So here's a little correction for the Sanrio crossover in the Animal Crossing series, the first debut of the series was in Animal Crossing: New Leaf's "Welcome amiibo" update. But Sanrio wasn't the first crossover with Animal Crossing. *Way* before the update, both 7-Eleven and Kokuyo Camlin teamed up with Nintendo to release various furniture related to their respective brands, one of the items from 7-Eleven's promotional items was an ABD/Bellpoint which was handy for storing excess Bells when you didn't want to walk to the post office... for some reason. After the Welcome amiibo update a special villager related to 77-Eleven named Filly could be invited into the RV campground but couldn't move into your town. Her first appearance was from November 4th, 2016 to January 5th, 2017 with her second appearance being from March 2nd, 2018 to May 6, same year. Filly wasn't the only special crossover villager with ties to a real-world brand though. A Japanese glue brand named Fueki also collaborated with Nintendo and released three *real-world glue pots* of their glue with the pots themselves being modeled after Digby, Isabelle and K.K. Slider and then later from February 1st, 2017 to May 1st, same year released a special villager named Holden (who was modeled after their mascot named Fueki-kun) who just like Filly, could be invited to the RV Campgrounds but couldn't move into your town.
plus the Welcome amiibo update also included a Monster Hunter crossover with a villager & items unlocked via any Monster Hunter Stories amiibo ( sadly those never got a western release...though I was lucky enough to import 1 before the prices reached typical insane scalper bs levels )
Here's one that was missed: Animal Crossing: New Leaf and Happy Home Designer had 7-Eleven furniture that you could obtain from a 7-Eleven Wifi (though in New Leaf, it was only in Japan. For HHD, I believe they were given by Spotpass)
It funny because many of these brands are of course American, and while many American brands are sold worldwide, some aren't, so as a European the product placement itself sometimes flies completely over my head where I think it's something they just made up for the game. Like the Olive Garden thing at the end of the first Sonic movie. I had never heard of it so I thought it was a made-up restaurant/café or whatever.
....Dammit, I SERIOUSLY THOUGHT THERE WAS A FORCED AD IN THIS VIDEO!! How the hell did I fall for this, the "Skip Ad" button didn't freakin' work, I had adblock, WTF?! >.< Dammit GVG, you got me, dunno why I didn't realize Daniel's Switch 2 logo that he made. lol
There is a interesting amiibo that can be considered product placement, Tsukino from Monster Hunter Stories 2 is Sanrio character, and they credit Sanrio in the box itself as well, is pretty hidden thou
When you think about it, as of Splatoon 3 there's technically an in-universe explanation for why Inkling society has a few brands that are very similar to ones in our world...
Animal Crossing: New Leaf also had a whole set of 7-Eleven themed furniture that was only available to obtain in Japan. Consisting of different types of counters and coffee makers and food warmers and banners to basically create an entire 7-Eleven in your own house.
In 1988 Ninendo collaborated with Nagatanien (a food company) to release Kaettekita Mario Bros. It's an enhanced version off Mario Bros. that also shows ads of Nagatanien's products beween levels. Also, IIRC in Animal Crossing: New Leaf there was a set of 7-Eleven branded furniture.
Pokémon Sword/Shield also collaborated with Uniqlo, with their own UT Grand Prix, where people submit designs, and some would be released as shirts you could buy at Uniqlo. The winning design was meant to be in-game permanantly, however, the design had broken rules stating that the design could not have been published in fan-made merch prior to the contest, which it did. So instead, we have no Uniqlo shirt in Pokémon.
Daniel, I know this video might not get the views you were hoping for or it "deserves," but I had a super good time with it! I think it's really informative and very entertaining to boot. The enthusiasm and passion you put into making this are clearly visible. Also, the DKR segment totally caught me off guard. I know it's much easier said than done, but please don't get discouraged by a "low" view count. It does not take away from the quality of the video, and there are many of us here who truly appreciate the work and effort you put into your videos.
