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Nov 13, 2014
Car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz had previously collaborated with Nintendo on in-game car models for the company’s Mario Kart 8 video game. However, now Nintendo is helping out Mercedes-Benz by lending its characters and themes for the company’s latest commercial, “GO!GLA.” This week, the company posted the Peach and Luigi versions of the commercial:
Mercedes-Benz also did a previous commercial combining the Mario games and its vehicles.
[Via Hachima Kikō]
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