Super Mario Pepsi Christmas Commercial (1989)

[@4arms4life]

Odyssey might be getting a Santa outfit in a future update, we can recreate how Mario looks in this commercial with the Santa hat and Classic suit.

[@tonytheant2116]

Your dream can now be a reality

[@jasongoldman3850]

This ad came out when I was 13. It's amazing I still remember it all these years later.

[@redmasc]

I remember wanting a Nintendo so bad for Christmas, that I opened every one of these Pepsi packs that my mom bought just to look inside if I won. I don't think kids in this generation will have the same memories of their favorite game titles.

[@sparkeee3]

Companies do stuff like this all the time

[@epicboyo4883]

I think Doritos did this for the XBOX last year.

[@a_pufferfish2936]

Except they will.

[@goblinmcgameface]

Man, what I’d give to have something like this in 2020.

[@jadentejada5202]

They do, but the prizes can be real stupid.

[@bradyanderson6311]

@@jadentejada5202 the now troubles.

[@BenjaMan64]

Mario, Pepsi and Christmas. Best combination ever.

[@GenuflectingRotation]

I miss this kind of store experience. Going shopping with my mom as a little kid was beautiful, everyone was happy and the bustle made it fun.

[@wanderinghistorian]

When I was a kid and saw this in 1989 I thought the supermarket portion was an actual game you could play. I held onto this false memory until 2010 when a friend found this and sent it to me. It was good because for years people told me I was nuts so it was good to see I wasn't nuts just mistaken.

[@NicolasCruz3493]

New Super Mario Bros. Bepis

[@PrekiFromPoland]

That's a golden comment right here.

[@mariopikaman1]

Real Nintendo gamers drink *BEPIS*

[@BKDBrian2]

Deck the Halls in 8-bit NES format?!

[@BinglesP]

Well, just an 8-bit remix, but I can’t word things perfectly either so I understand (I hope that doesn’t sound passive aggressive, because everyone says I always do)

[@damian9303]

I love the aesthetics of cheap 80s animation.

[@BinglesP]

Must’ve been a pain in the ass for animators, though. Underpaid and probably also bossed around at the slightest off-model detail. But hey, this is an aesthetic, not a full-on preference. And but hey, too, I enjoy Problem Solverz unironically(sort of?), so I shouldn’t really be talking here...

[@TJPagz]

This should be advertised at the Super Bowl

[@pinhead62]

Im getting the nes classic for christmas LOL

[@charlie891]

just a reminder that in this commercial, mario is putting the stuff into their baskets, not giving it to them. that means they still have to pay for it.

[@parzavulwatts5213]

Bruh why did Nintendo never put “Pepsi Mario” at any game??He would be overpowered.

[@BinglesP]

I mean, giving people “thousands” of Nintendo prizes for free is a fairly powerful ability, or at least alluding to one since that takes either lots of pro-consumerism or an unrealistic over-supply I know this is sarcasm but Pepsi Mario being overpowered could certainly have a point in terms of economics(and worker’s rights in a pessimistic point of view)

[@egfelixdcg]

Well, Sega made Coca Cola Kid in 1994 (Japan only)

[@suapanpina]

This looks like a golden age simpsons joke

[@dingusboi7045]

alrighty, mate, now we're talking.

[@hobomike6935]

0:14 "so hurry up and play, before it's all over!" *mario death sound effect* "and if you don't buy and drink more pepsi before christmas eve, you go to hell, *before you die.* "

[@zeithammel4473]

I want that mario pepsi display

[@StarliteProductDevelopment]

If any survived they would be worth a fortune to collectors.

[@jeremyjamesdewitt]

Blast from the past!

[@vincently1995]

Merry Christmas!

[@jordanpeterson5038]

I think for the fun of it they should play this commercial in december.

[@sonicfanboy3375]

This looks like a Ms paint animation

[@LoganBearDad]

So this was what the 90s were like...Too bad I was born in 2003

[@supahcomix]

trust me the 2000s where cool too

[@SaadNabil]

Rare commercial! Love Pepsi!