Just a note about the babymetal collab, you mentioned that the costumes featured the band members su, moa and momo. But that is not really true, those are the current babymetal members, back when this costume was released momoko wasn’t a member of babymetal yet, and instead it was the original member Yui metal. Not really anything important but as a babymetal fan just wanted to mention that since yui used to be my favorite member
I dunno, the fact that the Japanese exclusive crossover of Seven Eleven and Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia exists makes none of these really that weird to me. Grab your Seven sword and Eleven shield and lets go fight in a war!
34:49 I kinda want to see the reactions of Mario fans seeing a collab with an anime romance. Even if they knew what nisekoi is- they still be caught off guard which is amazing to think about.
This is a great idea (and execution) for an overlooked niche in Nintendo history. Makes me want a similar video of Nintendo referencing its own history and consoles in its games, like Virtual Boy in Tomodachi Life, the NES emulators in Animal Crossing, the consoles in your homes in Pokemon, the Game Boy Horror, the Tingle Tuner or the Sheikah Slate... I'm sure there's lots more.
This is a very specific topic for a video, and it hits all the rights spots for me! I'm willing to watch as many as you are reading to release in the wild
My biggest complaint about the product placement replacements in the Switch version of Pikmin 2 is that they didn't make more stuff like the Mario Paint brand paint. It would have been really cool to find other Nintendo related character products.
Something else worth noting about Splatoon is their collab with Tower Records. In real life, Tower Records sells/sold the OST releases for Splatoon, and in the games, there’s not only a Tower Records ad written in the Inkling language, but also a Grizzco outfit called the Record Shop Look EP, which has an apron with the Tower Records logo on it. There’s also gear for CoroCoro Comic, a Famitsu brand, The King of Games as both a brand and gear in the game, the Squidfin Hook Cans are an official HORI product, and though less blatant than the others, 7-Eleven stores in Japan offered exclusive gear for Splatoon 2. EDIT: Also COMPLETELY forgot to mention the various Nintendo systems found in the Pokemon games, like how in Scarlet and Violet the player owns a Nintendo Switch.
Edit: Daniel being based on choosing the combo he likes in MK8 over the meta, my man! Also loved the DKR ad and the constant wardrobe additions! Eyyy I have something to watch on the treadmill!
Daniel, I’m surprised you didn’t talk about the fact that _Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia_ got a crossover with 7-Eleven in Japan. Using Spotpass at any 7-Eleven, Japanese players could receive items in the game such as the Seven Shield or the Eleven Sword, both of which get boosted stats on Turns 7 through 11.
Some extra ones! Wave Race: Blue Storm also had some light product placement! I distinctly remember seeing a Mcdonalds logo on some character's jetski, and I think the other jetskis may have had ads as well. And Splatoon 2 also got some brand deal gear in Japan! By buying products form certain brands, you could get exclusive gear in the game. I don't think any of it directly advertised the brands, so it's not *really* product placement in the game's sense, but yeah. Japan still got product-based the rest of the world didn't. You couldn't even order it from Murch, making it truly Japan exclusive.. #gearforall !
He missed the corocoro branded splat roller from splatoon 1 which hasn't appeared since (a shounen manga company who still publishes the splatoon manga so not sure why it never came back) As well as the fire emblem echoes collab with 7/11 (7/11 is way bigger than you think in Japan because convenience stores are far beyond just snacks there) in that one you'd get a 7 sword and an 11 shield who's effects were buffed between turns 7 & 11 (they're honestly pretty terrible, but yes, they exist)
You missed a ton of games in the 64/ early Gamecube era. 1080° Snowboarding, Excitebike 64 and all of those spiritual successors of Excitebike from that era had product placement. Back then videogame companies actually paid brands to be able to put them in videogames to simulate realism.
19:24 I mistook the Bamboo Shoot-shaped cookies as mussel shell-shaped. 27:50 It's very rare to hear someone from the West talk about Beat Takeshi without mentioning Takeshi's Castle. So I just "fixed" that. :P 30:43 You actually didn't just beat a dead horse about this localization. As you didn't say "Doki Doki Panic was localized to "Super Mario Bros 2" but had the decency to call Yume Kojo Doki Doki Panic by it's full name. How fitting: In the video there is talk about GLA x Mario Kart Ads and the ad at the end is Porsche x Overwatch 2.
