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[Delio]

A stronger presence at E3 (or at least a dozen Nintendo directs) would do more for Nintendo's global presence then this bizarre stunt at Rio. At least at E3 Nintendo would be assured that gamers and the enthusiast media would be paying attention. While at Rio, it's a mix bag and nobody was watching the closing ceremony anticipating co-branding with Mario. Really, Nintendo at Rio seems like a continuation of their failed 'blue ocean' strategy, trying to chase the casual crowd that made the Wii a success without realising that the industry has moved on.

Are you saying that the Olympics gives you less exposure than E3?

 

[Danis Saur]

Oh boy, the Tokyo ceremony is going to be full of geek culture goodness!

 

[Ricky 7]

Is Charizard going to light the Olympic flame in Tokyo?

I hope so.

That would be cool.

 

[AdanVC]

Also, is this the first time we see the interior of the pipes of Mario?? All with fancy LED lighting there lmao.

 

[Exile20]

A stronger presence at E3 (or at least a dozen Nintendo directs) would do more for Nintendo's global presence then this bizarre stunt at Rio. At least at E3 Nintendo would be assured that gamers and the enthusiast media would be paying attention. While at Rio, it's a mix bag and nobody was watching the closing ceremony anticipating co-branding with Mario. Really, Nintendo at Rio seems like a continuation of their failed 'blue ocean' strategy, trying to chase the casual crowd that made the Wii a success without realising that the industry has moved on.

Brand presence is extremely important to a company and this was a good way to do it. If Mario is the mascot for 2020 then that would be so huge for Nintendo.

Mario is trending above Tokio and Japón.

Pokemon Go was also a success so Nintendo is doing okay with the blue ocean crowd.

 

[Fewr]

kintor just stop pls

what? no!

 

[casiopao]

A stronger presence at E3 (or at least a dozen Nintendo directs) would do more for Nintendo's global presence then this bizarre stunt at Rio. At least at E3 Nintendo would be assured that gamers and the enthusiast media would be paying attention. While at Rio, it's a mix bag and nobody was watching the closing ceremony anticipating co-branding with Mario. Really, Nintendo at Rio seems like a continuation of their failed 'blue ocean' strategy, trying to chase the casual crowd that made the Wii a success without realising that the industry has moved on.

I mean, what? Sir, i would need some of those good things u are using right now lol.^_^

Is Charizard going to light the Olympic flame in Tokyo?

I hope so.

He is going to had tons of character fighting for that privilege lol. Agumon from Digimon, Ace/Sabo from One Piece(T_T), Roy Mustang, Alibaba from Magi, not to forget the great Mars from Sailor moon.^_^

 

[Megawarrior]

Apart from anime and videogame presence, I hope Babymetal will perform in the opening ceremony. They are one of the, if not THE, most globally-known Japanese artists, isn't it?

It better be Namie Amuro since she had a Olympic theme song.

 

[Currygan]

A stronger presence at E3 (or at least a dozen Nintendo directs) would do more for Nintendo's global presence then this bizarre stunt at Rio. At least at E3 Nintendo would be assured that gamers and the enthusiast media would be paying attention. While at Rio, it's a mix bag and nobody was watching the closing ceremony anticipating co-branding with Mario. Really, Nintendo at Rio seems like a continuation of their failed 'blue ocean' strategy, trying to chase the casual crowd that made the Wii a success without realising that the industry has moved on.

mate, Nintendo is playing the long game, they don't give a fuck if a bunch of dedicated fans applaud their games at E3, they want to be seen and recognized by the biggest possible crowd and surely the Olympics closing ceremony, an event watched by billions, will give them the exposure they need

 

[Zackat]

A stronger presence at E3 (or at least a dozen Nintendo directs) would do more for Nintendo's global presence then this bizarre stunt at Rio. At least at E3 Nintendo would be assured that gamers and the enthusiast media would be paying attention. While at Rio, it's a mix bag and nobody was watching the closing ceremony anticipating co-branding with Mario. Really, Nintendo at Rio seems like a continuation of their failed 'blue ocean' strategy, trying to chase the casual crowd that made the Wii a success without realising that the industry has moved on.

only on neogaf LOL

 

[Kintor]

Dude, give up. This is bullshit. Reminding a mainstream audience of their flagship character is not a waste of money or time, and it sure as hell hits a lot more eyeballs than E3 ever could.

