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Heath
Apr 30, 2008

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A lot of people blame this weird and peak-90s marketing campaign for Earthbound's initial commercial failure. I think it's a little much to pin it entirely on the marketing, since even at the time the game looked really primitive and boring to be competing with FF3 and Chrono Trigger and Secret of Mana and whatever else was on the market at the time. The campaign seems to read like the designer's only exposure to the game was seeing someone examining the turds Pokey left behind in the desert town and thinking it was representative of the whole. That said, the whole thing fits in with the weird gross-out advertising of the period.

edit: I just noticed they included the guy in the club who says "I just farted"

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Heath
Apr 30, 2008

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RoboRodent posted:

This could be the most delicious seasoning in the world and I still wouldn't want to buy it.

If it were legitimately really good I'd rip the label off and write something dignified on it and if anybody asked I would just say it's my custom blend and no I will not share the recipe

Heath
Apr 30, 2008

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Der Kyhe posted:

You'd expect that the Hitler cereals were at least a bit nutsy.

And full of iron

Heath
Apr 30, 2008

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Anime Eyes Hitler is a child of these very forums

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