Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Wait... Those focus test crap thing a TV ad?! Holy hell, I thought they're online only.
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Nintendo PMs Wii owners to buy WiiU; "Not just an upgrade".
- Thread starter Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Iwata:"Please understand that's a new system"
What an amazing failure at logic. Really interesting how peoples brains work.
even more interesting is how groups of brains work in a big bureaucratic organization.
bequietdrive
Member
Well it's a start. I wonder how effective those ads actually are? They're much better than the neon dubstep box ads as they actually show some of the consoles differences. I can't help but think Nintendo need some more core based advertising right now though. The new Wii U cod should have its own advert, showing that there's no splitscreen etc - that would shift a lot of copies of COD on the Wii U.
Yeah. They cycle through them througout the game. I was really surprised the first time I saw them used. I don't think one commercial break goes by without at least two of them playing.
VivaciousSoul
Member
I was about to type a paragraph about how I couldnt see how people could confuse the Wii U for an upgrade to the original Wii. I mean do people have that much confidence in their ability to guess without investigation? I know that if I dont know what something is I investigate moving from I dont know what this is to I definitively know what this is. Going from I dont what this is to oh yeah that? Thats probably such and such and leaving at that is in a word irresponsible.
Ive come to the conclusion that theres a greater chance that they just dont care. If they cared they would investigate. The idea that Wii U is just an upgrade to the original Wii is a copout. Unfortunately Nintendo and third parties have not given people a reason to care.
For me, a big Nintendo fan and Im sure several others like me there just isnt a reason to buy a Wii U right now. Im so much of a Nintendo fan that I would buy it for no reason, just to have it today if money werent as tight as it is, if it wouldnt be irresponsible to do so. Its guaranteed that Ill purchase it eventually. Im a guaranteed sale and Im sure there are many others but more games need to come first. I see consoles through the exclusives lens. Exclusives are all that matter to me as of late and when I look at the Wii U I only see 5 games mostly B tier to almost A tier at best.
New Super Mario Bros. U (Ill get it play it and enjoy it when I get a Wii U but, as of right now to me who does havent a Wii U, it just another Mario sidescroller)
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Ill get this as well. Getting on Tri for one last Jhen Mohran hunt before the severs went down brought back that feeling)
NintendoLand
Lego City Undercover
ZombiU
And its not as if I dont have a hundred million other things to play. I pretty much drowning now. I may never recover.
One S tier game (like a Super Mario 64) would go a long way in speeding up my guaranteed purchase of the Wii U. Right now that three hundred and something dollars is a student loan payment rather than a Wii U
Ive come to the conclusion that theres a greater chance that they just dont care. If they cared they would investigate. The idea that Wii U is just an upgrade to the original Wii is a copout. Unfortunately Nintendo and third parties have not given people a reason to care.
For me, a big Nintendo fan and Im sure several others like me there just isnt a reason to buy a Wii U right now. Im so much of a Nintendo fan that I would buy it for no reason, just to have it today if money werent as tight as it is, if it wouldnt be irresponsible to do so. Its guaranteed that Ill purchase it eventually. Im a guaranteed sale and Im sure there are many others but more games need to come first. I see consoles through the exclusives lens. Exclusives are all that matter to me as of late and when I look at the Wii U I only see 5 games mostly B tier to almost A tier at best.
New Super Mario Bros. U (Ill get it play it and enjoy it when I get a Wii U but, as of right now to me who does havent a Wii U, it just another Mario sidescroller)
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Ill get this as well. Getting on Tri for one last Jhen Mohran hunt before the severs went down brought back that feeling)
NintendoLand
Lego City Undercover
ZombiU
And its not as if I dont have a hundred million other things to play. I pretty much drowning now. I may never recover.
One S tier game (like a Super Mario 64) would go a long way in speeding up my guaranteed purchase of the Wii U. Right now that three hundred and something dollars is a student loan payment rather than a Wii U
Delicious Waffles
Member
If people are still using a Wii connected to the internet, a private message like this makes sense. "If you got A, you should consider upgrading to B." I don't see the big deal about it.
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
Still have never seen a Wii U at anyone's house which is pretty remarkable considering I can rattle off about 30-40 Wii owners off the top of my head.
The Main Event
Member
You should come to mine.
Angry Fork
Member
Not a fan of Nintendo but can't really hate on this or see how it's pathetic. I don't see why Sony or Microsoft can't send messages out to people advertising their next console either, it's a pretty good idea that they should do now while people are still using these consoles.
The only sad thing about Nintendo's message is the admittance that the Wii U name may have confused some people into thinking it wasn't a completely different console. But Wii U's problems go well beyond just it's name.
The only sad thing about Nintendo's message is the admittance that the Wii U name may have confused some people into thinking it wasn't a completely different console. But Wii U's problems go well beyond just it's name.
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
Send your address to my Wii.
First post wins.
