Pepsiman is a Pepsi-themed superhero from a popular series of Japanese advertisements. He was an unlockable character in the import version of Fighting Vipers for the Sega Saturn and also stars in his own, self-titled game for the Playstation.
Pepsiman was created in the early 90's as an official mascot for Pepsi in Japan. Since then, Pepsiman has appeared in various commercials in which he comes to the aid of heavily parched people by offering them a Pepsi for quenching. After servicing the thirsty citizens, Pepsiman always endures some sort of pain, which signaled the end of the commercial. The series of events that occur in the commercials also found their way into the Pepsiman game.
Pepsiman is one of a handful of mascots to make their way into the video game universe. Other mascot's featured in video games include Chester Cheetah for Cheetos and Spot of 7up.
In Japan, the Saturn version of Fighting Vipers has Pepsiman as an unlockable character. He was removed from the US and PAL releases, believed to be due to legal issues which would have arisen out of the importation of the character into other territories.
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Pepsiman released on March 4, 1999 |
PS1 | KID Corp. |
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Fighting Vipers |
PS2, ARC, SAT | SEGA-AM2 |