I’m american and had japanese mcdonald’s 3 times when I was there last year. I wouldn’t say it was better quality than what we have in the states. I was also with a girl from Australia who said it tasted about the same as she was used to
Hi @GVG great job on the topic on waverace 64 for the original Japanese, North America, and virtual console versions of the game, unfortunately your missing one more version released exclusively in mainland China, apart of the ique branding They replaced all of the kawasaki and nintendo 64 advertising, and replaced with the ique logo and the title of the Chinese version of waverace 64
never watched the squid girl anime but i remember seeing her quite a bit back when splatoon 1 came out. it was neat that a crossover fans naturally made up actually ended up happening, and i'm pretty sure i kept my inkling in the shoes by the time i stopped playing and mario maker 1's wacky promos i think helped keep it alive better than mario maker 2, any week could have some international brand you've never heard of before suddenly be a costume and promoted level to play
24:47 I didn’t realize it at first either (because they for some reason avoided mentioning it in‐game this time), but the “potato chip flavours” splatfest is considered to be an official tie‐in with the Calbee brand. Materials like the Nintendō website made it clear that it’s a collab with Calbee. The company sold squid‐ink chips with the Splatoon 3 logo around that time (I bought some for my archive). Maybe it doesn’t count for the video since it wasn’t embedded in the game data. I thought this video was going to be a US‐focused one because you didn’t bring up the regional differences of Pikmin 2 at all (No Duracell in Japan), so I was a bit surprised later.
Excitebike 64 is especially one that is decked out in so many motosports brands. The release of the game on the N64 switch app actually made me a bit sad that some of the brands were removed, especially with Jim Rivers having the Fox Sports logo removed and leaving his uniform just be blank.
This fake ad's pretty cute! Don't remember there being any product placement in DKR, though. I wonder where they're going with this! Oh, nowhere..? Huh.
The reason people hate on Chibi-Robo Zip Lash is because the producer kind of guilted fans into buying it saying it might be the last Chibi-Robo game if it didn't perform well.
Also I'll admit, I didn't like Splatoon all that much (wasn't bad or anything, but, eh...), but if it wasn't for Splatoon I would've never got into Squid Girl. lol
I can't believe you didn't talk about the 7/11 Animal Crossing horse. Basically: In the Welcome Amiibo update, you could go to a 7/11 in Japan at certain times to invite Filly the horse to your campsite, but you couldn't get her in your town. She'd sell you 7/11 items, though! Including a uniform... There was another product placed character, for a glue/stationary company. Holden. (Thankfully not a horse, but a bright. yellow. hamster.) I dunno, I think it's funny as fuck. Speaking of Weird Animal Crossing Crossovers, there's the cat and dog who seem tamagochi-like but are actually based on animal translation devices. Meow and Bow.
Nothing gets language communities more excited than seeing their language in a worldwide release. I was pretty excited seeing Vitamalz in Pimin 2 on Wii, but Finnish people must have been ecstatic if their snack wasn't in a dogshit game.
The New Play Control verison of Pikmin 2 does actually keep the product placement. Its removal for generic made up brands is a switch only issue(?)
Yeah can confirm as someone who originally played the wii version
I was about to say this, yeah.
Is there a Mod to add the Product Placement back?
I felt it was Magical
@LennyQUMFIF There is one on the Nexusmods site, haven't tried it though
@@LennyQUMFIFI'm pretty sure I've seen them, check game banana or other mod sites
36:58 Jon Cartwright would like a word with you on your lack of knowledge on Wallace and Gromit's shared universe lore
So here's a little correction for the Sanrio crossover in the Animal Crossing series, the first debut of the series was in Animal Crossing: New Leaf's "Welcome amiibo" update.
But Sanrio wasn't the first crossover with Animal Crossing. *Way* before the update, both 7-Eleven and Kokuyo Camlin teamed up with Nintendo to release various furniture related to their respective brands, one of the items from 7-Eleven's promotional items was an ABD/Bellpoint which was handy for storing excess Bells when you didn't want to walk to the post office... for some reason. After the Welcome amiibo update a special villager related to 77-Eleven named Filly could be invited into the RV campground but couldn't move into your town. Her first appearance was from November 4th, 2016 to January 5th, 2017 with her second appearance being from March 2nd, 2018 to May 6, same year.
