Thoughts on the new splatoon commerical?

[GuySafari]

I feel more embarrassed then it being 90s

"YOU'RE A SQUID NOW"
"YOU'RE EMBARRASSED NOW"

 

[Trieste Sp]

It's umm... interesting.

 

[Ryuho]

Im already going to buy the game so I dont really care how it advertises to the kids. Reminds me how a lot of ads used to have their theme songs and just repeating their names a lot.
I got the Bumblebee Tuna tune stuck in my head for so many years

 

[Trick_Ster]

I don't think Nintendo knows exactly what they're marketing.

 

[Inari]

I wonder what the kids think of the commercials...

also I can't post to the other thread about advertising differences for some reason so I'll just leave these here:

 

[ThatsSo]

I have a theory.
The guy who made it was fired, but was still contractually obligated to make a commercial, so he made it as bad as possible.
Seriously I have no other explanation.

 

[Lyn]

I liked it, personally. It was cheesy yeah but it's Nintendo. I don't know why everything has to be so serious. :(

also I can't post to the other thread about advertising differences for some reason so I'll just leave these here:

You, too? I thought it was just me.

 

[Sheikashii]

I think they're cool. Not sure if it would work here so I hope it doesn't just get dubbed over here haha

 

[Inari]

You, too? I thought it was just me.

Yeah, I guess the thread is bugged or something. Every time I try to post to it the buttons go grey and nothing happens.

 

[Just A. Hunch]

Some focus group somewhere reacted well to it so that's what they went with. I am neither an advertising expert nor part of the demographic those commercials are meant to create interest in, so I am not going to speculate on their efficiency. They are advertising to us in different ways. Not every form of advertising should be targeted at everyone.

 

[Endymion]

As soon as the kid started singing "Your a kid now!" I was like...

 

[AEM]

I was going to make the best video in response but the video maker i used is rude and forced a watermark upon export

here it is, anyways

 

[Endymion]

I was going to make the best video in response but the video maker i used is rude and forced a watermark upon export

here it is, anyways

 

[WaifuRaccoonBL]

Honestly? I don't get the hate. I mean, I kinda do, but it seems way too reactionary. It wasn't like Splatoon was going to be the thing that turns around Nintendo's image. And Splatoon has been advertising like 90s nickelodeon commercials, which did frequently hype up the idea of being a kid.

People hate the image. I get that, but I feel like there is some sort of fun police with this.

 

[AEM]

I just think the reuse of the same phrases over and over again is a lil' bit too much.

 

[Endymion]

Honestly? I don't get the hate. I mean, I kinda do, but it seems way too reactionary. It wasn't like Splatoon was going to be the thing that turns around Nintendo's image. And Splatoon has been advertising like 90s nickelodeon commercials, which did frequently hype up the idea of being a kid.

People hate the image. I get that, but I feel like there is some sort of fun police with this.

Not so much as fun as it is....just plain silly.
Like there's the fun/cute silly, then there's the cringe silly. The fact this game is definitely gearing towards older audiences yet Nintendo makes that chuck e cheese-grade commercial is pretty much embarrassing for all of us.

 

[WaifuRaccoonBL]

I just think the reuse of the same phrases over and over again is a lil' bit too much.

While I can see that, at the same time, again, I think they are trying to imitate 90's commercials. Which had frequent use of repeated phrases if I recall.

Not so much as fun as it is....just plain silly.
Like there's the fun/cute silly, then there's the cringe silly. The fact this game is definitely gearing towards older audiences yet Nintendo makes that chuck e cheese-grade commercial is pretty much embarrassing for all of us.

Well, yes and no. It was gearing towards an "everyone" audience.

Now, do I think the commercial is good? Not really, but the backlash I seen just on the fact they call people "kids" alone is a little bit much.

 

[Endymion]

Well, yes and no. It was gearing towards an "everyone" audience.

Now, do I think the commercial is good? Not really, but the backlash I seen just on the fact they call people "kids" alone is a little bit much.

It's because its generalized that Nintendo caters more to kids than other audiences, even though a lot of older audiences, some 100x more mature than other console owners will still play their games. To seeing them blatantly displaying that isn't helping Nintendo's case. It's like they don't want older audience appeal.

 

[Jenna Zant]

I'm not sure if I'm a kid or a squid after it....

 

[Gunster25]

That trailer is the definition of cringe-worthy, Wth were Nintendo thinking?