Artist's commentary
Classic sonic
how to make sonic mania art and get popular :
1) draw classic sonic/knuckles/tails
2) put some yellow background
profit!!
to be honest i was blown away when i saw all the identical art and this is probably one of them but otherwise i'd have forgotten that i'm an artist (even though tyson hesse's comics and animations influenced my choice of the character, damn they're so good I love that style)
and yes im not even a fan of sonic mania because i don't really like 2D platforming and i don't get the hype around the game which is pretty much a copypaste of the previous installments
whatever, it's still annoying that there's going to be a sequel with the same style that's been obsolete for over 20 years now, but really i should be happy about the positive reviews..? uugh i dont know how to react i can't understand the public's preferences (said the guy who liked the nighttime stages in unleashed and was happy about '06, hmm) i just hope that apart from enjoying watching the fans pondering how the "old times were good times" in the series the company won't forget about the need to innovate, otherwise in five years the games will be just the green hill zone brrrrrr
sorry for a lot of text, just wanted to voice my opinion, still waiting for sonic forces- even if the game fails i'll be able to get some laughs off the main enemy and the plot which means it's going to be fun anyway