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[Neiteio]

This is clearly the work of Jimmy the Intern. Guy doesn't care about videogames, so he takes a cursory look at the two games, concludes "rainbow jizz," and makes a ham-fisted comparison piece that focuses on colorzzz.

 

[Piers]

If you liked Splatoon then you'll love our robust third and first party line-up!

 

[21XX]

You're all

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literally

taking this shit way too seriously

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tbh

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(Spoiler tags if you need to read that in the typical neogaf parlance.)

 

[Maiar_m]

Isn't that ad meant to be tongue in cheek?

 

[Mory Dunz]

Splatoon has to sell mario now?
When it was announced, wasn't name dropping Sunshine used to compare splatoon some?
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"lol as all the cool kids say"?

"memorable characters"
Well Lemmy,Morton,Iggy,Ludwig,Bowser Kamek, etc are memorable cause they won't go away all of a sudden...
Huey is cool though.

 

[maxcriden]

Is this really a frequent thing in advertising? I mean "from the creators of..." is commonplace, but this is a different kettle of fish entirely.

I feel like I've seen Nintendo (and others) do it quite a bit in gaming, yeah. I feel like Sony used to do print advertisements like this often ~10 years ago.

 

[Miroku129]

You're just looking for reasons to be angry

but i'm not angry...

 

[Roldan]

The connections make sense, but they don't go anywhere. lol

BTW, I just remembered this.

 

[JigglesBunny]

Or "LOL", as all the cool kids are saying.

Oh, Jesus Nintendo.

 

[udivision]

This is so stupid.

I have no words.

Stop.

 

[marmoka]

LOL Ninty

If you loved F-Zero, you will love Sonic XD

 

[Allan Holdsworth]

Isn't that ad meant to be tongue in cheek?

Yes, but we are talking about people who are oblivious to the fact the Paper Mario isn't an RPG anymore, so don't expect them to get it.

 

[idwl]

Hahaha pretty much

 

[Neiteio]

"From Squid Sisters to a talking paint can."

Is this... is this a sincere bullet-point??

 

[Frodo]

If you like thick sticky stuff

all

over

your

FACE

Then you'll LOVE

Paper Mario: Color Splash

I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

 

[Catchpenny]

lol, I guess someone needed to rant about Nintendo today.

"Can you believe the games they listed on the back of the box for my new console?! They have nothing to do with each other, and some of them aren't even good!"

 

[Linkstrikesback]

 

[Astral Dog]

Dont listen to this guy

 

[moltonasty]

"Great system, great games"

No lies detected

 

[Tookay]

"From Squid Sisters to a talking paint can."

Is this... is this a sincere bullet-point??

From that bullet point alone, I'd think that this is just some intern at Nintendo throwing shade at Color Splash.

 

[Neoleo2143]

To be Fair Huey is a Super Awesome Character.

 

[TannerDemoz]

This is really bad. Isn't it.

 

[exfatal]

Well i liked Splatoon and i'm enjoying paper Mario.. so where's the lie?

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Plus toads may all look the same for most part but their personalty are enjoyable when i gotta interact with them

lol this is a lot better

 

[sixteen-bit]

i don't see the correlation

 

[TannerDemoz]

Shy Guy running hand over head with a rusting bucket full of the sullied blood from their marketing department

 

[Possumowner]

I love Nintendo I really do,never change

 

[emb]

Ad seems like it's obviously tongue in cheek. People saying the games aren't actually similar are kinda missing the point, aren't they?

Or am I just giving it too much credit?

 

[Toxi]

They're trying to sell a relatively niche game on a dead system that barely sold 13 million units. No reason not to leverage every asset they have.

Ad seems like it's obviously tongue in cheek. People saying the games aren't actually similar are kinda missing the point, aren't they?

Or am I just giving it too much credit?

I'm not sure why you'd think it's tongue-in-cheek.

 

[Neverfade]

If theres a tongue in a cheek here, it's certainly an ass cheek.

 

[King Gilga]

LOL that's just sad.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

If theres a tongue in a cheek here, it's certainly an ass cheek.

 

[Calvero]

"From Squid Sisters to a talking paint can."

Is this... is this a sincere bullet-point??

do people really not see the joking tone of the ad?

 

[Solid SOAP]

ITT: Adults critique and complain about an ad targeted primarily at children.

 

[Stevey]

If you like some of our shit you'll like all of our shit.

 

[UnemployedVillain]

They're trying to sell a relatively niche game on a dead system that barely sold 13 million units. No reason not to leverage every asset they have.

I'm not sure why you'd think it's tongue-in-cheek.

Because it clearly is. These games wouldn't even be compared if they didn't both involve paint.

The whole ad is a huge joke "Hey, look at these similar games! They both have paint! And...characters? Color (did we say that already)? They're pretty funny too!"

Some of you take these things too seriously

 

[KingdomHeartsFan]

That is hilarious lol.

 

[Kthulhu]

I like the ad. Too bad I'm not buying color splash, ever.

Lol

 

[KingSnake]

Now imagine that the same marketing team will greenlight the ads for NX.

 

[Biske]

I love both games. So they aren't wrong



Makes some sense, Amazing colorful art styles and all

 

[GhostTrick]

"From Squid Sisters to a talking paint can."

lol, what an awful comparison.

That's the perfect way to sum up why Paper Mario is fucked up. The only original character is a talking paint can. :")

 

[Tacorona72]

Hahahahaha! I needed a good laugh today! This is fantastic.

 

[JinjoUnchained]

If theres a tongue in a cheek here, it's certainly an ass cheek.

If you like ice cream, you'll love Paper Mario: Color Splash.

 

[Kthulhu]

That's the perfect way to sum up why Paper Mario is fucked up. The only original character is a talking paint can. :")

My thoughts exactly.

 

[Miroku129]

 

[AdmiralMikey]

This reminds me of the Chinpokomon episode of South Park...

"Hey kids, do you like Chinpokomon? Then you'll love... ALABAMA MAN!!"

 

[KingSnake]

What do all the unpopular kids (or "nerds" as all the cool kids are saying) use for "Laughing out loud" instead of LOL?

 

[Spieler Eins]

Is a fanboy from gamefaqs now running their marketing?

 

[KojiKnight]

Holy crap, I came in this thread expecting to see a freshly non-juniored user making a silly comparison, but instead I find a lot of people who take Mario way too seriously. Do some of you have to take the piss on everything? It's just some fun marketing that doesn't take itself too seriously.

 

[Kaisos]

Using the phrase "the cool kids" makes it pretty obvious this is mean to be ironic. You guys are getting really mad over a tongue-in-cheek advertisement.

FWIW I think people who liked Splatoon for its jokes and visual style will probably like Color Splash too.

 

[JustAnotherOtaku]

This'll go down well considering how well-balanced and rational the more hardcore Paper Mario fans are.