Filly wasn't the only special crossover villager with ties to a real-world brand though. A Japanese glue brand named Fueki also collaborated with Nintendo and released three *real-world glue pots* of their glue with the pots themselves being modeled after Digby, Isabelle and K.K. Slider and then later from February 1st, 2017 to May 1st, same year released a special villager named Holden (who was modeled after their mascot named Fueki-kun) who just like Filly, could be invited to the RV Campgrounds but couldn't move into your town.
plus the Welcome amiibo update also included a Monster Hunter crossover with a villager & items unlocked via any Monster Hunter Stories amiibo ( sadly those never got a western release...though I was lucky enough to import 1 before the prices reached typical insane scalper bs levels )
"Daniel gets to talk about food, TV, and anime girls, hooray!"
What more could we ask for? This is great!🙏
Shawn The Sheep is strangely popular in Japan, so the Mario Maker costume isn't that far-fetched.
that costume reminds me of Shaun The Sheep 3D. it could be watched on 3DS.
I do know it is HUGE in the UK
Here's one that was missed: Animal Crossing: New Leaf and Happy Home Designer had 7-Eleven furniture that you could obtain from a 7-Eleven Wifi (though in New Leaf, it was only in Japan. For HHD, I believe they were given by Spotpass)
It funny because many of these brands are of course American, and while many American brands are sold worldwide, some aren't, so as a European the product placement itself sometimes flies completely over my head where I think it's something they just made up for the game. Like the Olive Garden thing at the end of the first Sonic movie. I had never heard of it so I thought it was a made-up restaurant/café or whatever.
That’s pretty funny after you find out it’s real.
@@Joel-bt4ttand we wish it weren't
@@lpnp9477I am glad it’s real.
@@lpnp9477You don’t like the food there?
@@benmalsky9834 most people agree it's the lowest form of Italian food
5:55 THIS GAME BLOWS
(Slam dunks chibi robo zip lash in the toilet)
I love you for this Scott the Woz reference
I’m watching this in a bus terminal praying no one looks over and sees Daniel in the Mario drip with the sunglasses 😭
....Dammit, I SERIOUSLY THOUGHT THERE WAS A FORCED AD IN THIS VIDEO!! How the hell did I fall for this, the "Skip Ad" button didn't freakin' work, I had adblock, WTF?! >.<
Dammit GVG, you got me, dunno why I didn't realize Daniel's Switch 2 logo that he made. lol
There is a interesting amiibo that can be considered product placement, Tsukino from Monster Hunter Stories 2 is Sanrio character, and they credit Sanrio in the box itself as well, is pretty hidden thou
When you think about it, as of Splatoon 3 there's technically an in-universe explanation for why Inkling society has a few brands that are very similar to ones in our world...
Animal Crossing: New Leaf also had a whole set of 7-Eleven themed furniture that was only available to obtain in Japan. Consisting of different types of counters and coffee makers and food warmers and banners to basically create an entire 7-Eleven in your own house.
Okay, who did that voice of the Nintendo Direct™ announcer? Because that was eerily pitch perfect 👏🏽👏🏽
Pretty certain that’s Ash
That’s Brandon
In 1988 Ninendo collaborated with Nagatanien (a food company) to release Kaettekita Mario Bros. It's an enhanced version off Mario Bros. that also shows ads of Nagatanien's products beween levels. Also, IIRC in Animal Crossing: New Leaf there was a set of 7-Eleven branded furniture.
5:55 _This game BLOWS!_ -Scott the Woz
Pokémon Sword/Shield also collaborated with Uniqlo, with their own UT Grand Prix, where people submit designs, and some would be released as shirts you could buy at Uniqlo. The winning design was meant to be in-game permanantly, however, the design had broken rules stating that the design could not have been published in fan-made merch prior to the contest, which it did. So instead, we have no Uniqlo shirt in Pokémon.
