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Sato (April 24, 2018). "Sonic Mania Reaches 1 Million In Worldwide Sales". Siliconera. Archived from the original on April 25, 2018 . Retrieved April 24, 2018. Leri, Michael (July 10, 2018). "Sonic Mania Plus Review – Blue-Tinted Glasses". Game Revolution . Retrieved May 9, 2021. Watts, Steve. "Sonic Mania Plus Release Date Announced". GameSpot. Archived from the original on April 25, 2018 . Retrieved April 25, 2018. Barder, Ollie (August 9, 2017). " 'Sonic Mania' Shows Off Its Special Stages And Competition Mode". Forbes. Archived from the original on August 20, 2017 . Retrieved March 16, 2018. The game received some criticism. Polygon commented that frustrations with controls and enemy placement in the original Sonic games were present in Sonic Mania. [77] VideoGamer.com wrote that the game relied too much on nostalgia, with minimal innovation and too few original stages, but was a good proof of concept that the development team could expand upon. [78] Nintendo World Report complained about the boss fights, which they felt were poorly executed and too easy. [75] The Windows version was subject to review bombing due to its implementation of the digital rights management (DRM) software Denuvo, which some thought to be the real reason behind the two-week delay. [94] [95] The game could not be played offline on launch day; Sega stated this was a bug unrelated to Denuvo, and released a patch the following day. [96] [97]