My thoughts exactly. Some of these ads are just plain weird in a way that they would never dare today.
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PerfectDark@lemmy.world 10 months agoI like the Nintendo ones, there were ‘risky’ ads here, now they’re very conservative
catalyst@lemmy.world 10 months ago
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 10 months ago
They were always conservative. A few years before these ads Nintendo participated in Senate hearings where they advocated for censoring the entire medium. They just had a “fellow kids” period in the early 2000s. Luckily, judging by the sales of the GameCube, most people weren’t fooled.
CatZoomies@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Meanwhile, Nintendo in their rebellious youth:
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Note: mario didn’t exist at the time, but i got this image from a news site that added it to censor the woman’s breasts.