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Chandler on 22 April 2013

Oh shit, the cool kids club thinks that family oriented commercials suck. Didn't see THAT coming.



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Pavolink on 22 April 2013
Th3PANO said:
i kinda understand the faceplam but these aren't targeted to gamers. They are targeted to the masses who don't know what the wii u is.


The masses like clever commercials, like the "wii would like to play" ones, not the Wright family in a terrible act.



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Th3PANO on 22 April 2013
Pavolink said:
Th3PANO said:
i kinda understand the faceplam but these aren't targeted to gamers. They are targeted to the masses who don't know what the wii u is.


The masses like clever commercials, like the "wii would like to play" ones, not the Wright family in a terrible act.


lol are you a marketing scientist?



Faxanadu on 22 April 2013
AshKetchum1992 said:
Penelope Cruz commercial = Best commercial ever
Now let's see one with Megan Fox promoting the gamepad

which one of the two? having her sister in it makes it even better.



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Soundwave on 22 April 2013

I don't really expect much from Nintendo and marketing anymore. At least they're trying something, lol, though clearly in the US basically all their marketing is aimed pretty much 100% at kids + family demographic (even just the regular commercials).



Stefan.De.Machtige on 22 April 2013
Th3PANO said:
Pavolink said:
Th3PANO said:
i kinda understand the faceplam but these aren't targeted to gamers. They are targeted to the masses who don't know what the wii u is.


The masses like clever commercials, like the "wii would like to play" ones, not the Wright family in a terrible act.

lol are you a marketing scientist?

We all are on the web :).



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Playstationfan12 on 22 April 2013

Wow, these commercials are so bad. You can tell the "families" are actors. Notice how they all come in the same van and they keep repeating themselves in the video like it was scripted. All they said was that it was different than the wii, nothing about their actual "experience".



AshKetchum1992 on 22 April 2013
Faxanadu said:
AshKetchum1992 said:
Penelope Cruz commercial = Best commercial ever
Now let's see one with Megan Fox promoting the gamepad

which one of the two? having her sister in it makes it even better.

I didn't know there were two??

Now I have to go to youtube...again



JoeTheBro on 22 April 2013
Stefan.De.Machtige said:
O.o.
I see we have a lot of marketing wizards in this thread (IMO).

Face it. Those ads are great for what they are: targeted at families!

It's not like Nintendo is a family-friendly company. O, right :D

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They are horrible for families. An ad like this should be subtle and let the mom/head of family look at it and think "hey I think this would be great for us!" Instead the ad has to directly highlight the parents saying these things. There are much better ways to reach these families.

@UNDERLINED

They are family friendly. That doesn't mean the only people they should care about are families, especially at launch when traditionally it's the big gaming fans (of all ages of course) that buy systems.




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