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[Exile20]

If this particular game doesn't sell well at all, no one can blame Nintendo this time.

Oh wait, they have and will, just remembered the Splatoon commercial thread.

The commercial that caused a game to bomb.

Less than two weeks now.

 

[AdanVC]

This whole fest reminds me of nickelodeon on the early 2000s doing all kinds of activities like this based on their cartoon shows and I love it! Huge props to Nintendo to pull such fun activities like this. Looking forward to their recopilation video!

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

This whole fest reminds me of nickelodeon on the early 2000s doing all kinds of activities like this based on their cartoon shows and I love it! Huge props to Nintendo to pull such fun activities like this. Looking forward to their recopilation video!

 

[Nanashrew]

This whole fest reminds me of nickelodeon on the early 2000s doing all kinds of activities like this based on their cartoon shows and I love it! Huge props to Nintendo to pull such fun activities like this. Looking forward to their recopilation video!

Me too! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyaS1xQyntI

 

[Hibiki Rush]

http://www.gettyimages.com/search/events/552891373

"Celebrities"

 

[NotLiquid]

Seems like the kids are having a blast

 

[Nanashrew]

https://twitter.com/breath0air/status/599337547354001409/photo/1

This is how I’ll be doing my make-up from now on #Splatoon #inklingforlife

 

[Kouriozan]

That looks like tons of fun, I'd love to see a video of the event.

 

[Shauni]

If this particular game doesn't sell well at all, no one can blame Nintendo this time.

Oh wait, they have and will, just remembered the Splatoon commercial thread.

Yeah, I've already seen people on occasion saying stuff to downplay how hard Nintendo is pushing this. I really can't think of a time that NIntendo has pushed something (new IP or not) so hard. They really are pushing for this to be a success. I don't know really what else they could do.

 

[Xord]

Nintendo's going all-in with Splatoon, I like it.

They don't have anything else to promote.

 

[pinkurocket]

They don't have anything else to promote.

The difference being that they rarely promote the stuff they have to promote.

 

[Shauni]

They don't have anything else to promote.

They've been promoting this for over a year. As barren as Nintendo's schedule may have been, they have had other things they could've, and have, promoted in that timeframe.

 

[Tom Nook]

http://www.gettyimages.com/search/events/552891373

"Celebrities"

James Marsden

Spoiler

Cyclopes

is in this.

 

[SparksterMeta0]

Too bad they don't let them wear squid/inkling hats.

Spoiler

Do they?

 

[KingSnake]

Live footage it seems:

https://www.periscope.tv/w/VzezpjQxOTMwMHwxMTc0NjcxM-_Aqpm7iO16nLf1PN_IWrKGNXgkHgShRq2R988YFiU3

 

[Exile20]

they see me rollin' they hatin'

 

[MCN]

The difference being that they rarely promote the stuff they have to promote.

This! When the WiiU was released, there was pretty much no promotion of it. This is showing a massive change in attitude from Nintendo, one which I hope sticks around for NX.

 

[Exile20]

Andre was there too, seems like a nice turn out.

 

[PillarEN]

Lucky for those in the area. I want to play like a kid again.

 

[Pandy]

This! When the WiiU was released, there was pretty much no promotion of it. This is showing a massive change in attitude from Nintendo, one which I hope sticks around for NX.

Slightly off topic, but from a marketing perspective, this almost feels like a re-launch of the WiiU itself, which is why I really hope they have the sense to drop the price before the end of the month.

I'm not going to get into whether the WiiU itself is over-priced, but MS slashing at the XBO price has meant that there isn't enough distance between them for the WiiU to be seen as the 'value' proposition.

The Splatoon bundle, with all this marketing behind it, is a good opportunity (last chance?) for Nintendo to properly communicate to the World that they have a new console on the market and that it has games you can't play anywhere else. If people see it in stores and it has an 'impulse purchase' price tag attached to it, maybe they can even reach Gamecube numbers.

Spoiler

Okay, I'll stop now, I've gone too far.

 

[Interceptor]

Some quick youtube search:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fmuNKNB1GM

https://youtu.be/f5snaGOkYG8?t=4m33s

 

[Shauni]

Yeah, they aren't going to drop the price by the end of the month. If they were, we would have known by now.

 

[moolamb]

Some quick youtube search:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fmuNKNB1GM

https://youtu.be/f5snaGOkYG8?t=4m33s

Hahaha the last section is hilarious:

https://youtu.be/f5snaGOkYG8?t=11m17s

 

[Exile20]

Hahaha the last section is hilarious:

https://youtu.be/f5snaGOkYG8?t=11m17s

Damn they really captured the Splatoon feeling. Loved the tires with the ink and the last part.

Rollers OP.

 

[xaszatm]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgH6ZFCAH00

Nintendo Minute uploaded their Mess Fest Vlog.

 

[Exile20]

https://youtu.be/mStfBinrzXk

Good vid of the event.