A very unlikely but IMO cool thought about Sonic Mania and Forces
on some level Mania seems like it’s a Timeline Split point
meaning in the Modern Sonic Canon the events happen like this
Sonic 1, then CD, 2, 3, & Knuckles and then Adventure 1&2, Unleashed, Colors, Lost World & Forces in that order
but Mania’s timeline now seems to go 1. CD, 2, 3, &Knuckles, then Mania happens
so what if the end goal is that after making a few more Classic games....the Events of Adventure’s 1 and 2 start happening, but with strange different events showing that the timelines have changed
like say they remake Adventure 1 but instead of Big the Cat Cream takes and Cheese take his Place, and then in Adventure 2 there’s more odd differences, like maybe it turns out Maria is still alive and she ends up being the game’s bigger bad instead of the Biolizard