He originally got his start making Sonic fan games before porting Sonic CD to mobile devices. Perhaps the most famous case was the release of Sonic Mania, which was directed and developed by Christian Whitehead. While most of them don’t really make the game play. You know what that means That means a bunch of talented people have made mods for the game. Of course, this isn't the first time we've seen Sega openly embrace Sonic mod community like this. Sonic Mania was released on PC on August 29, 2017.

Below is what it looked like in action (see it around the 1:06:00 mark in the video): If starts up a 'Live 24-Hour Chao Cam' I'll legitimately buy a third monitor to watch it all the time! #SonicTime30th #SonicSymphony #Chao /S0EyLd9DuU- Zion Grassl June 23, 2021 The mod was featured during the intermission of the two-hour live stream. We heard recently how Sega is still cool with Sonic fan games (in most cases) - as long as projects aren't monetized, and it seems for the recent Sonic 30th Anniversary Symphony, it borrowed a Chao Camera mod made by Sonic Adventure 2 modder Exant: Ahhhh there you are! I couldn't find your Twitter or contact on the mod site, I hope that credit was sufficient! 💙- Katie - MiniKitty June 23, 2021Īs you can see, Exant was overjoyed to see the mod featured during the anniversary symphony. Buy Sonic Mania Plus Team Sonic Racing Double Pack - Nintendo Switch by SEGA for Nintendo Switch at GameStop.

Some companies even choose to embrace and channel fan creativity. Image: you're a fan of mods or not, they've become a big part of a lot of video game communities over the years.

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