#Blog Scott Pilgrim Vs The Collector Edition!

#ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld

I just finally received the long-awaited Special Edition physical re-release of the cult classic Scott Pilgrim Vs The World game (for the Switch) from Limited Run Games!! 

And I gotta say, the wait was worth it. Pre-ordered basically a full year ago (January 2021!), this is beautiful! Easily the best looking SE I've ever saw if there ever was one, and just the same content-wise.

It's packed-filled with everything you'd expect a Collector Edition. Soundtrack (both CD and old school tape). Stickers. Posters. Art book/behind the scenes book. Collector box (Sega Mega Drive/Genesis-style). Color manual (SNES-style). Etc. What's missing? I don't even know what they could have added in there.

But instead the whole entire box is a freakin' awesome musical box (check out the video below).

The packaging:

 

 The music box:

 

 

 

#ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld
I just finally received the long-awaited SE physical re-release of the cult classic Scott Pilgrim Vs The World game (for the Switch) from @LimitedRunGames
I don't even know what they could have added in there, the whole box is a freakin' music box! pic.twitter.com/FUFvLH5S1u

— Eyz (@Eyzmaster) March 21, 2022

 

The content:

The game:

And here's my entire Scott Pilgrim collection - all the original comics, the movie as well as the awesome Ramona limited figure that was available online for a while back then:

So much nostalgia for such a relatively recent comic book series. I loved this series by Bryan O'Malley, and I hope to see more from him someday.

#Blog Sonic Colors 30th Anniversary limited edition

I got all previous Sonic Anniversary limited edition releases before. So I had to grab Sonic Colors' 30th Anniversary, no matter how people are criticizing Sonic Colors' Ultimate remaster.

(Fun side note: I never liked this game much. This remaster won't change my mind. But the Ultimate remaster isn't that awful. I forgot how short this game was, I'm already close to finishing it despite only having played it for a couple of hours...)

This Anniversary pack was only released in Japan (kinda like Sonic Adventure 2's 10th Anniversary limited edition).

There's a special book and CD "Life in Sonic's World vol.1". You can play the selected music trax along the illustrated book to get in the mood for these beautiful artworks (and Japanese stories).

Speaking of, here's the 30th Anniversary collector next to the 10th Anniversary one. Both came with their respective select musics from the series.

And both came with a lovely gold coin!

 I like comparing how tiny the previous Anniversary collector was.

Anyways, this was kind of missing a statue, I feel.

Also did they plan all this for Sonic Rangers, initially? Did Covid sidetrack that Anniversary game's release and they improvised this collector for Sonic Colors? Who knows...

#Blog I finally got my hands on a long-searched for Dreamcast game...

After looking for it for ages, since I missed a copy of it in a local game store over here about 18 years ago, I’ve finally managed to get my hands on a copy of SEGAGAGA!

The meta SEGA RPG Simulation game! A tribute and last hoorah to my favorite gaming console!

I used to check ebay every 2-3 months for a copy of it at a reasonable price. But these usually went super expensive. And last month there it was! And I won it! And it finally arrived!

Now I feel legitimate enough to actually try the (half-finished) fan-translations.

Let’s hear it one last time for my anthem!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5nluOh450M

#Blog A look back at a bunch of Sonic Anniversary releases

I’ve been meaning to do some more blogs like I used to.
Let’s have a random look back at a bunch of Sonic Anniversary releases!

Lately I’ve been getting back into Sonic for some odd reason. Blame Sonic Mania!

Since his creation back in 1991, Sega tends to celebrate Sonic’s birthday every 5 years or so (more or less).

Here’s a single shot featuring what I consider to be the big Anniversary games and their tie-in collector editions:

Let’s review them one by one.

Sonic’s 5th Anniversary wasn’t actually officially celebrated. (Hence my improvised fanmade logo!)

Although Sega seems to consider Sonic 3D Blast (MD/Saturn)/Sonic Blast (GG/MS) the actual 5th Anniversary title in recent history or galleries, “Sonic’s first jump into 3D to celebrate his 5th anniversary”, I personally like to consider Sonic Jam released the following year in 1997 the actual celebration game. Hey, it kinda works! It’s a compilation collection featuring various bonus and secrets as well as a proper Sonic 3D world as an interactive menu of sorts!

Sonic’s 10th Anniversary was the first proper big celebration!
One of the final best surprises of the Sega Dreamcast!

First announced via a really captivating demo offered along Phantasy Star Online! Japan saw the game receive a fantastic anniversary Collector’s Edition featuring a gold coin, a soundtrack and more!

The Gamecube release followed shortly after the end of the Dreamcast, even before Sega got around re-releasing Sonic Adventure 1!

I also put the game’s official soundtrack in the shot, just because.

Sonic’s 15th Anniversary was... a big letdown.

Sonic’s creator Yuki Naka left Sega. Sonic 2006 was supposed to be a big reinvation, reboot and throwback to Sonic Adventure 1, even featuring a remix of Sweet Dreams, the end credits of Sonic 2, but it was a big unplayable mess instead... I’m not even surprised they took the 15th Anniversary logo out of the game.

Which oddly means the only game to properly celebrate the anniversary with the logo ended up being Sonic Riders. A pretty silly but fun racing game, featuring a fun SAdventure-style plot for a racing game! And Yuji Naka’s last supervised Sonic game.

Thankfully, Sonic’s 20th Anniversary was even bigger than his 10th Anniversary!

We got what is easily considered the best modern Sonic game, his best “boost-style gameplay” game. A loving letter to Sonic’s 2D roots as well as bright look for his future. (Heh..)

Classic Sonic and Modern Sonic together! At last!

The game itself is a fantastic fanservice mix of both old and new. The game itself received a bunch of great soundtracks with either classic tracks or the remixes from the game. And the collector was just massive, kind of an oversized take on SA2′s one. A great statue, more soundtracks, a gold ring, an artbook... what’s more to ask?

Finally we have Sonic’s 25th Anniversary.

Sega didn’t want to rush more Sonic games for a while after Lost World, which oddly means the games supposed to celebrate the 25th’s anniversary actually came last year in 2017, while the anniversary was in fact in 2016...!?

Sonic Forces is.. Sonic Forces. Like it, hate it, it certainly wasn’t entirely what we all expected.
Meanwhile Sonic Mania was everything we hoped for, and then some. So no surprise, the game to actually receive a big anniversary Collector’s Edition was in fact Mania. An even bigger statue than Generations’, another gold ring (what’s with all these gold rings and coins? No other idea, Sega?)
Sadly the game was only available as a digital download. So I included in this shot the self-made custom art I made for a Pal Mega Drive, US and Japanese Sega Saturn mockup covers. So I can pretend the game actually exists in my collection.

And for the curious ones, here’s a quick shot of the Anniversary soundtrack release, featuring stickers and posters.

And that’s all for this blog! Enjoy, y’all!