Nintendo Japanese Ads -- Attractive Models; NOA Ads -- Kiddie R' Us

[Soundwave]

the_dengle said:

Soundwave said:

For Europe. 

The North American ad? Guess what? Kids only. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMuLzRxrNYI

NOA's attitude is Nintendo is for kids primarily, everyone else doesn't need to be marketed to. We don't get things like the white 3DS either because apparently all we want are brightly colored DS systems (thanks Reggie). 

That was uploaded to Nintendo's American Youtube channel.

This also reminds me of the entire "I Am Not A Gamer" campaign, targeted at adult women... people complained about that, too. I guess if instead of saying, "I'm not a gamer," Dianna Agron and Gabrielle Douglass had just made cat noises, those commercials would've been top-tier in the eyes of this community.

Again, that's the European ad, doesn't change because Nintendo of America decided to throw it onto their Youtube channel, that commercial never ran once in North America ever. Neither did those Robin Williams/Zelda Williams TV commercials, even though they're both American (!). NOA knows better apparently. 

The US ad featured a 10 year old kid playing the game and kids around a city going crazy over coins. 

The "I'm not a gamer" ads were OK, but again pretty strictly aimed at the Disney Channel crowd ... Diana Agron and Gabrielle Douglas ... Penelope Cruz they ain't. Those commercials are aimed at 12 year old girls. 

NOA markets strictly for the 8-14 year old demographic pretty much.