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gurpswoo1
01-21-2011, 04:24 PM
That's right, this year marks the 20th Anniversary of Sonic and like Nintendo with their 25th year celebration of Mario. Sega is working with companies to produce limited edition products to celebrate.

The first is a limited Edition Sonic theme induction charger for the Nintendo Wii.

so far it's currently a US release with no word on if it will be released in other regions.

Retail price is $49.99, can be purchased from Amazon.com when in stock or from the gameshark store (http://store.gameshark.com/viewItem.asp?idProduct=5050&idCategory=316). Can't seem to find others who are stocking yet, difficult to check on stock from UK Google.

Quote from source:

Gaming accessory company Mad Catz is celebrating Sonic’s 20th Anniversary a little early with a limited edition Sonic the Hedgehog Figure Inductive Charger for Nintendo Wii Remotes. As you can see in the above pictures, the figure has Sonic posing with a classic peace sign on a Green Hill Zone themed platform that holds and charges two Wii Remotes at a time, even when in their jackets. This piece of merchandise is very collectible, as according to the press release they are not only limited, but individually numbered, too

Source (http://www.sonicstadium.org/news/2010/12/mad-catz-celebrates-sonics-20th-with-limited-edition-wii-remote-charger/)

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5205/5324264947_b96d08f7b8.jpg

http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/madcatz-gg.jpg

Nikoladim
01-21-2011, 05:10 PM
who knew that after 20 years Sega's mascot would get a special edition on the rival company...

Mandingo
01-22-2011, 12:45 AM
$50 for that? Ehh...

I'm sure other regions are not jelly if this is U.S. exclusive.

MrBubbles
01-22-2011, 07:33 AM
That's all for his 20th birthday? No special console, controller or games? I have the 10th anniversary which looks even nicer.

gurpswoo1
01-22-2011, 11:17 AM
It's just the start of things to come, through out the year there will other releases.

Mandingo
01-22-2011, 11:26 AM
It's just the start of things to come, through out the year there will other releases.

I certainly hope so.

MrBubbles
01-22-2011, 11:30 AM
It's just the start of things to come, through out the year there will other releases.

Yes, let's hope so. Sonic deserves it in a way. :)

Mandingo
01-22-2011, 11:47 AM
Yeah, last year's 25th Mario anniversary was a bit underwhelming. Sega needs to bring some real fireworks for Sonic's 20th! Perhaps they're just getting all of the lame items out first. ;)

But if you're a hardcore Sonic fan, this may be of interest, due to the limited number of these items produced.