These are a few of my favorite things.....

Dr. Pepper and Virtua Fighter 4.

http://xengamers.com/docs/news/elements/files/spep.jpg

Coca-Cola has signed a deal with Sega for a new promotional campaign that will include Dr. Pepper soda and Sega's recently released arcade game Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution. Specifically, players can collect 18 limited edition keychains bearing images of characters from the game by purchasing 350ml cans of Dr. Pepper at select vending machines. Posters advertising the campaign have already begun appearing at several Sega operated amusement facilities across Japan. According to company representatives however, the promotion is officially scheduled to begin next week.

http://xengamers.com/sections/news/8250/


Really... does it get much better?
Z-roe

That pisses me the hell off. I would have so many VF4 toys if they did that here :mad: VF4 + Dr. Pepper = bliss.

For once I would just like them to try that kind of cool stuff in America. Sure we get impossible "Look under the Label and win one of 20 Game Systems" games. But not like that. "Oh wow! Nintendo character shaped Suckers that look like retarded versions of the Nintendo character they are supposed to be! Cool! Oh and Nintendo character gumi bears in a little GBA plastic box! Awesome!" In japan even the crapiest games get wicked cool toys and stuff. Sigh.

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Originally posted by Clash_Master
In japan even the crapiest games get wicked cool toys and stuff. Sigh.

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You sayin' Virtua Fighter 4 is on of the "crappiest games"? Huh, punk? You wanna step outside!? :p

Really though, I get what your saying. American publishers spend thier advertising dollars on the stupidest crap. Americans might not dig VF4 keychains as much as the Japanese might, but finding something cool looking in your Dr Pepper might promt you to find out what that cool looking thing pertains to. Plus I want a Akira keychain damnit....

Z-roe

First it was Pepsiman and Fighting Vipers, then it was Coca Cola and Final Fantasy 9, then Sobe and Oddworld, now this...

What next? Starbucks and Mario with a Cappucino backpack?

Dude! It would rock to have little plastic Mario bottles that you squeeze, and out shoots cappucino from the water gun! Refreshing Mario double shots where ever you go!

Z-roe

They should have select "winning cans" like in Shenmue, that I could trade in for Saturn games. That would rock. Then I could buy a can and chug-a-lug the whole thing right there at the machine, with a "woo", just like Ryo Hazuki!

Bah, I'm kinda glad that this doesn't exist here. Then I'd have to actually drink Dr. Pepper...ugh....

Oh and does anyone think that the three question mark spots are kinda odd? Are there three more characters or are there just three more keychains of existing characters?

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They should have select "winning cans" like in Shenmue, that I could trade in for Saturn games. That would rock. Then I could buy a can and chug-a-lug the whole thing right there at the machine, with a "woo", just like Ryo Hazuki!

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Damn right.

there goes my teeth / yen.

Awesome

I hope Namco considers doing something similar to promote Soul Calibur 2...Soul Calibur's character designs are more to my liking than Virtua Fighter's, so I'd love to see them on a key chain or something similar. ^_^

There was a Namco Gals series Gatcha-gatcha release which included Sophitia and Ivy.

@ dcharlie: Really? I hadn't heard about it, but it sounds rather cool. Thanks for pointing it out. ^_~

I think my GF has them, i`ll try and get some digital photos together at some point.

Loads of games related stuff over here - just got the Mario Kubrick-style gatcha-gatcha set.... Totally awesome.