A Nintendo DS You Really Want But Can't Have
Heartbreak as Mario goodness is for Japan only.
At SPOnG we like to break your heart. Not with a combination of our good looks and unavailability, but with interesting stuff from Japan you simply won’t be able to buy.
Not only does this make us feel smug as we lie to ourselves that someone we’re friends with at Nintendo might be able to talk to someone else somewhere and get us whatever it might be, it enables us to fill in what is a dire, slow period in gaming news.
So everyone’s a winner.
The latest instalment of angst and heartbreak comes from NCL Kyoto and its recently-announced dealing with soft drink behemoth Pepsi. Not only is a limited edition Pepsi Blue Nintendo DS hardware unit available in a limited run of 1,000, there are stunning Mario figurines and what appear to be sticker rolls featuring scenes from the original side-scrolling arcade and Famicom outings.
We’re off to give ourselves a glimmer of hope now. We’ll bring you more stuff from Japan you can’t buy, soon!
Not only does this make us feel smug as we lie to ourselves that someone we’re friends with at Nintendo might be able to talk to someone else somewhere and get us whatever it might be, it enables us to fill in what is a dire, slow period in gaming news.
So everyone’s a winner.
The latest instalment of angst and heartbreak comes from NCL Kyoto and its recently-announced dealing with soft drink behemoth Pepsi. Not only is a limited edition Pepsi Blue Nintendo DS hardware unit available in a limited run of 1,000, there are stunning Mario figurines and what appear to be sticker rolls featuring scenes from the original side-scrolling arcade and Famicom outings.
We’re off to give ourselves a glimmer of hope now. We’ll bring you more stuff from Japan you can’t buy, soon!
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Comments
Pandaman 16 Feb 2005 22:34
1/6
Nintendo marketing their product? What the hell?
Smelly 17 Feb 2005 10:08
2/6
They've always marketted products..
They just dont seem to bother in the uk.. But then looking at the crap that uk gamers buy (check last years charts), I dont know if this particularly suprises me.
They just dont seem to bother in the uk.. But then looking at the crap that uk gamers buy (check last years charts), I dont know if this particularly suprises me.
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Ditto 17 Feb 2005 15:25
3/6
Marketing's more than just promotion. The Marketing Mix is:
Product
Place
Price
Promotion
Product
Place
Price
Promotion
config 17 Feb 2005 15:27
4/6
Oooo. Sounds like someone's just come back from a training course...
;)
;)
Nintendo King 19 Feb 2005 01:35
5/6
Why can't they have that here in America!?!?!? They always give the Jap-suckas the cool stuff.
SlickShot21 19 Feb 2005 17:51
6/6
Thats probley the "Jap-Suckas" made half of the s**t we play on!
lol
lol