Unlocks Guide

All the features that you can unlock in Sonic Mania.

Unlocks

Time Attack and Competition modes

Beat Green Hill Zone.

Super Sonic

Get all 7 emeralds. Then have 50 rings, jump and press Y (Xbox controller) or W ( Keyboard).

Medal Unlocks

Everything else is unlocked by beating the Blue Spheres bonus stages (accessed from checkpoints). Completing these stages will grant you a silver medal if you get all the blue spheres or a gold medal if you get all the rings as well.

What kind of medal you get is not important for unlocking.

Medals	Unlock	Info
1	Secrets -> Sonic Ability -> Super Peel-Out	From Sonic CD - hold Up + Jump
6	Secrets -> Sonic Ability -> Insta-Shield	From Sonic 3 & Knuckles -Press jump button after jumping
11	Secrets -> & Knuckles	Player 2 will be Knuckles, even if Player 1 is already Knuckles
16	Secrets -> Debug Mode	Similar to the mode used in previous games
21	Extras -> Mean Bean	Play Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine against AI or a friend
26	Extras -> D.A. Garden	Listen to the game's soundtrack
32	Extras -> Blue Spheres	Play the Blue Spheres mini game in "Original" or "Mania" mode

Note: Secrets (or Game Options) can be found under Mania Mode. press Y (Xbox controller) or W (Keyboard).

Level Select

Requires Debug Mode unlocked

• In Mania Mode, select the NO SAVE file and open Secrets (see note above)
  
• Enable Debug Mode and select OK.
  
• Press A or Start, then quickly hold X on an Xbox controller (or Enter, then hold Q on Keyboard)

Press X/Q to change character and if Sonic is selected, press Y/W to add Tails.