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    Early Sonic Plush
    Oh no. What's going on here? This has to be an early attempt at Sonic. If it can be proven that all of them are this wonky looking, it'll be moved to the Mutant Gear section right away! You can count the terrible things wrong with this guy! Mini folded…
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Sonic Adventure 1 dreamcast ad

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Tags: Sonic Adventure 1 Advertisement

This Sonic Adventure 1 Dreamcast ad is a full page that's interesting in both theme & design. It uses mostly black for the page, with a column of small screen shots down the side. What happens in them? Sonic walks across the street, but is hit by a van (!) and loses his rings. The text says "Sonic has a new Light Speed Dash / Too bad your lame-ass reflexes are the same" Isn't that rather sweary for an ad? Plus, it seems a tad discouraging, telling players "Well if you try this game, you're going to mess it up and not have fun". Clearly, it's meant as a challenge (illustrating someone having Sonic mess up) but it's a bit odd. The smaller text says "Yuji Naka's adventure through over 40 levels with 6 playable characters as they snowboard, play pinball & even talk. Moving in 360 never felt this good." The whole "talking" thing was new at the SA1 point in history, which is why they call it out. But why did they pick to say "Yuji Naka"? It's not him running around in the levels...sure he helped make the game, but the sentance is oddly worded. This ad is uncommon. 


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