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New Sonic Mania patch fixes Switch Home Button bug

Sonic finally lets you go home.

When Sonic Mania released in mid-August, it was lauded across the board as a return to form for the Sonic series, truly capturing the look and feel of the early days of the franchise. Despite how good it was, however, it was not without its issues.

The game suffered from quite a few bugs, most notably the bug which delayed or even prevented Switch players from opening the home menu. But fear not! The Sonic Mania team has released a patch, and it fixes many of the issues found in the game, including the notorious Home Button bug. You can view the full (unofficial) patch notes below, and it’s available to download right now.

There is now a separate command for turning into Super Sonic. Triangle for PS4, Y for Xbox, and X for Switch
Using the Bubble Shield bounce as the second act of a zone started no longer crashes the game
The game no longer saves your score after finishing a game file. Starting on any level from a finished game file resets the score to 0.
Some general bug fixes such as glitching into Knuckles’ section in Green Hill with Sonic
The Dunkey easter egg was removed
Switch home delay has been fixed
Press Garden Act 2 had a path with a row of 4 ice cubes that you couldn’t get past without the fire shield. If you had Super Sonic without Tails, you were locked in there till the Super form wore off. That row of ice cubes has been cut down to two to compensate for that situation should it occur.

Oliver Brandt

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