Wii Adverts

[Gaijin von Snikbah]

How about a thread collecting all the Wii adverts we can find? You got it!

Example A: Found this on Eurogamer today, when clicking on a preview of Rayman.

http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/9629/wiiadsnp7.jpg

Since there will be many ads like this one, hearing where and when it was seen, will be all the more interesting.

[Twilight]

Well, I just posted this pic in the "Wii worldwide ardvertising" thread:

http://www.strangereaction.com/imagehost/albums/userpics/10329/wii_ad.jpg

Location: Times Square, New York

[Gaijin von Snikbah]

Somehow that thread slipped the radar. But this one is nice also. I hope the mods woke up on the right side of bed.

That advert is BIG.

[Stefkov]

I cant see that times square one.
I havnt seen any adverts around where i live. Gamestation have a banner above some shelves for there they're gonna out it, and thats all ive seen.

[Zell]

I saw one on gamespot. But what the hell's the use of advertising there when basically everyone who visits that site is a gaming nerd?

[Fierce_LiNk]

I spotted one yesterday in Comet. It might not be advertising, but where the games are stocked, they had a little display up with Wii at the top. I was surprised to see it there, and i even took a picture of it on my phone. I'll try and post it when i get credit.

[Yoshiking]

The day Nintendo of Norway do any advertising.. I'll be surprised. There's stuff in Spiderman, but other than that.. Nothing. I don't think I've ever seen a Nintendo advert outside of gaming magazines and whatnot. Only a select few (pretty much just EA) games are ever advertised here.

[Gaijin von Snikbah]

This is more. From Spong and CVG.

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/6564/wiiads2qw0.jpg

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/6310/wiiads3dq9.jpg

[raven_blade2006]

The Wii Move You adverts are really hitting the web now. Ive seen them on multiple sites including Gamespot, CVG, Gamesradar and Eurogamer.

[triforce_keeper]

Hmm why are they only on game websites? Surely everyone on there will already heard of it?

They should put it on stuff like bebo and myspace. Then it would be seen by MILLIONS of people!

[AshMat]

Myspace? I don't want Wii to be the next cool thing for emos

[triforce_keeper]

Well nintendo ARE trying to appeal to all audiences :hehe:

[Kurtle Squad]

Yeah...they could make a wrist cutting game.

[AshMat]

A poetry writing game would work really well.

[Gaijin von Snikbah]

Since MySpace have about 50 million users, that doesnt sound like a bad idea.

[Stocka]

The Wii Move You adverts are really hitting the web now. Ive seen them on multiple sites including Gamespot, CVG, Gamesradar and Eurogamer.
On IGN now too.

[Serebii]

I saw an advertising video on all the HD TVs in Comet this weekend...does that count?

[Kurtle Squad]

I saw an advertising video on all the HD TVs in Comet this weekend...does that count?

But was it simply the video preview from E3 or whenever? If so, then no, as that advertising was Comets choice...kinda thing..

[mario_jr]

just got in from work, and I saw the Toys R Us booklet that will go in to this Sundays paper. The Wii had most of a whole page to its self: peace: , less then 25% of the page was for GC, where as the PS3 had to share a page with the 360:heh: , they both had half.

[AshMat]

On my xfire:
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/8269/wiiadxfireje7.png

[Cold Fire]

My local Game has had stuff in for ages, they seem to be really pushing the Wii but they are situated inside Debenhams, the one in town just has a video running on the screen.

Haven't really seen much online however, and Nintendo definately need to advertise on sites such as myspace, faceparty etc, along with news outlets and the like.

offtopic:
I see people here using IE, please go download a standards compliant browser such as Opera (http://www.opera.com/download/) or FireFox (http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/) you will wonder how you ever used IE, and it makes my job that little bit easier every time someone switches away from IE.

Thanking you :)

[YenRug]

offtopic:
I see people here using IE, please go download a standards compliant browser such as Opera (http://www.opera.com/download/) or FireFox (http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/) you will wonder how you ever used IE, and it makes my job that little bit easier every time someone switches away from IE.

Thanking you :)

But surely, if IE is used by ~90% of internet users, then IE is the standard you should be working to? :santa:

[Stefkov]

retro whats that skin for x-fire, whered you get it from? (never midn ive found it :D)
also listening to Wierd al, lol, good on you.
Also I agree with Cold Fire, all you IE userd should get firefox or opera. Its way better, i cant rememeber the last time iused IE. twas long ago.

[Ramar]

On my xfire:

I didn't know you talked to MiDi?! :)

[Cold Fire]

But surely, if IE is used by ~90% of internet users, then IE is the standard you should be working to? :santa:

Unfortunately you are about right with the numbers, however W3C set the standard for coding XHTML and i do not want to lower my skill set and only work to a lower standard. Its just unfortunate that M$ bundle IE with Windows.

I design and develop for standards compliant browsers and fix for IE, but if more people switch then maybe (one day) we will see that number reversed. The revolution must start now :D

[AshMat]

I didn't know you talked to MiDi?! :)

Ive never talked to him actually, he added me a few days ago, but we've never once spoken. :p

[Cube]

First Europe TV Ad (http://www.itechnews.net/2006/11/10/nintendo%e2%80%99s-first-wii-tv-ad-for-namerica-and-europe/)

It's crazy. (It's for US too, apparently)

[Stickman]

Well...Its better than the ps3 ads :p

[Samdecahedron]

Haha! I really liked that advert, it actually shows what the Wii can do, unlike the men in cubes for the Gamecube launch. It seems a bit long for TV, do you reckon it will be shortened?

[raven_blade2006]

I like that advert. I hope we see it on tv and in cinemas soon. It really captures what Wii is all about.

[Fierce_LiNk]

Haha! I really liked that advert, it actually shows what the Wii can do, unlike the men in cubes for the Gamecube launch. It seems a bit long for TV, do you reckon it will be shortened?

I hope they shorten it into 2 or 3 adverts. Maybe the blokes visiting each house can be one seperate ad?

[The Bard]

There's quite a lot of double page spread adverts in mags such as Games TM and Edge, but all they say is Wii in huge letters, and a date. It's not really helpful to people who don't know what a wii is. Still, it was a games mag, so I doubt there's really anyone who didn't know what a wii was...

Also: I didn't like that advert very much, but I think it'd be quite good for cinemas.

[The fish]

It's a good ad, but I agree with what Fierce said.

[Tellyn]

The Need for Speed Carbon ad advertises the Wii version and it's been out for about a week. First TV ad.

[Fierce_LiNk]

The Need for Speed Carbon ad advertises the Wii version and it's been out for about a week. First TV ad.

I saw that the other week, and my girlfriend was the only person in the room at the time.
"Wii! It says Wii. At the end!Yaaaaaay!"
"...."

[Stocka]

I think it's a pretty decent trailer, and as The Bard said will be great in cinemas. I love the bit at the end going toward the Wii logo

[mario_jr]

First Europe TV Ad (http://www.itechnews.net/2006/11/10/nintendo%e2%80%99s-first-wii-tv-ad-for-namerica-and-europe/)

It's crazy. (It's for US too, apparently)

It would've been cooler if they had used Iwata and Myamoto in the ad.:awesome:

[Jasper]

There have bein ads hanging around on gamesindustry.biz for about a month now, but outside of that I thought that the huge 'Wii' with the date in magazines (I saw it in NGamer) was just an introduction courtesy of the staff, because they're huge fans or something like that. Because there ain't even an Nintendo logo on the ad, nopr any trademark or copyrighjt issues, so it's a poor ad this way. We'll jsut see how that works out, but with roughly four weeks to ge (and on in the Americas), it's about time they started the ad-wagon.

Offtopic: IE is a worldwide standard, but it interpretets the HTML wrongly, even if it's writin correctly. And IE has a incredible insecure system were virusses and SPAM just walk through without problem. Luckily, MicroSoft IE 7.0 will be beter for support with HTML and more secure thanks to it's seperation for the normal explorer. Microsoft does listen every once in a while - and most of the while when it's starting to lose market share to firefox and other browsers...

[dannbrownn]

I saw one on gamespot. But what the hell's the use of advertising there when basically everyone who visits that site is a gaming nerd?

Exactly what i thought, i have seen it advertised on so many games sites... it seems pointless!!!

[Jackster]

Microsoft does listen every once in a while - and most of the while when it's starting to lose market share to firefox and other browsers...

More like they get a bit miffed when some company releases a product which is better than Micro$oft's and that product actually starts to beat Micro$oft's.

You would be surprised how many products come out which are better than M$'s but no one knows about them.

[Jasper]

I'm in Art School, and ask anyone what program they are using for their digital imagery, they'll all answer paint. Paint. Paint. Not photoshop. 'Too complex' - but Photoshop is not complex, it's just english (most of the versions) and therefore harder to use (I'm from Belgium). But if you know WHAT you're doing, it should be no problem. They all are, however, talking about 'photoshopping'... But okay, back to topic now would be a good idea.

[Mundi]

If you didn´t see my shiny new locked thread:
http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/academy...ner-214125.php

[Eenuh]

First Europe TV Ad (http://www.itechnews.net/2006/11/10/nintendo%e2%80%99s-first-wii-tv-ad-for-namerica-and-europe/)

It's crazy. (It's for US too, apparently)

It seems to have been removed. I want to see it too. =(

[Mundi]

It seems to have been removed. I want to see it too. =(

http://youtube.com/watch?v=43fOzrXejjY
I think that´s the commercial

[Eenuh]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=43fOzrXejjY
I think that´s the commercial

Yay, thank you! =D

Nice commercial. And cool car! I want it. X3
But yeah, I can't wait to see it on tv here, or any other Wii advertising for that matter.

[Gaijin von Snikbah]

When checking out the Wii US commercials on YouTube I saw this:

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/74/wiiyoutubewt9.jpg

Advertising on YouTube seems like a smart move.

Edit: Not showing a video or pictures explaining what the Wii is after you click on the advertising banners, seems like a bad move.

[blender]

http://www.channel4.com/news/special-reports/special-reports-storypage.jsp?id=3906

Wii special report.

[Gaijin von Snikbah]

I didnt know Wii had its own page on Yahoo.

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/1430/wiiyahoosw3.jpg

LINK (http://games.yahoo.com/games/front)

There is also a Call of Duty trailer, and a Tony Hawk trailer I havent seen before.

[Kurtle Squad]

There's a Wii tab on MSN messenger now too!!!

[triforcemario]

There's a Wii tab on MSN messenger now too!!!That makes absolutly no sense, especially since MSN messenger is a product by Microsoft. You would have thought the last thing they would be doing would be advertising the Wii on their services.

[blender]

That makes absolutly no sense, especially since MSN messenger is a product by Microsoft. You would have thought the last thing they would be doing would be advertising the Wii on their services.

they basically independent divisions in microsoft. You wouldnt think a big company could use its monopoly to dominate teh world do you? ;)

[Stefkov]

Now that you mention ive just seen it on MSN. I hardly go on it, but loads of poeple i know go on it, good advertising there.

[Gaijin von Snikbah]

Wii advertising at AOL.

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/8089/aolwiiadnp0.jpg

[YenRug]

Good grief! 443 unread e-mails???

[david.dakota]

For anyone not desperate to watch an episode of Hollyoaks on E4... here's the first


UK Wii TV SPOT


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7s1PUfje4Q

[Haden]

For anyone not desperate to watch an episode of Hollyoaks on E4... here's the first


UK Wii TV SPOT


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7s1PUfje4Q






Oh man im having to convince my parents to buy a Wii. That advert is just embarrising. I guess it could be worse. I just dont like the voiceover I think.

[Gaijin von Snikbah]

THE COMPLETE USA COMMERCIAL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dhzVQqHjkk

[Zechs Merquise]

I hope the UK ad is building to soemthing better, cause frankly, I reckon it's crap! It showed nothing at all.

[blender]

I hope the UK ad is building to soemthing better, cause frankly, I reckon it's crap! It showed nothing at all.

we are much further from launch. I will come. Though, if its going to sell out here , them nmught not need adverts yet

[AshMat]

Yeah, it's basically the sme as the Jap one. So hopefully they'll do all the other JAP ones too. The first one will definitely start people thinking though.

[pimpdaddy]

Recived my first wii e-mail advert this morning

[Hal_9Million]

The UK Ad is the same as the Japanese ads. That means that they will get more exciting. They basically show off what kinds of control you can use. Check out the Wii Website to see vids.

[Zechs Merquise]

Well, I saw the advert for Gears of War last night on channel 4 during Lord of the Rings, wow is all I can say

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wcc-ERAEwA

I just thought this was amazing, I really hope Wii can have such evocotive ads.

[Zero Seven]

Well, I saw the advert for Gears of War last night on channel 4 during Lord of the Rings, wow is all I can say

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wcc-ERAEwA

I just thought this was amazing, I really hope Wii can have such evocotive ads.

Saw it too, absolutely fantastic advert! really bloody good!

Seems like NOE kidnapped the lady who does the voice for the M&S adverts and forced her to be apart of the Wii Advert.

[Zechs Merquise]

Saw it too, absolutely fantastic advert! really bloody good!

Seems like NOE kidnapped the lady who does the voice for the M&S adverts and forced her to be apart of the Wii Advert.

HAHAHA, yeah it does sound like an M&S advert.

I think they should do a Zelda advert like this with a massive orchestral score like the one from the original trailer when it was first unveiled.

[Zero Seven]

HAHAHA, yeah it does sound like an M&S advert.

I think they should do a Zelda advert like this with a massive orchestral score like the one from the original trailer when it was first unveiled.

Actually, now that you mention the original trailer... If it was updated with some differences (link being right handed in it, footage of the Wiimote and Nunchaku being used etc) that actual trailer would work sweet as an advert IMO.

I can still remember the Ocarina of Time advert... and that advert gave me such a rush of excitement to me everytime i saw it! :smile:

[BowserBasher]

I saw my first Wii ads on TV last night. Whilst on Sci-Fi from 8pm onwards, I saw about 5 in the space of two hours. (9pm-11pm)
Nice and simple, I can't wait for the next wave of ads.

[raven_blade2006]

I just saw the 'Wii would like to play' advert on Yahoo Music. It was advertised before they played a music video.

[Retro_Link]

The second UK Wii advert has arrivedhttp://www.cubed3.com/news/6341/1/New_Wii_TV_Advert_Hits_UK_Screens

New Wii TV Advert Hits UK Screens

Quick News: We've just this second seen a new Wii advert. Instead of "What is this?" followed by "This is Wii", the advert asks "What can Wii do?" ending with "Wii can do anything". The 20 second advert features two Wii controllers being used in a number of ways that seem to represent Wii Sports and Orchestra. We caught it on E4+1, but let us when you see it and where! I haven't even seen the first yet! Bit pointless moving on to the second if there are loads of other people in the UK who still haven't seen the first!

I don't like these UK ads (having watched the first on YouTube).
- They aren't shown enough on the main channels.
- If the whole gradual build-up to Wii is to work then alot of people need to be seeing them, otherwise they'll just catch 'advert 3' for example and not get it.
- The voice over is nearly as bad/annoying as the M&S adverts!

Hopefully these build-up ads wont last long and then we'll get a more traditional 30 second advert for the last 2 weeks leading up to launch; showing the Wii, the controller, games and people playing it, like the Wii sports ads!
Hopefully there will be game specific adverts as well!

[Nintendork]

Countdown/Deal or no Deal/Paul O'Grady/Simpsons/Hollyoaks tonight will be hotspots if you can stand that much TV.

I imagine that they'll get a slot in the second advert break of the Simpsons.

[Phube]

There was a "Wii Music" wii-mote advert berfore the Oasis concert on Channel 4 the other night!

[AshMat]

I jsut saw the advert. The one where it's actually doing stuff, well, one of them. On E4, in between Friends

[BowserBasher]

I saw that ad on the 19th whilst watching Sci-Fi. Maybe it's just not been shown that much more, as I have seen the other one more than this one.

[/ nando /]

I caught the 'What can Wii do?' Advert on abc1 this morning before I went out to uni.. much better than the first advert :heh:

[Stocka]

It would be wise if they got the adverts on prime time on ITV, on Coronation Street and I'm a Celebrity. The number of viewers of them is ridiculously high.

[Zechs Merquise]

It would be wise if they got the adverts on prime time on ITV, on Coronation Street and I'm a Celebrity. The number of viewers of them is ridiculously high.

Yeah, but ads are therefore ridiculously expensive! I think the shows they're picking to advertise around are the best for the people who they're trying to appeal to.

[Nintendork]

ITV is actually losing a lot of money at the moment, the advertising market is weak and to stay alive they have to have those stupid quiz shows running all night.
Literally those quiz shows where idiots phone up and give stupid answers are keeping the lights on at ITV.

Perhaps they should have learnt that people want to watch a film at that kind of night.. or at least something vaguely stimulating. Not 'ITV night screen'

Anyway.. advertising on Corrie shouldn't cost much, but I think Nintendo would have more luck hitting the same people on the 10am-6pm Channel 4 slots.

[/ nando /]

Saw the same advert again during the UEFA Cup Highlights on channel 5 last night.. around 11.45..

..and I really hate all those quiz shows

[Slaggis]

i really like the tv adverts. plain and simple ans too the point. nintendo rule and there def gettin better at advertisen. am i right?

[Stefkov]

Just before he left earlier to get my sister, my dad said the Wii advert where it shows the nunchuk aswella nd shows a bit of zelda was played. Im not sure what channel, but i know it was at about 3.
Good to see my dad knew what the game was aswell.

[Tellyn]

Nickelodeon are showing Zelda ads almost every advert break. Put on replay for the break at 7.15 approx.

[Stocka]

What's the Zelda advert like?

[Platty]

I've seen the Wii advert quite a lot now, E4 seem to show it at regular intervals.

However I have not yet seen the zelda advert.

[Tellyn]

The Zelda advert starts with the Wii logo and the loading thing circling it, and it starts off with the music that plays when you solve a puzzle and a door opens (diddle doo doo dee dee dee dee doo!). Then in both I've seen theres a bit that show the guy using the Wiimote and Nunchuk to fight the Darknut for a while, then it shows the menu screen and TP logo.

The second ad shows horseback fighting, archery, and the large boar attacking the village.

[Atomic Boo]

I see a Red Steel advert on this website http://stickpage.com/
quite a cool site as well. (its at the top of the page to the right of the stickmans head)

[Nintendinosaur]

Must have seen about 6 Wii ads tonight.

Advertising Wii Sports, Zelda and just Wii.

All on primetime MTV, ITV and C4.

[scubahood]

Saw the Zelda advert three times in one minute whilst channel hopping between MTV channels

[Fierce_LiNk]

There was a much better ad on not so long ago, on channel 4. It starts off with that classic Zelda "jingle." (the one when you figure out a puzzle).

Immense. Thats the only word for it.

[Eenuh]

I haven't seen a single ad yet on tv here. =/
Maybe I'm just not looking at the right channels or at the right times... or maybe there's just no ads at all. Which wouldn't surprise me.

[Stocka]

Saw the Wii sports ad on ITV! It's great! And I just saw the Zelda one on youtube, and personally I think its really ideal for a tv advert. NOE is getting this right!

[Cube]

There was a much better ad on not so long ago, on channel 4. It starts off with that classic Zelda "jingle." (the one when you figure out a puzzle).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEGiCjcsZA0

That one?

[Fierce_LiNk]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEGiCjcsZA0

That one?

That's the one! :D

Of course, its much better when you see it on the telly.

[Babooo]

That's the one! :D

Of course, its much better when you see it on the telly.

Thats the one I saw when I was at the gym today (yesterday).....I saw it twice mainly because I heard that Zelda jingle which got my attention in the first place. :D

[Fierce_LiNk]

Thats the one I saw when I was at the gym today (yesterday).....I saw it twice mainly because I heard that Zelda jingle which got my attention in the first place. :D

I was talking to Conor on MSN, and when we heard the jingle we were both typing "OMG!"

It just captures your attention straight away. You know what it is from the first few seconds. Great plot. :)

[Sheikah]

Did anyone see a different advert that showed the guy playing actually using the wiimote to fish? Would like a URL to that vid if anyone has it...

[Tellyn]

Is there three adverts? I saw the two yesterday that I described, but the fishing one?

[ThePigMarcher]

Still haven't seen the Wii adverts at all. Maybe I need to watch more telly , although I did see the Zelda one last night.

[AshMat]

I've seen the Zelda one 3 times since last night, on Channel 4.

[Owen]

Saw a Wii:Sports one, on ITV during 'I'm A Celeb....'.

Thats the way to do it Nintendo!

Theres no doubt in my mind that Nintendo has already out-done their Gamecube advertisment in a matter of days. It's literally everywhere, so everyone is informed and EVERYONE can enjoy the wii together happily!

[blender]

they would not bother advertising something that they did not have lots of stock for.

[Sheikah]

Is there three adverts? I saw the two yesterday that I described, but the fishing one?

Yeh, it shows the guy rotating the Wii mote to reel in the fish along with other things. Looked nifty.

[Stocka]

Yeah there is three Zelda adverts, and here you go everyone, every UK Wii ad!
http://uk.wii.com/wii_tv/

[ShadowV7]

Nice adverts for TP.I've only seen one(Third one on the site) but now i've seen them all :)
My mum has seen quite a few on TV which is a good sign and she's looking forward to TP.

[Stefkov]

Saw Wii sports advert. They just showed popel playing th games, then clips of the games. and said somethign at the ned. You didnt see the Wii.
It was on UKTV gold, on a break in between Top Gear.

[Tellyn]

I've seen all the adverts now. I think they're pushing Twilight Princess to be bought with every Wii.

[ShadowV7]

Just too bad there isn't enough TPs for every Wii:woops:

[Cube]

Just too bad there isn't enough TPs for every Wii:woops:

Huh? At launch, there will probably be more copies of Twilight Princess than Wiis...

[Zechs Merquise]

Zelda ad is cool, still not as good as the Gears of War ad though, that's awesome.

[Nintendork]

Huh? At launch, there will probably be more copies of Twilight Princess than Wiis...
Yup that's standard practice, they will happily put out a copy of Zelda for every Wii that is available.
Most publishers will do that actually.

It's stupid not to really, because I'm thinking 80%+ are gonna want Twilight Princess.

[flameboy]

Am I the only person yet to see a Wii advert? my girlfriend has seen them tons of times....odd....

[Fierce_LiNk]

Am I the only person yet to see a Wii advert? my girlfriend has seen them tons of times....odd....

Yes, it's weird that you haven't. But then, it depends on which channels you watch, what time you watch tv, etc. If you watch something bizarre like, i dunno, CNN all day long, you probably won't see a Wii ad. :heh:

I've seen at least 3 today, all the Zelda ads.
Plus, this morning on T4, they were giving away a Wii with WiiSports.

[blender]

Am I the only person yet to see a Wii advert? my girlfriend has seen them tons of times....odd....

they must be going for the casual gamer and programs that us "nerds" tend not to watch. ;)

[ShadowV7]

Well I've yet to see an advert on TV,i've only seen them on the Wii site.My mum and sister have seen atleast 3 today so far.

[Fierce_LiNk]

I don't know if anyone has noticed this or not, but is the word Nintendo actually in any of the Zelda ads? My girlfriend says its right at the end, but i ain't sure. She's probably right.

[Nintenchris]

All you need to do is watch UK Gold/MTV or channel 4 and you will see a Wii advert nearly in every break!

[RedShell]

I've only seen the Wii remote adverts on TV so far but I watched the Zelda ones on Wii.com.

The one with the horse riding made me laugh though, why the fuck is the bloke in that ad bouncing up and down on his sofa? I'm like, err... you're not really riding a horse mate! :heh:

This over acting of motion is becoming a bit of a bad habit in Wii ads I think, the Call of Duty trailer was the same, when the guy shakes the Wii remote like he's using a real machine gun! :laughing:

[flameboy]

All you need to do is watch UK Gold/MTV or channel 4 and you will see a Wii advert nearly in every break!

watch channel 4 quite a bit and still not caught one. don't have uk gold/mtv in my shitty student house.

[Sooj]

I was in a nightclub (campus) on friday night, kinda drunk but I'm sure that on the many tv screens there Zelda and Wii adverts were playing constantly lol.

Also yeah, I have still yet to see an advert on tv but then saying that I hardly watch tv at all and if I do its usually the disney channel so its not really saying much :P

The one with the horse riding made me laugh though, why the fuck is the bloke in that ad bouncing up and down on his sofa? I'm like, err... you're not really riding a horse mate!
Haha ano, what are they all about lol.

