This will allow you to place any item into the map, or use it as a way to explore a map. You can then press X once you’re in any map in select stage to unlock Debug mode. This will allow you to choose any map in the game. If you press and hold the B and Y buttons on your Switch before the ‘Press Any Button’ on the title screen, you will unlock the select stage mode. Like much of the game, it is unlocked through a nostalgia driven cheat. Unlocking Select Stage and Debug Mode on Switchīy clearing Mania you will be able to select which zone you want to start in, but there is also a way to select an individual level. Note: some of these work differently for each console so I’ll be covering them separately. Below is a guide to all the secret features and how to access them. Change Tails name to Miles - When the Sega logo appears, tap the letters A-G-E-S in that order. 0 is Sonic and Tails, 1 is Sonic, 2 is Tails, and 3 is Knuckles.

Character Select: From the level select, change the player option from 00-03. If you haven’t cleared Mania Mode, I recommend doing so before reading further, for spoiler purposes. After starting a level, tap the GUI in the top-left corner of the screen to activate/deactivate Debug Mode. However, even after beating the game, Sonic Mania has a lot to offer.

You can read our review here, and If you’re anything like me, you got drunk on the nostalgia trip and powered through Mania mode in just a few sittings. Debug mode and secret cheats IMPROVEMENTS: New color palettes, Special Stages with 7 Chaos Emeralds, unlimited rings counter, new screen animation for monitors, free animals from Badniks, Eggman life bar, redesigned zones, options menus, 5 different endings on credits, new electrocuted death animation, new option for Sonic with red shoes and.

Sonic Mania is by all accounts a great classic Sonic game that would not have felt out of place if it came out in the Genesis era.

Sonic 1 debug mode