Metroid parody of Halo's ilovebees.com
Nintendo is employing some mischievous tactics against the now-infamous ilovebees.com. No less than 32 URLS...
http://www.ilovebeams.com/, http://www.ilovebeets.com/, http://www.ilovebeasts.com/, http://www.ilovevees.com/, http://www.ilovebeaks.com/, http://www.iloveskis.com/, http://www.ilovekeys.com/, http://www.iloveknees.com/, http://www.ilovegees.com/, http://www.ilovecees.com/, http://www.ilovehees.com/, http://www.ilovebeeps.com/, http://www.ilovesneeze.com/, http://www.ilovetease.com/, http://www.ilovefees.com/, http://www.ilovenees.com, http://www.iloveease.com, http://www.iloveplease.com, http://www.ilovedisease.com, http://www.ilovebreeze.com, http://www.ilovetrapeze.com, http://www.ilovewheeze.com, http://www.iloveseas.com, http://www.ilovelees.com, http://www.ilovesqueeze.com, http://www.ilovepeas.com, http://www.ilovesprees.com, http://www.iloveescapees.com, http://www.iloveflees.com, http://www.ilovecreamcheese.com, http://www.ilovejeez.com, and http://www.ilovecapris.com--that rhyme with "ilovebees.com" currently feature an image of Metroid heroine Samus Aran and the following tagline: "ALL YOUR BEES ARE BELONG TO US. NEVER SEND A MAN TO DO A WOMAN'S JOB."
The first sentence will give veteran gamers a chuckle, since it repurposes the infamous "All your base are belong to us" line from the Sega Genesis game Zero Wing (which set off its own Internet craze) into a potshot at ilovebees.com. The second sentence is a more obvious jab at Halo 2's very much male hero, the Master Chief. While the Metroid parody is much less elaborate (and annoying) than the alternate-reality game Microsoft staged, Nintendo is similarly covering its tracks, since all the URLs are registered to 2Advanced Studios, an up-and-coming California Web design firm. But while the parody URLs are amusing, it seems Nintendo is also using two alternate-reality games of its own. This time around it is two sites: Channel51.org, a surprisingly slick UFO-nut site run by a "Samantha Manus," and Orbis Labs, a defense firm designing a weapon all too familiar to Metroid fans--a battle sphere. And guess what? Both of those URLs are also registered to 2Advanced Studios, and it's doubtful that they're doing all this work just because they love Metroid Prime.
source: GameSpot News
http://www.ilovebeams.com/, http://www.ilovebeets.com/, http://www.ilovebeasts.com/, http://www.ilovevees.com/, http://www.ilovebeaks.com/, http://www.iloveskis.com/, http://www.ilovekeys.com/, http://www.iloveknees.com/, http://www.ilovegees.com/, http://www.ilovecees.com/, http://www.ilovehees.com/, http://www.ilovebeeps.com/, http://www.ilovesneeze.com/, http://www.ilovetease.com/, http://www.ilovefees.com/, http://www.ilovenees.com, http://www.iloveease.com, http://www.iloveplease.com, http://www.ilovedisease.com, http://www.ilovebreeze.com, http://www.ilovetrapeze.com, http://www.ilovewheeze.com, http://www.iloveseas.com, http://www.ilovelees.com, http://www.ilovesqueeze.com, http://www.ilovepeas.com, http://www.ilovesprees.com, http://www.iloveescapees.com, http://www.iloveflees.com, http://www.ilovecreamcheese.com, http://www.ilovejeez.com, and http://www.ilovecapris.com--that rhyme with "ilovebees.com" currently feature an image of Metroid heroine Samus Aran and the following tagline: "ALL YOUR BEES ARE BELONG TO US. NEVER SEND A MAN TO DO A WOMAN'S JOB."
The first sentence will give veteran gamers a chuckle, since it repurposes the infamous "All your base are belong to us" line from the Sega Genesis game Zero Wing (which set off its own Internet craze) into a potshot at ilovebees.com. The second sentence is a more obvious jab at Halo 2's very much male hero, the Master Chief. While the Metroid parody is much less elaborate (and annoying) than the alternate-reality game Microsoft staged, Nintendo is similarly covering its tracks, since all the URLs are registered to 2Advanced Studios, an up-and-coming California Web design firm. But while the parody URLs are amusing, it seems Nintendo is also using two alternate-reality games of its own. This time around it is two sites: Channel51.org, a surprisingly slick UFO-nut site run by a "Samantha Manus," and Orbis Labs, a defense firm designing a weapon all too familiar to Metroid fans--a battle sphere. And guess what? Both of those URLs are also registered to 2Advanced Studios, and it's doubtful that they're doing all this work just because they love Metroid Prime.
source: GameSpot News