We have just a few months to go before the NBA tips off in October and the teams are beginning to reveal their schedules for the 2023-24 season. Normally, this news is nothing to do with Nintendo — it's just a bunch of sports teams posting images of their filled-in calendars — but the Chicago Bulls have caught our attention this year with their Pokémon-inspired announcement.
Instead of simply revealing the team's upcoming dates, the Bulls have published their schedule in the style of Pokémon Red and Blue (check it out above). There's no calendar in sight as Benny the Bull (the team mascot) rides a bike around a pixel art Chicago, visiting gyms and challenging any trainers that he comes across. These opponents are other familiar faces from around the league, with Benny & co. facing off against the likes of Victor Wembanyama, Nikola Jokic and Lebron James, all in the style of a classic Pokémon battle.
How do you top that? We're big fans of the attention to detail here, from the Game Boy-inspired music to the spot-on visuals and move animations — the players even have their own stats! Come on now...
The Bulls didn't need to go that hard, but boy are we pleased that they did.
What do you make of this Pokémon-inspired announcement? Let us know in the comments.
[source twitter.com]
Comments 21
Someone did a really good job with this.
Silly, but Hilarious.
Go bulls, gotta love it.
As a native Chicagoian I approve.
That's it... I'm rooting for the Bulls.
Cool marketing strategy. Like.
This is great stuff. Made me smile alot. Funny but a little bit cheeky. The remixed music sounds cool.
Go Bulls 😜 still pretty epic. They should do a Macdonald and make it a real game like grimace.
That's my hometown team. They have been disappointing these last few seasons but get a win here
They should make basketball-Pokémon cards. Pokémon cards with basketball players on them and basketball cards with Pokémon on them and they are limited time.
LOL you can't even see Wembanyama's torso
This is really good promotional material, I am not at all into any kind of sports and I still got really into this, great video! 😁👍🏻
Ah yes, Benny. My favorite Pokémon. Now we just need a Space Jam parody with Nintendo characters instead of Looney Tunes.
I also like how LeBron James is just an edited Giovanni sprite. They have so much in common, too, as both are arrogant, egotistical, and villainous.
Okay, THAT is frigging awesome. That's my home team, right there! Greetings from the Chicagoland area!
That was really cool.
I have not played much of the Pokemon series but this reminds me of Earthbound.
The bulls were a really great team to do this, they compare to Pokémon really well. Use to be one of the best in their respective field and now they are mediocre at best.
I'm not into watching any sports, but this was an incredible promotion!
@Ability-King-KK Not sure where you got the villainous part — LeBron's charitable efforts are well-documented — but if one is arguably the very best like no one ever was at what he does, arrogance and egotism is more understandable.
I actually think that's quite cool even if it isn't my sport.
@ZZalapski I think the villainous part is strictly on the court. He is Giovanni to every opposing team lol
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