Editing Sonic Mania Plus (section)

==Trivia==
*This is the first game that [[Mighty the Armadillo|Mighty]] returns as a playable character since ''[[Knuckles' Chaotix]]'' in 1995, while [[Ray the Flying Squirrel|Ray]] has not been playable in any game since his debut in ''[[SegaSonic the Hedgehog]]'' in 1993.
**In addition, this is the first 2D side-scroller ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog series|Sonic]]'' game that Ray appears in.
*On the back of the artbook, there is a Morse Code message near the top. It reads "TOGETHER, WE ARE GREATER THAN THE SUM OF OUR PARTS."
*Some players accidentally got an unintended patch for ''[[Sonic Mania]]'' for [[PlayStation 4]] in the United Kingdom on April 17, 2018. The patch added transitions to stages that lacked them in the original (such as going from [[Flying Battery Zone (Sonic Mania)|Flying Battery Zone]] to [[Press Garden Zone]]), options to use the No Save mode special abilities, a no time limit mode, a completely redesigned Metal Sonic boss, new menus, and the option to download the Encore DLC (which was not able to function properly at the time until the the v1.04 update).
*''Sonic Mania Plus''<nowiki/>' official trailer theme song ("Time Trial Plus") is a modification of "Time Trials" by [[Hyper Potions]] featuring [[Jun Senoue]] on guitars.<ref name="Plus trailer" /> This is the second time the trio have performed together, if including a live performance at Magfest 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/HyperPotions/status/955176386523738112 |title=Hyper Potions on Twitter|work=Twitter|date=January 21, 2018|accessdate=April 25, 2018|quote=Had such a fun time at MAGFest, thanks again to everyone that came out for our set. We want to thank @crush40 again for performing with us, such an honor!!! Also, if you guys have been waiting for our new song w/ @itsQORA, it's coming out Tuesday!!!}}</ref>
*The mock infomercial for ''Sonic Mania Plus'' is a reference to the humorous television infomercial that debuted in 1991 for the original ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]''. It even uses the line "a whole lot more for less". 
**The salesman in the infomercial is {{Plain link|https://twitter.com/NathanBarnatt|Nathan Barnatt}} while [[Aaron Webber]] played the customer.
**The "SEGA!" line that [[Kazuyuki Hoshino]] apparently screams at the end of the infomercial is a reference to the former commercials for both ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 3]]'' and ''[[Sonic & Knuckles]]'', where someone would look as if they are screaming "SEGA!" at the end.
**The fake shooter game prototype that played alongside ''Sonic Mania Plus'' was a prototype game that the [[Sega]] team created and titled "''Finger GunZ''".<ref name="FingerGunZ">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/RubyEclipse/status/1018912905415163904|title=Aaron Webber on Twitter|work=Twitter|date=July 16, 2018|accessdate=July 17, 2018 }}</ref>
*Mighty and Ray's high-speed running animations resemble the ones they performed in ''SegaSonic the Hedgehog''.
*Ray uses his tail as well as his hands when moving across bars. This is a technique that he could perform in ''SegaSonic the Hedgehog''.
*One of Ray's idle animations depicts him looking out into the distance in a pose similar to a piece of [[Media:Sonic-I-JP-Art-XII.png|artwork]] from the original ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]''. One of Mighty's idle animations has him holding out his hands and looking at the player in an impatient tone, similar to [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]]'s idle animation in the [[Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit)|8-bit version of ''Sonic the Hedgehog 2'']].
*Mighty's animations when he is near the edges of a platform are based on his animations from ''Knuckles' Chaotix''.
*Ray's end level animation is based on his character select animation from ''SegaSonic the Hedgehog''.
*Some of the cheat codes reference other things in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series:
**The code "04, 01, 02, 06" is a reference to the same code found in ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]'', but backwards.
**The code "01, 09, 09, 02, 01, 01, 02, 04" is a reference to the North American release date of ''Sonic the Hedgehog 2'' (1992-11-24, or November 24, 1992) and the [[Debug Mode]] code in ''Sonic the Hedgehog 2''.
**The code "02, 00, 01, 07, 00, 08, 01, 05" is a reference to the North American release date for ''Sonic Mania'' on consoles (2017-08-15, or August 15, 2017).
**The code "02, 00, 01, 08, 00, 06, 02, 03" is the date for the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series' 27th anniversary (2018-06-23, or June 23, 2018; a video to celebrate the series was uploaded on that same day).
**The code "01, 09, 07, 09, 00, 08, 01, 01" is a reference to the birthday of [[Simon Thomley]] (1979-08-11, or August 11, 1979).
**The code "01, 09, 08, 09, 00, 05, 00, 01" is a reference to the birthday of [[Hunter Bridges]] (1989-05-01, or May 1, 1989).
**The trailer for the mobile port of Sonic Mania Plus was accidentally released in the USA before the game was ported to mobile on May 8th, but when customers went to download the game in the Netflix app, it was nowhere to be seen. The video was private in the USA for a limited time until the official mobile release.