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Sonic Mania

2017 platform video game
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Sonic Mania

Summary

Sonic Mania is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,356 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sonic Mania's instance of is recorded as video game[3].
  • Sonic Mania was directed by Christian Whitehead[4].
  • Sonic Mania was published by Q122741[5].
  • Sonic Mania's genre is platform game[6].
  • Sonic Mania's developer is recorded as Christian Whitehead[7].
  • Sonic Mania's developer is recorded as PagodaWest Games[8].
  • Sonic Mania's developer is recorded as Headcannon[9].
  • Sonic Mania's part of the series is recorded as Sonic the Hedgehog[10].
  • Sonic Mania's platform is recorded as Q19610114[11].
  • Sonic Mania's platform is recorded as Microsoft Windows[12].
  • Sonic Mania's platform is recorded as Q13361286[13].
  • Sonic Mania's platform is recorded as PlayStation 4[14].
  • Sonic Mania's platform is recorded as Android[15].
  • Sonic Mania's platform is recorded as iOS[16].
  • Sonic Mania's game mode is recorded as single-player video game[17].
  • Sonic Mania's game mode is recorded as multiplayer video game[18].
  • Sonic Mania's language of work or name is recorded as English[19].
  • Sonic Mania's language of work or name is recorded as Spanish[20].
  • Sonic Mania's language of work or name is recorded as Italian[21].
  • Sonic Mania's language of work or name is recorded as Chinese[22].
  • Sonic Mania's language of work or name is recorded as Korean[23].
  • Sonic Mania's language of work or name is recorded as German[24].
  • Sonic Mania's language of work or name is recorded as French[25].
  • Sonic Mania's language of work or name is recorded as Japanese[26].
  • Sonic Mania's software engine is recorded as Retro Engine[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Soundtrack[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 45f4d17f-4d53-4c77-a795-f2f81b392736[29]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Sonic Mania was published by Q122741[5]. It was directed by Christian Whitehead[4].

Publication

Publication dates include August 15, 2017[30], August 16, 2017[31], August 29, 2017[32], and August 30, 2017[33]. Languages include English[19], Spanish[20], Italian[21], Chinese[22], Korean[23], and German[24]. Sonic Mania's genre is platform game[6]. Its part of the series is recorded as Sonic the Hedgehog[10]. Recorded distribution format include digital distribution[34] and digital download[35].

Subject and Themes

Sonic Mania's part of the series is recorded as Sonic the Hedgehog[10].

Reception

Reviews include 87/100[36], 97%[37], 91/100[38], 9/10[39], and 86/100[40].

Why It Matters

Sonic Mania ranks in the top 3% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,356 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41]

Related Entities

Android Christian Whitehead computer keyboard computer mouse gamepad Headcannon iOS Microsoft Windows PagodaWest Games PlayStation 4 United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [36] ↑ . OpenCritic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [37] ↑ . OpenCritic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [38] ↑ . Kritikanstvo. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [39] ↑ . gamespot.com. gamespot.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [40] ↑ . Q131917281. Retrieved . criticdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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