[@DanceDanceNorth]

What's strange is that I traded a bunch of iCoke points for a free Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games for the DS!

[@BinglesP]

Nice, didn’t know you could do that. But hey, this is SEGA, who also had to switch sides after the 21st Century started.

[@roadrunnercoyote2263]

Do you have the complete version of this particular recording of the commercial? It's the only one on the web that has the best sound quality, compared to the other copies on KZbin...

[@Lars-ze2xf]

I tell you, folks! Don't go deep in the Rabbit hole, about celebrities branding between Pepsi and Coca Cola. You'll get a headache.

[@mikez.6309]

Pepsi and Nintendo together has potential to do great magic for an ad. Even back then. How sad this commercial is.

[@Kentmick]

Wow, I remember watching this and thinking there was some christmas mario game. I know I was only 4 but holy crap, I hope I was tired or far away from the TV because I believed this for yeasr. haha.

[@BinglesP]

Wait... Christmas NiGHTS... SATURN DOES WHAT NINTENDON’T-

[@reidkerzman3852]

Back when commercials weren't infuriating and arrogant and created to annoy

[@Kennymcormick1170]

2 monts until koopmas

[@OG_Kush_TV]

'On December 7, 1989, Atari Corp. files suit in Los Angeles court against Nintendo and PepsiCo, seeking $22 million in damages over magazine ad campaign involving ads showing Nintendo's Game Boy with a screen displaying a color photo of Super Mario drinking a Pepsi Cola dressed in a Santa costume. Unlike the Lynx, the Game Boy's screen displays in black and white only. Atari Corp. accuses “Nintendo and PepsiCo of having voluntarily and deliberately engaged in an advertising campaign intended to mislead potential buyers of the console. The very next day, PepsiCo, accepting the idea that advertisements can be misleading, reached a partial agreement with Atari Corp.. To avoid possible lawsuits, PepsiCo decided to stop the advertising campaign, except for advertisements about to be published during the week (for obvious practical reasons)."

[@trevormarshall6384]

I just found one of these Mario Pepsi bottles that is unopened. Should I twist the cap off to see if I'm a winner? I wonder if Nintendo would give me anything if I won

[@StarliteProductDevelopment]

Nope. The promotion ended over 30 years ago.

[@tantejunko]

Bepis

[@migueltheglaceon1734]

Hmm i wonder why nintendo calls cartridges game packs.

[@bonniethehedgefox9139]

It was a marketing tactic, back then, nobody wanted to play console games... Until Nintendo showed up and saved the video game market!

[@VictorGonzalez-xs9oc]

@@bonniethehedgefox9139 all thanks to Pepsi claus.

[@aristos6329]

😀

[@mario16161]

Why.... Why is it looks s0 scary?

[@ScoopOfButter]

That doesn't even look like Mario, lmao.

[@BinglesP]

I’m sure it did back then, since a lot of early Mario artwork had all-black hair and with red overalls, kind of like with Classic Sonic(Older designs of characters should be appreciated more often, to be honest...).

[@윤겜채]

PEPSI MEN(?)

[@phr0g891]

Why was this in my recommendation..

[@allygames2082]

Was that the Mario 87

[@satanisreal1756]

Neta Esto Existe? (yo quiero uno para mí vieja NES)

[@pinhead62]

GET NES CLASSIC EDITION BECAUSE IT HAS ALL YOUR FAVORITE NES GAMES

[@pompmrs.127]

so who won the prize

[@StarliteProductDevelopment]

The silence is your answer...

[@pokepowerofarceus6658]

They spelled packs wrong

[@goiabexp]

Eliel Vidal it is officially spelled game pak by nintendo

[@explosion_cartoons]

Not everyone is perfect

[@pokepowerofarceus6658]

(Pak) Pack I get it! Oink!

[@romalapin8648]

Why talk English