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Offline joshnickerson

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Nintendo's movie trailers
« on: November 06, 2004, 04:57:08 PM »
I know Nintendo occasionally puts out movie trailers in theaters. But after watching the Mario Tennis opening for about the billionth time (and laughing my head off) I thought, hey, why couldn't Nintendo simply put this in front of a movie as sort of an animated short? I mean, it's good, it's funny, and they'd be blatantly advertising Mario Tennis and the Gamecube at the same time! I'm sure there's no chance of this happening, but I thought it'd be cool.
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Offline MaleficentOgre

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RE: Nintendo's movie trailers
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2004, 07:04:19 PM »
It would fit great in front of movies like the Incredibles (go see it now its amazing) seeing as how those are the people most likely to buy it.
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Offline Shecky

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RE: Nintendo's movie trailers
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2004, 07:22:46 PM »
I just saw The Incredibles today and there was a lengthy PSP/PS2/Coke comercial that was really slick.  It had neat effects going and looked extreamly polished.  Most of it had Sony's "mascots" like Jax & Daxter, Rachet & Clank, and a few others ocationally drop in full Hi-res 3D models all while they were pushing there message of 'drink coke, win a PSP or PS2'.  As I was watching it I thought that a similar comercial with Nintendo's mascots would work really well, you know not any game footage (there was no game footage in the sony trailer), just have em prance around a bit and pose, in nice hi-res and fluid models.

I think sony's comercial was dead on effective, and I think nintendo should quit taking notes and start following suit
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Offline Artimus

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RE: Nintendo's movie trailers
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2004, 08:20:04 PM »
I've seen PS2 ads at 3 of the last 4 movies I've seen. It's one with an asian wise guy dude and it's a big spoof. It's for Jak 3, Ratchet and Clank and some other game.
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Offline Rancid Planet

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RE:Nintendo's movie trailers
« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2004, 09:02:46 PM »
With some clever marketing and the right audience in the theater, I think movie trailer previews for games are a fantastic way to get to your audience. I mean who knows what specific demographic you're getting on a typical sitcom but at the movies you can deal with very specific age groups and such. It's a great way to get to a target audience.

MP 2 ads before action/sci fi films, Zelda ads before adventure/action/epic drama films, etc.
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