Sonic Mania 1.04 Continues Can Now Be Earned in a Save-File

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Published on April 28, 2018 3:24:02 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9TTGyL4EVo

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Sonic Mania (2017)

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In this short video of the 1.04 version of Mania (briefly leaked on PS4 in Europe), I show that you can now earn continues on a normal "Save-File" when playing through the special stages (by maxing-out mach3 yellow bar). Continues are no longer restricted to "No-Save" playthroughs. The Save-File also now details the number of continues earned (extra-lives on the left and continues on the right) which you can see in the video (and on the videos thumbnail).

I start the video (having already collected the first chaos emerald) by showing-off the Save-File where Knuckles has one "continue". I then play through special stages 2 to 7 and earn a continue in each SS. At the end of the playthrough I then go back to the Save-File menu which now shows seven continues.

Whilst this is a fair change, it was kind of unnecessary on a Save-File playthrough as you can restart from the beginning of the same zone when getting a game-over by loading up your save-file.

The funny thing is that; in order to earn a continue, you have to slow down Sonic/Tails/Knuckles because otherwise they will catch up to the UFO too quickly before you can earn a continue by maxing out the mach3 bar. Also, a lot of skill is required because you will be spending more time running at full speed in mach3. In other words the game expects you to be an expert at the special stages in order to earn a continue, and players who need to use continues likely won't be experts and therefore will struggle to earn continues...

They should have made it easier to earn continues; i.e. by collecting 50 rings (or something similar) like in Sonic 1 & Sonic 3.

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