Also, this is just sad. As a graduate of marketing, this wii u campaign is just sad. Hell, you don't even need to be a marketing student to see how poorly Nintendo is promoting this console. It's a shame too, since I've owned it since day 1 and i do enjoy using it.
sixteen-bit
Member
this implies nintendo learns from its mistakes
the next nintendo console will be called wii u 2.
Agent Icebeezy
Welcome beautful toddler, Madison Elizabeth, to the horde!
Can't fault them for trying, but still seems sad to see this.
I like "Wii U & Me" better
But really, I'd love if it was Nintendo Revolution or maybe Ultra Nintendo, something epic like that.
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
Member
Pretty pathetic lol. If they didn't fuck up and gave it a non-shitty name in the first place, this wouldn't have been necessary.
Frankfurter
Member
Why would it be pathetic to do advertising that basically doesn't cost your company a single cent?
They'd do this anyway even if the Wii U was called let's say Stream and it was selling 1m units a month. Many of the Wii's services are about to end and logic dictates that they inform stragglers about the newest console.
Microsoft and Sony do the same. Hell, Microsoft was telling people to buy a second 360 not long ago.
Crimson_Gold
Member
Nothing wrong with relatively free advertising that will likely garner you a few sales from people that have shown prior interest in your products.
WrenchNinja
Member
For a second I thought I saw text that said "And try all these great games" with Mario pointing at nothing. Must have imagined it.
EDIT: Oh my phone is just slow, it's a GIF.
Serious what if question.
What if Nintendo started calling the Wii U the Nintendo Wii Ultra. Started to alter all labeling going forward so it says Ultra instead of the just the U. Controller, box art, etc. This way it's clear from the name Ultra they are talking about something more then just the simple Wii. Of course they have to keep showing the console itself and saying it's a new system.
Could they pull off the name change? Could it be done? It being a good or bad idea isn't even part of the question. Could it be done to kill any further confusion with the mainstream public? Would the system sound more enticing from the name alone?
It's hypothetical of course but I think the time to do it would be E3 and that would make it a true relaunch of the system.
What if Nintendo started calling the Wii U the Nintendo Wii Ultra. Started to alter all labeling going forward so it says Ultra instead of the just the U. Controller, box art, etc. This way it's clear from the name Ultra they are talking about something more then just the simple Wii. Of course they have to keep showing the console itself and saying it's a new system.
Could they pull off the name change? Could it be done? It being a good or bad idea isn't even part of the question. Could it be done to kill any further confusion with the mainstream public? Would the system sound more enticing from the name alone?
It's hypothetical of course but I think the time to do it would be E3 and that would make it a true relaunch of the system.
"It's not just an upgrade"
Meanwhile...
Hilarious.
Beermeister
Banned
"Please understand."
Nintendos new motto and/or slogan.
Nintendos new motto and/or slogan.
It's possible, they can always do a system update to change the start for the Wii U as well, but I don't think Nintendo would be willing to do that.
Especially since the Nintendo 64 name was supposed to be "Nintendo Ultra 64' but they lost "Ultra" so they were forced to name it Nintendo 64, so I don't know if they would be allowed to have Ultra in their title name.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Just rename it the Nintendo U.
There's still time.
There's still time.
Sped that gif up a touch... it was a bit slow
FaintDeftone
Junior Member
This made me lol. Thanks sir!
Dark Octave
Banned
Why would you waste an HDTV on the Wii?
I have my Wii and PS2 hooked up to my old 32" CRT.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Lol.
Nintendo is getting desperate it seems but any company would when the sucessor is selling like that with no games coming till June and the competitors releasing two consoles with next gen graphics and third parties on board.
This really asks the question on how many people still play the Wii these days.
Yours should be "Hit and run"
Dude, Jaguar commercials were totally rad!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQaro-yjBqI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz6l0t0qQ7E
Altered Juice
Member
nah, i'm satisfied with my homebrewed wii
Agent X
Gold Member
I don't understand why people are labeling this "desperate" or "pathetic". It's actually a pretty effective way for the hardware manufacturer to communicate with their users.
On my PS3, I'll occasionally receive messages through PSN announcing a sale or special offer. I never thought of that as being "desperate" or "pathetic". I think it's a great idea, as long as the messages are short, focused, and not sent out so frequently as to become annoying.
I must admit that I was surprised seeing that blue light in the drive slot glow for the first time in many months. It's certainly an attention getter.
I'm just surprised that Nintendo didn't consider doing this earlier, around the time the Wii U was first released.
Telepathically.
On my PS3, I'll occasionally receive messages through PSN announcing a sale or special offer. I never thought of that as being "desperate" or "pathetic". I think it's a great idea, as long as the messages are short, focused, and not sent out so frequently as to become annoying.
I must admit that I was surprised seeing that blue light in the drive slot glow for the first time in many months. It's certainly an attention getter.
I'm just surprised that Nintendo didn't consider doing this earlier, around the time the Wii U was first released.
Telepathically.