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[Kilau]

For some reason this is trending again, so for all of you who haven't seen this gem of a commercial from Australia in the 1980s, Merry Christmas!

 

[Kuranghi]

Disturbing as an adult man haha probably nightmare fuel for children's. The dog is the worst one because it sounds like a robo Wilford Brimley:

"YOU CANNOT DIABEETUS"

 

[GigaBowser]

arrogant Nintendo merry christmas my friends

I ARM THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS

 

[VolticArchangel]

Switch 2 tease/marketing? Reveal in Jan?

 

[Robb]

 

[SJRB]

 

[winjer]

Resistance is futile

 

[ManaByte]

For some reason this is trending again, so for all of you who haven't seen this gem of a commercial from Australia in the 1980s, Merry Christmas!

 

[Con-Z-epT]

Pretty creepy, I love it.

 

[Krappadizzle]

 

[struggler_guts]

That's a real commercial? Woulda freaked me out if I saw that come up at night as a kid haha

 

[DenchDeckard]

Switch 2 announcement when!?

 

[NeverYouMind]

I don't need to. Practically the whole fanbase is past the halfway point in their life. Many on their last legs. Once half of them perish, tablets will replace them for good unless they actually innovate instead of gimmick selling for once in their existance.

 

[ManaByte]

Switch 2 announcement when!?

March probably.

 

[Punished Miku]

Never seen this lol. Holy shit.

 

[Little Mac]

I am the W.V.B.A. Champion and I concur.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Lmao, what the hell.

 

[MagnesD3]

Give me Mario Open World

 

[Kabelly]

no way this is real lol


I feel indoctrinated

 

[Wildebeest]

This is just normal if you were a British or Australian kid in the 80s.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Never seen this lol. Holy shit.

Literally just had the same reaction haha

 

[adamsapple]

 

[Lunarorbit]

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

 

[Hudo]

Yamauchi was absolutely fucking based while also making Bobby Kotick look like a little school boy in comparison.

 

[Scotty W]

Notice the color on the

For some reason this is trending again, so for all of you who haven't seen this gem of a commercial from Australia in the 1980s, Merry Christmas!

Bowser stage

 

[Dacvak]

We used to have some weird game commercials.

 

[Tg89]

lets not forget

 

[nial]

I love their old, weird commercials.

 

[Kilau]

We used to have some weird game commercials.

Anya Taylor-Joy got her start with PlayStation? Wow.

 

[RickMasters]

What do you mean I can’t beat you Nintendo? I’ve beaten faxanadu, mega man, super Mario, and many more….. I kicked your ass as a kid and I’ll do it again when I get a switch 2. *cracks knuckles*


Always love this advert. Shame we never got it world wide.

 

[MikeM]

I feel like Nintendo is the only company not chasing Gaas.

 

[IAmRei]

I don't need to. Practically the whole fanbase is past the halfway point in their life. Many on their last legs. Once half of them perish, tablets will replace them for good unless they actually innovate instead of gimmick selling for once in their existance.

That's might not be true, as we see, nintendo deploys tactic in which disney used back then. The parents affect their children to play nintendo as well, and regeneration cycle is repeated many times already in these decades. That's might be how pokemon grows as biggest franchise since few years ago.

 

[UltimaKilo]

Yamauchi was absolutely fucking based while also making Bobby Kotick look like a little school boy in comparison.

The man was brilliant.

 

[havoc00]

Would you have made it as a authorized nintendo repairman?

 

[coffinbirth]

I feel like Nintendo is the only company not chasing Gaas.

Tell that to F-Zero fans.

 

[The Stig]

That is some creepy-ass shit.

 

[Robb]

I feel like Nintendo is the only company not chasing Gaas.

I feel they’re just not as explicit/vocal in defining what a game is and isn’t compared to other publishers.

Surely Splatoon, Mario Kart, Smash Bros. etc. fall under GAAS? They get small amounts of continuous content, both paid and not, for years to keep people playing.

I guess maybe they’re not chasing the trend by trying to make all their games GAAS or something like that though, but still.

 

[ManaByte]

 

[Deerock71]

I must've been around for that one, but I sure as shit can't remember it.

 

[Tams]

I feel they’re just not as explicit/vocal in defining what a game is and isn’t compared to other publishers.

Surely Splatoon, Mario Kart, Smash Bros. etc. fall under GAAS? They get small amounts of continuous content, both paid and not, for years to keep people playing.

I guess maybe they’re not chasing the trend by trying to make all their games GAAS or something like that though, but still.

The thing with all of those is that should the servers go offline for whatever reason, they'd still be great games to play.

For all of them, there is an adequate amount of single player content/playability, and they all have local multiplayer.

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

The thing with all of those is that should the servers go offline for whatever reason, they'd still be great games to play.

For all of them, there is an adequate amount of single player content/playability, and they all have local multiplayer.

Bingo.. Always-on like junk will disappear and die leaving no trace at some point. Only some will survive via fan made servers like you see with old MMOs etc.

 

[-Minsc-]

Bingo.. Always-on like junk will disappear and die leaving no trace at some point. Only some will survive via fan made servers like you see with old MMOs etc.

I just hopped back online with PSO:BB earlier this week. The old grind is as great as ever.

 

[DeltaPolarBear]

I don't need to. Practically the whole fanbase is past the halfway point in their life. Many on their last legs. Once half of them perish, tablets will replace them for good unless they actually innovate instead of gimmick selling for once in their existance.

Nintendo is the last of the three you can accuse of having old fanbases. They are the only ones willing to market to children. They are also in handhelds, which are where all flatscreen gaming going to end up once we reached "good enough" graphics. Yes, there are less children over time, but they are still being born and parents are still willing to trust Nintendo. Toy makers make toys, and everyone need toys.

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

I just hopped back online with PSO:BB earlier this week. The old grind is as great as ever.

Just looked it up - that's awesome. Player run shards for this kind of stuff are awesome, I still play Ultima Online free shards myself! I might have to check out this PSO server at some point!

 

[AJUMP23]

I believe.

 

[BlackTron]

I don't need to. Practically the whole fanbase is past the halfway point in their life. Many on their last legs. Once half of them perish, tablets will replace them for good unless they actually innovate instead of gimmick selling for once in their existance.

The amount of salt and copium over Nintendo's success is more entertaining than any old commercial.

 

[UnravelKatharsis]

We used to have some weird game commercials.

Shit I didn't know Anya Taylor Joy did a PlayStation commercial!

*Edit* Fuck.... Beaten

 

[Wheeljack539]

I'd love to see someone place Yamauchi's face over Vader's in this gif. Glasses included.

 

[Laieon]

Once half of them perish, tablets will replace them for good

Have you heard of the Switch?