+atari2600land Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 eBay Auction -- Item Number: 271935987488 Why did they use a cheetah? And Mario? And Sonic? There are just too many things wrong here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayreon Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 I don't know but it does look like a cartoon of a Jaguar (Cheetahs are leaner) hunting sonic and that bloody annoying lame plumber ( I think Frisky Tom is the better plumber). I don't see that many things wrong here except for mario who's wrong by default Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galax Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 (edited) Yeah it's not a Cheetah- some of the spots have that two-tone look, Cheetahs have solid black spots. Sonic and Mario are there because the Jag is "Chewing up the competition", so it does all make sense. A pretty poor ad though. Edited February 11, 2016 by galax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted February 12, 2016 Author Share Posted February 12, 2016 OK, well, I doubt they got permission from Nintendo and Sega, though. I'm surprised they didn't care. It must have been since the Jaguar was doing poorly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayreon Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Since they're not exact copies of the figures and advertising laws are different all over the world I guess they acted within the law of the country/countries it was used. Here in the Netherlands it probably wouldn't have been allowed as you can't mention or depict anything of another brand in your advertisement. In the US it is or at least was quite normal to "compare" your product to another brand. Didn't Sony film ads in front of the Nintendo office? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Havoc 2049 Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 OK, well, I doubt they got permission from Nintendo and Sega, though. I'm surprised they didn't care. It must have been since the Jaguar was doing poorly? That was the Jaguar launch ad from 1993, so we didn't know the system was going to bomb (although everyone had a STRONG feeling it was going to bomb...lol). I remember Nintendo got back at Atari in a SNES ad and showed an in-game picture of Donkey Kong Country next to an in-game picture of Cybermorph, along with a snarky comment. No love lost in video game advertising back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDIRunner Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Did the Jaguar have an ad in the US where they showed the Genesis and SNES being tossed into a dusty old box since those were "kids toys" and were no longer needed.......or what that another system? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirlynxalot Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 I think you are thinking of this ad for the 3DO 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDIRunner Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 I think you are thinking of this ad for the 3DO Yep, that's the one. But my point was that it's pretty common to see competitors products in ads in the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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