Thursday, July 26, 2012

Very First American Legend of Zelda Commercial


This commercial is....well interesting for many ways.  First it is interesting to see how gaming has evolved since then.  The use of the "cool kid and nerdy kid" motif is in full effect here.  The nerdy kid shows the cool kid the new game and gets the cool kid hooked.  This is to show people that even the cool kids who didn't play video games would like it.  Also, look at the nerdy kid!  Do those kids even exist anymore?  They have the most stereotypical looking nerdy kid in this commercial.  Now I know they probably made him out to look this way and in real life he didn't, but it still stands out.  These are the people video gaming was for back then.  Now the industry is enjoyed by all.  Then we have to talk about the rap song at the end.  It seems so unnecessary and goofy, but it must have worked.  Or it could have been that the game was great enough to overcome this commercial.  Either way I hope you enjoy!

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