"My Melody took the win against Hello Kitty in the finals" GOOD TASTE PREVAILED! xD
Daniel, I know this video might not get the views you were hoping for or it "deserves," but I had a super good time with it! I think it's really informative and very entertaining to boot. The enthusiasm and passion you put into making this are clearly visible. Also, the DKR segment totally caught me off guard. I know it's much easier said than done, but please don't get discouraged by a "low" view count. It does not take away from the quality of the video, and there are many of us here who truly appreciate the work and effort you put into your videos.
The splatoon/squid girl crossover made me watch the anime, and maan this anime is so good
Just a note about the babymetal collab, you mentioned that the costumes featured the band members su, moa and momo. But that is not really true, those are the current babymetal members, back when this costume was released momoko wasn’t a member of babymetal yet, and instead it was the original member Yui metal. Not really anything important but as a babymetal fan just wanted to mention that since yui used to be my favorite member
19:05 7Eleven is HUGE in Japan! When I visited the country this year I'd see like 3 of them in the corner of every street, it's crazy
I dunno, the fact that the Japanese exclusive crossover of Seven Eleven and Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia exists makes none of these really that weird to me. Grab your Seven sword and Eleven shield and lets go fight in a war!
And while not Nintendo, there’s also a 7-Eleven Keyblade in Kingdom Hearts 3!
Really enjoyed this video! Now I want MORE product placement in my new Nintendo games, lol
I think Splatoon 3 had a Calbee chips collab in japan recently if that counts lol
Thank you for making me think CZcams was running ads despite my premium membership
I think next Splatoon 3 Splatfest should be a collab with the new Totally Spies season with the sides being Sam, Clover, and Alex.
34:49 I kinda want to see the reactions of Mario fans seeing a collab with an anime romance. Even if they knew what nisekoi is- they still be caught off guard which is amazing to think about.
This is a great idea (and execution) for an overlooked niche in Nintendo history. Makes me want a similar video of Nintendo referencing its own history and consoles in its games, like Virtual Boy in Tomodachi Life, the NES emulators in Animal Crossing, the consoles in your homes in Pokemon, the Game Boy Horror, the Tingle Tuner or the Sheikah Slate... I'm sure there's lots more.
Great topic, Daniel!
Awesome video Daniel really enjoyed watching this and learning some obscure info. That All Night Nippon jingle is so good!
3:20 The New Play Control release of Pikmin 2 does have the product placement
Shaun The Sheep also had 3D videos on Nintendo Video and the 3DS eShop in that era, including one where he is playing on a 3DS.
It would be so funny to see any form of product placement in Smash due to how the community would react.
7:53 WAIT!!! WAIT IVE ACTUALLY HAD THESE ONES AND THEY'RE SO GOOD
This is a very specific topic for a video, and it hits all the rights spots for me!
I'm willing to watch as many as you are reading to release in the wild
This is such a unique and well researched video. Hope people watch it!!
Mario Kart 8 was my first game to see a product placement in games
The mercedes benz had me laughing as a kid
My biggest complaint about the product placement replacements in the Switch version of Pikmin 2 is that they didn't make more stuff like the Mario Paint brand paint. It would have been really cool to find other Nintendo related character products.
"Do people just like being mean to this game because it's not like the other Chibi Robo games?"
Yes!
Something else worth noting about Splatoon is their collab with Tower Records. In real life, Tower Records sells/sold the OST releases for Splatoon, and in the games, there’s not only a Tower Records ad written in the Inkling language, but also a Grizzco outfit called the Record Shop Look EP, which has an apron with the Tower Records logo on it.
There’s also gear for CoroCoro Comic, a Famitsu brand, The King of Games as both a brand and gear in the game, the Squidfin Hook Cans are an official HORI product, and though less blatant than the others, 7-Eleven stores in Japan offered exclusive gear for Splatoon 2.
EDIT: Also COMPLETELY forgot to mention the various Nintendo systems found in the Pokemon games, like how in Scarlet and Violet the player owns a Nintendo Switch.
Edit: Daniel being based on choosing the combo he likes in MK8 over the meta, my man! Also loved the DKR ad and the constant wardrobe additions!
Eyyy I have something to watch on the treadmill!