[raven_blade2006]

I saw the Zelda one last night on MTV. Overall ive seen about 5 Wii adverts so far.

[Owen]

I've seen! Zelda twice, Wii:Sports twice and the Wii-mote one once!

5 times! :grin:

It's everywhere! ITV, UKStyle, UKGold, MTV2....

[Zechs Merquise]

Just seen the Wii Sports ad on sky one, really good, the graphics look great on the ad, very clean, clear and stylish.

[Din]

I've only seen 2 Wii adverts. That's probably because I go channel surfing everytime an ad break comes on.

[flameboy]

finally saw the wii sports advert in between Hollyoaks and the Channel 4 News, it was the last advert before the news, so hopefully the more high brow person who watches channel 4's politically orientated news will have caught it if they turned on early...

[Eddage]

Saw the Zelda fishing advert earlier, was a very nice surprise!

[DanielTimothy]

My mother has seen one, I keep missing Wii adverts. :(

"That looks good, you swing it round the room". :laughing:

[Fierce_LiNk]

My mother has seen one, I keep missing Wii adverts. :(

"That looks good, you swing it round the room". :laughing:

I can't believe some people haven't seen one yet! I don't watch all that much tv, but i see a fair few ads each day now.
But, it really does depend on which channels you watch. If you channel hop, you're likely to miss the ad. This is puzzeling.

[Blue_Ninja0]

Such ads are not going around here :( As expected...

[Eenuh]

I've seen one Wii ad so far on tv where they show the remote and add sounds to it and stuff. Today I sent all afternoon/evening sitting close to the tv and watching commercial breaks, and I didn't catch a single ad. =(

Either they're airing more on a different channel, or they're just not airing many at all...

[Nintendork]

I'm hearing the Zelda puzzle jingle bare in the other room.
Must be 5 or 6 times today.

I'm not one for TV really.

[Mike]

They showed the Wii Sports ad during Coronation Street on Monday, which must have had a lot of people watching..

[fatnickc]

I don't tend to watch that much TV, but when I have watched Channel 4, I have seen adverts - once with two in one break. Yesterday I saw a Wii Sports one.

[Serebii]

Just saw another new Zelda one, has Darknuts in it

*drool*

9 days to go

[Zechs Merquise]

I can't believe some people haven't seen one yet! I don't watch all that much tv, but i see a fair few ads each day now.
But, it really does depend on which channels you watch. If you channel hop, you're likely to miss the ad. This is puzzeling.

They seem to be on every channel all the time, I've even seen them on late night Discovery (in Forensic detectives) and in Jeremy Kyle on ITV at 9.25am!

[flameboy]

I've still only seen it once! and I watch loads of TV!

[kav82]

I don't watch much TV but I've seen the different Zelda adverts about 5 times and the Wiisports advert once... all in one day, during the breaks of the movies Breakdown (was on Sky One) and Commando (Sky Two)!

That's decent enough I'd say!

[Fierce_LiNk]

They seem to be on every channel all the time, I've even seen them on late night Discovery (in Forensic detectives) and in Jeremy Kyle on ITV at 9.25am!

I usually see loads on E4 during the 6-8 oclock time.

I have to admit, they're doing quite well on this one. I didn't see the ad during Coronation Street, but that is excellent marketting.

[EchoDesiato]

I finally saw one today! Just the very white Japanese ads showing what the Wii remote can do, but with a female Dutch voice over.

[Eenuh]

I finally saw one today! Just the very white Japanese ads showing what the Wii remote can do, but with a femalde Dutch voice over.

Did you see it on VT4? If so, around what time did you see it? Cause they really don't seem to be showing them much... =/

[EchoDesiato]

Did you see it on VT4? If so, around what time did you see it? Cause they really don't seem to be showing them much... =/

Saw it on JimTV at around 13.00, just before Gamepower.

[Stefkov]

My mum said she saw a Zelda advert yesterday while watchign CSI NY/Miami, cant remember on Five.

Then coincidentally a DS advert came on. Was quite good, a family sat down playing big brain game (the yellow/orange boxed game) together.
My mum says, how did they afford a ds each!?!

