



There are seven emeralds in total, and once you get them all you should go and complete the final zone of the game. If you're in Sonic Mania Plus, the Encore Mode has special rings hidden in slightly different places and its own eight special modes - and the same rules apply. You'll need to find giant special rings in levels to access these stages, and when you do you'll need to catch the UFO and collect the Emerald. Sonic fans should know this well already, but the final ending of Sonic Mania is hidden away behind collection of the Chaos Emeralds in the game's special stages. Manage cookie settings Remember, Sonic Mania's True Ending requires the chaos emeralds To see this content please enable targeting cookies. There's also a bunch of other Sonic Mania cheats and unlockables for Mania Mode in both the original release and Plus.

These days this stuff is often sold to us as DLC or taken out entirely because of achievements and all that stuff, but Sonic Mania doesn't mess about: it has a classic level select cheat like the Sonic games of old, plus unlocks both familiar and all-new to the classic Sonic games.īasically what I'm saying is - Debug mode is in, you filthy cheats. One thing that was more common in the 90s was, well. The newly released expansion Sonic Mania Plus sure isn't bad either. If you don't believe that, have a read of our review - it's a fantastic love letter to the classic Sonic games and further a very strong love letter to the spirit of 1990s SEGA in general. Entering 9 will lead you to death after the first minute (due to the 9:59 to 10:00 internal changing on the timer), unless you use the following PAR code to lock the seconds)Ġ0D2CF XX Keep the timer at XX seconds (replace the XX in the code with a number from 00 to 59.A throwback to the 90s wouldn't be complete without some actual cheats, and Sonic Mania does not disappoint in that regard, coming complete with a debug mode, level select and a slew of cheat-friendly unlockables. Action Replay codes 00D2AA XX Keep XX rings (replace the XX in the code with a number from 00 to 99)Ġ0D24609 Infinite lives (keeps showing 9)Ġ0D28409 Infinite continues (not that you need them)Ġ0D2D000 Infinite time (locks the actual timer, not the minutes/seconds)Ġ0D2CE0 X Keep the timer at X minutes (replace the X in the code with a number from 0 to 9.
