It's a quippy little post about how I think the folks at Nintendo may want to reconsider how they're marketing the 3DS--with a quirky ad for the GameBoy Camera (aka Pocket Camera) serving as a somewhat-tongue-in-cheek example of the direction they could take things in the future.
If you think that sounds like a fun read, head over to tinycartidge.com when you have a chance.
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Oh, funny! I totally read this post the other day. And I thought to myself, "I didn't realize he had written for them before..." Apparently it was published earlier than I thought it would be...
Good article. I think you're right about it, for sure. They need to push the face merge thing and some of the other cute, fun, unique things it offers. The 3D just isn't a huge draw for some people, me included. But the face merge thing got me from the get-go. Even if we haven't gotten it to work yet,
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Hey there, Justin! Yeah, I waited a while before publishing this post yesterday. I thought a second post might be published yesterday, too, and I wanted to lump them all into the same post on my blog :)
As for the focus of the post over at TC: It'll be interesting to see what Nintendo does with this relaunch of the 3DS they've been talking about (which I'm guessing would start soon -- maybe after E3?). I can understand why they've stuck to the "classy, sterile, white" thing with their ads, as that worked well for the DS and Wii, but I think it's time to change it up a bit.
That said, it probably won't matter what kind of ads they put out there when the hot games hit -- games like Animal Crossing, Mario Kart 3DS, Super Mario 3DS, RE: Revelations, etc. At point, word of mouth will spread and the thing will sell like hotcakes.
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Nice article, Bryan!
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