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[upg]

The Item Boxes in the classic era games (besides just being a power-up in game)
Who do you think made the monitors? and why do you think they're there?

I think maybe the other animals could be responsible for this, but throw any random ideas about this you may have if you want!

[Diogenes]

No one. They don't actually exist. It's a video game.

[Crow the BOOLET]

Obviously Microsoft left these monitors around and hope they can sell their computer but nope. Hedgehogs have to engage in vandalism.

/badjoke

[y cant solkia crawl]

Those Monitors are actually vending machines. Sonic is just a little asshole and never pays for the items.

[SuperLink]

I think Sonic made them he went through every stage in the game carefully placing them and then goes back to the first stage to run through all the stages again for fun that's how fast he is.

[Komodin]

The Item Boxes in the classic era games (besides just being a power-up in game)
Who do you think made the monitors? and why do you think they're there?

The same reasons why super mushrooms, fire flowers and other video game items like that there exist: to aid the player as they go through the level. They don't actually exist in-universe.

[Diogenes]

Actually I could totally believe that Mario powerups function and exist exactly as they appear.

[SuperLink]

Didn't the earlier game manuals imply that the Mario Powerups like Mushrooms and Starman and Fire Flowers are actually
living breathing things-

Mario you cheeky bugger

[Wolfy]

You know, long time ago I made a thread about "why is everything checkered patterned?" once and it soon got locked. These little questions about the little things in the Sonic universe can be poked and prodded at all day, but really, there is no insightful reasoning behind them. There's TV monitors with things in them because it looks mechanical and unnatural and is trying to be different from other games. Green Hill zone is brown and light brown checkered because it's trying to be different from other games.

Yes you could go on about how the ideas of "Well why would Eggman make them? Did Tails make them? But Tails didn't exist before Sonic 2!" You see where I'm going with this?

I don't mean to beat down on your question man, it's just I don't find it very topic worthy for just "item monitors." I'm sure you'd even get more of a response just making it a status update. Hope that helps!