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Wii ad shown during Ashes coverage

Posted Nov 26, 2006 at 10:42AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: Wii Tags: Australia, YouTube
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Meh. We're not so sure if the hands-waving-Wii-remotes really do it for us. We get the message (that you play like never before). It's nice. And we've seen credit card commercials with more vim and vigor.

Above (left) we have the ad shown in Australia during the Ashes (posted by solxman over at YouTube). We went over to nintendo.com.au to check out other ads. And it just led us back to the UK and Japan ads (more hands-with-remotes ads).

Lackluster. Leaden. Vapid. Effective - maybe. A marketing - perhaps. But still, all it gets from us (and many readers and watchers) is "meh."

It is the absolute opposite of the energy, fun, music, direction, and the "you can't help but smile and be excited" impact of the "we would like to play" ads (above, right, is the composite of the four 30-second ads posted by nintendo.com under the YouTube name of "Wii").

The past few months we've seen fun trailers. We've seen incredible fan-made videos. Where's the out-of-the-box thinking that we've come to expect from Nintendo? Bring back the two Japanese guys. Or is it a contract problem - maybe they didn't want to do Wii ads anymore?



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# AgreedGuest 2006-11-26 12:40
Those white hand ads are just so damned boring and sleep inducing. It makes the Wii seem placid and dull and I doubt it intrigues anyone.



Get those Japanese guy ads in Aus and NZ. It had more energy and interest for viewer and the fact that you saw different people playing different games showed you that it was an inclusive and broad console. The hands just have to go.

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# .KirbySS 2006-11-26 19:07
Hahah, man England got severely thrashed.

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