Topic: Japanese Mario vs. Donkey Kong Commercial

[Jonnyboy117]

See it for yourself.

A couple of days ago, we showed you some photos from the set of the new Mario vs. Donkey Kong commercial in Japan.  Now you can see just how crazy the ad turned out to be.

Left-click below to download!

Mario vs. Donkey Kong Japanese TV Commercial (2.5 MB, MPEG format)

Thanks to ChryZ at the GA Forums for finding this file, and to the anonymous Japanese person who originally uploaded it.  

[Uncle Rich AiAi]

Another really good TV commercial by NCL.  It's a shame it won't be aired out of Japan.

NOA and NOE should really learn from NCL.

[mouse_clicker]

If you ask me, NOA and NOE should just use NCL's commercials- I think it'd work great. They'd certainly stand out.

[KDR_11k]

Before anyoone complains, because of the relative pathing this link doesn't work from the forums, remove the "forum" part from the link.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

"Large Hairy Monkey frightens shroom-capped Japanese girls.  Tonight at 10."

[JonLeung]

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Originally posted by: mouse_clicker
If you ask me, NOA and NOE should just use NCL's commercials- I think it'd work great. They'd certainly stand out.

Totally.  Why don't they?  They wouldn't have to spend as much on advertising if they just used their Japanese branch's commercials (though of course, adding English titles and suggested retail price in dollars), from a sort of economical perspective.  And they'd stand out, like you say.

Many games (with some exceptions like sports games and FPSes) are known to have come from Japan anyway, so whatever Japanesque elements remain wouldn't alienate any gamers.  And this commercial in particular is cute and simple that anybody would like it anyway.

[Jonnyboy117]

I fixed the link.  I'll try to set up the links so that doesn't happen anymore, or else mirror the downloader page in the forums directory.

[nickmitch]

Does anyone ever wonder if people in Japan are downloading American commercials and going, "Wow"?

[Ian Sane]

"Does anyone ever wonder if people in Japan are downloading American commercials and going, 'Wow'?"

I've wondered that about a lot of game related stuff.  Does anyone in Japan mod their Cube to import American games?  I've seen threads in forums about weird games and the top choices are always Japanese titles.  Are their Japanese gamers posting on forums about how Doom is so weird?  "You shoot demons with a GUN!?  Where do those wacky Americans come up with these abstract ideas?"

Heh.  Maybe in Japan they think the Super Mario Sunshine commercial is amazing and the fans b!tch on forums about how much better the game would have sold in Japan if they used the American commericial.

[Bill Aurion]

Awwww...I thought that was cute! ^_^

[Jonnyboy117]

I'm no expert on Japanese culture, but I think they probably think the same things we do about stuff like this commercial...that it's funny and weird.  They're just a little more accepting of funny and weird things being on TV and in stores.

It's just like how most Japanese people think tentacle hentai is weird and gross, just like most people everywhere else see it.  The only difference is that the Japanese culture is tolerant of the people who create such things, and you're more likely to see niche-style items hit the mainstream or at least get a lot of press.