That fake Switch 2 ad was diabolical
You can't beat Duracell batteries and 7-Up bottle caps in Pikmin 2.
a bit more obscure, but the Puzzle Swap 3DS Streetpass game also had a McDonalds puzzles in Japan
The original Chibi-Robo has product placements in the post game too actually, you can find a Tamagotchi and a Primopuel
Nice touch with the products overtaking as time passes
19:31 ohh!! kinoko no yami!! i love those! ive seen the green variation but never tried it but me and my boyfriend love the og one a lot ^^
I'm surprised the Animal Crossing 7-Eleven collab didn't get brought up! It's so funny
You completely forgot all the ACNL 7-11 stuff, the FESOV 7-11 stuff, the one Gamecube NBA game that had Mario, Luigi, and Peach playable, etc.
Almost got me with that Diddy Kong Racing ad
There was also a special version of Mario Bros Arcade on the Famicom Disk System that was also an ad for Ramen, iirc.
Daniel, I’m surprised you didn’t talk about the fact that _Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia_ got a crossover with 7-Eleven in Japan.
Using Spotpass at any 7-Eleven, Japanese players could receive items in the game such as the Seven Shield or the Eleven Sword, both of which get boosted stats on Turns 7 through 11.
That is amazing
7:40 Oh, Moritz! I remember him from Colony 9 in Xenoblade Chronicles!
19:14 after living in japan for 2 years, i can tell you the japanese love their 7 eleven. I miss it so much, nothing like how we have it in america.
Some extra ones!
Wave Race: Blue Storm also had some light product placement! I distinctly remember seeing a Mcdonalds logo on some character's jetski, and I think the other jetskis may have had ads as well.
And Splatoon 2 also got some brand deal gear in Japan! By buying products form certain brands, you could get exclusive gear in the game. I don't think any of it directly advertised the brands, so it's not *really* product placement in the game's sense, but yeah. Japan still got product-based the rest of the world didn't. You couldn't even order it from Murch, making it truly Japan exclusive.. #gearforall !
This video was very interesting. I didn't realize just how much product placement Nintendo has done over the years. :)
The use of the Vancouver Velocity music🔥🔥🔥
He missed the corocoro branded splat roller from splatoon 1 which hasn't appeared since (a shounen manga company who still publishes the splatoon manga so not sure why it never came back)
As well as the fire emblem echoes collab with 7/11 (7/11 is way bigger than you think in Japan because convenience stores are far beyond just snacks there) in that one you'd get a 7 sword and an 11 shield who's effects were buffed between turns 7 & 11 (they're honestly pretty terrible, but yes, they exist)
Surprised that we haven't gotten a Disney themed Splatfest yet.
Your pronunciation of Eiskonfekt was actually very good
That Diddy Kong Racing bit made my heart jump! And was that the actual Direct announcer?
You missed a ton of games in the 64/ early Gamecube era. 1080° Snowboarding, Excitebike 64 and all of those spiritual successors of Excitebike from that era had product placement. Back then videogame companies actually paid brands to be able to put them in videogames to simulate realism.
I remember there was also tmnt splatfests In Australia at least
Does anybody remember the seven eleven collab with fire emblem echoes?
19:24 I mistook the Bamboo Shoot-shaped cookies as mussel shell-shaped.
27:50 It's very rare to hear someone from the West talk about Beat Takeshi without mentioning Takeshi's Castle. So I just "fixed" that. :P
30:43 You actually didn't just beat a dead horse about this localization. As you didn't say "Doki Doki Panic was localized to "Super Mario Bros 2" but had the decency to call Yume Kojo Doki Doki Panic by it's full name.
How fitting: In the video there is talk about GLA x Mario Kart Ads and the ad at the end is Porsche x Overwatch 2.
DS and Wii ads in a n64 game is genuinely so cursed
This video made me crave Moritz Icy Squares :D
I’m american and had japanese mcdonald’s 3 times when I was there last year. I wouldn’t say it was better quality than what we have in the states. I was also with a girl from Australia who said it tasted about the same as she was used to
I too also think about how important Brandon can be.
