Proper Promotion… Finally!

Up until this week, Nintendo has done very little (if any at all?) promotion using the Wii Shop. But, finally, that has changed.

Earlier this week, the new update changed the interface of the Virtual Console, so there are now 4 recommended games, which will boost the sales of those games. These are sales boosts Nintendo has been missing out on in the past.

Then, this morning, Nintendo made an announcement on the Wii Shop channel that Metroid would be released on the VC next Monday, and Super Metroid the following Monday. It makes no sense why they wouldn’t announce big games ahead of time – all it does is create hype.

I’ve been hoping for games demos for a long time, and with the Prime 3 trailers that were released today on the Wii Shop,my dream seems like it may finally come true. Nintendo is able to advertise Prime 3 for free to the people who will want it (Wii owners) with the trailers, and hopefully they’ll realize demos are even better than trailers… maybe for Galaxy or Brawl.

If you don’t have the Wii Shop, here’s the Prime 3 trailers:

Thanks to Zeldafreak104 for the video.