All marketing is about sending a message. The only message Nintendo at Rio was "hey look its Abe dressed up as Mario, aren't we a quirky company? lol". However, when you look at the bigger picture, Nintendo still hasn't done anything to address concerns about the NX and what that means for gamers going forward. Getting Mario into the Rio closing ceremony only works if it's a capstone to already successful console; the message falls flat when Mario's cameo is the only thing Nintendo has going for it in an otherwise bad five years.

 

[DooMAGE]

Also, is this the first time we see the interior of the pipes of Mario?? All with fancy LED lighting there lmao.

Super Mario 3D World

 

[HawthorneKitty]

Also, is this the first time we see the interior of the pipes of Mario?? All with fancy LED lighting there lmao.

That was Doraemon's tho.

 

[Azuran]

Peter Pan isn't public domain, that hospital received the copyright to Peter Pan in 1929. Not that it has ever stopped Disney from skirting around the copyright laws and never paying Great Ormond Street Hospital a cent, but I digress...

The point is that as a state run hospital Great Ormond Street would have been part of the British Governments financial contribution to the International Olympic Committee. Conversely, Nintendo as a private corporation would still need to pay its own way into the closing ceremony. Nintendo is a business and so is the International Olympic Committee, marketing costs money and Mario's appearance in Rio is no exception.

Are you really that salty that Mario is the most popular video game character of all time?

 

[Oersted]

I mean, what? Sir, i would need some of those good things u are using right now lol.^_^



He is going to had tons of character fighting for that privilege lol. Agumon from Digimon, Ace/Sabo from One Piece(T_T), Roy Mustang, Alibaba from Magi, not to forget the great Mars from Sailor moon.^_^

Its going to be the Super Mario fireflower

 

[BlastProcessing]

All marketing is about sending a message. The only message Nintendo at Rio was "hey look its Abe dressed up as Mario, aren't we a quirky company? lol". However, when you look at the bigger picture, Nintendo still hasn't done anything to address concerns about the NX and what that means for gamers going forward. Getting Mario into the Rio closing ceremony only works if it's a capstone to already successful console; the message falls flat when Mario's cameo is the only thing Nintendo has going for it in an otherwise bad five years.

 

[Zackat]

All marketing is about sending a message. The only message Nintendo at Rio was "hey look its Abe dressed up as Mario, aren't we a quirky company? lol". However, when you look at the bigger picture, Nintendo still hasn't done anything to address concerns about the NX and what that means for gamers going forward. Getting Mario into the Rio closing ceremony only works if it's a capstone to already successful console; the message falls flat when Mario's cameo is the only thing Nintendo has going for it in an otherwise bad five years.

you are incredible, thank you.

 

[Fewr]

So, Nintendo sold the mariners to buy this bit of exposure at the Olympics closing ceremony.

Also, more e3 stuff for enthusiast media gets them more global exposure than the closing ceremony of the Olympic games.

wow

 

[Jim_Cacher]

It better be Namie Amuro since she had a Olympic theme song.

I am sure she will be there.

 

[DrkSage]

All marketing is about sending a message. The only message Nintendo at Rio was "hey look its Abe dressed up as Mario, aren't we a quirky company? lol". However, when you look at the bigger picture, Nintendo still hasn't done anything to address concerns about the NX and what that means for gamers going forward. Getting Mario into the Rio closing ceremony only works if it's a capstone to already successful console; the message falls flat when Mario's cameo is the only thing Nintendo has going for it in an otherwise bad five years.

Was funny The first few. Now i think youre serious.

 

[Makonero]

All marketing is about sending a message. The only message Nintendo at Rio was "hey look its Abe dressed up as Mario, aren't we a quirky company? lol". However, when you look at the bigger picture, Nintendo still hasn't done anything to address concerns about the NX and what that means for gamers going forward. Getting Mario into the Rio closing ceremony only works if it's a capstone to already successful console; the message falls flat when Mario's cameo is the only thing Nintendo has going for it in an otherwise bad five years.

