Sonic Mania: 11 Easter Eggs & References You Need To See

5. "Genesis Does What Nintendon't"

Speaking of retro throwbacks, the console wars were in full swing across the 90s.

Regular TV ads from both sides of the Nintendo/Sega divide would poke and prod at one another, with the legendary, "Sega does, what Nintendon't!" slogan quickly catching on (on school playgrounds, anyway).

Though it would be a little too near the knuckle to include the latter off of that phrase in a game ported to Nintendo systems in 2017, the 'Genesis Does' portion is still included inside Studiopolis.

You can unlock it by getting any character near the orange flip-panels in the centre of the level, but the Nintendo jibes stop there.