Netflix creates video-game style promos for 'Marco Polo' season two
In anticipation of season two of Netflix original, "Marco Polo", the streaming service released a series of videos dubbed 'Mongol Strike'. The short clips highlighted season one's fighting scenes and were presented in a way that resembled video games such as Mortal Kombat or Tekken.
Mongol Strike by Netflix for Marco Polo Season 2 / Netflix, Inc.
Each clip starts off with a character selection, showing which two of the series' cast members will fight against each other. Health bars at the top keep track of how much damage the characters are enduring, while a timer counts down. Just like a video game, the winner of the fight is selected and honored in the end. '.
Henner Herwig Jürgens is the Managing Director and Cofounder of VAST MEDIA, a media research and consulting company based in Berlin that provides international television industry leaders with qualitative competitive market analysis of digital entertainment and content marketing.
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