Rabbit — Has longer invincible time after receiving damage Wolf — Automatically draws in rings when near them Cat — Keeps one ring after being hit Dog — Restarts with five rings after the player dies Bear — Blows away enemies with a homing attack Bird — Flies high with double
jump abilities Hedgehog — Collects rings when getting damaged
If you want to access the classic Sonic moves from Sonic the
Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles and Sonic CD, you can do so in Mania — but it will replace Sonic's all new and incredibly useful
jump dash
ability, so keep that in mind.