Dear Nintendo, We Want Commercials Of Old Back

By William on Sunday, March 2nd, 2008 at 4:45 PM PST In Game Companies, Nintendo

Super Smash Brothers Brawl is just around the corner and I’m patiently waiting for some creative Nintendo commercials like the ones we got back in the old days. The good old days of the N64 are gone and so are the wacky commercials that came with it. Spots like the one above really peaked my interest in games and I’m not sure why companies aren’t sticking with the funny approach that obviously worked in the old days.

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14 Comments on “Dear Nintendo, We Want Commercials Of Old Back”

  1. runemaster says:

    cool commerical – still they might not want that kind of video anymore, because they are afraid that these videos scare away the older gamers ;)

  2. Jonathan says:

    haha. man, i’d completely forgotten about this ad. ah, the good ol’ days :grin:

  3. Anon says:

    piqued your interest, not peaked your interest

  4. Stanley Opar says:

    1. Sega Genesis?…or a Reindeer?

    2. Get N or get out!

    3.Hey lady Common! hit the gas, your killin me out here! (lol) (jet Moto 3)

    4. OLD MAN: You can play when my turn’s over…
    Other OLD MAN – But you’ve BEEN Playin…for 62 YEARS! (banjo-kazooie Froot-roll-up promo)

    5.Get ready for a food fight! (Donkey Kong 64)

    I can’t think of anymore..

  5. Chris H says:

    How is this Super Smash Bros on N64 commercial considered “old”. To me the old commercials were from NES and Super NES days.

  6. platomaker says:

    check out the bomberman 64 commerical. that was by far the best n64 commerical

  7. Patrick says:

    I like how you assume that it “worked” simply because you enjoyed the commercial. Ad agencies track how certain ads perform very carefully and make adjustments as trends change. If you aren’t seeing a certain style of ad anymore, it is because it no longer moves product.

    I know personally this commercial didn’t sell me on Smash Brothers on the N64, I wanted to see more gameplay to understand what the hell this game was all about.

  8. Free Play says:

    that was a funny commercial

    I’ve always liked the one for super mario bros 3 where a bunch of people are chatting mario! and wereing different color clothing so when the camera pans out we see a face of mario on the globe

  9. Josh says:

    What you guys don’t like the two creepy asian guys knocking on people’s doors saying “we would like to play!”

    Its not like nintendo needs commercials anyway…all of their games have been gamecube ports.

  10. iSaac says:

    SEGA old school commercials > Nintendo old school commercials…

    brought to you by a 31-year old SEGA fanboy

    SEGA!

  11. courtney says:

    yeah, iSaac, nintendo bought sega…too bad for you =P nintendo rules all

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