Nintendo PR

Nintendo commercials continue to impress…

Whatever, Tattoo-weenie

ZING!!

Who are the Ad Wizards that came up… nevermind.

I didn’t go to Advertising School – although I do watch Mad Men and that basically makes me an expert – but it seems to me that this is actually some new form of anti-commercial. It actually makes me want to NOT play this game. Sure, before seeing this ad I had never heard of Lightsaber Duels… but at least I didn’t hate it.

Nintendo’s PR department needs to get back to its roots. Twenty years ago these guys knew how to sell video games.

Ok, so maybe they thought being a huge nerd was awesome back then too… but at least the Japanese knew how to rock the proverbial “hizz-ouse.”

2 Comments

  • Jim wrote:

    Wow. 3rd one was sweet.

    And what’s the deal in the second one with showing clips of the dude getting hit by enemies — especially the last one when he gets hit by the bat when he’s picking up his reward. What a noob.

    Also, “You’re parents help you hook it up”…what the…

  • wyvern wrote:

    agreed. I like how they have the “cool kid” with the spiked hair playing with the super dork. It’s a game for everyone!!

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