{"id":33239,"date":"2018-07-16T16:45:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/07\/random_sega_recreates_classic_90s_commercial_for_sonic_mania_plus"},"modified":"2018-07-16T16:45:00","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T16:45:00","slug":"random-sega-recreates-classic-90s-commercial-for-sonic-mania-plus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/07\/16\/random-sega-recreates-classic-90s-commercial-for-sonic-mania-plus\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: Sega Recreates Classic &#8217;90s Commercial For Sonic Mania Plus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/07\/random_sega_recreates_classic_90s_commercial_for_sonic_mania_plus\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/07\/random_sega_recreates_classic_90s_commercial_for_sonic_mania_plus\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture embed centered picture-900x img-900x\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Screen Shot 2018-07-16 at 17.42.28.png\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/07\/random_sega_recreates_classic_90s_commercial_for_sonic_mania_plus\/attachment\/0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/07\/random_sega_recreates_classic_90s_commercial_for_sonic_mania_plus\/attachment\/0\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-07-16 at 17.42.28.png\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/sonic_mania_plus\"><strong>Sonic Mania Plus<\/strong><\/a> hits stores tomorrow and Sega has recreated one of its classic &#8217;90s TV adverts to celebrate &#8211; and promote!<\/p>\n<p>The video has been shared on\u00a0Twitter from the official Sonic the Hedgehog account and features a store salesman desperately trying to get the customer to buy the &#8220;same generic games as everyone else&#8221;. The customer is having none of it, though, instead wanting to know more about the &#8220;shiny&#8221; Sonic Mania Plus.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\" readability=\"3.260663507109\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" readability=\"1.6687898089172\">In a world full of first-person shooter games, one game store customer has a choice to make.<\/p>\n<p>(Sonic Mania Plus comes out TOMORROW!) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vElD6tqCqm\">pic.twitter.com\/vElD6tqCqm<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span>\u2014 Sonic the Hedgehog (@sonic_hedgehog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sonic_hedgehog\/status\/1018894544497020934?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t remember the original &#8211; or are too young to have seen it &#8211; one Twitter user was kind enough to reply to the tweet with this video below. As you can see, the new parody is pretty spot on &#8211; a very nice throwback to the &#8217;90s for those who remember the Sega Genesis ads. Of course, back then Sega was in direct competition with Nintendo&#8217;s SNES and now the game in question is appearing on Switch. How times have changed.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\"><p><span lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Original 90\u2019s commercial. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A93vbXQ7b5\">pic.twitter.com\/A93vbXQ7b5<\/a><\/span>\u2014 lil gameboy (@WestSideRigo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WestSideRigo\/status\/1018894880997691392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t picked up Sonic Mania yet, and are thinking about getting yourself a copy of Sonic Mania Plus &#8211; make sure to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/nintendo-switch\/sonic_mania_plus\">check out our review<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Will you be getting a copy when it arrives tomorrow?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sonic Mania Plus hits stores tomorrow and Sega has recreated one of its classic &#8217;90s TV adverts to celebrate &#8211; and promote! The video has been shared on\u00a0Twitter from the official Sonic the Hedgehog account and features a store salesman desperately trying to get the customer to buy the &#8220;same generic games as everyone else&#8221;. 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