Nintendo has found a new way to advertise the WiiU

can't be worse has MS sending me like 3 emails a week telling me buy a movie or some garbage game

[QUOTE="dobzilian"]HMMM... Wut? No offence Nintendo but would it be better to advertise like on TV, Internet, magazines. Nintendo Direct was a great idea but this is just slow thinking as it been better when first released the WiiU rather than now. I've yet to see a game advertised since Xmas for the WiiU when you have had games like MH Tri released upon it but seen gazillion 3DS adverts.aroxx_ab

You seen the Monster Hunter Ultimate advertisement they do at movie-theaters? :P

This does make nintendo sound very desperate.

[QUOTE="nintendoboy16"] Nintendo had top notch marketing? When? I only recall a few good commercials from them. Nothing I would call "top notch". Most were just facepalm worthy. charizard1605

 

Dat 99 smash bros. commercial. 

I can only dream of them doing something like that again. VendettaRed07

Besides, didn't people hate those commercials since they showed off how "Wii was for casuals"?

This took them like zero effort and maybe it would clarify what the Wii2 is. You can't first laugh about nobody understanding that its a new console and then critisize every time they try to adress it.

Yeah, I got that message last night. Dammit Nintendo, I can't afford it right now.

can't be worse has MS sending me like 3 emails a week telling me buy a movie or some garbage game

k2theswiss

I loved getting a message on my Wii. Little thing looks awesome as it is... AND LET THE DISC SLOT GLOW BLUE TO MAKE IT REALLY LOOK COOL SO YOU WILL CREAM YOUR PANTS. And I did. Wii is so f*cking sexy. I humped my Wii. There.freedomfreak

Looked pretty damn sexy on my black Wii.

Wow, what the ***** happened to Nintedo's marketingg:|

I'm seriously starting to question if the marketing devision/budget was one of the first things cut when Nintendo hit profit problems last year.

In a "we're Nintendo, we don't need no stinckin marketing", kind of move.

But if you want some REAL good Nintendo marketing, look no further than Wii Would Like To Play. An ad that sold a hundred million Wiis.

charizard1605

[QUOTE="Michael0134567"]

[QUOTE="freedomfreak"]I loved getting a message on my Wii. Little thing looks awesome as it is... AND LET THE DISC SLOT GLOW BLUE TO MAKE IT REALLY LOOK COOL SO YOU WILL CREAM YOUR PANTS. And I did. Wii is so f*cking sexy. I humped my Wii. There.KungfuKitten

Looked pretty damn sexy on my black Wii.

Excuse me?

This probably wont work out too well even if this does get some people interested, most people wait til the holiday season to buy new consoles and  by then....

The problem is that nobody uses their Wii, so how will they get the message?Fizzman

Excuse me?

Michael0134567

all they need is to drop the price because it seems their fans are not loyal enough to drop nearly $400 to play Mario and a few other games. And the thing is that when you look at the hardware you just have to wonder, why does it even costs that much? It has no blu-ray play, no HDD, the CPU is recycled from the Wii, only 2 Gig's of slow and outdated ram and a GPU that is only slightly more powerful than the Xbox's. This console shouldn't cost more than $200 flat because even $250 would still be pushing it.

[QUOTE="Michael0134567"]

Excuse me?

KungfuKitten

What are you suggesting? :oops:

from message 

Play Your Wii Games And Accessories on the Wii-u

so nintendo wants me to buy a new system thats just a little more powerful then the wii so i can play my Wii games.. ???? 

makes perfect sense :roll:

desperation level raised

Sweenix

I don't even think anyone checks those. If you actually do, you already know that WiiU exists.

try again Nintendo. Make a commercial that doesn't suck horribly, or release some games that people will want/like. Maybe that will work. 

VendettaRed07

Hey Nintendo... remember when your marketing used to be top notch? What happened?charizard1605

desperation level raised

Sweenix

jesusShoulderOfOrion

Dat top notch marketing team at work

ChubbyGuy40

Even though those "Wii would like to play" commercials actually ruined the mood of some games (even if they did sell millions). See: Metroid Prime 3 and Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Besides, didn't people hate those commercials since they showed off how "Wii was for casuals"?

nintendoboy16

This was at the peak of the Wii hype. When it hadn't released, when everyone was looking forward to it, and to seeing what the system would do. Wii Would Like to Play was the ultimate battle cry, and everyone rallied. 

I also don't see how they ruined the mood of any game, especially Brawl.