We could have had king slayer in Mario Maker
Pff that Diddy Kong add got me excited for a second :(
Hi @GVG great job on the topic on waverace 64 for the original Japanese, North America, and virtual console versions of the game, unfortunately your missing one more version released exclusively in mainland China, apart of the ique branding
They replaced all of the kawasaki and nintendo 64 advertising, and replaced with the ique logo and the title of the Chinese version of waverace 64
Parodies, but the Japanese version of Mario Kart 64 had references to Goodyear, Shell, 76, Mobil1, Marlboro, and Agip.
Can confirm, Chocoshrooms (Kinoko no Yama) and Chococones (Takenoko no Sato) go hard. I like to refrigerate them.
Brandon: God, look at how much bigger the movie could have been if it were live action
Super Mario Bros the Movie(1993):Am i a joke to you?
never watched the squid girl anime but i remember seeing her quite a bit back when splatoon 1 came out. it was neat that a crossover fans naturally made up actually ended up happening, and i'm pretty sure i kept my inkling in the shoes by the time i stopped playing
and mario maker 1's wacky promos i think helped keep it alive better than mario maker 2, any week could have some international brand you've never heard of before suddenly be a costume and promoted level to play
Dunno why Super Mario Maker didn’t have any American IP as platt of the mystery costumes?
I mean they used SpongeBob for Splatoon 1
21:05 I actually own a splatoon 3 shirt from this brand!
24:47 I didn’t realize it at first either (because they for some reason avoided mentioning it in‐game this time), but the “potato chip flavours” splatfest is considered to be an official tie‐in with the Calbee brand. Materials like the Nintendō website made it clear that it’s a collab with Calbee. The company sold squid‐ink chips with the Splatoon 3 logo around that time (I bought some for my archive). Maybe it doesn’t count for the video since it wasn’t embedded in the game data.
I thought this video was going to be a US‐focused one because you didn’t bring up the regional differences of Pikmin 2 at all (No Duracell in Japan), so I was a bit surprised later.
I wish there was more product placement just to get more DLC
Great video! I didn't know about most of these
Excitebike 64 is especially one that is decked out in so many motosports brands. The release of the game on the N64 switch app actually made me a bit sad that some of the brands were removed, especially with Jim Rivers having the Fox Sports logo removed and leaving his uniform just be blank.
I had the Squid Girl hat because it looked like a clove of garlic.
5:42 This game blows!
This fake ad's pretty cute! Don't remember there being any product placement in DKR, though. I wonder where they're going with this!
Oh, nowhere..? Huh.
You can redownload on Wii Shop Channel in 2024? You can even get past the channel's title screen?
I was able to immediately recognize Nisekoi years later thanks to Mario Maker.
The reason people hate on Chibi-Robo Zip Lash is because the producer kind of guilted fans into buying it saying it might be the last Chibi-Robo game if it didn't perform well.
There’s no such thing as product placement in songs! (Proceeds to listen to Project Voltage songs)
Also I'll admit, I didn't like Splatoon all that much (wasn't bad or anything, but, eh...), but if it wasn't for Splatoon I would've never got into Squid Girl. lol
Strange indeed!
I cannot abide by this Mc Nuggie slander Daniel. Especially when copared to the greesy, flacid, soft mess that is a McDonald's fry.
"V-S Super Mariio Bros" hurts me everytime you say it.
Great video
I heard the fanta in Europe tastes different than the one in the US.
Diddy Kong Racing?
I can't believe you didn't talk about the 7/11 Animal Crossing horse. Basically: In the Welcome Amiibo update, you could go to a 7/11 in Japan at certain times to invite Filly the horse to your campsite, but you couldn't get her in your town. She'd sell you 7/11 items, though! Including a uniform...
There was another product placed character, for a glue/stationary company. Holden. (Thankfully not a horse, but a bright. yellow. hamster.) I dunno, I think it's funny as fuck.
Speaking of Weird Animal Crossing Crossovers, there's the cat and dog who seem tamagochi-like but are actually based on animal translation devices. Meow and Bow.
23:52 more girth please ahah.
Nothing gets language communities more excited than seeing their language in a worldwide release. I was pretty excited seeing Vitamalz in Pimin 2 on Wii, but Finnish people must have been ecstatic if their snack wasn't in a dogshit game.