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[Hero of Legend]

https://www.gamestop.it/Platform/Games/103285
https://gonintendo.com/stories/286853-gamestop-italy-adds-sonic-mania-listing-for-physical-release

Another chapter in the Switch retailer listings for Sonic Mania. It's been awhile since the last listings popped up, but still, here we are.

Curiously pretty much all listings from been in PAL regions.

Also the lack of a Sega logo makes me think it's still just a mock-up, but not a bad one, but why not use the existing artwork that seems made for a box?

 

[Sephimoth]

That boxart triggered my nostalgia feels.

From what I've seen of the game so far it looks great. Good music, good levels, classic Sonic gameplay.

 

[OnPoint]

Would buy in the US, Switch tax be damned

 

[Serenitynow]

All I see in my head is Sonic giving a big middle finger.

 

[TimmiT]

That box-art looks a bit too fanmade to me for me to put much stock in this. Seeing how the art is taken from the CE cover:

 

[kaydigi]

maybe as a reversible, but otherwise yuck.

 

[Gradon]

It would be a bit fucked up to do a physical release that wasn't included in the collectors edition like. So I'm not gonna believe it.

 

[LightningXCE]

You can see the white letters 'COLLECTORS EDITION' cut off on the bottom.

Also when have we ever seen a box render in this perspective?

 

[OnPoint]

You can see the white letters 'COLLECTORS EDITION' cut off on the bottom.

Also when have we ever seen a box render in this perspective?

Ha! You totally can.

 

[Chuckl3s]

That boxart triggered my nostalgia feels.

From what I've seen of the game so far it looks great. Good music, good levels, classic Sonic gameplay.

The theme song pop in my head when I first saw it.

 

[Ghost_Messiah]

Yeah this is almost certainly placeholder and not real and genuine, however much I'd like it to be true.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Would love a cart release

 

[Doctre81]

You can see the white letters 'COLLECTORS EDITION' cut off on the bottom.

Also when have we ever seen a box render in this perspective?

No its just a bad photoshop job. You look at the sides. There is white there too. Def a guess render though

 

[ZeoVGM]

lol @ still being able to see some of the "Collector's Edition" text

 

[True Fire]

lol @ still being able to see some of the "Collector's Edition" text

They tried ok

 

[AlexFlame116]

They tried ok

 

[Brizzo24]

I call BS as well. I can whip up covers in a few seconds too!

Regardless, I don't mind going digital on this as it looks like the kind of game you'll want to jump in and out of.

 

[EmiPrime]

Crap store made placeholder aside, please be a thing.

 

[Infernal Monkey]

I like Base's mock up better. They've just used the comic cover, but it looks so good.


https://www.base.com/buy/product/sonic-mania-nintendo-switch/dgc-sonicmns.htm

Still depressing that what looks like the best Sonic game in years won't get any retail exposure. =/

 

[Hero of Legend]

I like Base's mock up better. They've just used the comic cover, but it looks so good.


https://www.base.com/buy/product/sonic-mania-nintendo-switch/dgc-sonicmns.htm



Still depressing that what looks like the best Sonic game in years won't get any retail exposure. =/

Have the full size!

 

[Jonneh3003]

I'll double dip if it goes physical

 

[Future]

Sonic should have never stopped looking like that

 

[bman94]

Stop toying with my heart.

 

[Yukinari]

The least they could have done was put the OST in the collectors edition to make me feel less terrible about wasting money on it.

 

[sixteen-bit]

The least they could have done was put the OST in the collectors edition to make me feel less terrible about wasting money on it.

Wow, not even a digital download?

I guess they gotta sell those Data Disc LPs.