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Nintendo Switch Super Bowl Commercial
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MisterHero
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Street Fighter II got a Super Bowl commercial.
In fucking credible
In fucking credible
sixteen-bit
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Didn't they drop a Pokemon ad last year?
I find Nintendo's "examples" of Switch use ridiculous.
Who's going to do this. Who.
I'll play Switch outside. Already have plans with co-workers, and for 1-2-Switch it makes sense. I plan on doing the same with my daughter. Playing games and getting outside having fun, who doesn't want that?
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Deleted member 752119
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It's not like it's the same people. I loved the initial reveal video for focusing on young adults and not kids. Extended cut is a bit off putting from focusing more on kids/families and 1 2 Switch/Just Dance. If Nintendo goes to hard after that market, I'll pass as I hated the Wii.
Bomberman, Puyo puyo tetris and Disgaea 5 has no where near the market as Street Fighter and Just Dance, those games are million sellers. While the others are very niche
Astral Dog
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Yeah but it was a mix of so many things from the name,the controller,games,price,etc.
Of course Nintendo spend good dollars advertising the U,it was just not possible to 'save'it
People didn't found the DS brand as toxic as Wii
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Deleted member 752119
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I don't. I'm playing less games this year and when outside like doing something truly active. If it catches on with others, great as long as it doesn't end up being a huge focus of the library and cause me to not have enough games I enjoy to keep the system around like with the Wii.
This. So the super bowl ad is mostly great-though I wouldn't play undocked hardly at all. Extended ad was very unappealing to me. But again, maybe it will catch on with others, and that's great as long as we get plenty of games like Zelda to go along with the casual fare.
There is no way my nephew's won't try that mode. What are you on?I find Nintendo's "examples" of Switch use ridiculous.
Who's going to do this. Who.
Stalactite
Member
I liked both ads, hope this pays off for Nintendo.
Inferno313
Banned
It's a smart ad for the launch window though. It communicates the very basics of what the system does, it focuses on the one game that 95% of day-one adopters are buying this for, and it targets the market that would be willing to shell out $300 at launch.
Ads targeting families and kids make more sense once the library has grown a bit.
Omnistalgic
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Looks really good...
SB commercials are crazy expensive! This will get millions of views.
SB commercials are crazy expensive! This will get millions of views.
How does it work then? Why would companies pay millions (maybe even tens of millions, I don't know) if superbowl ads "didn't work"?
Yeah it's not like millions of people were seen looking for invisible animals in bushes in every parks on the planet 6 month ago you know.
I think the main idea here is to show you can really play everywhere with this. The park just makes this more clear and sure some parents will see it as a plus that their kids aren't glued to the TV all the time while playing video games.
Do we know the 30 second spot is the one that will air during the Super Bowl? I would expect they would show the extended cut and then from there have smaller 30 second spots they show thereafter. That's what most Super Bowl ads do, one big showcase ad for the SB and then cut down versions for use after.
MiamiWesker
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It could also be a blowout and no one is watching. All the big spots are at the start of the game.
Astral Dog
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Come on this is a bit premature isn't? Nintendo will target both as they always have.
Of the games they already announced most are 'core'games except for 12 Switch
You said it better than I did.
Well, you can do that! That's how I plan to primarily use it.
Cert.in.Death
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Decent ad, but like the Switch, nothing special.
Inferno313
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Thread is moving fast, but on the last page there was an article posted that said that the 30-second one is the one being aired.
It won't be a majority, but I saw many, many DSes and 3DSes in Japan and I suppose some of them were also carried along to parks, forests and whereever they went for vacation.
The ad just points out to the possibility of gaming everywhere you go and I think those examples are quite nice even though they're not too realistic for everyone. That is why most footage centers around the use at home.
shouamabane
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Which is featured in the commercial.
That's actually stupid i'm sorry. Those people you're talking about who want to play zelda on a 300$ console.. don't need a superbowl add to do it... Superbowl adds actually reaches all the others..
Luckily, there's a mode that allows you to do just that!
Nope because it's a great little piece of tech with popular franchises and an easy to grasp USP that has a Super Bowl commercial.
mobilesworking
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Love the use of match cuts. Spinning pro controller to washing machine. Those two seconds pretty well sum up the console's appeal.
Yeah. The extended cut would be better if the Wii hadn't already been there done that.
Just a question but do non hardcore gamers even preorder?
A lot of these people will just wait til March 3rd to get it, now by then Nintendo will def need to have a lot ready.
Focus is important, ask Hillary. First get core gamers before thinking bigger.
Thats why you saw so many.
Okami Haundo
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I'll have to agree to disagree here. That lonely geek is the person most likely to buy the console on day one. The stuff in the extended ad shows software that won't be out on day one, which would cause confusion if aired during the Superbowl. I think they did a great job of catering to the "now" and the "later" crowd.
Some of you all take these ads too literally. The point is to hammer home the main concept of the device - a video game system that is both a home console and a handheld that you can take anywhere, with the ability to seamlessly switch between the two. The advertisements aren't instruction manuals for how you have to play.
Joelstinton14
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Really good adverts. The Marking of the Switch as been really good. The extended ad made me smile all the way through.
Also nice to see Souls esq Boss titles for Zelda.
Also nice to see Souls esq Boss titles for Zelda.
Well, it was shown on the ad.
BRocknRolla
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I find Nintendo's "examples" of Switch use ridiculous.
Who's going to do this. Who.
People who aren't on NeoGAF. Aka: people who they're actually trying to sell that game to.
NipplesAndToes23
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Kind of misleading to non-gamers. It makes it look like all those games will be available at launch.
Barry Burton
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It's a Patriots Super Bowl, though. A close, exciting game is practically a lock.
Inferno313
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The actual 30-second ad is the one that's airing during the game, and that only features Zelda.
Nah, it would have been worse to to the Wii and (only) show off children and party games during that event. They really want and need to get away from the Wii image and they do it well. The Superbowl is being watched by everybody, but they want to lure in young males / college grads / core users first before branching out.
Zelda is a really big franchise and it deserves the solitary push during the Superbowl.
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Deleted member 752119
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False comparison as people already carry their phones everywhere and that doesn't come with the "nerd" stigma that playing "actual" games does.
Like I said, I work at a large, urban university. People all over campus and all around the city were playing Pokemon. Where as even on campus seeing someone with a 3DS or Vita is a rare, once every few months occurrence. And it's stereotype reinforcing as it's some nerdy kid sitting playing by themselves with multiple groups of students socializing nearby.
Not saying it should be that way, but it is what it is and probably isn't going to get better with how hyper image concious millienials are.
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