Sonic Mania is the unlikeliest success story of the year- after years of crippling mediocrity, Sega’s once world conquering mascot, the speedy blue blur Sonic the Hedgehog returns in a game that harkens back to his 16-bit glory days, and delivers the kind of platforming experience that the series has consistently failed to deliver on since the Genesis days.
With the great platforming come the kind of memorable boss battles that the franchise came to be known for- there are actually a lot of them, and every single one of them is memorable in their own way. They’re generally easy, and shouldn’t take you too long to take down once you figure out what exactly you should be doing- but that is the part that can take a while.
That’s where we come in- in this guide, we have a video for you with every single boss in the game being defeated, so you know what you need to be doing. We also have timestamps, so you know where to look, and don’t end up spoiling yourself by mistake (though I guess you’d have the names spoiled anyway). Here you go, and good luck.
00:00 Green Hill Zone Act 1
00:38 Eggman #1 Death Egg Robot (Green Hill Zone Act 2)
02:12 Chemical Plant Zone Act 1
02:49 Eggman #2 Puyo Puyo Tetris (Chemical Plant Zone Act 2)
05:43 Egg Robo #1 (Studiopolis Zone Act 1)
07:38 Egg TV (Studiopolis Act 2)
08:40 Flying Battery Zone Act 1
09:47 Spider Egg Robot (Flying Battery Zone Act 2)
12:04 Press Garden Zone 1
13:43 Egg Robo #2 (Press Garden Zone Act 2)
14:59 Stardust Speedway Zone Act 1
16:20 Metal Sonic (Stardust Speedway Zone Act 2)
20:59 Eggman #3 Diving (Hydrocity Zone Act 1)
22:57 Water Eggman (Hydrocity Zone Act 2)
25:16 Mirage Saloon Act 1
27:31 Egg Robo #3 (Mirage Saloon Act 2)
29:18 Oil Ocean Zone Act 1
29:46 Octopus Egg Robot (Oil Ocean Zone Act 2)
31:40 Lava Reef Zone Act 1
32:44 Egg Robo #4 (Lava Reef Zone Act 2)
33:39 Eggman #4 (Metallic Madness Zone Act 1)
35:51 Mini Eggman Robots (Metallic Madness Zone Act 2)
37:31 Titanic Monarch Zone Act 1
39:20 Eggman Chaos Robot (Final Boss – Titanic Monarch Zone Act 2)
45:20 Ending
45:46 True Ending
Secret Final Boss: