Marketing gimmick

[cabbage]

Hmm, not sure if this is the right board to post this since it's not an ebay/currently-for-sale item... but anyway...

Recently I picked up a Korean 6-in-1 famicom game with Pizza Cats characters on the front. Obviously I thought it would have the KNT Famicom game as one of those six, but apparently not Strange, I guess the company that produced it must have hired a graphic designer or artist who is a fan? I don't know. The same company produces other multicarts, and I know at least one of them -does- have KNT on it... just not this one

I don't remember seeing these particular drawings of the cats before, maybe they were custom made for this box design, or more probably stolen from someplace else I don't recognize (your thoughts?). Pretty strange anyway to see SPC used as a marketing ploy, but I guess it worked on me ^^;

(and no, I don't know what GamGuer is supposed to mean... Game... Gear??? what?)

[Someone who does Something]

That's wierd lol.

[sans soul]

That's wierd lol.

For once, I agree.

Looks almost like whatever artist they hired to draw the characters wasn't paying complete attention.. or didn't study their references well enough.

[cabbage]

D'oh, it's obviously the same poses/designs as the official KNT game's art, just poorly redrawn by someone who probably wasn't familiar with the series... how could I have missed that

BTW, just noticed there's a couple of pirated knock-offs of the KNT game up on ebay right now from a seller in Thailand. If anybody has ever wanted to play it on a real famicom but is too cheap or poor to buy the official one (which can be a bit more uncommon and/or expensive) they're each under US$20 shipped with buy-it-now. This one cracks me up (see attachment below, stolen from the auction listing)

[Someone who does Something]

I saw that on ebay, I was like "What does Star Fox have to do with KNT\SPC?"

[Mr.NoName]

Huh.... That's interesting. It's nice to see that there might be some fans out there still, even if they are using the characters as a marketing ploy.. Also, I don't think the art was stolen (even though the characters were, obviously), and the art itself isn't so bad; I've seen worse. This wouldn't be the first time I've seen characters on a game cover where they've never made any real appearance in the game. All-in-all, it's still pretty intriguing.

[Mechadon]

This wouldn't be the first time I've seen characters on a game cover where they've never made any real appearance in the game.

Yah like Micheal Biehn in Metal Gear.

[Blackcat]

Well, I am flattered!

 

[Tigriss]

Recently I picked up a Korean 6-in-1 famicom game with Pizza Cats characters on the front. Obviously I thought it would have the KNT Famicom game as one of those six, but apparently not

Sounds like a dirty trick if you ask me.

[Someone who does Something]

This is just stupid...
http://cgi.ebay.com/VTG-RARE-1990-Nintendo-Famicom-SAMURAI-PIZZA-CATS-/120737948456?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c1c8ae328

[felineki]

Although it's obviously mislabeled, I'm actually pleased to see all the nice photos in that auction. The boxes for those mini figures seem to have some artwork I haven't seen anywhere else.

[Tigriss]

So... are they trying to sell the KNT game and put up pictures of the toys? Or are they trying to sell the toys, but labeled it as the KNT game? *checks Q&A* Looks like it's option two. It's the toys that are for sale. You think the seller would fix the description if they bothered to answer the question.

[Blackcat]

Well, basically all family-con cartridges with more than one game that you can get nowadays are junk. Just dont buy it unless they let you try the cartridges first.