 

[clay_ghost]

All marketing is about sending a message. The only message Nintendo at Rio was "hey look its Abe dressed up as Mario, aren't we a quirky company? lol". However, when you look at the bigger picture, Nintendo still hasn't done anything to address concerns about the NX and what that means for gamers going forward. Getting Mario into the Rio closing ceremony only works if it's a capstone to already successful console; the message falls flat when Mario's cameo is the only thing Nintendo has going for it in an otherwise bad five years.

Its great to see that Mario apperance can cause people to have a meltdown and post illogical things.

 

[the_sun_king]

Actually, fencing will be a very crazy place to promote Japanese anime swordman lol.

Guts from Berserk using Dragonslayer to fence?
Fire Emblem characters?
Shining series waifu?
Vagabond?
Himura Kenshin
Hiei from YuYu Hakusho
Hermes from Arslan Senki
Even Link can join the fun lol.^_^

*cough*

 

[rpmurphy]

That was Doraemon's tho.

So what you're saying is, in about 100-200 years or so from now, we will have warp pipes.

 

[alfredofroylan]

I want the same thing that Kintor is drinking.

 

[RobotsAnger]

Charizards, Namie. Shit you guys are hyping this up for me way too much. Must get tickets.

 

[SalvaPot]

The Green Pipe is going to be the official Tokyo 2020 mascot. Its right there in the center of the logo.

 

[Gaspard]

So many tie-ins incoming..

Ahhhh the possibilities! This will be marvelous.

 

[casiopao]

It better be Namie Amuro since she had a Olympic theme song.

Nah. I need Sawano in Olympic lol to trigger a certain somebody.^_^

All marketing is about sending a message. The only message Nintendo at Rio was "hey look its Abe dressed up as Mario, aren't we a quirky company? lol". However, when you look at the bigger picture, Nintendo still hasn't done anything to address concerns about the NX and what that means for gamers going forward. Getting Mario into the Rio closing ceremony only works if it's a capstone to already successful console; the message falls flat when Mario's cameo is the only thing Nintendo has going for it in an otherwise bad five years.

Lol. U are standing firm on ur view there. I kinda feel i must praise lol.

But no. U are the one who need to look on bigger picture lol. Mario showing in this closing event already lead to their company value increasing again lol. Not to mention, with how this year have been going, their presence is growing bigger and bigger.
And what is the correlation between NX and Nintendo bad year doing with Mario promoting Olympic here? Do u think the marketing department is also done by the devs? Are u that tone deaf?

The devs will still do what they need to do to make NX possible while the marketing team right now also had new task given by former president Iwata and Kimishima now which is to grow Nintendo IP brand out from simple gaming world but to all other business too which is why we see Nintendo joining with Universal to build NIntendo Land. Anime, Manga and all this collab is a much needed thing to make sure the people in the world outside of gaming industry still see and remember Nintendo.

 

[cartographer]

Kintor is everything.

 

[clay_ghost]

I want the same thing that Kintor is drinking.

Pretty such it's just salt water

Spoiler

made from his own tears from the realisation that Mario is the one of the most important Video Games character

 

[Plum]

Peter Pan isn't public domain, that hospital received the copyright to Peter Pan in 1929. Not that it has ever stopped Disney from skirting around the copyright laws and never paying Great Ormond Street Hospital a cent, but I digress...

The point is that as a state run hospital Great Ormond Street would have been part of the British Governments financial contribution to the International Olympic Committee. Conversely, Nintendo as a private corporation would still need to pay its own way into the closing ceremony. Nintendo is a business and so is the International Olympic Committee, marketing costs money and Mario's appearance in Rio is no exception.

The book is Public Domain everywhere but the UK where GOSH holds the Copyright so I guess I was somewhat wrong in that.

However, you're entirely wrong in that the NHS does NOT own Peter Pan and therefore his inclusion would be considered from a private third party business. GOSH is both a hospital ran by the NHS and an independent Charity aimed at research, treatment, etc; the latter of which is the organization Barrie gifted the rights to in his will before the NHS had even been formed.

So yes, you're implying that a Children's Hospice Charity had to pay out the nose to get the Peter Pan brand in the Olympic ceremony.

 

[Calvero]

wait how did they make a functioning war pipe from Japan to Brazil?

