heat Barrier
Hedge Maze	High Speed	Home Run
Hyper Heli-Tails	Ice Mine	Ice Wave
Illusion Boost	Illusion Mine	Jet Board
Jump	Lava Bomb	Lightning
Lilytrap	Magnet	Marker
Maximum Tension Bonus	Mine	Minus Ring
Mosaic	Moto-Bug	Octo-Boost
Octo-Ink	Player Swap	Pogo Spring
Power Core	Pyro-Mine	Random
Random Ring Bonus	Reaper	Red Shield
Ring Can	Rings	Ring Portal
Rocket Shoes	S	Propeller Shoes
Shrink	Skateboard	Slow
Soda Rocket	Speed Down	Stage Select
Star Trail	Steal	Steal Boost
Steal Wisp	Storm Cloud	Strike Out
Special Combination	Spring	Support Spring
Swap	Target Torpedo	Tee Shot
Team Blast Ring	Tension Bonus	Time Bonus
Time Stop	Tornado	Transparency
Trap Shot	Twister	Umbrella Boost
Warp	Whirlwind	Wind Boost
Wipeout	Wrench Rush	Zap Trap

Enerbeam	Magnet (Sonic Boom)	Score Doubler
Shield (Sonic Boom)	Super Ring (Sonic Boom)

Floating Item Box

Item Panel

Target Switch