Mayjest Posted May 15, 2007 Posted May 15, 2007 I created a new thread because it seemed vaguely sensible, if not, then mods: please feel free to merge with current Metroid Prime thread. I figured as this had little to do with the actual game, it could count a separate thread. Ok, for some reason I was forcibly reminded of the old adverts for Metroid about an hour ago. For those who don't know, ILoveBees was a very cleverly constructed advert for Halo 2, including a very convoluted puzzle game, several different blogs and required incredibly lucky guesses (or a team of at least 4 geniuses working for you) to solve. The ultimate reward was a couple of sneak previews of Halo 2 and a couple of DVDs, t-shirts, etc. Anyway, Nintendo (or possibly a fan, I don't think it was ever announced as unofficial) as part of the run up to Metroid Prime (or 2, I don't remember) lauched a huge swath of websites that rhymed with ilovebees.com, such as iloveknees.com, ilovesneeze,com etc. On each of these websites was a picture of Samus and some text. And it is this text that I am unsure about. I remember the text as something like "All Your Base Are Belong To Us. Never Send A Man To Do A Woman's Job." but I'd like to know what it as actually like. I've tried to get onto a few websites that rhymes with ilovebees, but apparently they no longer exist (whereas ilovebees does). Any help would be appreciated. P.S. I was originally hoping to use the websites as part of a prank on a 360 fanboy friend of mine (all in good fun course), but now am considering relaunching the websites in opposition to the Halo 3 launch coming soon. Or, if Bungie has thought of a similar advert to ilovebees, maybe a similar reply? Edit: Gah! I read through the actual post, but not the title! I cannot believe I misspelt Metroid! If a mod could please correct (as I apparently cannot) it would be much appreciated!
Patch Posted May 15, 2007 Posted May 15, 2007 I vaguely remember hearing of this, but I never visited any of the sites. According to one old forum, one of these items of text was 'All your bees are belond to us'. Oh the hilarity.
Emasher Posted May 15, 2007 Posted May 15, 2007 but now am considering relaunching the websites in opposition to the Halo 3 launch coming soon. if you need someone to build the sites...
Mayjest Posted May 15, 2007 Author Posted May 15, 2007 Cube: That's it exactly. Although one half of the picture is missing, but I can live with that. Emasher: If I do try and bring it back, I'll have to see if Bungie are doing a similar sort of thing for Halo 3 and then maybe do a similar sort of thing for Metroid. As for web designers, while I may not be one myself, I am on a computer science course at uni - I'm sure there's plenty around me! Does anyone know if this was an official marketing thing, a fan taking it upon himself, or something the developers did for a laugh? I'm kinda curious about that in general.
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