{"id":348886,"date":"2025-08-16T10:14:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T10:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/348886\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T10:14:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T10:14:12","slug":"sonic-mania-2-prototype-artwork-revealed-by-christian-whitehead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/348886\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonic Mania 2 Prototype Artwork Revealed By Christian Whitehead"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sonic<\/a>Image: via Christian Whitehead on Bluesky<\/p>\n

Sonic Mania<\/a> is one of the best Sonic games ever, and while there were hopes it would get a sequel, a few years ago, it was revealed how Sega was eager to move beyond pixel art<\/a> and ultimately it didn’t go ahead.<\/p>\n

At the time, Sega worked with Headcannon and Christian Whitehead “to consider concepts for the next generation of Classic Sonic”, and now, after all this time, Whitehead has shared concept artwork<\/a> of what could have been, including a look at the Kanga Clanga Badnik “as it appears in the 2.5D prototype”.<\/p>\n

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“It is now the 8th anniversary of Mania so time to dig up some Sonic trivia… This year, it’s Kanga Clanga! (aka the Kangus). This lovable robo-roo originally lived in the outback but now entertains us all in Pinball Carnival Zone!”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"Sonic<\/a>Image: via Christian Whitehead on Bluesky \/ SEGA<\/p>\n

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“A wider shot of Kanga Clanga hopping in pursuit of Sonic in the outback.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"Sonic<\/a>Image: via Christian Whitehead on Bluesky \/ SEGA<\/p>\n

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“Kanga Clanga Badnik, as it appears in a 2.5D prototype Evening Star worked on after Sonic Mania. It is balancing on its tail and kicking forward with its springy roo feet! Sonic is knocked to the left with significant kinetic force.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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It is now the 8th anniversary of Mania so time to dig up some Sonic trivia… This year, it’s Kanga Clanga! (aka the Kangus). This lovable robo-roo originally lived in the outback but now entertains us all in Pinball Carnival Zone!<\/p>\n

\u2014 Christian Whitehead (@cfwhitehead.bsky.social)<\/a> 2025-08-15T16:30:08.454Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Along with this, Sonic Mania composer Tee Lopes has uploaded a funky ‘Outback’ beat for “the game that never was”:<\/p>\n

Watch on YouTube<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n

Subscribe to Nintendo Life<\/a> on YouTube830k<\/a><\/p>\n

Sonic Mania was eventually followed up by Sonic Superstars<\/a>, with Whitehead and his studio Evening Star moving onto the development of Penny’s Big Breakaway<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What do you think of this artwork? Have you played through Sonic Mania yet? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n

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\"Liam<\/p>\n

Liam is a news writer and reviewer across Hookshot Media. He’s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of many iconic video game characters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: via Christian Whitehead on Bluesky Sonic Mania is one of the best Sonic games ever, and while…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348887,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[12871,269,123,2889,77978,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-348886","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-anniversaries","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-nintendo-switch","11":"tag-sega","12":"tag-sonic","13":"tag-technology","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115037920676646745","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}