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[Grubdog]

Looks like Nintendo ended up making this the commercial after all, but here it is now, in commercial form!

http://www.nintendo.com/gameminiads?gameid=1563e06a-bc97-4c5a-8ec9-8d9b14279c0b

It's okay... not great, but good enough.

 

[sc0la]

There is a lot of new footage in there ( of the street, and most significantly of the group playing the game, that entire scene was reshot) and the "street song" at the begining is different.

 

[GDJustin]

Although it's the same concept and reuses some footage from the original "commercial" that was posted here, this is actually much, much better.

#1 They replaced the lame-ass blond-haired guy with a cooler looking dude.

#2 they dropped the incredibly stupid idea of them being members of a band from the end of the commercial.

Although all of us around HERE know Donkey Konga rocks, to the general public, a poorly done commercial could severely damage its public image. It IS the nintendo name after all, and yeah... bongos. But I think this commercial does a good job of appealing to 20-somethings, for some intangible reason (besides the obvious fact that it IS 20-somethings in the commercial and not little kids, thank god).

Is Nintendo finally catching on? 20-somethings will be more likely to respond to an ad featuring people their own age, instead of youngsters. Obvious enough, right? The thing is, youngsters will ALSO be more likely to respond to an ad that features gamers older than them. It's the whole 'coolness' factor.

 

[nubbe]

This one was hip and cool

 

[AniHawk]

This one was hip and cool

Uh... yeah, okay.

 

[demi]

I feel hip and cool after watching that.

Bring on the bongos!

 

[TekunoRobby]

This one is being marketed very well me thinks. This commercial screams "mainstream public you will have fun playing music!"

 

[Joe]

in my opinion a lot of you guys are setting yourselves up for major dissapointment.

 

[TekunoRobby]

in my opinion a lot of you guys are setting yourselves up for major dissapointment.

God I hope not, music games need more limelight here in the US and Donkey Konga is the one with the most hope of garnering that attention. The success/marketing of this game will undoubtably contribute to Taiko sales and other music games further down the road.