TV commercial for Nike Monster Shox

ark_keeper · Trick Member Joined: 31 Aug 2002 Location: Louisville, KY

Konami doesn't even HAVE an AM division in America anymore, and they aren't the only company. You know why? American arcades are doing crappy. PIU may sell some more cabinets here and in Mexico, but Konami is selling a heck of a lot more IIDX, PNM, GF, and DM cabinets in Japan, where arcades are actually a good industry to get into.
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s7yl33 · Trick Member Joined: 24 Apr 2004 Location: C-bus, Ohio

has anybody actually tried these shoes? jus curious if i should buy em or not... cuz i need some new shoes

DizzyBum · Trick Member Joined: 30 Jan 2002 Location: Monroe, CT

Shox are retarded. Don't buy them. Instead, buy shoes that look decent and are comfortable.
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sfetaz · Vivid Member Joined: 02 May 2002

Personal Preference is New Balance. You can and will find a shoe perfect for your foot with them. I have 12 and a half, 4E shoes designed for flat feet.

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Clay0K · Staff Member Joined: 16 Jan 2002 Location: Out.

What a ko-wink-ee-dink that they used the original Winter song. It got my attention.

Commercial = success.

Bania · Trick Member Joined: 05 Mar 2003 Location: Fort Bragg, NC

Just saw this thread today...I was in the commercial, but only one of the shadowers / the challenger's "posse." I personally think the commercial sucked relative to the amount of (and quality of other) footage they got.

For the curious ones, I'm in the orange tank top, and show up best right at the end patting the challenger on the back.

They didn't have to pay anything to use Winter; it's public domain, but yeah. Really weak commercial. They just had the two main dancers running around the pad in the same manner cuz while Brian (challenger) fit the bill for their character, he wasn't as good as Ryan (champion) at pump. so yeah, that's all i got...

EDIT: the Shox are really nice to DDR in. I've done my best on So Deep, Stoic, and Twilight Zone (only 3 i could think of off the top of my head) with them, but they are a bit slippery compared to the vans I use as well. Shox are way hella lighter, but almost too springy.
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DDRmaniacplayer · Trick Member Joined: 14 Apr 2002 Location: Chandler, AZ

I don't really hate the commercial as most of the people in this thread do. I actually think its pretty cool to actually a a Bemani game in a commercial. As for V, or Winter, I think thats pretty cool to. I mean, just because they don't use DDR doesn't mean that its not as successful.

GeeForce · Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2004 11:23 am Post subject:

I think that people are going to see this commercial and say "oh look it's that dancing game I saw in the mall!" Yes, someone already posted that, but I'm too lazy to do the quote or look up who it was. I agree with you man. Besides, IMO, the clip of them actually playing was like one sixteenth of a second, and people who don't play DDR or PIU aren't gonna notice the difference.

As for the shoes, I really like the Nike Shox and those new ones they came out with because they're really light. I used to have Reeboks and it would take me like 2 songs at the arcade to get used to the big weights on my feet after practicing at home in my socks. Shox good!

Other opinions:
-I think they picked the song because IMO it goes really good with the theme of the whole commercial.
-I kinda like the "Asians are good at DDR" stereotype, even though I know several Mexicans who can kick their asses.....
-Oatwheels, I like your idea, I think you have a good point, I agree with you, but you need to take a chill pill. Seriously. Go to CVS and get some. If you didn't have such an attitude more people might have taken you seriously, and you wouldn't have been warned.
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GeeForce · Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2004 11:24 am Post subject:

Double post. Sorry

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DDRtimmyDDR · Trick Member Joined: 05 Oct 2003 Location: alabama

LMAO ROFL did anybody see the pump it up pad made out of crates when the guys mom is talking its hillarious~~~ its near the beggining in the background standing up i just found that funny

Bania · Trick Member Joined: 05 Mar 2003 Location: Fort Bragg, NC

Super Sapien · Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 4:01 am Post subject:

I have New Balances, they have served me well and earned my a few AA's in my time. I've only been playing for 2 years, but that's long enough to know what light or comfortable shoes feel like... and size 13's can be mighty hefty.

Haven't tried Shox though, so I can't really say. I'd like to try them though.

Protocol · Basic Member Joined: 31 May 2004

I didn't think it was that bad of a commercial, and was quite amused.

Also, did anyone else notice that "The Challenger" had his side on a speed multiplier? At first, I thought he had it on a lower level, but then realized his arrows were just scrolling faster. Maybe THAT helped him win.

jennythecat · Vivid Member Joined: 21 Dec 2002 Location: The Third Rail

sorry double post. ):

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Thomas Hobbes · Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 12:33 am Post subject:

Isn't Pump It Up used because it's the dancing game in USA and DDR is the dancing game in Japan?

Anywho, I went to the site and watched it. It was dumb but I really like the song Winter. It reminded me of V so much, probably because they soung alike. =P

Anywho on un-related news, isn't V and Winter songs from the same composer?
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davidbrit2 · Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 12:48 am Post subject: