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Slight rant regarding mobile ads
7 years ago
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Now, I don't normally do these kinds of ranting journals, but I have something I really want to get off of my chest, and that's regarding some of the mobile adverts you see in the freemium games - at least, the ones on Android, as they are the ones I have seen most of.
If you ask me, there are four different types of mobile video adverts, although some are split up into different subsections.
The first kind, and the one I am most okay with, shows actual game footage of the game. Some Idle games, like Idle Cook, as well as the Candy Crush games, do this quite well. A subsection of this is the 'Noob/Pro' split which shows what someone new to the game would do, and compare it to someone who had the game for quite a while. While I'm not a complete fan of these, it does help to show off how things get better over time.
The second kind is where they show some CGI repersentation of part of the game, which may or may not actually take place in the game. While it might not be just a mobile game, Forge of Empires has a good example of this kind of advert.
The third kind is where they show something similar to what you would do in the game, but which actually doesn't happen. One example would be Words Story - some ads show two stick figures working together to try and break out, but in the actual game, it's all just you.
And finally, we get to the ones which are the reason I'm making this journal. The ones which blatently use assets from other games or even footage from trailers of said other games in the advert, even though the game itself doesn't use them.
The games in question which I have seen other mobile games use assets or footage from are the Pokémon games. And one such game which did this was Monster Quest - although my attempts to get footage of the ads, or even a screenshot, has been less than successful. Still, every time I see it, I feel both offended and angry that they are allowed to put out such adverts. Although when I finally managed to figure out how to get the screenshots, I didn't seem to get any more ads regarding that, so I don't know if Nintendo had been made aware of it.
But either way, if Nintendo wants to shut down projects like AM2R or Pokémon Essentials, then surely they should also crack down on games like this who use false advertising in an attempt to get the unaware Pokémon fans to play their games. Especially as games like Monster Quest can contain premium purchaces - and if such a game manages to get a Pokémon fan who was clueless about the game to both download it and make a premium purchase, then that's money which Nintendo would not be able to get from the very same player. Meanwhile, projects like AM2R and Pokémon Essentials don't cost anything for others to play or use - in fact, the fans who made them put their own time, money and effort into them.
If you ask me, there are four different types of mobile video adverts, although some are split up into different subsections.
The first kind, and the one I am most okay with, shows actual game footage of the game. Some Idle games, like Idle Cook, as well as the Candy Crush games, do this quite well. A subsection of this is the 'Noob/Pro' split which shows what someone new to the game would do, and compare it to someone who had the game for quite a while. While I'm not a complete fan of these, it does help to show off how things get better over time.
The second kind is where they show some CGI repersentation of part of the game, which may or may not actually take place in the game. While it might not be just a mobile game, Forge of Empires has a good example of this kind of advert.
The third kind is where they show something similar to what you would do in the game, but which actually doesn't happen. One example would be Words Story - some ads show two stick figures working together to try and break out, but in the actual game, it's all just you.
And finally, we get to the ones which are the reason I'm making this journal. The ones which blatently use assets from other games or even footage from trailers of said other games in the advert, even though the game itself doesn't use them.
The games in question which I have seen other mobile games use assets or footage from are the Pokémon games. And one such game which did this was Monster Quest - although my attempts to get footage of the ads, or even a screenshot, has been less than successful. Still, every time I see it, I feel both offended and angry that they are allowed to put out such adverts. Although when I finally managed to figure out how to get the screenshots, I didn't seem to get any more ads regarding that, so I don't know if Nintendo had been made aware of it.
But either way, if Nintendo wants to shut down projects like AM2R or Pokémon Essentials, then surely they should also crack down on games like this who use false advertising in an attempt to get the unaware Pokémon fans to play their games. Especially as games like Monster Quest can contain premium purchaces - and if such a game manages to get a Pokémon fan who was clueless about the game to both download it and make a premium purchase, then that's money which Nintendo would not be able to get from the very same player. Meanwhile, projects like AM2R and Pokémon Essentials don't cost anything for others to play or use - in fact, the fans who made them put their own time, money and effort into them.