 

[The Last One]

wait how did they make a functioning war pipe from Japan to Brazil?

Mushrooms.

 

[Xumbrega]

A stronger presence at E3 (or at least a dozen Nintendo directs) would do more for Nintendo's global presence then this bizarre stunt at Rio. At least at E3 Nintendo would be assured that gamers and the enthusiast media would be paying attention. While at Rio, it's a mix bag and nobody was watching the closing ceremony anticipating co-branding with Mario. Really, Nintendo at Rio seems like a continuation of their failed 'blue ocean' strategy, trying to chase the casual crowd that made the Wii a success without realising that the industry has moved on.

God bless you

 

[SalvaPot]

wait how did they make a functioning war pipe from Japan to Brazil?

Doraemon gave it to Mario.

Deepest lore.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

wait how did they make a functioning war pipe from Japan to Brazil?

Doraemon can do a lot of things.

 

[Makonero]

wait how did they make a functioning war pipe from Japan to Brazil?

Did you not see it drill? It's actually the most vivid version of a warp pipe we've ever seen. I love Mario flipping upside down and almost dropping the ball on the way through. I hope whoever animated that is working on the animated movies for Nintendo.

 

[casiopao]

Its going to be the Super Mario fireflower

That is also quite cool lol.^_^

SNK can also make Kyo from KoF to light the fire lol.^_^(China and South American fans will go batshit insane lol.)

Charizards, Namie. Shit you guys are hyping this up for me way too much. Must get tickets.

It will be the Olympic of dreams lol. I need Altima, Kotoko and Mayn to join all the fun lol.^_^

 

[ranmafan]

It better be Namie Amuro since she had a Olympic theme song.

She could be there, but I got this crazy idea that the soon to be disbanded SMAP will probably reform to perform at the ceremonies in 2020. Would be a perfect excuse for a reunion and all. Japan would go crazy if that happened.

 

[Jim_Cacher]

wait how did they make a functioning war pipe from Japan to Brazil?

It will appear in the next 3D Mario.

 

[Torokil]

A stronger presence at E3 (or at least a dozen Nintendo directs) would do more for Nintendo's global presence then this bizarre stunt at Rio.

 

[TLZ]

Watched it on TV and it was surprising and super awesome!!

 

[SalvaPot]

Did you not see it drill? It's actually the most vivid version of a warp pipe we've ever seen. I love Mario flipping upside down and almost dropping the ball on the way through. I hope whoever animated that is working on the animated movies for Nintendo.

Nintendo didn't let Disney use Mario for Wreck-it-Ralph but they did allow Mario to do this intro.

This is canon.

 

[casiopao]

Doraemon gave it to Mario.

Deepest lore.

Now i want Mario x Dorameon rpg lol. Imagine Mario using tons of Doraemon gadget.^_^

Did you not see it drill? It's actually the most vivid version of a warp pipe we've ever seen. I love Mario flipping upside down and almost dropping the ball on the way through. I hope whoever animated that is working on the animated movies for Nintendo.

Uukhhh i can't stop the hype lol. Nintendo launching Mario and Detective Pikachu animation movie in 2020 to commemorate Olympic too. The cinemas is going to be filled.^_^

 

[massoluk]

That's amazing.

They don't even need to come up with Olympic mascot for 2020, just have Doraemon and Mario do all the mascotting.

 

[Makonero]

Nintendo didn't let Disney use Mario for Wreck-it-Ralph but they did allow Mario to do this intro.

This is canon.

They were allowed, but they didn't feel like they had a spot for Mario to be naturally in the movie. At least that was their excuse. I still think Donkey Kong would have been the better fit for the Bowser role since Ralph is most fittingly an expy of him.

I am the king of derailing threads and it's almost never on purpose.

 

[kuroneko0509]

what? no!

b-but... i guess this will be my monday morning entertainment then

 

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[SinCityAssassin]

They were allowed, but they didn't feel like they had a spot for Mario to be naturally in the movie. At least that was their excuse. I still think Donkey Kong would have been the better fit for the Bowser role since Ralph is most fittingly an expy of him.

I am the king of derailing threads and it's almost never on purpose.

I mean he is almost absolutely confirmed in the second movie.