[QUOTE="nintendoboy16"]

Even though those "Wii would like to play" commercials actually ruined the mood of some games (even if they did sell millions). See: Metroid Prime 3 and Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Besides, didn't people hate those commercials since they showed off how "Wii was for casuals"?

charizard1605

This was at the peak of the Wii hype. When it hadn't released, when everyone was looking forward to it, and to seeing what the system would do. Wii Would Like to Play was the ultimate battle cry, and everyone rallied. 

I also don't see how they ruined the mood of any game, especially Brawl.

[QUOTE="charizard1605"]

[QUOTE="nintendoboy16"]

Even though those "Wii would like to play" commercials actually ruined the mood of some games (even if they did sell millions). See: Metroid Prime 3 and Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Besides, didn't people hate those commercials since they showed off how "Wii was for casuals"?

nintendoboy16

This was at the peak of the Wii hype. When it hadn't released, when everyone was looking forward to it, and to seeing what the system would do. Wii Would Like to Play was the ultimate battle cry, and everyone rallied. 

I also don't see how they ruined the mood of any game, especially Brawl.

It's their own fault after all.... I bet next console (if it's happening) won't be called Wii... ahaha
hated that name anyway

OMG this made me laugh so hard. No one is going to care for that message lol.

Nintendo you need many more games, New IP's and Old IPs and a Price Cut. Simple as that, Nintendo. New Games please.

This probably would've been far more effective b4 launch -- dunno why they waited until now.

TecmoGirl

^^^ Yep lol. Way too late.

[QUOTE="nintendoboy16"]

[QUOTE="charizard1605"]No... 

This was at the peak of the Wii hype. When it hadn't released, when everyone was looking forward to it, and to seeing what the system would do. Wii Would Like to Play was the ultimate battle cry, and everyone rallied. 

I also don't see how they ruined the mood of any game, especially Brawl.

charizard1605

[QUOTE="charizard1605"][QUOTE="nintendoboy16"]So, you don't see how a lighthearted set of commercials work for something dark like Metroid? Imagine commercials like that for games like Mortal Kombat, GTA, or Madworld, that would surely help, would it?

nintendoboy16

I see nothing particularly desperate about that. Not that they have no reason to be desperate, of course, because they do. 

Did they honestly use the term "glorious HD"? :lol:BrunoBRS

Well, yeah. My hypothesis is that they made the Wii U based on notes they took from what forum dwellers were saying. Obviously, it backfired. It HAD to backfire. 

If this piques anyone's curiosity, then they'll google it, see the negative press and get differed. Meinhard1

Too little too late.

Nintendo should have acted as soon as they realized that consumers where thinking that the Wii-U was a tablet for the Wii. :roll:

[QUOTE="KungfuKitten"][QUOTE="Michael0134567"]

Excuse me?

Michael0134567

What are you suggesting? :oops:

Too little too late.

Nintendo should have acted as soon as they realized that consumers where thinking that the Wii-U was a tablet for the Wii. :roll:

dr_jashugan

I'm absolutely dumbfounded by Nintendo's choices with the Wii U. I've been a fan of Nintendo for years, but this... this is just idiotic.

How about instead of sending a message that next to nobody is going to see, how about you spend all the money you saved by not doing a conference into advertising the Wii U and what it actually does, no I'm not talking about a 15 second clip of a kid playing with a gamepad because that's not going to work, we need to be told what the console is, what the console can do, I don't care if you have to do it in the style of a car commercial, you need to try harder.

I'm absolutely dumbfounded by Nintendo's choices with the Wii U. I've been a fan of Nintendo for years, but this... this is just idiotic.

How about instead of sending a message that next to nobody is going to see, how about you spend all the money you saved by not doing a conference into advertising the Wii U and what it actually does, no I'm not talking about a 15 second clip of a kid playing with a gamepad because that's not going to work, we need to be told what the console is, what the console can do, I don't care if you have to do it in the style of a car commercial, you need to try harder.

AlwaysParagon

That's the problem though, what does the Wii U actually do that the PS3 and 360 don't already do outside of the tablet controller gimmick?

I love the smell of desperation.

I'm absolutely dumbfounded by Nintendo's choices with the Wii U. I've been a fan of Nintendo for years, but this... this is just idiotic.

How about instead of sending a message that next to nobody is going to see, how about you spend all the money you saved by not doing a conference into advertising the Wii U and what it actually does, no I'm not talking about a 15 second clip of a kid playing with a gamepad because that's not going to work, we need to be told what the console is, what the console can do, I don't care if you have to do it in the style of a car commercial, you need to try harder.

AlwaysParagon

They are probably working on that already.

[QUOTE="Michael0134567"]

[QUOTE="KungfuKitten"] Sorry, was thinking out loud. KungfuKitten

What are you suggesting? :oops:

Now you got me all curious. :oops: