I never noticed that was advertising.
shameless self bump
Pikmin 2 had the best treasure
The real life objects in Pikmin 2 were pretty cool tbh. It was neat seeing remnants of a (presumably) dead civilization.
>>288313043
Recent shooter had a bunch of brand name stuff everywhere. Homefront, IIRC. There was so much branded merchandise that it does the opposite of bothering you for the sake of immersion. When it's only one or two brand names and everything else is made up, that's when it's bad.
There was a Mountain Dew ad in the first Tony Hawk game.
Also like every SOE game had ads for the Pontiac G6
>>288312962
Seriously? The only way it could be more blatant would be to have a pink rabbit run past screaming Duracell
The best
>>288313243
I got a kick out of the Japanese version of Peace Walker's use of Doritos and Mountain Dew.
>>288312980
>>288313041
Changemind
>>288313370
Energizer is the rabbit, dingus.
>>288313043
>Dead
I always just figured it was some vacant plot of land that junk just kind of rolled into.
>>288313685
Both have a rabbit, in fact the Energizer one is supposed to be a parody of the Duracell one
Alan Wake
One of the DLC is named "The Signal". As Alan gets a call on his Verizon phone he comments that he shouldn't be getting a call. There wouldn't be any kind of a signal out there.
And of course Verizon ads everywhere during the main game.
>>288313929
you know the ebin rules
>>288313929
If you're so great, etc
>>288313370
Yeah it's obvious but Duracell batteries are so common I never thought to myself "oh, that's advertising"
>>288313812
It's definitely Earth. You find parts of a globe there, explore a shower room and a kitchen, and IIRC even Miyamoto said it's Earth after humans died out.
>>288314135
I'd understand it if you were a kid playing the game, I guess. I'd think the same thing. But we'd know better know, I'd hope.
>>288313929
Ooooooooooh Taco Bell Taco Bell
>>288312846
It's OK when Nintendo does it.
![mario-kart-8-getting-free-mercedes-car-dlc-1401350858250[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/vcvGQy7.jpg "mario-kart-8-getting-free-mercedes-car-dlc-1401350858250[1].jpg")
dont forget
>>288314612
The same ad was also in Super Hang On.
>>288314540
This seems okay to me.
the whole pepsi man game
>>288314540
The W25 was the best.
I really wanted to get a pair of Soap Shoes after playing SA2 as a kid. Never did though, which is probably a good thing. I'd have broken a leg, I bet.
![uncharted-3-subway[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/pZocfW7.jpg "uncharted-3-subway[1].jpg")
>>288314612
>Adverting cigarettes in a fucking videogame
You can't even do that shit on TV nowadays.
>>288312846
Pikmin 2 wasn't advertising. No company paid nintendo a dime for that. They just wanted to have real world items in the game.
I think it gave the game a good feel, seeing the ship examine items you've seen in real life and it trying to interoperate their function.
It wouldn't have been the same with generic fake logos.
>>288312846
Are you dumb? Japs love putting real products into their animu, manga, and vidya - especially American brands. Duracell didn't pay them to put this in the game.
>>288315151
Soap is a brand of shoes?
I thought those were just random billboards.
>>288315151
i had some and wore them regularly, I would forget I was wearing them and regularly fall down stairs.
>>288312846
Pizza Hut, KFC, and FILA
Guess the game. Hint:If you can't name it then you should fucking play it right now
>>288315557YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH
The Dole bananas in Super Monkey Ball.
>>288315557
>no mention of the Virgin Mobile store
>>288315724
Virgin Records even. Fuck, I need to play this tonight.
I never did play the third game.
>>288315410
BUT WOULDN'T THEY SUE
>>288313685
Duracell had the rabbit first.
They forgot to renew the trademark in the US and energizer snapped it up. It's still the duracell bunny in every other country but the US.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duracell_Bunny
>>288315410
>>288315393
>>288315557
>re-release doesn't have them
>and it doesn't have the original music>except on IOS and Android
>>288315693
>Walk into FUCKING FOODMAXX
>Pick up some bananas
>Instead of the Dole sticker there's a Super Monkey Ball sticker instead
>Years later
>Pick up some more bananas at FUCKING FOODMAXX
>Instead of the the Chiquita sticker there's a sticker of Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong
FUCKING FOODMAXX
>>288315524
>>288315151
What the hell are they?
Great mascot, great game.
>>288316130
Shoes made out of soap
>>288316130
They're sneakers, but they have a little part in the center that would allow you to grind on rails.
It's 90's the shoe and Soap Shoes no longer exists.
>>288315829
>I never did play the third game.
Me neither, don't even know the platform. I did play the mobile version in the waiting corridor of a hospital. 30 minutes later, I was pretty sure I could be interned in the terminal cancer ward.
>>288315393
>>288315410
When did having to have been paid suddenly become a requirement for someone to be advertising?
>>288316241
Where are there even rails at for a pair of them to be a worthwhile purchase?
