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INFAMOUS BOUNTY HUNTER SAMUS RETURNS! METROID PRIME launches on NINTENDO GAMECUBE in a €5 Million European Marketing Campaign
Nintendo and Retro Studios have combined their creative genius to bring the video game event of the year, the long awaited release of Metroid Prime, exclusive to NINTENDO GAMECUBE. The launch will have the support of a €5 million marketing campaign which includes a high profile MTV sponsorship deal and TV and print advertising, in addition to a limited edition Metroid Pak.
21st March marks the European launch of this blockbuster title, and the return of Samus Aran, the ice-cool bounty hunter who'll once again lock horns with the evil Space Pirates. Early reviews of Metroid Prime indicate it is set to take Europe by storm and live up to its billing as one of the best games of all time. A tall order indeed, but with the legendary status of its predecessors, each one somehow building on and bettering the last, there is every reason to believe that Metroid Prime will do exactly that!
Nintendo will be partnering with MTV Europe as a continued commitment to extreme sports and music through gaming. The highly popular MTV Winterjam 2003 held in Davos Switzerland in March, will be sponsored by Metroid Prime. The sponsorship will see MTV's annual winter music event take on the sci-fi theme of the hit title, featuring the bounty hunter heroine of the game Samus, plus a giant gaming competition with contenders fighting it out on a grand scale as the game-play is projected on to a huge 'ice wall'. There will also be great opportunities for Winterjam attendees to sample the game first hand.
TV advertising will appear on terrestrial and satellite channels including Channel 4, MTV, Sky One and E4, and over a two month period a heavy-weight print campaign will run in titles including FHM, Front, Loaded, Stuff and Boys Toys. The print campaign will be the biggest ever UK campaign for a NINTENDO GAMECUBE title and features a tease and reveal execution. It will coincide with the broadcast activity along with an additional 8 week cinematic style online advertising campaign specifically targeting gamers
In addition the Nintendo.co.uk website will be hosting an exclusive competition, offering gamers the opportunity to research and design their own Metroid Prime website. The designer of the best site will win exclusive 'money can't buy' Metroid Prime prizes.
To celebrate the return of gaming icon Samus, Nintendo will a launch a limited edition Metroid Pak priced 199 Euros, available from launch day on 21st March. The pak contains the Metroid Prime game, along with a black NINTENDO GAMECUBE (and controller) in addition to an exclusive Metroid Prime name-plate (the disk that fits in the top of the lid of the cube). The Metroid Pak promises gamers an explosive introduction to the world of Nintendo and the NINTENDO GAMECUBE.
199 Euros is about £135, at last an official bundle from Nintendo that's competetivly priced.
INFAMOUS BOUNTY HUNTER SAMUS RETURNS! METROID PRIME launches on NINTENDO GAMECUBE in a €5 Million European Marketing Campaign
Nintendo and Retro Studios have combined their creative genius to bring the video game event of the year, the long awaited release of Metroid Prime, exclusive to NINTENDO GAMECUBE. The launch will have the support of a €5 million marketing campaign which includes a high profile MTV sponsorship deal and TV and print advertising, in addition to a limited edition Metroid Pak.
21st March marks the European launch of this blockbuster title, and the return of Samus Aran, the ice-cool bounty hunter who'll once again lock horns with the evil Space Pirates. Early reviews of Metroid Prime indicate it is set to take Europe by storm and live up to its billing as one of the best games of all time. A tall order indeed, but with the legendary status of its predecessors, each one somehow building on and bettering the last, there is every reason to believe that Metroid Prime will do exactly that!
Nintendo will be partnering with MTV Europe as a continued commitment to extreme sports and music through gaming. The highly popular MTV Winterjam 2003 held in Davos Switzerland in March, will be sponsored by Metroid Prime. The sponsorship will see MTV's annual winter music event take on the sci-fi theme of the hit title, featuring the bounty hunter heroine of the game Samus, plus a giant gaming competition with contenders fighting it out on a grand scale as the game-play is projected on to a huge 'ice wall'. There will also be great opportunities for Winterjam attendees to sample the game first hand.
TV advertising will appear on terrestrial and satellite channels including Channel 4, MTV, Sky One and E4, and over a two month period a heavy-weight print campaign will run in titles including FHM, Front, Loaded, Stuff and Boys Toys. The print campaign will be the biggest ever UK campaign for a NINTENDO GAMECUBE title and features a tease and reveal execution. It will coincide with the broadcast activity along with an additional 8 week cinematic style online advertising campaign specifically targeting gamers
In addition the Nintendo.co.uk website will be hosting an exclusive competition, offering gamers the opportunity to research and design their own Metroid Prime website. The designer of the best site will win exclusive 'money can't buy' Metroid Prime prizes.
