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StreetsAhead · Jun 27, 2013

Presumably this is the beginning of their 2nd half of the year push in the region now that they have actual games coming out semi-regularly. All of these products, along with a White Premium SKU hit stores in Japan on Saturday, July 13th (2.5 weeks away).

Pikmin 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewMQrvI2Sa8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm4Aaf94E1I
http://youtu.be/-928SUSoITo
http://youtu.be/W8KyCT0nMLs

New Super Luigi U:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFpNTcYmid8

Nintendo Land Controller Bundle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AbvhaK1B5U

Lego City Undercover
http://youtu.be/3au2PgpyC_Y

Official JP Wii U page has been updated to white from black: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/index.html
Nintendo also sent out a spam/promotional e-mail from the Wii U eshop to those with NNIDs (Image via Tilmen: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BNu7SIUCcAIiG8u.jpg:large), featuring the Wii U eshop charge campaign, Pikmin 3, FFVI and The Secret of Mana.

Feed me to Nabbit if old.

Year of Luigi:

Nintendo's Secretly Most Horrifying Franchise:

Gamer @ Heart · Jun 27, 2013

It be interesting to see how long they run for. Hopefully J GAF will keep us updated in the media create threads.

As bad as the first half looked and deserved the "what they hell are they sitting around doing" posts, it would have all been a waste without the monthly they titles to push that they finally have now.

Darryl · Jun 27, 2013

those are some great commercials. pikmin looks very pretty in that second trailer, they've really stepped that game up.

goomba · Jun 27, 2013

Bundling Nintendoland and a remote is a good idea, the new WIi Play?

Edit - Holy shit Pikmin 3 looks amazing in that second ad

Sammy Samusu · Jun 27, 2013

I would love to see Pikmin making a big comeback, just like Luigi's Mansion.

Meelow · Jun 27, 2013

Excited for Pikmin 3, if they make Pikmin 4 for Wii U than I can just imagine a built from the ground up Pikmin in HD.

Yado · Jun 27, 2013

The first Pikmin ad is cute. I like how they stand at attention for the Wii U noise.

StreetsAhead · Jun 27, 2013

Meelow said:
Excited for Pikmin 3, if they make Pikmin 4 for Wii U than I can just imagine a built from the ground up Pikmin in HD.

If they can go from this:

to this

and this

to this

in a little over 12 months on what is ostensibly a modified Wii engine, imagine what they can do with a ground up game.

IAmMonodi · Jun 27, 2013

I never saw Peach so terrified of Luigi.

Christberg · Jun 27, 2013

Good commercials. Hopefully we start seeing some ads here in the US soon as well.

onipex · Jun 27, 2013

Love the Pikmin ads. Is that Nintendoland one using the same family from the yakuza hd collection commerical?

ranmafan · Jun 27, 2013

The best thing for me with these ads, is hearing the original Pikmin CM song Ai no Uta brought back for Pikmin 3's cm. Was one of my favorite songs when I came to study in Japan in 2001 for the first time. I even bought the cd for it. Great to see it back!

Cbajd5 · Jun 27, 2013

oh god ai no uta's in the end of that first pikmin ad

i'm just gonna go over here to listen to it and cry

Meelow · Jun 27, 2013

StreetsAhead said:
If they can go from this:

to this

and this

to this

in a little over 12 months on what is ostensibly a Wii engine, imagine what they can do with a ground up game.

It would look amazing.

chertipros · Jun 27, 2013

Isn't that the same guy from the Yakuza HD ad in the Nintendo Land promo?

I'M FINISHED! · Jun 27, 2013

Only dubstep makes me buy things.

NCL's advertising is so much better than NOA

schuelma · Jun 27, 2013

It's about time

Teh Emo Penguin · Jun 27, 2013

StreetsAhead said:
Nintendo Land Controller Bundle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AbvhaK1B5U

"Dammit! Dammit!"

Elija2 · Jun 27, 2013

What was with the beginning of that New Super Luigi U commercial?

Samurai_Heart · Jun 27, 2013

Excellent now start the advertising campaign to the west XD

Aquamarine · Jun 27, 2013

But will Nintendo's newfound interest in actually advertising their product pull the Wii U out of its ~5K / Week sales rut?

AGITÎ© · Jun 27, 2013

That Super Luigi U commercial needs to be Shopped with Weegee, that intro part was made for it.

ffdgh · Jun 27, 2013

The beginning of the super luigi u commercial is so weird XD

GulAtiCa · Jun 27, 2013

That NSLU ad intro.

