{"id":16853,"date":"2017-09-29T00:01:04","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T00:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=16853"},"modified":"2017-09-20T16:54:52","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T16:54:52","slug":"g-p-the-gamerpuppet-unboxes-the-sonic-mania-collectors-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/29\/g-p-the-gamerpuppet-unboxes-the-sonic-mania-collectors-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"G.P. the GamerPuppet Unboxes the Sonic Mania Collector’s Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Hey, G.P. the GamerPuppet here!\u00a0 Recently, Cary got the Sonic Mania Collector\u2019s Edition, so I\u2019m here to unbox it and show you what\u2019s all inside!\u00a0 Sonic Mania is a return to classic 2-D Sonic games like what you remember on the Genesis.\u00a0 For the most part, it\u2019s Sonic done right.\u00a0 Anyway, let\u2019s take a look and see what all you get!<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the box it all comes in.\u00a0 It\u2019s actually pretty big.\u00a0 In fact, it\u2019s so big that if Cary knew how big it was when he got it, he might have reconsidered getting it in the first place!<\/p>\n

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On the side of the box is this cryptic code:<\/p>\n

WELCO<\/p>\n

METOT<\/p>\n

HENEX<\/p>\n

TLEVEL<\/p>\n

Hmmm, I wonder what that means?\u00a0 Just joking!\u00a0 I think they were trying to make the box look like a SEGA Genesis box.\u00a0 Was that on the side of a Genesis box back then?\u00a0 Cary doesn\u2019t know as he never had a Genesis as a kid.\u00a0 He was a SNES man.<\/p>\n

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And here\u2019s the other side of the box:<\/p>\n

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So when you open the box, you actually get another box inside that looks just like it.\u00a0 But this box has an opening on the side where you can look at what\u2019s in it.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s me and my good buddy Sonic!\u00a0 Actually it\u2019s just the Sonic statue that comes in the Collector\u2019s Edition.\u00a0 It\u2019s pretty big at around 12 inches tall.\u00a0 The SEGA Genesis he stands on is life-size I think. It doesn\u2019t really work, but you can press a button on it to hear the classic \u201cSE-GA\u201d song sound at the beginning of most Sonic games.\u00a0 Unfortunately, it takes batteries and the collector\u2019s edition doesn\u2019t come with any.<\/p>\n

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The game also comes with a replica of a Sonic Mania cartridge, a sheet of paper with the game code on it to download, and a metal collector\u2019s card.\u00a0 But the code for the game just doesn\u2019t have only the game on it.\u00a0 You also get a selection of classic Sonic themed avatars and backgrounds for the PS4, which is cool.<\/p>\n

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You can pull out the circuit board on the cartridge replica to reveal an actual gold ring like in the games!\u00a0 And also here is the back side of the metal card.\u00a0 Sorry the last two pictures were so dark.<\/p>\n

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And that\u2019s all for now!\u00a0 I\u2019m going to give the floor back to Cary so he can give some final opinions on the Collector\u2019s Edition and the actual Sonic Mania game!\u00a0 –G.P.<\/p>\n

Thanks G.P.\u00a0 For the most part, the Sonic Mania Collector\u2019s Edition is pretty cool.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t realize it would be so big, though!\u00a0 Didn\u2019t look that big in the picture when I ordered it last year.\u00a0 Really the only main complaint is that it doesn\u2019t include batteries for the Sonic stand.\u00a0 Also, if it were me, I would\u2019ve ditched the metal card and included something else instead, like a CD soundtrack of the game\u2019s music, since the tunes in it are pretty darn good.\u00a0 Or maybe a physical CD copy of the game in an actual box with a real life instruction booklet, since you don\u2019t see those anymore.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I was surprised how reasonably priced this collector\u2019s edition was, too.\u00a0 It only cost me between 40 and 50 bucks.\u00a0 Which is pretty good since it comes with such a big Sonic statue.\u00a0 But that also gets me because First 4 Figures can charge 200 bucks for Pac-Man and Kirby figures.\u00a0 Kind of ridiculous.\u00a0 Speaking of ridiculous, I\u2019m surprised I was able to get the collector\u2019s edition of Sonic Mania, and yet I can\u2019t get the NES Classic Edition and things aren\u2019t looking good for the SNES Classic Edition, especially since stores like Wal-Mart and Best Buy keep cancelling preorders.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Anyway, the Sonic Mania game is pretty good.\u00a0 I do like how the old levels use new ideas.\u00a0 The last boss in the Chemical Plant Zone just blew my mind!\u00a0 And the new levels are pretty neat, too.\u00a0 I kind of wish they had more new levels, since they are so cool.\u00a0 My only other problem with the game is how it saves your progress.\u00a0 I know some of you want to say, \u201cBut Cary, in the original Sonic games, you couldn\u2019t save your game at all.\u201d\u00a0 That\u2019s true, but as much as I like returning to classic game sensibilities, not being able to save your game is something that needs to stay in the past.\u00a0 In Sonic Mania, if you die or quit playing, you have to start back at the first act of the world you were on, even if you were on the second boss in Act 2.\u00a0 Which is ridiculous.\u00a0 I\u2019m not a kid with a whole summer to play one game anymore.\u00a0 I\u2019m an adult and if I have to stop playing in the middle of Act 2 of a world to do something important, like say, go to work, I should be able to come back and start playing again on that Act 2.\u00a0 This may actually slow down my progress of playing the game significantly, and I might not get to play the game as much as I wanted because of it.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Anyway, in the comments section, let me know what you think of the Sonic Mania Collector\u2019s Edition, and what you think of the game itself.\u00a0 Later!\u00a0 –Cary<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hey, G.P. the GamerPuppet here!\u00a0 Recently, Cary got the Sonic Mania Collector\u2019s Edition, so I\u2019m here to unbox it and show you what\u2019s all inside!\u00a0 Sonic Mania is a return to classic 2-D Sonic games like what you remember on the Genesis.\u00a0 For the most part, it\u2019s Sonic done right.\u00a0 Anyway, let\u2019s take a look […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16853"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16855,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16853\/revisions\/16855"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}