We haven't come across many Virtual Console advertisements in the states; in fact, we haven't come across any at all. We're reminded of this travesty every morning when we see the lines of blood soaked through VC fanatic JC Fletcher's shirt, traces of his nightly self-flagellation rituals wherein he begs his retro-video-gaming gods to deliver us more ads for classic titles.
The Gradius/Nemesis sign pictured above was found at the Musashi-Urawa train station in Saitama, Japan late last May. When was the last time you saw an ad for a shoot-em-up displayed in a public space? As much as we'd love to see Virtual Console advertisements and posters of enlarged screenshots from 2D games brought over to the US, especially for JC's sake, we doubt that Nintendo of America will ever follow suit.
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10-08-2007 @ 1:01AM
ELIJAH said...
I seriously doubt it, the japanese are trend crazy and ads for old games is an idea that would only work over there. But i'll give nintendo a tip; which would be that advertising that the wii can do this(VIRTUAL CONSOLE SHOPPING) to casual gamers is a great idea ,some may not even know it exists and reassure them that it's even better after 20years.
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10-08-2007 @ 7:44AM
THRILLHO said...
Wasn't there a post-it ad in england (or somewhere not in the US) that had mockups of 8-bit link and mario somewhere, and on the back of the post-its it advertised that the games can be DLed on the VC? I can't find a link though.
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10-08-2007 @ 8:25AM
THRILLHO said...
sorry for the double post, but it was nintendo of italy;
http://www.thecoolhunter.net/ads/Nintendo-Wii-Wiill-not-forget/
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10-09-2007 @ 5:50AM
Tamyu said...
It`s an ad for the virtual console in general... Not any particular release.
It basically says that you can play your old favorites on the Wii.
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