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Nintendo Debuts First US Wii U Commercial Ahead Of Launch

Posted on Thursday, November 1 @ 12:21:37 Eastern by


We're just a little over two weeks away from the Wii U launch, and for the most part, I can't imagine that the average non-gaming consumer knows much, if anything, about the Wii U. You and I may have been following Wii U news for well over a year now, but it takes advertising for the everyday Joe to take notice. Until now, there hasn't been much of that.

This morning, Nintendo released the first commerical to air in the US, aimed at educating potential buyers. It's nowhere as bad as the wreck of a video the UK commerical was, but the horrible videogame-esque dubstep is too distracting to even pay attention to the commercial's content. I think that we do a better job spreading the Wii U word, although Nintendo may feel otherwise.

What I did take away from what I watched is that the Wii U has a tablet controller, will be good for families and casuals, and the fact that Nintendo has found the Wii U's slogan: How U Will Play Next. What did you take away?
Tags:   Wii U, Nintendo


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  • xDUMPWEEDx
    xDUMPWEEDx
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Nov 1st, 2012 at 12:39 pm
    The commercial sucked.
    0 1
  • ShadeTail
    ShadeTail
    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Nov 1st, 2012 at 1:22 pm
    That is easily some of the Shittiest commercial music I've ever heard.
    0 2
  • Anthony_Severino
    Anthony_Severino
    Joined: Oct 2010
    Posted: Nov 1st, 2012 at 2:09 pm
    I agree with you for once! Hurray!
    0 2
  • Jonathan_Leack
    Jonathan_Leack
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Nov 1st, 2012 at 1:39 pm
    Terrible commercial and completely off-putting for a hardcore gamer in his/her 20's like me.
    0 0
  • Alex_Osborn
    Alex_Osborn
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Nov 1st, 2012 at 1:47 pm
    Sadly, you're not their target audience anymore :(

    I can totally see people still get confused over the fact that this is an entirely new console and not just an add-on controller
    0 1
  • Anthony_Severino
    Anthony_Severino
    Joined: Oct 2010
    Posted: Nov 1st, 2012 at 2:11 pm
    I think that's the biggest problem they face with the Wii U. Because of Wii being such a large part of the console's name, plus the fact it uses many Wii controllers, it's going to confuse people who think that it's simply a new controller for their Wii, which may not be as appealing to people who bought it in the first place.
    0 1
  • ShadeTail
    ShadeTail
    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Nov 1st, 2012 at 3:15 pm
    They don't need to target our group. We've been following the news all along, and we already have a fairly solid opinion one way or the other. This ad is for everyone else, who haven't been engaged with the hype machine.
    0 0
  • LawnGnome
    LawnGnome
    Joined: Apr 2007
    Posted: Nov 1st, 2012 at 2:34 pm
    I think the "sping, sping, sping!" commercial was somehow better than this one. I guess we're going to find out just how much gaming ad campaigns matter, or not.
    0 0
  • TurinAlexander
    TurinAlexander
    Joined: Sep 2006
    Posted: Nov 1st, 2012 at 5:02 pm
    Speaking of lack of advertising, I tried discussing the Wii U with a coworker that's a casual gamer, and he had never even heard of the thing. I pulled up a picture of the tablet controller on my phone for him, and he thought it looked stupid. Sure, that's just the reaction of one person, but if Nintendo is hoping to catch the casual market again, it's not looking good for them.
    0 0
  • TurinAlexander
    TurinAlexander
    Joined: Sep 2006
    Posted: Nov 1st, 2012 at 5:04 pm
    Also, that commercial is terrible. It doesn't even make it clear that this is a new console and not just another in the long line of gimmicky Wii controllers. Whoever they hired to create that abomination of advertising should never be allowed to create another commercial again.
    0 0
  • elmoreoocyte
    elmoreoocyte
    Joined: Apr 2012
    Posted: Nov 1st, 2012 at 5:25 pm
    I love the wub wub.

    That was a mediocre commercial with terrible wub wub.
    0 0

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