Wii Want to Play?

We sure do want to play, but that is one of the most pathetic slogans ever. Almost as pathetic as the commercials for Wii games. Remember back in the good old days when games had commercials that were actually cool? My favorite was probably the Super Smash Bros. one… classic for the ages.

Anyways, it’s come to a point where there are kids making better commercials than the ones Nintendo are airing on TV, and posting them on Youtube for fun.

Suffer through the official commercial:

And now watch this one made by a couple kids (one who badly needs haircut, all four needing some new clothes, but that’s besides my point):

The camera work is no the best, but to me, the idea behind the fake commercial is much better, and a lot more interesting that the official commercial.

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.