[Eenuh]

Saw it on JimTV at around 13.00, just before Gamepower.

Ah darn, we don't have JimTV on our tv anymore I think. Suckssss.


Edit: just checked the Nintendo site and there are three Flemish Wii commercials on there now. All Flemish (and Dutch) people, go here: http://nlbe.wii.com/wii_tv/

[Stocka]

There's some new adverts:
http://uk.wii.com/wii_tv/
The Wii Sports/Wario Ware advert is quite good. I can't stand the woman's voice on the ads though.

[ShadowV7]

Even more adverts?
I didn't think there would be any more.Don't worry Stocka you're not the only that hates her voice.

[Nintendork]

I think she did the voices on Modern Toss. and perhaps Eurotrash too

"Hello, customer services? Can I put you on hold sir?"

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1658/screenshot46jc2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[ViPeR]

I saw 3 Wii ads in one day yesterday. Two Wii sports and one, which was a combination of Red Steel and Zelda. Let's hope they continue this and not revert back to one channel like they are with the DS.

[martinist]

i've been seeing alot of wii ads lately: wii sports, wii play, zelda and a few of the console ads all in one day.

[Fierce_LiNk]

I saw 3 Wii ads in one day yesterday. Two Wii sports and one, which was a combination of Red Steel and Zelda. Let's hope they continue this and not revert back to one channel like they are with the DS.

I've only actually seen the WiiSports advert once.
I've seen the Zelda ad about...20 times or something.

I agree though, i hope they advertise this on many channels, like they have been doing.

[welsh_gamer]

My Mum saw the Wii ad last nite. The one showing Wario Ware and Wii Sports. After seeing it, she came into my room laughing, and doing the pumping action from Wario with her hands and doing the golfing swing, while saying "Nice Shot". She seemed really excited about it..finally!

[Samdecahedron]

These adverts are really doing the job. My whole family really wants to play it when i get mine, and they really don't care about games.

[Sarka]

I finally saw an advert - the Wario Ware and Wii Sports one straight after Rock School. I spent all of Friday watching abc1 and there were no Wii adverts at all. Maybe I shouldn't be watching abc1..

[DCK]

Nintendo Netherlands have hired the very same person that does the voice-over on The Tweenies and Teletubbies to do the Wii commercials... A very high cute and charming voice, though I'm not sure this works that well. Makes it seem like a toy all over again :hmm:

[Stefkov]

Don't know if it counts as adverts in this thread, this seems to be tv adverts. Anyway. GAME in Oldham have massive boxes with pics on them. One had Wii play boxart on it, another Zelda boxart, another a pic of the Wii and one more i forgot.

[Zygo Ape]

The ammount of advertising it really encouraging.
Yesterday there was a couple in my store (i work at currys) and they were on about getting their 7 year old kid a PSP. I asked them right way if they had considered buying a Wii instead with the knowledge their kid had a DS. As soon as they heard the word "Wii" they were all like: "Oh yeah weve seen that on tv"

Loving it:yay:

[immy]

zelda advert was pretty cool saw it on after south park.

[Goron_3]

The Zelda advert is pretty awesome; i've seen it quite a few times so far :D. I've only seen the Wii Sports advert once though..

[immy]

The Zelda advert is pretty awesome; i've seen it quite a few times so far :D. I've only seen the Wii Sports advert once though..


Not gonna be many non gamers buying at launch is the reason proberly.

[Goron_3]

Not gonna be many non gamers buying at launch is the reason proberly.

Actually, I know quite a few that are :D

[Stefkov]

I was in my kitchen doing homework, and the tv was on quite loud.
Anyway, i heard the tune that makes us giggle. The zelda advert was on again on Living TV. My mum and sister were watching Will and Grace.

[Zygo Ape]

FHM Friday Newsletter:

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/4241/fhmtq6.png

[Stocka]

Red Steel advert
http://uk.wii.com/movies/wii_tv_35/
Pretty solid advert, just a shame people will probably be disappointed if they buy a wii for it.

[/ nando /]

..technically not an advert but at uni today one of my lecturers was talking about interfaces and things related to that.. and went on to talk about input before going on to show a video on youtube of Shigsy playing Wii Sports Tennis..

..got a few people talking anyway :grin: