Now that I've seen it, I'd really like to know how TV viewers at the time received it. Did they consider it corny or cheesy, as most of us surely would today, or did they consider it kind of cool?
Or maybe the target audience simply reacted to it with awe, which is how I probably would have reacted to it. It did, after all, herald the coming of a new entry in the Legend of Zelda series.
You know what? Now I'm thinking Nintendo of Japan should've made a sequel to this commercial in order to promote last year's A Link Between Worlds. Doing so certainly couldn't have hurt.
See also: 'The Great Gaymathon Review #64: The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (3DS)'
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Oh, that's a classic! I love that Nintendo isn't scared to do something super cheesy with their commercials. The second they start taking themselves too seriously, I'm jumping ship. :-P
REALLY? OK, now I'm going to have to go look for it...
True, Justin, True.
Oh, wow! I'm surprised you this commercial eluded you until now! ^^ I always thought the girl dressed as Link was super cute! Have you seen the Link's Awakening commercial with the puppets? lol There are a lot of Japanese game commercial gems out there! I also really like all the Japanese Metroid commercials, the original FDS Kid Icarus one, and the super artistic Mother 1 one! lol
OK, now I'm going to have to spend some quality time with YouTube, Kaze, as I think the only commercial--of the ones you mentioned here--that I've seen is the one about Mother 1!
There's also a full version the song called Game Boys.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78p_LEyGb0I
Wow, that certainly was ... something, Sam XD Seriously, though, thanks for sharing!
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