Nintendo World Championships 2015
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I'm all for nostalgia...and most here know I'm a die hard old-Nintendo fanboy...
But something about this doesn't sit well with me...it seems forced and fake for some reason.
First off, unless I'm wrong, this is E3 only...which means very limited audience. If they took it on the road, to 30 cities, like the 1991 NWC...it would be much better.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_World_Championships
But something about this doesn't sit well with me...it seems forced and fake for some reason.
First off, unless I'm wrong, this is E3 only...which means very limited audience. If they took it on the road, to 30 cities, like the 1991 NWC...it would be much better.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_World_Championships
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Cheap Publicity, that's all it feels like as they will be at E3 anyway.
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They're reaching...they really are.
They printed $$ with the GameBoy, the printed $$ with Pokemon, they printed $$ with the Wii. It seems that well has dried up. The Wii U just isn't as hot nor is the 3Dxyz2000OMGBBQ-DS whatever model they're currently pushing.
So they're doing what any good former king of the world would do...a shitty reunion tour. Except this is a limp, one time show.
If they had a brain, they'd release a cheap, simple NES looking ROM box that will play every game from the NES to the N64. Make deals with game publishers and make the entire libraries of the NES, SNES and N64 available for cheap.
Yeah...I know they've kind of done this before...but not in the way I'm suggesting. I'm talking damn near complete libraries here. If Apple and iTunes can make deals with every fucking company under the sun for digital downloads, so can Nintendo.
That's how you tap into nostalgia...
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lol. I think it's perfect. and by that I'm not saying it's perfect good. but 'retro' gaming is aesthetically in, hipster cutting edge, so it makes sense to do something like this - an event that's 'retro' but at the same time modern. this is not gaming as much as it is parading. it's the nintendo brand, on par with I dunno, Adidas, Coke and erm... graffiti
the ad is funny - but it is very much made for younger youtube audiences savvy about all things tasteful and pretentious, whilst at the same time going down on nintendo fanboys (and Reggie looks like a fat Donkey Kong so it's good that he work out a little)
that was a shit post on my behalf. I'd like to thank the academy. bye
the ad is funny - but it is very much made for younger youtube audiences savvy about all things tasteful and pretentious, whilst at the same time going down on nintendo fanboys (and Reggie looks like a fat Donkey Kong so it's good that he work out a little)
that was a shit post on my behalf. I'd like to thank the academy. bye
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It's just cheap pandering to their dumb as rocks blind fanboys.
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It should be fun. That should be the only take away from this.
And of course it's marketing - experiential marketing for those who sign up, advertisment in the form of entertainment for everyone else - It's just one of those things companies have to do. I'm sure it will be magical for kids today just as these kinds of things were for many from our generation back in the day.
And of course it's marketing - experiential marketing for those who sign up, advertisment in the form of entertainment for everyone else - It's just one of those things companies have to do. I'm sure it will be magical for kids today just as these kinds of things were for many from our generation back in the day.
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It will just be scrubs fighting scrubs in scrub games.