Post by: Gamefreak on May 31, 2003, 12:50:04 PM
And, they are actually...funny!
I just saw the one yesterday about the get a free copy of Zelda with a GCN. I hot chick walks up and buys a GCN, and he hands her a copy of Zelda sneakily, saying, "Here, take it. Shhhh *wink*"
Of course it won't sound very funny how I say it, but this and the other new ads are far better than that other crap I've been seeing for the past few years. Sure, some were good, like the super extensive and expensive Ocarina of Time marketing (posters and ads everywhere, and those "have ye what it takes ads" were actually good). If only they marketed Metroid Prime the same way as Ocarina of Time...
Anyway, I heard NOA is getting a new advertising agent; I'm not sure if these new ads (they aren't actually new, but now they are taking off as a whole line of ads, unline the single, rare one back when the promotion took off) are the work of the new agency, but if they are, then hopefully it's a sign of more good things on the way.
And I also like the fact that NOA is actually paying for some good ad times now... I'm seeing these ads everywhere from prime time to midnight to mornings.
Post by: ShockingAlberto on May 31, 2003, 01:06:55 PM
-- ShockingAlberto
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Post by: Gamefreak on May 31, 2003, 03:18:35 PM
Plus, isn't the demo disc bundled inside a GCN box? or do they hand it too you at the register?
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on May 31, 2003, 03:24:35 PM
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Post by: ShockingAlberto on May 31, 2003, 03:43:13 PM
Ads for games, though, are an entirely different story. Most gamers don't read gaming websites or literature. Most people do not know Eternal Darkness ever existed, much less that it was an amazing game. A lot of people think Mario Sunshine was a crappy children's game because of the commercial. Commercials for games are what count in the end.
-- ShockingAlberto
Post by: Hostile Creation on May 31, 2003, 03:49:53 PM
They do matter, though. I never saw the Super Mario Sunshine commercial, and while I doubt that was the source for that opinion about it, it was certainly a factor.
Post by: BlkPaladin on May 31, 2003, 04:39:38 PM
And another one about 10 years ago with the guy in an Italian Restaurant eating pasta. And they show game shots of Super Mario Land 2: Yoshi's Island. Until at the end of the commercail were they make like the guy explodes. I also remember the conterversary around that commercail.
I also remember when the first SNES commercial showed. With game play of Super Mario Land, and they showed Mario going through one of the many key warps in the game. And showed the flying with the capes and feathers. And then they showed the SNES. I remember how surprised I was that another Nintendo System was coming out and how hard it would be to get my mom to get since she just replaced my NES a few months before because my little brother spilled Soda on it. (My first SNES also suffered the same fate.)
That's three from a person who doesn't watch TV all that much.
Post by: Ninja X on May 31, 2003, 04:47:35 PM
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Post by: Marufy007 on May 31, 2003, 05:07:29 PM
remember the funtastic color line of N64's? it started off with those different colored medievil armys going at eachother until it shifts to that guy who is shopping with his grilfriend and when she shows him the two bikini's to choose from it flashes back to those medievil guys wearing the bikinis and towards the end of the commercial the big fat guy in the bikini is picking a wedgie. i loved that commercial.
i also remember the one for Mario golf where the kid made it seem like he was masturbating making all those "moans" until it shows him holding the controller and his parents were knocking on the door wondering what was going on.
i totally forgot about that Mario World 2 commercial with the guy exploding. Nintendo must have had monty pythons the meaning of life on the brain when making that commercial.
Post by: Ninja X on May 31, 2003, 05:12:38 PM
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Originally posted by: BlkPaladin
Some of the older commercials are a little... Scarey...
I don't think any of those commercials can even top Sunshine's in scare factor...
Post by: joshnickerson on May 31, 2003, 05:14:13 PM
If anything, it gets the attention of non-gamers. My boss is a 40 something year old mom, she hasn't played video games since Pong and she absolutely loves those commericals starring "Gregg".
Post by: Nintendo Gamecube on May 31, 2003, 06:27:48 PM
Yup, I've see the one with "Gregg" and its ok. Nothing that'll knock the socks off a casual gamer, just keep them informed.
I think the main focus here should be "actually showing gameplay" of the game. Even with the Metroid commerical, they had like 5 seconds of gameplay throughout the whole thing. I don't even want to get started with Mario sunshine.
But they should first start by actually showing commericials:
Steps to victory:
1) Show commericials
2) Don't show dumb commercials
3) Show commercials with info and gameplay footage.
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Post by: Termin8Anakin on May 31, 2003, 11:18:33 PM
I went to see Phone Booth on Friday, and guess what I saw?
The Wind Waker ad in the trailers! Hooray! That was the first Nintendo ad I have ever seen at the movies. Trailers for games like Zelda just seem more epic on a big screen with pounding sound.
Post by: Oldskool on June 01, 2003, 02:16:13 AM
Post by: joshnickerson on June 01, 2003, 03:44:43 AM
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Originally posted by: Nintendo Gamecube
I think the main focus here should be "actually showing gameplay" of the game. Even with the Metroid commerical, they had like 5 seconds of gameplay throughout the whole thing. I don't even want to get started with Mario sunshine.
Actually, they did pull the "Clean is better" ads about a week after they started showing them, and started airing ads that were completely gameplay footage of Mario running around Delphino Island, while a voice-over talked about Mario's vacation. But yeah, I get what you're saying. All they need to do for F-Zero is show 30 seconds of racing and explosions.
Post by: Gamefreak on June 01, 2003, 05:52:35 AM
They had the Metroid Prime trailer before Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers for crying out loud. How could you miss it?
BTW, the Metroid trailer was only shown before PG-13 and R movies, maybe that's why you missed it... *shrug*
Post by: jarob on June 01, 2003, 08:48:39 AM
Post by: Truckondo on June 01, 2003, 01:34:35 PM
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i want to see an add with the two guys from the original Zelda add, the "the legend of zelda is pretty rad, those creatures from gannon are pretty bad, octorocks tectites and levers too but with our help our hero pulls through! go link!" thats hilarious
Here are the 2 old school Zelda commercials. These are from Gaming-age.com.
link
link 2
Post by: kennyb27 on June 01, 2003, 01:54:49 PM
Post by: Oldskool on June 01, 2003, 02:26:24 PM
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They have had the Wind Waker trailer in theaters for months now...I didn't they STILL had it...
They had the Metroid Prime trailer before Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers for crying out loud. How could you miss it?
BTW, the Metroid trailer was only shown before PG-13 and R movies, maybe that's why you missed it... *shrug*
The wierd thing about that is that I saw the wind waker trailer before Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers for me, yet not Metroid!
Post by: Hostile Creation on June 01, 2003, 02:32:52 PM
Watching a few seconds of gameplay can be tiresome for commercials, so it's good that they blend it with other things, like the Metroid and Wind Waker commercials. And the gameplay bits that they do put in are usually interesting.
Post by: Gamefreak on June 02, 2003, 12:10:20 PM
Oh btw, all theaters show the same trailers and ads before movies.
Post by: Nintendo on June 02, 2003, 01:28:06 PM
Christmas 2002 "COMING SOON!!"
Yeah I'm being sarcastic since....
*Metroid Prime* - Arrived end March 2003 (4 months)
*Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker* - Arrived early May 2003 (6 months)
*Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles* - Arrives end December 2003 (12 months!!!)
Post by: jarob on June 02, 2003, 02:56:56 PM
Post by: GoldShadow on June 02, 2003, 06:01:47 PM
Post by: Nintendo on June 02, 2003, 11:35:35 PM
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Nintendo - What kind of name is that, anyway? - I'm assuming you mean the European or Australian release dates?
Yeah their PAL release dates, and Nintendo is the name of a Japanese videogames giant, not to be a smartarse, but it's true
