Favorite videogame commercial?

[CLXcool]

More of a 'got milk' ad, but it uses the design of Mario from his 'Super Mario 64' days.


I was looking for this ad forever. I still have the genesis version of the game

[TheTrueBoss997]

As a kid addicted to the WWE seeing this commercial brought a smile to my face and still does to this day.

[CosmykTheDolfyn]

My eyes might be burning...


Yes, Mario is now selling Mercedes.

[gamemaster1991]

My eyes might be burning...


Yes, Mario is now selling Mercedes.

Which is the reason that Mario Kart 8 has one in it.

Oh but I bet that Mario is allowed to do it because he's cool and Sonic can't because he's a sell out.

[Psychospacecow]

I don't seen an issue with either of those, though the sonic one needs more Flow cameos in games to justify it.

[CosmykTheDolfyn]

I don't care about the product placement in either one, it's just that the realistic Mario looks freaky as all get out. The commercial goes from pretty cool with the car in the original game to needing eye bleach.

[CosmykTheDolfyn]

Holy cow, I had forgot about these two commercials (pay no attention to the third).

[gamemaster1991]

Here's something cool that I found


When I found that, I found the alternate/UK version with the miner change being the end line.



If I could play like Cuccos, I don't think I would mind. I would still like to get the girl though.

[gamemaster1991]

Someone in a Twitch chat reminded me about these commercials

[ZpaceJ0ck0]

Remenber that time when Shadow the Hedgehog was advertised with a super upbeat J-Pop song?

[ZpaceJ0ck0]

Not exactly a TV commercial, but it is still promotional material for a game. The game in question being "Street Fighter EX".

I don't understand Japanese but from what I'm getting Doctrine Dark injected the characters of SF2 some sort of toxine that rendered them from pixels to polygons. My favortie part has to be Ryu and Chun-Li looking in terror. (don't ask me why)

Not sure if this was simply meant to be a surrealistic image or Capcom/ARIKAs attemp at dark comedy, but is still interesting nonetheless.

[ZpaceJ0ck0]

There was this particular Megaman poster that served more as a parody of those "bombastic" style of announcements rather than legit advertisimet, but I still believe it fits here.


Translation and footnotes by Miðgarðsorm from the SRK forums:

1. Hadōman. Pretty self-explanatory.
   
2. Kumoman. Kumo is “spider”.
   
3. Taichōman. Taichō is, well, “commanding officer”.
   
4. Dokuman. Doku is “poison”.
   
5. Oirokeman. Iroke is “sexy”.
   
6. Mr. Mon ami. French for “my friend”, but I imagine everyone knows Gambit’s way of speaking.
   
7. Nagehameman. Nage is “throws” and hame “loves”.
   
8. Merikenman. Meriken is old Japanese for “America”.
   
9. Nazo no Ninjarobo. “The mysterious ninja robot”.
   
10. Tsumeman. Tsume is “claws”.
    
11. “And again and again, strong enemies appear! Hold on, don’t lose, Megaman! We’re counting on you!”
    
12. Includes all the original modes of the Plays"R"us¹ version! And, in the new animated intro, Megaman’s forgotten past becomes finally clear! And “HE” appears, at last!
    (compatible with the newly developed 1000MB expansion cartridge)
    ROCKMAN VERSUS DR. MARVEL
    (provisional title)
    2.29 on sale!² 6800 yen³
    
13. Wow, I want to fight’em now!
    

And the small prints under Megaman’s speech balloon are all humorously self-contradictory, absurd or obvious statements:
• A tactic card battle for 2~8 players
• A fast loading and a pleasant play! H.S.A.⁴ system!
• Smooth vertical scrolling! S.T.S.⁵ system!
• Explosive input entry! D.C.I.⁶ system!
• Motion recognition password continue system

…We increase your dreams.
VSCAPCOM
http://mmm.vscapcom.co.しp/⁷ 2

And, to the left, the masterpiece:

We’re recruiting new staff members
A cheerful and family-friendly environment!
Positions: Ninja/Hairdresser/Modelers
Requirements: Being able to understand a joke
Send your CVs!
Contact Mr. Sakomizu⁸


¹ A pun that mixes Playstation with Toys “R” us. A bit harsh these days…
² The fine print says “We’re sorry, the date got delayed”
³ The fine print says “We’re sorry, the price was raised”
⁴ High Speed Access.
⁵ Smooth Tate Scroll. Tate is Japanese for “vertical”.
⁶ Direct Command Input.
⁷ The Japanese し that inverts the J is a stroke of genius, lol.
⁸ Shin’ichirō Sakomizu 1, Capcom art designer.

[ZpaceJ0ck0]

Huh. Not sure if I like it, but that was definetly something.

[ZpaceJ0ck0]

Watching this commercial makes me miss Batman: The Brave and The Bold.

EDIT: nvm, I just found out that they made a crossover film with Scooby-Doo.

[gamemaster1991]

I kinda like the way Sega/Sonic Team know how to reference themselves and maybe even poke fun at themselves as well.




Side note: Didn't notice how shiny the cover was until this commercial.