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Nintendo has marketed so many bad things, by now they should be completely expert at shilling crap. I know I get excited as hell watching multi-ethnic people playing nintendo in poorly lit cubes. Just flips my fun switch.
Since I gave Nintendo such grief for their less-than-impressive first WiiU commercial in the U.K., I figured it was only fair to congratulate them for having their first U.S. WiiU commercial not be terrible. Sure, it's heavy on the dubstep, but look at all the people who are enjoying the WiiU! Families! Kids! Girls! Couples! Non-white people! Truly, it is the videogame console of the masses, who don't mind holding a giant tablet while they're playing. Or who live in small cubes. One of the two. (Via Kotaku)
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Good thing the kids didn't pick up the WiiU controller in the cellar of the cabin in the woods.
I'll still enjoy it. Unfortunately I can't afford it right now. I heard it around $300 for the cheapest one. I thought If I could borrow $1 from everyone I know I could get it. I think I'm going to be about 300 friends short though.
Hey, when I do get it we can all hang out and you guys can try it. Then you can tell me how bad you hate it.
Console merits aside... Did that "music" give anyone else a headache, or am I really just that old?
@nix.nightbird We just never got immunized to it when we were kids. Play it loud enough for long enough, and the sympathetic vibrations to our inner ear will make it sound like extremely distracting random noises being played by someone who is trying to make himself a nuceance.
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*sigh* ok, time to face it, I'm no longer interested in such a device and Nintendo is no longer interested in me as a customer. So I hope the target market enjoy it and t bla bla bla. I'm out of this.
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I still don't understand why, after buying a 93 inch plasma super mega crazy giant screen for playing video games on, Nintendo expects us to enjoy staring at a tablet instead of the game screen.
@Pazuzu It's appealing to parents (and even some kids) who now don't have to turn the game off to reclaim the family TV.
I'm lukewarm on the WiiU, but I think that's genius. Parents will love it because it instantly stops fights over the TV between them and their kids, and between squabbling siblings. Kids will like it because they get to keep playing, even if the parental units or big brother/sister want to watch something boring.
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Until the kids start to argue that they need both screens for certain gameplay features...
And here I thought at the 0:21 mark that it was a proper sequel to Muramasa: The Demon Blade. Turns out it was just some generic touch screen game. I got my hopes up for nothing!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlTTE0hNMgI
@NeoRickicker Considering Muramasa is being ported to the PSP Vita with additional content and the still no release date Dragon's Crown is a Sony (PS3 and Vita) exclusive, I wouldn't have much hope towards Vanillaware WiiU games.
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From an advertising perspective, that ad does a great job in making the Wii U look impressive, fun, and so great that you need to get this product this holiday season (aka tricking people into buying the product). Other advertising agencies would be proud. Too bad the Wii U is still a mediocre system with a tablet controller that takes your focus away from your screen and wastes double the power that you would normally need with your other systems. I'm guessing accessories and battery packs will be expensive.
I don´t know if it´s Rob fault, but I´m going to wait to see what´s the reaction of the people to see if I buy it
@IshidaTsuki The hardcore fans aren't the guys they need to market to - the hardcores are going to pick this up regardless if there's games for it.
The important market to get, really, for Nintendo is "everybody who bought a Wii", because that was a crapton of people.
In my opinion, if your last console was mainly aimed at kids and families, i think your marketing should at least go partially in the way of the hardcoreguys. Else its just: Oh heeeey, Nintendosmaking another casualconsoleYAAAY
And stuff. But yes, I see your point, makes sense
Actually, they do need to market it to harcore fans as well. I'm a hardcore Nintendo fan and this console and its marketing so far doesn't do anything for me. I just don't see the appeal. I've watched the complete E3 presentation and everything and I still can't think of any way the tablet controller thingie could add anything to my gaming experince. Motion control for the original Wii? That, I got!
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(sad Nintendo exec)
...but...
...but...
...IT'S A TABLET FOR YOUR CONTROLLER THAT UTILIZES YOUR TELEVISION FOR GAMEPLAY FEATURES! WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT FROM US?! WE'RE TRYING SO HARD TO BE INNOVATIVE FOR YOU GUYS TO LOVE US UNCONDITIONALLY AGAIN!!! YOU JUST FIND THAT APPLE TRAMP MORE ATTRACTIVE THEN ME NOW, DON'T YOU?! BWAAAHHHAHAHAAAA!
(runs away sobbing)
