GameCube Sales Quadruple, Nintendo Debuts New Slogan

Posted by simoniker on Thursday October 2, 2003 @03:19AM from the must-be-down-to-clever-advertising dept.

Thanks to GameSpot for their report that sales of Nintendo's GameCube have quadrupled, following the price cut to $99. The piece quotes an effusive GameStop spokesman as saying: "Our sales of Nintendo GameCube have increased more than fourfold. We are currently increasing our shipment requests for the system throughout the holidays." Meanwhile, the Chicago Sun-Times reports on the new Nintendo adverts, both TV and print, with the tagline "Who Are You?" - the print ads "...show the heads of Nintendo characters superimposed on famous images, including players in the rock band Kiss, a person straddling the now-demolished Berlin Wall and no less an icon than the Mona Lisa", and the massive $100 million ad spending will also feature "a 60-second cinema commercial... shot on location in Asia... [and featuring] more than 500 extras."

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Next slogan... by nitehawk214 · 2003-10-02 04:58 · Score: 5, Funny

What do you want?

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A Letter To My Son by Anonymous Coward · 2003-10-02 05:10 · Score: 1, Funny

Dear Son,
I miss the Mario games you used to play as a kid too. They occupied you for hours, during which time I was able to make sweet love to your mother. Now you're always just sitting around making it impossible for me to get her clothes off. Why don't you move out of the house already? You're 27!!!
sincerely,
dad