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Sonic Mania gets an August release date and an adorably animated trailer

Sonic Mania gets an August release date and an adorably animated trailer

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Could this be the Sonic game we’ve been waiting for?

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Sonic Mania has a new trailer that shows off even more of the upcoming retro-styled game. It also finally announced a release date: August 15th.

The trailer is bookended by some charming, seemingly hand-drawn animation of Sonic, before cutting to some slick gameplay footage of the blue hedgehog doing what he does best — running at breakneck speed through branching levels while viciously stomping the life out of adorable robots.

While Mania may look like a classic Sonic game, the telltale hints of its more powerful modern hardware are visible in some visual flourishes, such as the dissolving sand loop and the shattering mirror shards. Even with the long hype cycle and the history of disappointment that is part and parcel with recent Sonic games, it really does look like Mania may be the the entry fans have been asking for since Sonic CD.

Mania was first scheduled to release earlier in the spring before getting delayed back in March. We’ll find out if it was worth the wait in just a few months.

Sonic Mania will be available on the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC on August 15th.