A brief history of Nintendo’s weird-ass commercials
Most big companies are so scared of their shareholders that their commercials tread a few comfortable lines, whether it’s having annoying people singing bad versions of popular songs or doing some variation of whatever the hell Geico’s been doing for the last gazillion years. The stakes were lower in the ’80s and ’90s, though, and nobody seized upon that freedom in marketing like Nintendo, whose commercials were legitimately bizarre.
If you’re looking to get both nostalgic and absolutely disgusted, YouTuber Cleanprincegaming, an admitted Nintendo superfan, just released a new video detailing the history of the ads with a special emphasis on the weirdest of the weird.
Remember that one where a guy ate too much food and literally exploded, spraying green goo over a bunch of diners? That was supposed to sell Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island. And, somehow, it worked.