>>288316130
>>288316512
A park? College Campus?
I mean, Soap Shoes don't exist anymore for a reason.
>>288316145
What was the prize if you sent in the picture of beating the game?
>>288316552
oh, I can see now the problem, hehe.
>>288313792
>Mother brought me those games one day because she knew someone at BK and got them for free
That was the coolest fucking birthday present ever. I don't care if they were blatant advertising, they were fun. Especially that kart racing game.
>>288316241
That sounds really dangerous.
How could we make the most dangerous shoes ever?
Soap + Heelys in one product?
>Game has product placement for product that no longer exists
This was all over SSX 3.
>>288315557
The Steam version doesn't have em. It also doesn't have the original music. Fuck, man, fuck.
>>288314540
>dat silver arrow
>using black shyguy with black GLA and gold tires and gold glider
Niggas be jelly.
>>288317067
we could call them "natural selections"
>>288316145
>>288314350
>Pepsiman and Cool Spot will never engage in soda combat
>>288316820
You could beat Cool Spot?! That game was hard as fuck if I remember correctly.
>>288314382
Product placement with Taco Bell
>>288315410
I guess that's why they're always under fake names and logos in that media, right?
>>288313373
>>288316820
probably a free 2 liter or something
>>288313792
I got Sneak King years back for a middle school project. It was a "Burger King Holiday Gift Box" that had coupons, a gift card, and the game.
Actually pretty proud of that project, since I got an A for it and because of how nice I made it. And I still have it plus its contents.
>>288316241
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJrCjATOxZ8
>It was 1997. I was 17-years-old makin $200.00 p/h sliding around on shoes. I was getting on TV. I received free clothes, free shoes, & free booze. I was staring in national & international sales-commercials. Went on tour. And banged tons of hot Soap groupies.
This video is a few of my favorite clips that I seemed together. Most of this footage is random clips (1996-1999ish) that Soap was never able to use; as it was recorded in Hi-8 format rather than HD.
Anyways, this vid is dedicated to all my fans out there. A very Special-Thank-You to all of you who continue the "SPORT" of Soaping--You know who you are! Much love!
Keep slidin' boyz!
Ryan Jaunzemis,
>>288314805
>that contrast on colorful karts and realistic miniatures of real brand cars
nope
>>288318019
Those look kind of lame.
Is this what kids had to do for fun in the 90s?
>>288318101
The modern Mercedes looks like shit, but it has shit states so no one uses it. Not that this excuses it though.
The other two look fine.
>>288312846
This game has been nothing but a letdown so far, but I still felt ill after coming across these last night.
>>288317440
>>288317703
Are you telling me chris bores lied?
>>288314805
it's literally ok when nintendo does it
>>288318019
It's literally blading without the wheels.
>>288318019
His Twitter is one of the saddest things I've seen. The definition of someone who had 5 minutes of fame and still tries to be relevant.
>>288314612
There are still people on this very site who think video games were exclusively kids toys in the 80s.
>>288314934
That looks a lot like Bateman
>>288315557
You forgot Levi'sYEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH
>>288318019
fucking dope, man
>>288315151
I owned about 4 pairs of these
They were wonderful shoes. I slipped a couple times on staircases because of them but I felt too cool to wear anything else.
>>288315557
Please hold my hand because I have no idea
>ctrl+f "skittles"
>no mention of this piece of shit right here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkened_Skye
>>288319038
How many pairs of JNCOs did you have, son?
>>288313792
I liked this game though, it was at least charming and innocent.Also, Burger King has always been better than Mcdonalds especially in the past decade when McD went to pure shit with the McCafe garbage.
>>288319409
Zero, I was wearing fitted jeans with cat-whiskers since before they were in style.
90s normalcore, all the way.
>>288315247
you can still do it in videogames though, it's just that most games don't because ingame advertising has fallen by the wayside compared to microtransactions and FTP
>>288316016
>walking into a FoodMaxx or a Food4Less
how's life in the trailer park?
rip cingular
>>288317202
what the fuck was dnl?
i remember seeing it when i was younger but i never bought one and then it was gone
Was there any in Chibi-Robo?
>>288316145
When I was a kid there was a big department store near me that held some sort of shillfest for this game in its parking lot. This was one of the first games I played and really enjoyed it.
>>288312846
Pikmin 2 was the only game I've played where advertising didn't feel particularly out of place.
A lot of it was still pretty shameless, but I never got too distracted by it.
>>288317202
man dnL was the best drink, what happened to them? I remember them being around for a year or 2 and then they disappeared.
>>288319570
Honestly I'm surprised they never tried it again. I assume it just simply wasn't profitable enough, but even then, the games on their own were decent considering their origin. Nobody expected much, but they at least killed an afternoon.
>>288320010
>>288317067
Heelys' owner actually bought Soap shoes, and hybrid Heelys/Soap shoes were made.
