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Week of April 29, 1996


Nintendo To Introduce RolePlaying Game

Nintendo of America has announced plans to introduce "Super Mario RPG:Legend of the Seven Stars," the first role playing game (RPG) starring Mario and featuring Advanced Computer Modeling technology.

Peter Main, Nintendo of America’s Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing, commented, "For the past few years we’ve seen American video game players’ interest in role-playing games increase. Super Mario RPG, featuring America’s most celebrated video game character in familiar surroundings, combines these benefits with the playability of action/adventure games to bring RPGs to a wider audience in this country."

The new game, available only for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System will have a suggested retail price of $74.99.


MCA/Universal Appts. K. Chin VP Promo

MCA/Universal Consumer Products Group , Universal City CA, has appointed Katie Chin as Vice President of Promotions and Strategic Alliances.

She will oversee the development of national promotional tie-ins for Universal’s film, television and classic properties.

MCA/Universal’s properties include "Babe," "Casper" and "Flipper".


Extensive POS Heralds Budweisers' MLS Sponsorship

Budweiser, the Official Beer of Major League Soccer, is using a wide array of team-specific and league-generic point-of-purchase materials to announce its sponsorship of the new league.

Budweiser’s team specific p.o.p. materials will be available in all 10 MLS markets. Display materials include imprintable banners, vertical schedule posters and counter cards with "take one" pocket schedules and team decals. The materials will be offered in both English and Spanish.

League generic merchandising materials include table tents, stringer pennants, three-sided danglers and 22-ounce event cups.

"Our fully integrated sponsorship reflects our company’s confidence in the popularity and success of MLS," said August Busch IV, Vice President, Brand Management.


Brown-Forman Launches Ice Breakers Frozen Cocktails

Brown-Forman Beverages, Louisville, KY, has introduced a new line of frozen drinks called Ice Breakers, following the successful introduction of Tropical Freezes last year.

The new line includes the Frosty Screwdriver, the Frosty Seabreeze, the Frosty New Orleans Hurricane and the Frosty Kamikaze.

Packaged in the same foil pouches that helped the Tropical Freezes line sell more than one million cases in 1995, Ice Breakers stay fresh longer than drinks in glass or plastic containers, and can be defrosted and refrozen.

The launch is being supported by an extensive merchandising program including shelf talkers, window signs, case cards, price bursts, beach towels, and mass merchandisers.

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