The Pickfords, despite owning the IP and developing "Plok!", were never consulted on promotion. Tradewest set "Plok!"s primary demographic at gamers six-to-fourteen years old. Although published by Tradewest in the United States, "Plok!" still received promotion from Nintendo of America; a complete guide and review was published in the October 1993 issue of its magazine "Nintendo Power", and a two-page section in a "Nintendo Player's Guide" book for "Mario Paint" (1993) included templates of body part stamps to animate Plok and the flea enemies, and a background painting based on one of the Cotton Island levels. In the United Kingdom, Nintendo release a VHS tape, "Super Mario All-Stars Video" (1993); hosted by Craig Charles, the video features a segment of testers at Nintendo UK promoting upcoming games, including "Plok!" "Club Nintendo", Germany's official Nintendo magazine, ran a comic strip where Plok races with Mario at an olympic match in space.