Darryl · Jun 27, 2013

onipex said:
Love the Pikmin ads. Is that Nintendoland one using the same family from the yakuza hd collection commerical?

yea it looks like it. dude looks like he'd be on japanese gameshows or something, is he a celebrity?

popyea · Jun 27, 2013

onipex said:
Love the Pikmin ads. Is that Nintendoland one using the same family from the yakuza hd collection commerical?

It looks like the dad from that, yeah.

Oh gosh, that nintendoland theme makes me want to play it again.

StreetsAhead · Jun 27, 2013

Year of Weegee.

Aquamarine said:
But will Nintendo's newfound interest in actually advertising their product pull the Wii U out of its ~5K / Week sales rut?

Should be good for a week or two.

Hero of Legend · Jun 27, 2013

StreetsAhead said:
Year of Weegee.

WOW WTF!?

XD

Kageshinzo · Jun 27, 2013

The beginning of that Super Luigi ad has so much hentai potential.

Effect · Jun 27, 2013

I really want to see what the advertisements in North America will be like now that Iwata is NoA's CEO. Will they stay crappy or will Nintendo get serious, perhaps get a new firm, and actually try to sell the damn Wii U.

-Pyromaniac- · Jun 27, 2013

It's a shame that the year of luigi killed the wii U.

Busaiku · Jun 27, 2013

Wait, is that commercial implying an NTR end for New Super Luigi U?

Mileena · Jun 27, 2013

-Pyromaniac- said:
It's a shame that the year of luigi killed the wii U.

Luigi's Mansion 2 at Wii U launch would have been cool. Instead... a handheld game, cool?

GimMick · Jun 27, 2013

Why are the Japanese commercials always so much better than the western ads ? Hahaha !

Kacho · Jun 27, 2013

Wow Pikmin looks crazy good.

anaron · Jun 27, 2013

StreetsAhead said:
New Super Luigi U:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFpNTcYmid8

LMAO

WHAT THE FUCK

Dead Prince · Jun 27, 2013

-Pyromaniac- said:
It's a shame that the year of luigi killed the wii U.

its the year of the green.

Edag Plata · Jun 27, 2013

Advertising!!!!!! The commercials are good and show off the games. That's all you need. Better than the nothing they've been doing up until this point.

webkatt · Jun 27, 2013

Looks like Princess is really scared of the Green Man

-Horizon- · Jun 27, 2013

StreetsAhead said:
Year of Weegee.

:0
Gotta appeal to that part of the fanbase lol.

Mysterious · Jun 27, 2013

That's interesting - the background behind the Wii U logo in the beginning is white now. It was black in the previous commercials. They also made white Premium models; could this be a sign of a small-scale rebranding? White is a softer colour, and I guess it'd be more "appealing" or friendlier to casual gamers.

Fantastical · Jun 27, 2013

StreetsAhead said:
Year of Weegee.

Holy shit, that's amazing.

EDIT: Well, at least I'm taking it to mean that's she scared that it's Luigi who has come to save her.

Sandfox · Jun 27, 2013

Aquamarine said:
But will Nintendo's newfound interest in actually advertising their product pull the Wii U out of its ~5K / Week sales rut?

It probably will as long as SW is coming out consistently enough.

DaBoss · Jun 27, 2013

PeachXLuigi is now canon and now the fanbase will begin writing a whole bunch of fanfics. >_>

MDSLKTR · Jun 27, 2013

StreetsAhead said:
If they can go from this:

to this

and this

to this

in a little over 12 months on what is ostensibly a modified Wii engine, imagine what they can do with a ground up game.

This is the worst before/after I have ever seen.

x3r0123 · Jun 27, 2013

lol love the luigi one

Kandinsky · Jun 27, 2013

I'm actually shocked at how good Pikmin looks compared to a year ago, wow.

StreetsAhead · Jun 27, 2013

Pikmin is a terrifying franchise.

MDSLKTR said:
This is the worst before/after I have ever seen.

I'm sorry the images aren't very good quality, but it was just supposed to be a quick show off of the changes in lighting, shaders, & textures.

Toparaman · Jun 27, 2013

StreetsAhead said:

What is being implied here???

Alienous · Jun 27, 2013

If I had a WiiU, I'd pick up Super Luigi U just for that TV spot.

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