Editing Sonic Mania Plus (section)

===New features===
*[[Mighty the Armadillo]] and [[Ray the Flying Squirrel]] are featured as playable characters.<ref name="PlusAnnouncement" /> Like the original playable characters, Mighty and Ray play similarly to Sonic, [[Miles "Tails" Prower|Tails]] and [[Knuckles the Echidna|Knuckles]]. They also have moves exclusive to themselves. Mighty has the [[Hammer Drop]], which makes him blast downward in a burst of speed, slamming Badniks and obstacles and making hidden items fall out of trees. Meanwhile, Ray has the [[Air Glide]] which lets him glide large distances through midair and even gain altitude.<ref name="FamitsuP1">[[Media:Scan-5.jpg|''Sonic Mania Plus'' article]] '''(Japanese)'''. ''[[Wikipedia:Famitsu|Famitsu]]''. [[Wikipedia:Enterbrain|Enterbrain]], [[Wikipedia:Tokuma Shoten|Tokuma]]. April 2018. p. 24.</ref> In Mania Mode, they will play the same Acts and bosses as Sonic and Tails.
*Optimized difficulty for boss fights.<ref name="new1" />
*The unused [[Sweep]] [[Badnik]] from the original version of ''Sonic Mania'' has been added as an enemy in Angel Island Zone.
*A brand new [[Pinball Stage|Bonus Stage]] set inside a giant pinball table has been added.
*A results screen is now displayed at the end of Mania Mode and Encore Mode, listing the player's clear times for each Act and their total completion time (including Bonus and Special Stages).

====Encore Mode====
[[File:EncoreSaveSelect.jpeg|thumb|225px|The save select of Encore Mode.]]
'''Encore Mode''' is a game mode exclusive to ''Sonic Mania Plus'' that takes place after the events of the game's Mania Mode and the conclusion of ''[[Sonic Forces]]'', and sees the player progressing through altered [[Zone]]s with new gameplay rules. Encore Mode has three save states that recompile the player's process, as well as a "No Save" mode. However, unlike Mania Mode, Encore Mode does not have any options to modify the gameplay.

Encore Mode includes all the Zones from Mania Mode (except [[Egg Reverie Zone]]), slightly modified with different color palettes and minor tweaks to the level design. In addition, there are new areas and different object placements that makes Encore Mode appear as an expanded version of Mania Mode. New pathways make use of all of the five characters' abilities, and some [[Giant Ring]]s have been moved to other locations. The [[Special Stage (Sonic Mania)|Special Stages]] remain figuratively unchanged from Mania Mode's, but the artistic layouts are in reverse order, and the Stages themselves are more difficult. [[Angel Island Zone (Sonic Mania)|Angel Island Zone]] has also been added as an introductory [[Zone]]; as a result of this, [[Green Hill Zone (Sonic Mania)|Green Hill Zone]] is the second Zone in this mode instead of the first.

[[File:Sonicmaniaplusvdr11.png|thumb|left|225px|[[Ray the Flying Squirrel|Ray]] with [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]] in Encore Mode's version of [[Mirage Saloon Zone]] Act 1.]]
Encore Mode also features a new party and lives system. At the beginning, the player starts with [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]] and either [[Mighty the Armadillo|Mighty]] or [[Ray the Flying Squirrel|Ray]]. The player is in control of one of the characters while the other is controlled by the AI and can be switched by pressing {{Triangle Button (PS)}}/{{Y Button (Xbox One)}}/{{X Button (Switch)}}/[W].<ref name="PlusAnnouncement" /><ref name="FamitsuP2">[[Media:Scan-6.jpg|Sonic Mania Plus article]] '''(Japanese)'''. ''[[Wikipedia:Famitsu|Famitsu]]''. [[Wikipedia:Enterbrain|Enterbrain]], [[Wikipedia:Tokuma Shoten|Tokuma]]. April 2018. p. 25.</ref> Only the first two characters can be switched between, and only when both are on-screen and not in mid-air. To get the rest of the playable characters, the player must find a [[Character]] [[Item Box]] with cycling character faces on it. When they break it, the character shown on the monitor will be added to the player's party. When all five characters are obtained, the Character monitors will instead give the player a random item. [[Player Swap]] monitors from Competition Mode are also used, and breaking one of them will change the player's character to the next one in waiting, and [[Random]] monitors will shuffle the character order. Instead of traditional lives, the characters behave as lives. If the main character dies, that character will be lost and another character in waiting will take his place. If all characters are lost, it will result in a [[Game Over]], but the player can resume playing by using [[Continue]]s.

====4-Player Competition Mode====
[[File:Sonic-mania-plus-review-three.png|thumb|225px|The Competition Mode setup screen with four players.]]
Competition Mode is expanded to allow up to four players simultaneously.<ref name="PlusAnnouncement" /> When playing with two or three players, player 1 can customize the screen division.

====Replays====
''Sonic Mania Plus'' adds the option to save replays of completed [[Time Attack]] attempts.<ref name="new1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tssznews.com/2018/03/31/amazon-germany-listing-contains-new-sonic-mania-plus-info/|title=Amazon Germany Listing Contains New Sonic Mania Plus Info|publisher=TSSZ News|author=SSF1991|date=31 March 2018|accessdate=1 April 2018}}</ref> The player can save as many replays as their system's storage will allow. Once a replay has been saved, the player can play back the replay, or challenge it. When challenging a replay, the player's previous attempt will be shown as a ghost during gameplay.