To celebrate the return of gaming icon Samus, Nintendo will a launch a limited edition Metroid Pak priced 199 Euros, available from launch day on 21st March. The pak contains the Metroid Prime game, along with a black NINTENDO GAMECUBE (and controller) in addition to an exclusive Metroid Prime name-plate (the disk that fits in the top of the lid of the cube). The Metroid Pak promises gamers an explosive introduction to the world of Nintendo and the NINTENDO GAMECUBE.
199 Euros is about £135, at last an official bundle from Nintendo that's competetivly priced.
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WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
> Not exactly going to rival Boba Fett with a poncy name like that, is
> he?
It's a she actually.
> Not exactly going to rival Boba Fett with a poncy name like that, is
> he?
It's a she actually.
WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
> Not exactly going to rival Boba Fett with a poncy name like that, is
> he?
It's a she actually.
> Not exactly going to rival Boba Fett with a poncy name like that, is
> he?
It's a she actually.
Syphonical wrote:
> Nintendo also released a super mario sunshine pak, so you can't really
> say the "finally" in there.
> Just thought i'd say that.
Yeah but that cost £159.99 so you're wrong.
MWHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA
> Nintendo also released a super mario sunshine pak, so you can't really
> say the "finally" in there.
> Just thought i'd say that.
Yeah but that cost £159.99 so you're wrong.
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That offer sounds tempting.
A bounty hunter called Samus???
Not exactly going to rival Boba Fett with a poncy name like that, is he?
Even "Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter" sounds better.
And what is it with all these guys losing their choccy bars anyway? If they just kept their Bounty's in the fridge, they'd know exactly where they were at all times.
Not exactly going to rival Boba Fett with a poncy name like that, is he?
Even "Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter" sounds better.
And what is it with all these guys losing their choccy bars anyway? If they just kept their Bounty's in the fridge, they'd know exactly where they were at all times.
Tiltawhirl wrote:
> 199 Euros is about £135, at last an official bundle from
> Nintendo that's competetivly priced.
Nintendo also released a super mario sunshine pak, so you can't really say the "finally" in there.
Just thought i'd say that.
> 199 Euros is about £135, at last an official bundle from
> Nintendo that's competetivly priced.
Nintendo also released a super mario sunshine pak, so you can't really say the "finally" in there.
Just thought i'd say that.
Yeh, I totally agree. Thats how the PS2 is doing so well. Theres hardly a day goes by without seeing an advert somewhere for a PS2 game. The same goes for the X Box. Microsoft flooded the advertising market and people know the X Box name. Nintendo need to start thinking along those lines to get the message across.
Seeing as the game is out in just over 3 weeks, shouldn't they have started the advertising by now?
Or have they started and I've not realised?
It would seem a bit odd to wait until the launch before hyping the public up.
Think about it - The MASSIVE amounts of hype leading to the MGS2 launch meant that peoples expectations were WAY beyond reality. People were going to get MGS2 no matter what. It became an obsession with PS2 owners and the media.
It's harder to hype something that is already available for people to play and make up their own minds about.
Or have they started and I've not realised?
It would seem a bit odd to wait until the launch before hyping the public up.
Think about it - The MASSIVE amounts of hype leading to the MGS2 launch meant that peoples expectations were WAY beyond reality. People were going to get MGS2 no matter what. It became an obsession with PS2 owners and the media.
It's harder to hype something that is already available for people to play and make up their own minds about.
That really is great news about Metroid. It really stuck in my throat when I heard that the Cube was in third place re sales. But alas here we go again, why oh why oh why are Nintendo not advertising on ITV? Why is there no Cube advert at 5/6/7pm weekdays? They always seem to be at 2 o'clock in the morning on channel 4!! And why the hell are GAME so biased towards Sony and Microsoft.
Nintendo Europe need some top bods re their advertising campaigns, I just hope this time they succeed in getting the message across that Nintendo rock and their games are simply the best.
Nintendo Europe need some top bods re their advertising campaigns, I just hope this time they succeed in getting the message across that Nintendo rock and their games are simply the best.
Do you reckon Nintendo will release name plates seperate accesories as I want the Metroid one and if they were to make one a Wind Waker one.
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