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You may remember, a number of months ago I posted some 90’s promotional videos, including this strange and creepy Sega Saturn promo. Recently, I have found another video that makes that Saturn promo look downright jolly. Near as I can tell, it was released by Nintendo Power to promote Killer Instinct, Yoshi’s Island, and DKC 2. It is the darkest videogame promo I have ever seen. The normally family-friendly Nintendo actually implies that their competitors torture people for information. The best way I can describe it is Videodrome meets Requiem for a Dream meets Mario.
Also, I am not sure what they were going for with those janitors. So random.
Oh, I don’t find the video funny; I find it funny that Nintendo would be dumb enough to finance a promo that only served to scare the crap out of its audience. Sure, it was the 90’s, and dark, agressive stuff was all the rage. But, a sinister man in a television threatening people with dismemberment does not make me want to buy Yoshi’s Island.
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