Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Phoney Mega Man Promotes Antibiotics

The image of Mega Man.EXE appears to have been the subject of some not-so-subtle tracing in an advertisement for Deflox, a Spanish cold and cough medication. The impostor in all his glory below:


Check out a comparison after the break...



According to the tipster, the product is known for copying video game characters, and using them for unauthorized advertising. Previous efforts include Link, Mario and Klonoa knock-offs. No images available, sadly.
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26 comments:

  1. BGJanuary 6, 2010 at 3:06 PM

    Are they allowed to do this?

    Its clearly the same picture just edited.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 6, 2010 at 3:43 PM

    Those skilled in the "art" of plagiarism would have at least done...no actually, that's about what I'd expect.

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  3. Masterge77January 6, 2010 at 3:48 PM

    As you can clearly see, Megaman is ticked off about his clone

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 6, 2010 at 4:17 PM

    Either that megaman clone looks to destory the original megaman exe figure, or he just looks like his gay side.

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  5. bowsersenemyJanuary 6, 2010 at 4:59 PM

    well, megaman.exe does battle viruses... and i'm guessing they use mario to advertise thier plumbing equipment, sonic to advertise thier shoes, and link to advertise thier kitchen knives?

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  6. EnzioJanuary 6, 2010 at 5:21 PM

    Apparently, it's delicioso!

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  7. AldoJanuary 6, 2010 at 5:41 PM

    Jack in!

    MegaMan.DDS, Dental Routine, execute!

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  8. AnonymousJanuary 6, 2010 at 6:05 PM

    I'm positive this was featured before.

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  9. UnknownJanuary 6, 2010 at 6:13 PM

    i thought it was similar but then i saw the comparison shot. They've got the exact same figure, thats a terrble copy.
    Maybe they didn't think Megaman was a big thing and nobody would notice lol

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  10. ProtodudeJanuary 6, 2010 at 6:22 PM

    @anon: Nope, we haven't covered this particular knock-off before. There's been a few others in the past:

    http://protodudesrockmancorner.blogspot.com/2009/08/mega-man-dons-game-design-book-cover.html

    http://protodudesrockmancorner.blogspot.com/2009/04/mega-man-ish-character-sponsers.html

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  11. mayadonorJanuary 6, 2010 at 7:01 PM

    *goes all emo* IT'S JUST AN EDITED EXE!!!

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  12. TcatJanuary 6, 2010 at 7:22 PM

    I wouldn't mind the rip offs so much if these people just knew how to draw XD; oh good grief.

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  13. Ngaurhoth1January 6, 2010 at 8:09 PM

    Well a lot of people are asking if this is legal, well sadly it is. It's protected under the "Fair use" law. It allows you to parody anything and everything, you can't just copy it, but if you edit enough then you're in the clear :/

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  14. KhoroshoJanuary 6, 2010 at 9:16 PM

    @Ngaurhoth1

    But this is obviously not a parody, it's advertising.

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  15. AnonymousJanuary 6, 2010 at 9:36 PM

    @Khorosho

    An advertisement using a parody.

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  16. AldoJanuary 6, 2010 at 9:55 PM

    Ngaurhoth1:
    I get that, but when is someone going to stand up and say that it's wrong to parody so blatantly for profit? And without permission?

    You wanna make a movie, an homage, something artistic or creative (for lack of a better term) to something and make money that way, fine, but to advertise and steal another's design like this is just BS.

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  17. ngaurhoth1January 6, 2010 at 10:00 PM

    Advertising using a parody... You can parody anything and get away with it... Advetisement is no exception... Have you seen the Chewy Baton?

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  18. kotipeltoxJanuary 6, 2010 at 11:16 PM

    What´s the problem? it isn´t the big deal.....it´s just pikachu-man being parodied by an "almost authentic" wannabe-man.

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  19. AnonymousJanuary 6, 2010 at 11:24 PM

    ^
    What?

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  20. StenMan.EXEJanuary 7, 2010 at 1:28 AM

    It's not too bad, but is it just me.... or does this clone have the same colour scheme as the infamous box-art from MM1?

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  21. ServBROtJanuary 7, 2010 at 5:25 AM

    lmao!... btw

    http://i48.tinypic.com/qxm0dv.jpg

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  22. MahJanuary 7, 2010 at 6:34 AM

    I don't see how having a robot like character standing there would help make someone want to buy medication anyway.

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  23. SirFrancisJanuary 7, 2010 at 1:03 PM

    Oh damn, that "ecobrigada" thing is from my country...what a shame boy, what a shame. I can't believe people around here are imitating megaman...embarrising =/

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  24. AnonymousJanuary 7, 2010 at 1:19 PM

    I KNOW I've seen this here. Or perhaps some other medication that was advertised with a knockoff. But I'm certain it wasn't either of those two.

    Or I could be senile. Yea, that's probably it.

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  25. KhoroshoJanuary 7, 2010 at 2:51 PM

    @kotipeltox

    I thought winter break was over. Shouldn't you be in class

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  26. AnonymousJanuary 7, 2010 at 4:49 PM

    UGLY!

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