One of the unlockables for DMC2 were clothing by Diesel
>>288313929
Stream that shit if you're so great
>>288312846
>>288314024
verizon has great signal coverage though, compared to other companies
>>288314037
>>288314081
>>288320445
>>288318773
>You priced your book at 97 dollars are you out of your fucking mind?
>Yeah, because it is a print-on-demand company (Meaning that only 1 copy is printed per order, no overstock) and because of the larger size (8x10) and that it is full-color, the base cost alone in $37, plus all the publishing fees, and dealing with 3rd partys like amazon, etc. the lowest we could release the paperback for was 86, and that makes no royalties, at 97 I make 11 dollars per copy. Funny enough, I make more (percentage wise) royalties on the kindle e-book version which is only $9.99. But, you also have to remember that the 97$ full-color deluxe version is actually 4 books in one; my journey, where is ryan now?, 10 top-secret tips & the new soap shoes tricktionary version 2.0, so for the price its more than worth it. The secret information that I put into this work will change your life. in actuality this is more than a novel, its an information product, so it has to be priced a lil higher
>The secret information that I put into this work will change your life
HAHAHAHAHAHA
>>288318101
Isn't Wario's car a Cadillac Eldorado?
>>288315835
I remember reading somewhere that Nintendo paid for the use of the licenses.
Monster Hunter and Uniqlo DLC
>>288321171
>tfw we never had a chance of getting these
>>288320328
I knew a kid that shattered his fucking arm when a rock got caught in his Heelys, he caught himself to avoid breaking his face but his arm broke in two places from the momentum.
i must be a sucker but i thought it was awesome when you were able to go to real places in crazy taxi
>>288315914
>psp version
>custom soundtrack option
donethe controls though...
>>288315151
>>288316241
>>288316552
>>288320328
My older brother told me about these crazy shoes you could grind on rails with in the 90's. I always jumped on and off of things, tried to run up trees, and do 360's (like we all did), so I lost my shit when he told me.
But they must have not sold them nearby because I never actually saw them. I remember Heelys becoming massively popular, though.
Remember the knockoffs? Imagine trying to look cool in these.
>>288323535
You weren't the only one.
>>288320630
thats the joke nigga
>>288323535
Yeah, for the first five minutes you play it at a friend's house.
The game gets boring quick.
>>288324527
>Yeah, for the first five minutes you play it at a friend's house.
Not him, but arcade games like that are great for many short plays. You aren't meant to be playing for hours on end.
>>288318672
It's okay because it's free and optional.
>>288324527
>Someone actually exists who doesn't like Crazy Taxi
Nope, that's it, I'm done. Bye /v/, its been swell.
>>288318851
someone should make a get edit of it
>>288321171
>Those thighhighs
HNNNGGGG
>>288325728
I never said I didn't like it.
It's just boring after driving to every destination five times in 20 minutes.
This is coming from someone whose favorite game is THPS and likes to 100% the game with every character. I'm down to like 22 minutes a character.
I thought it was good.
I remember jumping off a bridge and going under a ufo, shit was cash money.
>>288315151
I got these because of sa2. Could never find staircases with rails though.
>>288320753
People like you are the reason God doesn't talk to us anymore
>>288314934
>thing on the screen looks like a penis and balls coming out of him
>>288315203
>sandwich maker by day
>freedom fighter by night
>>288315835
>Sueing for free advertisement
>>288331631
you'd be surprised
because pikmin is a kid's game it probably wouldn't be an issue, but if you put it into a violent game of some kind, the company would probably not like their product being displayed next to anything negative and sue them into oblivion
Jet Moto was probably the first time I encountered in-game advertising.
That or 2 Xtreme with those fucking Doritos trucks that will get in your way.
>>288315247
Are you too young to know cigarettes used to sponsor rally teams and F1 teams? They were banned and now automotive sports go for energy drinks.
>>288312846
>Nintenbabbies will still get mad at Sony for a coke ad and MS for Dewritos ads
ITS OK WHEN NINTENDO DOES IT
>>288331631
Yup.
Free advertising and law suit money and PR for your product for people going crazy and defending how you'd sue like that getting even MORE recognition?
Why WOULDN'T they sue.
>not getting Burger King after the race
![Sneakkingbox[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/yXQqXMZ.jpg "Sneakkingbox[1].jpg")
this was by far the worst of the three but it's also the most memorable
Dave Mirra BMX had the slim jim guy
>>288312846
This is some of the best, possibly even only good vidya advertising I can think of. It contributes to the game in a positive way, by giving you familiar, recognizable "treasure" to find, driving home the point that you're exploring the remains of Earth.
It's not even that it's okay when Nintendo does it. The Mercedes MK8 cars were jarring and out of place. Pikmin 2 was just the opposite.
>>288315151
The greatest thing about this advertisement is that it was not added in the game solely to become one.
The game already was created with sonic shoes that could slide down rails, at the time in America Soap shoes were taking off and they contacted Sega with the happy coincidence. They simply changed the texture of the shoes and added in the Soap signs and wala.
