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GamingSince64

Does anyone know if Nintendo plans on having ads in other games besides Mario Kart and Golf? I'd hate advertisment to make it into any main series Nintendo adventures...will this happen?

GamingSince64

faint

GamingSince64 wrote:

Does anyone know if Nintendo plans on having ads in other games besides Mario Kart and Golf? I'd hate advertisment to make it into any main series Nintendo adventures...will this happen?

they have been doing this for a while. You can find Duracell batteries in pikmin 2. Look at it this way..... It helps pay for more games.

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GamingSince64

faint wrote:

GamingSince64 wrote:

Does anyone know if Nintendo plans on having ads in other games besides Mario Kart and Golf? I'd hate advertisment to make it into any main series Nintendo adventures...will this happen?

they have been doing this for a while. You can find Duracell batteries in pikmin 2. Look at it this way..... It helps pay for more games.

But will we start seeing it in like main series Mario and Zelda games and stuff like that? At least with Pikmin it made sense, I don't wanna be fighting Bowser or roaming Hyrule and just see some random Coca-Cola billboard, it would kill the immersion. Nothing they've done yet has really been bad, but I'm worried it's a slippery slope.

GamingSince64

Eel

They won't put random product placement in games where it wouldn't make sense.

It's not like: "they're making a game, let's put coca cola in it".

It's more like: "they're making a game where the hero has a soda-powered jet pack, let's put coca cola in it".

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jariw

All MK8 advertisement in the game are fake brands. The Mercedes DLC is totally optional. If you don't like it, don't download it.

The Pikmin 2 approach was something completely different, but that game was created a long time ago.

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cookiex

Morphbug wrote:

It's not like: "they're making a game, let's put coca cola in it".

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unrandomsam

jariw wrote:

All MK8 advertisement in the game are fake brands. The Mercedes DLC is totally optional. If you don't like it, don't download it.

The Pikmin 2 approach was something completely different, but that game was created a long time ago.

It is not optional at all other than in single player.

Whether you have it or not you still see it online. They could have just replaced those with the standard kart for people who had chosen not to have it but they didn't.

And you get rid of the Mercades Ad if you scroll down to shop if it is installed. (instead you see the thing for Animal Crossing / Zelda DLC).

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GamingSince64

Will the environments in Nintendo games soon look like outfield walls in baseball?

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Octane

unrandomsam wrote:

jariw wrote:

All MK8 advertisement in the game are fake brands. The Mercedes DLC is totally optional. If you don't like it, don't download it.

The Pikmin 2 approach was something completely different, but that game was created a long time ago.

It is not optional at all other than in single player.

Whether you have it or not you still see it online. They could have just replaced those with the standard kart for people who had chosen not to have it but they didn't.

And you get rid of the Mercades Ad if you scroll down to shop if it is installed. (instead you see the thing for Animal Crossing / Zelda DLC).

It's free DLC, yes there's advertising going on, but the cars don't look out of place and they don't affect the gameplay. Too bad if you don't like them, there are probably other cars that you don't like, and you cannot disable those either. Besides, I don't really get the point, as I rarely notice the cars other people are using anyway.

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unrandomsam

Octane wrote:

unrandomsam wrote:

jariw wrote:

All MK8 advertisement in the game are fake brands. The Mercedes DLC is totally optional. If you don't like it, don't download it.

The Pikmin 2 approach was something completely different, but that game was created a long time ago.

It is not optional at all other than in single player.

Whether you have it or not you still see it online. They could have just replaced those with the standard kart for people who had chosen not to have it but they didn't.

And you get rid of the Mercades Ad if you scroll down to shop if it is installed. (instead you see the thing for Animal Crossing / Zelda DLC).

It's free DLC, yes there's advertising going on, but the cars don't look out of place and they don't affect the gameplay. Too bad if you don't like them, there are probably other cars that you don't like, and you cannot disable those either. Besides, I don't really get the point, as I rarely notice the cars other people are using anyway.

Difference is those other cars don't look out of place. The fact is it is mandatory (Other than not playing online and it is even more dull then).

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Eel

cookiex wrote:

Morphbug wrote:

It's not like: "they're making a game, let's put coca cola in it".

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Thank you for supporting my point with pictures, but quoted the wrong sentence.

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Untempered-Link

I think Ninendo have got it just right with Mario Golf and Mario Kart 8 - the adverts are related to the game - a golf company for a golf game and a car company for a car game. I think adverts would look out f place in more fantasy worlds like Zelda or Metroid but in games which mimic real life activities such as the Mario sports games then advertising isn't really an issue.

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unrandomsam

Not related enough.

I don't mind the Ferrari in Outrun for example (Suitable Car matches the setting well etc). Or the F14 in Afterburner (It is a suitable plane and it has an Afterburner).

The PAL Waverace box is more tasteful. It has the Kawasaki on the side but not the tacky subtext.

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@unrandomsam MK8 Mercedez looks out of place? While I do agree the GLA does look a bit out of place, the SL and Silver Arrow completely belongs.

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