Segata Sanshiro - The Legend

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October 23rd, 2006, 14:21
Darksaviour69

Segata Sanshiro - The Legend

By the end of 1997, the Sega Saturn had completely failed in the United States, and Japanese sales were in trouble as well. Sega knew it had to come up with a genius marketing plan to stay competitive. And there was only one man for the job: SEGATA SANSHIRO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3lCF8O2N50&eurl=

This short documentary traces the life and death of one of the greatest video game advertising icons ever.

watch it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3lCF8O2N50&eurl=

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October 23rd, 2006, 19:25
JKKDARK

Segata Sanshiro must be revived. He wasn't in the Dreamcast era :(
October 23rd, 2006, 21:14
Fear and Loathing

Had heard about the adverts before but never saw them until now. That really is genius :D
October 29th, 2006, 18:37
Elven6

I remember seeing them, they were pretty funny. He also did many game commercials which you can find over google or youtube if you guys don't know of him.