Sonic Mania Two

Sonic Mania Two is a 2021 platform game made by Sega for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and Windows. The game is a sequel to the hit popular game Sonic Mania three years prior in 2017. The game was made to celebrate Sonic's 30th anniversary being released 10 days prior and pays homage to the original 16-bit Sonic titles. It follows Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles as they stop Doctor Eggman from polluting the world and turning animals into badnik slaves. Christian "Taxman" Whitehead, Simon "Stealth" Thomley, among several others who worked on the first game returned for Sonic Mania Two.

After the success of Sonic Mania in 2017, Sega announced plans for a sequel in December until it was finally announced by Whitehead and Thomley. Production of the sequel was shown through photos on Twitter through the year but in late 2020, had a teaser trailer released. The team still used the Retro Engine Whithead used for the mobile ports of the classic Sonic games. The game features levels from the original Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, and Sonic CD. Tee Lopes returned to compose the game.

Sonic Mania Two was released on June 13, 2021, ten days before Sonic's 30th anniversary, and like the first game received critical acclaim from both critics, audiences, and fans of the franchise praising its level design, music, story, faifthfulness, and more originality. It received the same reception as the first game. Sonic Mania Two sold over one million copies in a year.