Sonic Mania Knuckles Fastest Emerald Route + Special Stage Walkthrough

In this video, I show you how to get giant rings in the fastest time possible with Knuckles Route.
I also show the best routes and executions to make sure you have better luck in special stages.
Hope you all find this useful!

[@D8OfficialMusic]

The 5th is super difficult! The 6th one is pretty tough too but none compare to the 5th one in terms of difficulty. You got lucky because normally if you miss the mach-up power up after hitting the coin power up boxes you normally lose due to coin loss so you’re good.

[@andouillesupreme]

I completly agree, the 5th is the one that took me the most of time

[@fungus66713]

the 5th made me hate mania's special stages

[@tylerd1297]

@@fungus66713 all of the regular ones are super easy once you have an idea of the layout. I know I sound like 'get gud' but I have recordings for each special stage on my Xbox I should have published. But no one was interested so they're just sitting on there 😂

[@Sheldon668]

I think the sixth one is harder than the fifth, once you get the layout of the fifth and jump while turning on Mach 3, it’s pretty easy to get quickly. The sixth one is brutal because there’s barley enough rings to keep a timer and there’s a ton of stage hazards as well

[@tylerd1297]

The 2nd special stage is way faster if you follow the UFO instead of going straight on your first lap. If you have the original version of the game, you can get him in like 10 seconds. If you have the updated version like most of us (1.4) then you have to get the 'mach up' bumper, you will be in Mach 2 and can catch him by the end of the straightaway you land on, it comes out to exactly one lap.

[@p1thatdealgs562]

Yeah I just follow them at the start

[@R7-Pronion]

There is also a point if you go too fast at mach 2 you could get over the ufo, this happened so many times to me and I had to just go backwards in order to the ufo to fix itself

[@svetthesaiyan]

I find the 5th to be the hardest.

[@hamdi1903]

Yea

[@ante_SA]

@@hamdi1903 and

[@shitanotosaurus]

6th was harder for me Edit: I stand corrected.

[@kittyboochanyesbongono8467]

All of them are hard. Maybe Christian Whitehead screwed up with Sonic Mania's special stages, but at least the regular zones are good

[@Thewaffle-nj5jc]

@@kittyboochanyesbongono8467SCREWED UP!?

[@flemingquadre]

the rest were harder after I got that DAMN fourth chaos emerald

[@KevinWillyPratama]

Encore mode?

[@canner32]

Knock knock its knuckles

[@basyoom]

Got all the emeralds ezpz thanks to you

[@TheSonicGamer24]

For me, the special stage 6 is way the hardest, too many giant rings for me because of the difficulty, but at least, i finished the game with all the emeralds.

[@egmon16]

After doing the encore emeralds for so long this was barely anything. Thanks still!

[@KevinWillyPratama]

Yeah this is insane stage 7

[@Ak.A555]

Just randomly felt like replaying Mania . WTF why is the 5th stage so hard, I had to restart the entire stage like 6 times. Stage 6 and 7 are nothing after 5 that’s not how it’s supposed to work

[@thekidmiles1]

I can get all the emeralds without a single mess up

[@Xzavien-t1s]

Teach me your ways master 🙏😭

[@khyresbr9806]

thx!

[@chilly3280]

Main mode is ez encore was the death of me

[@gary_something_else6417]

i cant get that forth damn chaos emerald

[@Xzavien-t1s]

Me too bro 😭😭😭

[@shaunnotfamous]

The 6th emerald is the hardest (in my opinion)

[@TheSonicGamer24]

I agree bro

[@mariojoseb007]

I agree too

[@Vivvyboy]

The 6th one is so hard it took months but the 7th one is a joke. I beat it first try.

[@p1thatdealgs562]

Vivvy Boy ima beat it on my first try watch me

[@humidifier_enthusiast]

I hope cuz I’m just a 8 yr old dude

[@dencamp6685]

the 3nd was hard for me

[@BlockyMountainLion]

3RD IDIOT

[@arsyahr138]

Thirnd

[@xenon805.]

Lol

[@cianmoran824]

How would you even say that? Thind?

[@toonyrhythm3173]

@@BlockyMountainLion Woooosh

[@greninja1225]

This may be a hot take but I can't stand these special stages. The controls on the special stage are just awful compared to most special stages in previous sonic games. I do love the rest of the game it's just the special stages I can't stand

[@rafaelnovais1235]

Ajudou

[@_Raichu]

Aaa

[@p1thatdealgs562]

This game is bull shit

[@Skarz1989]

This video is slightly out dated since this was before the big patch came. I'm sorry you feel that way though

[@p1thatdealgs562]

Skarz1989 no it ok I’m was just really pissed how hard it is