Bud Spencer & Terence Hill - Slaps And Beans 2 Special Edition (PlayStation 4)

Bud Spencer's open palm connecting with a henchman's face is one of cinema's great recurring pleasures, and now it's a PlayStation 4 game with a punching bag included. The Bud Spencer and Terence Hill Slaps And Beans 2 Special Edition for PS4 packages the beat-em-up sequel in a box designed by Renato Casaro, the legendary artist behind the original Bud Spencer movie posters. That alone is worth a moment of respectful silence.

The game itself picks up where the first Slaps and Beans left off, shipwrecking our heroes in Africa before sending them on a globe-spanning adventure through Miami, underground betting rings, and a conspiracy that somehow traces back to bananas. Both characters now have signature abilities and unique power-ups, the combat system has been overhauled, and Oliver Onions, the actual composers from the films, provided the soundtrack. Full voice dubbing in four languages means every slap lands with the right accent.

Couch co-op for two players through the story and a four-player party mode keep the chaos appropriately communal. The Special Edition box includes a reversible poster, an artbook, postcards, a sticker sheet, the game with reversible cover art, a manual, and yes, an actual inflatable punching bag with its own air pump. Because what else would you include with a Bud Spencer game.

For fans of the iconic duo, this is the kind of lovingly assembled tribute that treats the source material with the same playful reverence we feel toward it. Casaro's box art alone turns this into a display piece.