Let's be honest, Nintendo has always been an extremely popular company. The company dominated the 8-bit market and ever since then they have had one top selling console after another. Even when some of their consoles have under-delivered, Nintendo has always managed to come out looking good thanks to their strong handheld dominance. Nintendo is one of the few companies whose fans don't care what they do; in the eyes of a Nintendo fanboy the company can do no wrong. Compared to Nintendo's fanboys, Sony and Microsoft's fans look like they only have a passing interest in their favorite console. Nintendo knows and understands that they have this massive following, which is why they have never been able to come up with a good marketing campaign.

You heard me, Nintendo commercials suck. I don't care if they're advertising the Wii, DS or Virtual Boy, their commercials are always underwhelming when compared to all of the other major game publishers. This commercial for Nintendo Power (which was actually featured in an issue of Nintendo Power in the early 1990s) is a good example of Nintendo just feeding us crap and hoping that we'll accept it as art. This is a bright and colorful advertisement that features some poor sap with bad fashion sense getting electrocuted because he had the guts to play a NES. I personally think that the only way to read this commercial is to say that this picture it giving you a solid reason to upgrade to the Super NES. Nintendo may not be coming out and saying it, but this advert clearly states that you better buy the 16-bit SNES or die from electrocution.

And even if this jolt of electricity doesn't actually kill you, let's not forget that we're looking at a teenager who has two rolled up issues of Nintendo Power shoved into his brain. I'm telling you, this look is not very sexy. When was the last time some sexy young woman snuggled up against you and said, "do you have two rolled up issues of Nintendo Power shoved into your brain, or are you just happy to see me?" Never, that's when. You've never heard that because nobody has ever said that. The reason nobody has ever said that is because the idea of having two issues of Nintendo Power shoved into your brain makes about as much sense as shoving a cactus up your nose. Then again, I'm sure all of the Nintendo fanboys look at this picture and see it as a work of pure genius.

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