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TV advertising for Fire Emblem.

I am surprised.

At-least over here it has.

N64 Fan wrote:
> Perhaps if Nintendo had advertised (properly) 2-3 years ago when the
> Cube was new then sales might be better than they currently are!
>
> I would love, absolutely LOVE to be the advertising guru for
> Nintendo.
>
> Whoever has the job at the moment needs a kick up the 'arris or his
> P45 and shown the door!

Agreed you don't see nearly as many Nintendo adverts as they used to be. I think they thought their reputation would carry them through without spending millions on advertising but it's backfired.

talking about advertising, i saw 3 bilboards today with gameboy micros adverts on them

Perhaps if Nintendo had advertised (properly) 2-3 years ago when the Cube was new then sales might be better than they currently are!

I would love, absolutely LOVE to be the advertising guru for Nintendo.

Whoever has the job at the moment needs a kick up the 'arris or his P45 and shown the door!

There was a Geist advert a little while back.

It is Mario's 20th Birthday and so Mario Baseball, Dance Dance Mario, Mario Strikers, Mario Tennis (GBA), Dr. Mario/puzzle league (GBA) and Mario Kart (DS) are all launching in celebration. Should swing some sales Nintendo's way.

I guess they have to do something to keep their presence alive - the FE advert will also remind people that the gamecube, and even ninty themselves, are still around.

It's not just the choice of game that seems a little odd, but the timing. I can't recall seeing many GC adverts back in the days when people actually wanted to play it. One now, is very much out of the blue.

Whitestripes DS wrote:

> Nintendo Europe don't seem to advertise sequels though. There was
> loads for MP, but none for MP2. They seem to be working on the
> assumption that everyone heard about the first one and will
> automatically be aware of the second...

Yeah I agree.

Although after the disaster of Pikmin 2 and Metroid Prime 2, perhaps the finest Gamecube titles around, I'm sure they learnt their lesson.

Ha!

Just remembered they did the same for Donkey Konga 2. No one really bought that either.

They work from a lot of very strange assumptions, though.
But, any advertising is good advertising, even if it seems rather random which games get it and which don't.

Just advertise Zelda until it explodes, or I will be very angry.

Oh yeah PM2, I think I did see an advert for that..


Nintendo Europe don't seem to advertise sequels though. There was loads for MP, but none for MP2. They seem to be working on the assumption that everyone heard about the first one and will automatically be aware of the second...