Dr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine Genesis Longplay

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Published on October 24, 2018 9:29:36 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x9aZbvCUFU

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Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (1993)

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Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine is a Sega Mega Drive puzzle game, based on the earlier Japanese puzzle game Puyo Puyo. It was released to the North American and European markets in November 1993.

Unlike other Sonic the Hedgehog games, Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine occurs in the universe of the show Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, featuring its version of Dr. Robotnik and his cohorts Scratch, Grounder and Coconuts). Sonic himself does not appear in the game and is never referenced - instead the protagonist is thought to be a character called Has Bean, who can be seen dancing during each match.

Robotnik has hatched a plan to ensure that no music or fun remains on the planet Mobius. To do this, he kidnaps the citizens of Beanville and stuffs them into a giant robotising machine called the Mean Bean-Steaming Machine (hence the game's title) to make them into his robot slaves. The player must foil Robotnik's plans by defeat each of the 12 robot guards, and finally Robotnik himself, to foil his evil plans. Their battles take the form of competitive puzzle gaming.

Mean Bean Machine entered production before Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog had aired, so characters in the game do no accurately reflect those in the show. Eight of the robots were in fact stated as bounty hunters hired by Robotnik to stop Sonic in the first episode of the series, and all, save for Dragon Breath in Stage 11, lack speaking roles (and are subsequently not seen in the series again).