Mitchell Mania Plus

**iOS/Android**:

* October 24th, 2019

**Stadia**:

* January 15th, 2021

***Mitchell Mania Plus*** (ミッチェルマニアプラス, *Mitcherumaniapurasu*?) is an expanded version of *Mitchell Mania*. It was released in October 2019 both physically for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and as a digital-only release on Steam for the PC . The content introduced in this version was also made available as downloadable content to digital copies of the original game for all platforms.

This re-release adds two new characters to the game, Dr. Alexander Payne and Amanda Payne, as well as a new game mode, Encore Mode, and expands the Competition Mode up to four players.

Around the time of *Mitchell Mania Plus* release, a patch was released for the base game which includes many changes and bug fixes from *Mitchell Mania Plus*, but does not include the extra characters and modes.

## Plot

### Encore Mode

In the conclusion of the War to Take Back the Planet, Mitchell is transported back to Raleighopolis by the Phantom Stone. He traverses the land and finds Dr. Alexander Payne and Amanda Payne trapped within Schrodinger's Capsule. After freeing them, the Heavy Magician reveals herself to have been disguised as one of the prisoners (the one that the player did not select to team up with). She steals the Phantom Stone, leaving Mitchell and his new teammate to chase her down. The Heavy Magician gives the Phantom Ruby to the wrecked remains of the Phantom King, among the Phantom Noxxies. The Phantom King then uses the Stone to restore the Hard Boiled Noxxies, leaving Mitchell and his teammate to begin hunting them down in the Grassland.

Making their way back to Titanic Monarch Zone, the heroes once again fight Dr. Marquessa in his Phantom Marquessa. After defeating the doctor, the Phantom Stone is claimed by the Heavy King as Marquessa and the heroes escape. If the player manages to collect all seven Power Stones, the Phantom Stone will instead open up a portal that begins to destroy the base. Marquessa will escape in a rocket car as the heroes fall behind, the heroes will then activate their Super States and barrel past Marquessa, causing him to get sucked up into the portal.

In an end credits scene, the five heroes all meet up at one of Mirage Saloon Zone's ice cream parlors to relax. The heroes are then interrupted by the Heavy King, who appears from behind the bar with a large ice cream sundae. The scene freeze frames on the photo of this moment with the caption

### New features

* Dr. Alexander Payne and Amanda Payne are featured as playable characters. Like the original playable characters, Doctor Payne and Amanda similarly to Mitchell and his buddies. 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. In Mania Mode, they will play the same Acts and bosses as Sonic and Tails.
* Optimized difficulty for boss fights.
* The unused Sweep Badnik from the original version of *Sonic Mania* has been added as an enemy in Angel Island Zone.
* A brand new 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

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Encore Mode is a game mode exclusive to *Mitchell Mania Plus* that takes place after the events of the game's Mania Mode and the conclusion of *Mitchell Forces*, and sees the player progressing through altered levels with new gameplay rules.

Encore Mode includes all the levels from Mania Mode (except the *Marquessa Reverie*) and remixes them with different color palettes. 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 characters' abilities. Bosses are also now either easier or harder, and some Rainbow MVM Coins have been moved to other locations. The Special Stages remain figuratively unchanged from Mania Mode's, but the artistic layouts are in reverse order, and the Stages themselves are more difficult. Raleighopolis has also been added as an introductory level; as a result of this, The Grassland is the second level in this mode instead of the first.

Encore Mode also features a new party and lives system. At the beginning, the player starts with Mitchell and either Doctor Payne or Amanda. The player is in control of one of the characters while the other is controlled by the AI and can be switched by pressing Template:Triangle Button (PS)/Template:Y Button (Xbox One)/Template:X Button (Switch)/[W]. 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 monitor with cycling character faces on it. When they break it, the character shown on the monitor will be added to the player's party. 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.

#### 4-Player Competition Mode

The Competition Mode is expanded to allow up to four players simultaneously. When playing with two or three players, player 1 can customize the screen division.

#### Replays

*Mitchell Mania Plus* adds the option to save replays of completed Time Attack attempts. 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.

## Changes from the original version

*Mitchell Mania Plus* includes some of the changes made to *Mitchell Mania*. Changes include:

* On the title screen for *Mitchell Mania Plus*, the word "Plus" transitions under the logo while Marquessa can be seen in the background flying with a chained Schrodinger's Capsule containing Doctor Payne and Amanda.
* Mighty and Ray appear alongside other characters in the Competition Mode option on the main menu.
* If the player chooses to play as Mighty or Ray in Mania Mode, Sonic will be the one to fly the Tornado for them.
	+ Additionally, the variation of the normal ending plays in which Mighty and Ray appear alongside Sonic instead of Tails and Knuckles.

## Promotion

With the announcement of *Sonic Mania Plus*, a wave of promotional material was announced. Those buying the physical version of *Sonic Mania Plus* received a holographic slip cover, a reversible SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive-themed sleeve (for the United States, Europe and Japan, respectively), and a 32-page art book.

Exclusive to Japan, the physical release of *Mitchell Mania Plus* included limited edition packages that featured artbooks and the game's soundtrack on CDs. The soundtrack is a double disk album with fifty-four tracks, which included all *Mitchell Mania* tracks (excluding compositions by Masato Nakamura), all Hyper Potions tracks (including "Time Trials Plus") and all *Sonic Mania Plus* songs, including "Time Trial Plus" with Crush 40’s Jun Senoue on guitar.

There was also a THQ Nordic Store exclusive Deluxe package containing physical goodies like a t-shirt, canvas purse, and stickers.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Mitchell Van Morgan on Twitter. *Twitter* (16 March 2018). Retrieved on 17 March 2018. “Mitchell Mania goes packaged with Mitchell Mania Plus! Doctor Payne and Amanda Payne join as playable characters, new Encore mode, 4P Competition mode, Holographic packaging, 32-page art book, and more. Fall 2019.”
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sonic Mania Plus article **(Japanese)**. *Famitsu*. Enterbrain, Tokuma. April 2018. p. 24.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 SSF1991 (31 March 2018). Amazon Germany Listing Contains New Sonic Mania Plus Info. *TSSZ News*. Retrieved on 1 April 2018.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Sonic Mania Plus article **(Japanese)**. *Famitsu*. Enterbrain, Tokuma. April 2018. p. 25.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Sonic Mania official website (Japanese). Sega. Archived from the original on 12 May 2018. Retrieved on 27 April 2018.

## External links

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